diff --git a/source/fundamentals/performance.txt b/source/fundamentals/performance.txt
index a38db105..7b528edd 100644
--- a/source/fundamentals/performance.txt
+++ b/source/fundamentals/performance.txt
@@ -71,9 +71,23 @@ Connection Pool
 
 Every ``Client`` instance has a built-in connection pool for each server
 in your MongoDB topology. Connection pools open sockets on demand to
-support concurrent requests to MongoDB in your application. You can
-tune the connection pool to best fit the needs of your application
-and optimize performance.
+support concurrent requests to MongoDB in your application. 
+
+The default configuration for a ``Client`` works for most applications.
+The following code shows how to create a client with default connection
+settings:
+
+.. code-block:: rust
+   
+   let client = Client::with_uri_str("<connection string>").await?;
+
+Alternatively, you can tune the connection pool to best fit the needs of your
+application and optimize performance. For more information on how to customize
+your connection settings, see the following subsections of this guide:
+
+- :ref:`rust-max-pool`
+- :ref:`rust-concurrent-connections`
+- :ref:`rust-max-idle`
 
 .. tip::
    
@@ -81,6 +95,11 @@ and optimize performance.
    :manual:`Tuning Your Connection Pool Settings
    </tutorial/connection-pool-performance-tuning/>` in the Server manual.
 
+.. _rust-max-pool:
+
+Configure Maximum Pool Size
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
 The maximum size of each connection pool is set by the ``max_pool_size``
 option, which defaults to ``10``. If the number of in-use connections to
 a server reaches the value of ``max_pool_size``, the next request to
@@ -103,11 +122,16 @@ option. The following code demonstrates how to specify a value for
 
 .. code-block:: rust
    
-   let mut client_options = ClientOptions::parse("<connection string>").await?;
+   let mut client_options = ClientOptions::parse_async("<connection string>").await?;
    client_options.max_pool_size = Some(20);
 
    let client = Client::with_options(client_options)?;
 
+.. _rust-concurrent-connections:
+
+Configure Concurrent Connection Options
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
 Connection pools are rate-limited. The ``max_connecting`` option
 determines the number of connections that the pool can create in
 parallel at any time. For example, if the value of ``max_connecting`` is
@@ -127,6 +151,22 @@ sockets are closed and the total number of sockets, both in use and
 idle, drops below the minimum, the connection pool opens more sockets until the
 minimum is reached.
 
+The following code sets the ``max_connecting`` and ``min_pool_size`` options when
+instantiating a ``Client``:
+
+.. code-block:: rust
+   
+   let mut client_options = ClientOptions::parse_async("<connection string>").await?;
+   client_options.max_connecting = Some(3);
+   client_options.min_pool_size = Some(1);
+
+   let client = Client::with_options(client_options)?;
+
+.. _rust-max-idle:
+
+Configure Maximum Idle Time
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
 You can set the maximum amount of time that a connection can
 remain idle in the pool by setting the ``max_idle_time`` option.
 Once a connection has been idle for the duration specified in
@@ -140,13 +180,15 @@ closes only inactive sockets, so you cannot interrupt or terminate
 any ongoing operations by using this method. The driver closes these
 sockets only when the process completes.
 
-The default configuration for a ``Client`` works for most applications.
-The following code shows how to create a client with default connection
-settings:
+The following code sets the value of the ``max_idle_time`` option to
+``90`` seconds when instantiating a ``Client``:
 
 .. code-block:: rust
    
-   let client = Client::with_uri_str("<connection string>").await?;
+   let mut client_options = ClientOptions::parse_async("<connection string>").await?;
+   client_options.max_idle_time = Some(Duration::new(90, 0));
+
+   let client = Client::with_options(client_options)?;
 
 .. _rust-performance-parallelism:
 
diff --git a/source/fundamentals/serialization.txt b/source/fundamentals/serialization.txt
index 2129057c..b0719f0c 100644
--- a/source/fundamentals/serialization.txt
+++ b/source/fundamentals/serialization.txt
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ Custom Data Model
 You can use any Rust data type that implements the ``Serialize`` and
 ``Deserialize`` traits from the ``serde`` crate as the generic type
 parameter for a ``Collection`` instance. To implement the ``Serialize``
-and ``Deserialize`` traits, you must use the following ``derive``
-statement before defining a Rust type:
+and ``Deserialize`` traits, you must include the following ``derive``
+attribute before defining a Rust type:
 
 .. code-block:: rust