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@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3c86f387d6993609ce8e6409ce4842d6d070e199..c5333a1b1ed70bcbf24712ba1c140465f9e70e2f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,16 +2,32 @@
 
 A utility library for working with bytes.
 
-[![crates.io](http://meritbadge.herokuapp.com/bytes)](https://crates.io/crates/bytes)
+[![Crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/bytes.svg?maxAge=2592000)](https://crates.io/crates/bytes)
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/carllerche/bytes.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/carllerche/bytes)
 
-- [API documentation](http://carllerche.github.io/bytes/bytes/index.html)
+[Documentation](https://docs.rs/bytes)
 
 ## Usage
 
 To use `bytes`, first add this to your `Cargo.toml`:
 
 ```toml
-[dependencies.bytes]
-git = "https://github.com/carllerche/bytes"
+[dependencies]
+bytes = "0.4"
 ```
+
+Next, add this to your crate:
+
+```rust
+extern crate bytes;
+
+use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut, Buf, BufMut};
+```
+
+# License
+
+`bytes` is primarily distributed under the terms of both the MIT license and the
+Apache License (Version 2.0), with portions covered by various BSD-like
+licenses.
+
+See LICENSE-APACHE, and LICENSE-MIT for details.
diff --git a/src/bytes.rs b/src/bytes.rs
index a5418273ebe1c9bc188ea05f0adf8f223a27fe0f..4fd958b045b8abf90e3e56470c580c3ce9d400ca 100644
--- a/src/bytes.rs
+++ b/src/bytes.rs
@@ -884,6 +884,36 @@ impl BytesMut {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Remove the bytes from the current view, returning them in a new
+    /// `BytesMut` handle.
+    ///
+    /// Afterwards, `self` will be empty, but will retain any additional
+    /// capacity that it had before the operation. This is identical to
+    /// `self.drain_to(self.len())`.
+    ///
+    /// This is an `O(1)` operation that just increases the reference count and
+    /// sets a few indexes.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use bytes::{BytesMut, BufMut};
+    ///
+    /// let mut buf = BytesMut::with_capacity(1024);
+    /// buf.put(&b"hello world"[..]);
+    ///
+    /// let other = buf.drain();
+    ///
+    /// assert!(buf.is_empty());
+    /// assert_eq!(1013, buf.capacity());
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(other, b"hello world"[..]);
+    /// ```
+    pub fn drain(&mut self) -> BytesMut {
+        let len = self.len();
+        self.drain_to(len)
+    }
+
     /// Splits the buffer into two at the given index.
     ///
     /// Afterwards `self` contains elements `[at, len)`, and the returned `BytesMut`
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 16376373c07a3f08669577f3781aef65b51a7b1d..1fbc21f358081e28dc68dd759b481757ae0a463c 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 //!
 //! The `bytes` crate provides an efficient byte buffer structure
 //! ([`Bytes`](struct.Bytes.html)) and traits for working with buffer
-//! implementations ([`Buf`](trait.Buf.html), [`BufMut`](trait.BufMut.html)).
+//! implementations ([`Buf`], [`BufMut`]).
+//!
+//! [`Buf`]: trait.Buf.html
+//! [`BufMut`]: trait.BufMut.html
 //!
 //! # `Bytes`
 //!
@@ -15,18 +18,47 @@
 //! using a reference count to track when the memory is no longer needed and can
 //! be freed.
 //!
-//! See the [struct docs](struct.Bytes.html) for more details.
+//! A `Bytes` handle can be created directly from an existing byte store (such as &[u8]
+//! or Vec<u8>), but usually a `BytesMut` is used first and written to. For
+//! example:
+//!
+//! ```rust
+//! use bytes::{BytesMut, BufMut, BigEndian};
+//!
+//! let mut buf = BytesMut::with_capacity(1024);
+//! buf.put(&b"hello world"[..]);
+//! buf.put_u16::<BigEndian>(1234);
+//!
+//! let a = buf.drain();
+//! assert_eq!(a, b"hello world\x04\xD2"[..]);
+//!
+//! buf.put(&b"goodbye world"[..]);
+//!
+//! let b = buf.drain();
+//! assert_eq!(b, b"goodbye world"[..]);
+//!
+//! assert_eq!(buf.capacity(), 998);
+//! ```
+//!
+//! In the above example, only a single buffer of 1024 is allocated. The handles
+//! `a` and `b` will share the underlying buffer and maintain indices tracking
+//! the view into the buffer represented by the handle.
+//!
+//! See the [struct docs] for more details.
+//!
+//! [struct docs]: struct.Bytes.html
 //!
 //! # `Buf`, `BufMut`
 //!
 //! These two traits provide read and write access to buffers. The underlying
 //! storage may or may not be in contiguous memory. For example, `Bytes` is a
-//! buffer that guarantees contiguous memory, but a
-//! [rope](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope_(data_structure)) stores the bytes
-//! in disjoint chunks. `Buf` and `BufMut` maintain cursors tracking the current
+//! buffer that guarantees contiguous memory, but a [rope] stores the bytes in
+//! disjoint chunks. `Buf` and `BufMut` maintain cursors tracking the current
 //! position in the underlying byte storage. When bytes are read or written, the
 //! cursor is advanced.
 //!
+//! [rope]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope_(data_structure)
+//!
 //! ## Relation with `Read` and `Write`
 //!
 //! At first glance, it may seem that `Buf` and `BufMut` overlap in
@@ -35,33 +67,6 @@
 //! argument to `Read::read` and `Write::write`. `Read` and `Write` may then
 //! perform a syscall, which has the potential of failing. Operations on `Buf`
 //! and `BufMut` are infallible.
-//!
-//! # Example
-//!
-//! ```
-//! use bytes::{BytesMut, Buf, BufMut};
-//! use std::io::Cursor;
-//! use std::thread;
-//!
-//! // Allocate a buffer capable of holding 1024 bytes.
-//! let mut buf = BytesMut::with_capacity(1024);
-//!
-//! // Write some data
-//! buf.put("Hello world");
-//! buf.put(b'-');
-//! buf.put("goodbye");
-//!
-//! // Freeze the buffer, enabling concurrent access
-//! let b1 = buf.freeze();
-//! let b2 = b1.clone();
-//!
-//! thread::spawn(move || {
-//!     assert_eq!(&b1[..], b"Hello world-goodbye");
-//! });
-//!
-//! let mut buf = Cursor::new(b2);
-//! assert_eq!(b'H', buf.get_u8());
-//! ```
 
 #![deny(warnings, missing_docs)]