diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3723cf0..17abac1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
 #### Pre-compiled
 
 1. Download the latest binary from the [Releases page](https://github.com/samuelmeuli/nbtohtml/releases/latest)
-2. Run `./nbtohtml convert path/to/your/notebook.ipynb` in the directory where you've downloaded the program
+2. Run `./nbtohtml convert /path/to/your/notebook.ipynb` in the directory where you've downloaded the program
 
 #### Self-compiled
 
 1. Compile and install the program by running `go get -u github.com/samuelmeuli/nbtohtml/cmd/nbtohtml`
-2. Run `nbtohtml convert path/to/your/notebook.ipynb`
+2. Run `nbtohtml convert /path/to/your/notebook.ipynb`
 
 ### As a library
 
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@
 2. Use the library in your code:
 
 ```go
-notebookPath := "path/to/your/notebook.ipynb"
 notebookHTML := new(bytes.Buffer)
+notebookPath := "/path/to/your/notebook.ipynb"
 err := nbtohtml.ConvertFile(notebookHTML, notebookPath)
 ```
 
diff --git a/convert.go b/convert.go
index df390ae..139a47f 100644
--- a/convert.go
+++ b/convert.go
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// Package nbtohtml is a library for converting Jupyter Notebook files to HTML.
 package nbtohtml
 
 import (
@@ -187,6 +188,12 @@ func convertOutput(output output) template.HTML {
 
 // ConvertFile reads the file at the provided path and converts its content (the Jupyter Notebook
 // JSON) to HTML.
+//
+// For example, the function can be called the following way:
+//
+//  notebookHTML := new(bytes.Buffer)
+//  notebookPath := "/path/to/your/notebook.ipynb"
+//  err := nbtohtml.ConvertFile(notebookHTML, notebookPath)
 func ConvertFile(writer io.Writer, notebookPath string) error {
 	// Read file
 	fileContent, err := ioutil.ReadFile(notebookPath)
@@ -199,6 +206,12 @@ func ConvertFile(writer io.Writer, notebookPath string) error {
 }
 
 // ConvertString converts the provided Jupyter Notebook JSON string to HTML.
+//
+// For example, the function can be called the following way:
+//
+//  notebookHTML := new(bytes.Buffer)
+//  notebookString := `{ "cells": ... }`
+//  err := nbtohtml.ConvertString(notebookHTML, notebookString)
 func ConvertString(writer io.Writer, notebookString string) error {
 	notebook, err := parseNotebook(notebookString)
 	if err != nil {