diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8f1359b..815aa84 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,15 @@
 ## haxor
 memory hacking library
+
+## using
+```rust
+let proc = Process::from("notepad.exe")?;
+let some_val = proc.read_mem::<i32>(0xDEADBEEF)?;
+```
+
+```rust
+let proc = Process::from(1337)?;
+let chain: Vec<usize> = vec![proc.base_address, 0x4B1D, 0x8, 0x12];
+let some_addr: usize = proc.resolve_pointer_chain(&chain)?;
+let some_val = proc.read_mem::<u8>(some_addr)?;
+```
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 0c5816f..808bca9 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
 use thiserror::Error;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
+/// errors that can occur during interaction with a process
 pub enum Error {
+    /// there was a failure in obtaining the handle to a process
     #[error("failed to obtain handle")]
     ObtainHandleError(String),
+    /// there was a failure when reading or writing the process's memory
     #[error("failed to access process memory")]
     AccessMemoryError(String),
+    /// there was a failure in building the Process or Module struct
     #[error("failed to create process")]
     CreateProcessError(String),
+    /// there was a failure in creating a snapshot of processes or modules
     #[error("failed to create snapshot")]
     CreateSnapshotError(String),
+    /// there was a failure in conversion between integers
     #[error("failed to convert integer")]
     ConvertIntegerError(#[from] std::num::TryFromIntError),
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 4e3bdd1..dbbed8d 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #![doc = include_str!("../README.md")]
+#![warn(missing_docs)]
 
 mod error;
+/// types and methods to ease the r/w of a process's memory
 pub mod process;
 
 pub use error::Error;
diff --git a/src/process/module.rs b/src/process/module.rs
index 4ad09a2..1a68913 100644
--- a/src/process/module.rs
+++ b/src/process/module.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 #[derive(Debug, Default)]
+/// a module running within a process
 pub struct Module {
+    /// the parent process id (th32ProcessID)
     pub process_id: u32,
+    /// the module name (szModule)
     pub name: String,
+    /// the module executable path (szExePath)
     pub path: String,
+    /// the module base address (modBaseAddr)
     pub base_address: usize,
+    /// the module base size (modBaseSize)
     pub base_size: usize,
 }
diff --git a/src/process/process.rs b/src/process/process.rs
index 3c52f4d..f7358f0 100644
--- a/src/process/process.rs
+++ b/src/process/process.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ use super::{handle::Handle, memory, module::Module, snapshot};
 use derive_more::derive::Display;
 
 #[derive(Display)]
+/// an identifier for searching for a process
 pub enum Identifier {
+    /// the process id
     Pid(u32),
+    /// the process name
     Name(String),
 }
 
@@ -21,10 +24,15 @@ impl From<&str> for Identifier {
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Clone)]
+/// a process running on the system
 pub struct Process {
+    /// the process name (szExeFile)
     pub name: String,
+    /// the process id  (th32ProcessID)
     pub id: u32,
+    /// the base address of the module with the same name as `name` (modBaseAddr)
     pub base_address: usize,
+    /// the process handle (HANDLE)
     pub handle: Handle,
 }
 
@@ -32,6 +40,7 @@ unsafe impl Send for Process {}
 unsafe impl Sync for Process {}
 
 impl Process {
+    /// initialize a `Process` from a pid or a process name
     pub fn from<T: Into<Identifier>>(identifier: T) -> Result<Self, crate::Error> {
         let identifier = identifier.into();
         let Some(snapshot) = (match identifier {
@@ -56,6 +65,7 @@ impl Process {
         Ok(process)
     }
 
+    /// get the `Module` of a `Process` by name
     pub fn module(&self, name: &str) -> Result<Module, crate::Error> {
         let Some(snapshot) = snapshot::ModuleSnapshot::get_modules(self.id)?
             .into_iter()
@@ -75,6 +85,7 @@ impl Process {
         Ok(module)
     }
 
+    /// follow a pointer chain to the end and return an address
     pub fn resolve_pointer_chain(&self, chain: &[usize]) -> Result<usize, crate::Error> {
         let mut chain = chain.to_vec();
         let mut address = chain.remove(0);
@@ -85,12 +96,14 @@ impl Process {
         Ok(address + chain.remove(0))
     }
 
+    /// read a given `address` of process's memory
     pub fn read_mem<T: Default>(&self, address: usize) -> Result<T, crate::Error> {
         let mut value = Default::default();
         memory::read(&self.handle, address, &mut value)?;
         Ok(value)
     }
 
+    /// write a `value` at given `address` of process's memory
     pub fn write_mem<T: Default>(&self, address: usize, mut value: T) -> Result<(), crate::Error> {
         memory::write(&self.handle, address, &mut value)?;
         Ok(())