diff --git a/miniuri.py b/miniuri.py
index 1c8d445..706666c 100644
--- a/miniuri.py
+++ b/miniuri.py
@@ -1,21 +1,34 @@
 class Uri( object ):
     """
-    >>> from miniuri import Uri
-    >>> u = Uri( "http://www.foxhop.net/samsung/HL-T5087SA/red-LED-failure" )
-    >>> u.uri = "https://fox:pass@www.foxhop.net:8080/path/filename.jpg?p=2#comment"
+    This is a universal URI parser class.
+    Pass a URI string in for access to the following attributes: 
 
-    foo://username:password@example.com:8042/over/there/index.php?pet=cat&name=bam#nose
-    \_/   \_______________/ \_________/ \__/            \___/ \_/ \______________/ \__/
-     |           |               |       |                |    |         |           |
-     |       userinfo        hostname  port               |    |       query   fragment
-     |    \________________________________/\_____________|____|/
-    scheme                |                        |      |    |
-                      authority                   path    | extension
-                                                          |    
-                                                      filename                          
+    foo://username:password@test.com:808/go/to/index.php?pet=cat&name=bam#eye
+    \_/   \_______________/ \______/ \_/       \___/ \_/ \_______________/\_/
+     |           |             |      |          |    |       |            | 
+     |       userinfo       hostname  |          |    |      query   fragment
+     |    \___________________________|/\________|____|_/
+     |                  |             |      |   |    |
+    scheme          authority         |    path  |  extension
+                                      |          |
+                                     port     filename
+
+    This example shows how you can set and get any of the URI attributes:
+    .. code-block:: python
+
+     >>> from miniuri import Uri
+     >>> u = Uri( "http://www.foxhop.net/samsung/HL-T5087SA/red-LED-failure" )
+     >>> u.uri = "https://fox:pass@www.foxhop.net:81/path/filename.jpg?p=2#5"
+     >>> print u.uri
+     https://fox:pass@www.foxhop.net:81/path/filename.jpg?p=2#5
+     >>> print u.hostname
+     www.foxhop.net
+     >>> print u.scheme
+     https
+     >>> u.username = 'max'
+     >>> print u
+     https://max:pass@www.foxhop.net:81/path/filename.jpg?p=2#5
     """
-    scheme = username = password = hostname = port = None
-    path = filename = query = fragment = None 
 
     def __init__( self, uri = None ):
         if uri: self.uri = uri # invoke uri.setter
@@ -34,6 +47,10 @@ class Uri( object ):
     @uri.setter
     def uri( self, uri ):
         """parse and set all uri attributes"""
+        self.scheme = self.username = self.password = None
+        self.hostname = self.port = self.path = None
+        self.filename = self.query = self.fragment = None 
+
         if '://' in uri: # attempt to parse scheme
             self.scheme, uri = uri.split( '://' )
 
@@ -100,3 +117,5 @@ class Uri( object ):
         p = self.uri
         if self.scheme: p = p[ len(self.scheme) + 3: ]
         return p.split( '/' )
+
+    def __str__( self ): return self.uri