diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,84 +74,12 @@ compile with a particular Ceph version before go-ceph v0.2.0 is not guaranteed.
 
 ## Documentation
 
-Detailed documentation is available at
+Detailed API documentation is available at
 <https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/ceph/go-ceph>.
 
-### Connecting to a cluster
+Some [API Hints and How-Tos](./docs/hints.md) are also available to quickly
+introduce how some of API calls work together.
 
-Connect to a Ceph cluster using a configuration file located in the default
-search paths.
-
-```go
-conn, _ := rados.NewConn()
-conn.ReadDefaultConfigFile()
-conn.Connect()
-```
-
-A connection can be shutdown by calling the `Shutdown` method on the
-connection object (e.g. `conn.Shutdown()`). There are also other methods for
-configuring the connection. Specific configuration options can be set:
-
-```go
-conn.SetConfigOption("log_file", "/dev/null")
-```
-
-and command line options can also be used using the `ParseCmdLineArgs` method.
-
-```go
-args := []string{ "--mon-host", "1.1.1.1" }
-err := conn.ParseCmdLineArgs(args)
-```
-
-For other configuration options see the full documentation.
-
-### Object I/O
-
-Object in RADOS can be written to and read from with through an interface very
-similar to a standard file I/O interface:
-
-```go
-// open a pool handle
-ioctx, err := conn.OpenIOContext("mypool")
-
-// write some data
-bytesIn := []byte("input data")
-err = ioctx.Write("obj", bytesIn, 0)
-
-// read the data back out
-bytesOut := make([]byte, len(bytesIn))
-_, err := ioctx.Read("obj", bytesOut, 0)
-
-if !bytes.Equal(bytesIn, bytesOut) {
-    fmt.Println("Output is not input!")
-}
-```
-
-### Pool maintenance
-
-The list of pools in a cluster can be retreived using the `ListPools` method
-on the connection object. On a new cluster the following code snippet:
-
-```go
-pools, _ := conn.ListPools()
-fmt.Println(pools)
-```
-
-will produce the output `[data metadata rbd]`, along with any other pools that
-might exist in your cluster. Pools can also be created and destroyed. The
-following creates a new, empty pool with default settings.
-
-```go
-conn.MakePool("new_pool")
-```
-
-Deleting a pool is also easy. Call `DeletePool(name string)` on a connection object to
-delete a pool with the given name. The following will delete the pool named
-`new_pool` and remove all of the pool's data.
-
-```go
-conn.DeletePool("new_pool")
-```
 
 # Development
 
diff --git a/docs/hints.md b/docs/hints.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9497f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/hints.md
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# API Hints & Quick How-Tos
+
+Below you'll find some brief sections that show how some of the API calls
+in go-ceph work together. This is not meant to cover every possible use
+case but are recorded here as a quick way to get familiar with these
+calls.
+
+## rados Package
+
+### Connecting to a cluster
+
+Connect to a Ceph cluster using a configuration file located in the default
+search paths.
+
+```go
+conn, _ := rados.NewConn()
+conn.ReadDefaultConfigFile()
+conn.Connect()
+```
+
+A connection can be shutdown by calling the `Shutdown` method on the
+connection object (e.g. `conn.Shutdown()`). There are also other methods for
+configuring the connection. Specific configuration options can be set:
+
+```go
+conn.SetConfigOption("log_file", "/dev/null")
+```
+
+and command line options can also be used using the `ParseCmdLineArgs` method.
+
+```go
+args := []string{ "--mon-host", "1.1.1.1" }
+err := conn.ParseCmdLineArgs(args)
+```
+
+For other configuration options see the full documentation.
+
+### Object I/O
+
+Object in RADOS can be written to and read from with through an interface very
+similar to a standard file I/O interface:
+
+```go
+// open a pool handle
+ioctx, err := conn.OpenIOContext("mypool")
+
+// write some data
+bytesIn := []byte("input data")
+err = ioctx.Write("obj", bytesIn, 0)
+
+// read the data back out
+bytesOut := make([]byte, len(bytesIn))
+_, err := ioctx.Read("obj", bytesOut, 0)
+
+if !bytes.Equal(bytesIn, bytesOut) {
+    fmt.Println("Output is not input!")
+}
+```
+
+### Pool maintenance
+
+The list of pools in a cluster can be retreived using the `ListPools` method
+on the connection object. On a new cluster the following code snippet:
+
+```go
+pools, _ := conn.ListPools()
+fmt.Println(pools)
+```
+
+will produce the output `[data metadata rbd]`, along with any other pools that
+might exist in your cluster. Pools can also be created and destroyed. The
+following creates a new, empty pool with default settings.
+
+```go
+conn.MakePool("new_pool")
+```
+
+Deleting a pool is also easy. Call `DeletePool(name string)` on a connection object to
+delete a pool with the given name. The following will delete the pool named
+`new_pool` and remove all of the pool's data.
+
+```go
+conn.DeletePool("new_pool")
+```