diff --git a/Playground.playground/Contents.swift b/Playground.playground/Contents.swift
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--- a/Playground.playground/Contents.swift
+++ b/Playground.playground/Contents.swift
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 //: Playground - noun: a place where people can play
 
 import MsgPack
-import Foundation
 
 let encoder = Encoder()
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f5b9b15..5a0a618 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
 #  Usage
 
-Take a look at the [playground](Playground.playground/Contents.swift)
+```swift
+import MsgPack
+
+let encoder = Encoder()
+try encoder.encode("Hello world")
+try encoder.encode("😇")
+try encoder.encode(0x0102030405060708)
+try encoder.encode(["Some strings", "in an array"])
+```
+
+Take a look at the [playground](Playground.playground/Contents.swift) for more examples.
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