diff --git a/src/curvecp/Makefile.am b/src/curvecp/Makefile.am
index 00ab962c..ce46b734 100644
--- a/src/curvecp/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/curvecp/Makefile.am
@@ -28,5 +28,8 @@ curvecpserver_SOURCES = \
 curvecpmessage_SOURCES = \
 	curvecpmessage.c
 
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	README
+
 SUBDIRS = \
 	libcurvecp
diff --git a/src/curvecp/README b/src/curvecp/README
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..89d7a4b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/curvecp/README
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Example of use:
+
+  curvecpmakekey serverkey
+
+  curvecpprintkey serverkey > serverkey.hex
+
+  curvecpserver this.machine.name serverkey \
+    127.0.0.1 10000 31415926535897932384626433832795 \
+      curvecpmessage cat /usr/share/dict/words &
+
+  curvecpclient this.machine.name $(cat serverkey.hex) \
+    127.0.0.1 10000 31415926535897932384626433832795 \
+      curvecpmessage -c sh -c 'shasum5.12 <&6'
+
+  shasum5.12 < /usr/share/dict/words