diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2517100..498b3f7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Eloquent Report Generator
 
-This package can be used to generates reports from Eloquent models 
+This package can be used to generate reports from Eloquent models 
 in many formats, such as CSV, PDF, Markdown, and HTML.
 
 ## Installation
@@ -16,6 +16,24 @@ does not do this for you.
 
 ## Usage
 
+First, add the `Reportable` trait to the model or models you wish to
+create reports from.
+
+```php
+namespace App;
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use LangleyFoxall\EloquentReportGenerator\Traits\Reportable;
+
+class User extends Model
+{
+    use Reportable;
+    
+    // ...
+```
+
+You can then generate reports elsewhere in your application by calling the static `generateReport` method from this trait.
+
 See the following code snippet for example usage.
 
 ```php
@@ -45,4 +63,4 @@ User::generateReport()
         $name->value = ucwords($name);
     }
     ->save(storage_path('app/report.csv'));
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```