diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0320cc8..d11e8a6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ See the original [`xid`] project for more details.
 ## Usage
 
 ```rust
-println!("{}", xid::new().to_string()); //=> bva9lbqn1bt68k8mj62g
+println!("{}", xid::new()); //=> bva9lbqn1bt68k8mj62g
 ```
 
 ## Examples
diff --git a/examples/gen.rs b/examples/gen.rs
index fa22fdc..1025607 100644
--- a/examples/gen.rs
+++ b/examples/gen.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 fn main() {
-    println!("{}", xid::new().to_string());
+    println!("{}", xid::new());
 }
diff --git a/src/generator.rs b/src/generator.rs
index ef9be79..4db24e6 100644
--- a/src/generator.rs
+++ b/src/generator.rs
@@ -33,12 +33,13 @@ impl Generator {
         self.with_time(&SystemTime::now())
     }
 
+    #[cfg_attr(target_os = "windows", allow(clippy::trivially_copy_pass_by_ref))]
     fn with_time(&self, time: &SystemTime) -> Id {
         // Panic if the time is before the epoch.
         let unix_ts = time
             .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
             .expect("Clock may have gone backwards");
-        #[allow(clippy::clippy::cast_possible_truncation)]
+        #[allow(clippy::cast_possible_truncation)]
         self.generate(unix_ts.as_secs() as u32)
     }
 
diff --git a/src/id.rs b/src/id.rs
index 6d3f738..c6800db 100644
--- a/src/id.rs
+++ b/src/id.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::{
+    fmt,
     str::{self, FromStr},
-    string::ToString,
     time::{Duration, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH},
 };
 
@@ -54,10 +54,9 @@ impl Id {
     }
 }
 
-impl ToString for Id {
+impl fmt::Display for Id {
     // https://github.com/rs/xid/blob/efa678f304ab65d6d57eedcb086798381ae22206/id.go#L208
-    /// Returns the string representation of the id.
-    fn to_string(&self) -> String {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         let Self(raw) = self;
         let mut bs = [0_u8; ENCODED_LEN];
         bs[19] = ENC[((raw[11] << 4) & 31) as usize];
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ impl ToString for Id {
         bs[2] = ENC[((raw[1] >> 1) & 31) as usize];
         bs[1] = ENC[(((raw[1] >> 6) | (raw[0] << 2)) & 31) as usize];
         bs[0] = ENC[(raw[0] >> 3) as usize];
-        str::from_utf8(&bs).unwrap().to_string()
+        write!(f, "{}", str::from_utf8(&bs).expect("valid utf8"))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index c4ad440..67717cd 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 //! ## Usage
 //!
 //! ```
-//! println!("{}", xid::new().to_string()); //=> bva9lbqn1bt68k8mj62g
+//! println!("{}", xid::new()); //=> bva9lbqn1bt68k8mj62g
 //! ```
 //!
 //! [`xid`]:  https://github.com/rs/xid
diff --git a/src/pid.rs b/src/pid.rs
index 80d0a2f..d6b1a4b 100644
--- a/src/pid.rs
+++ b/src/pid.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crc32fast::Hasher;
 
 // 2 bytes of PID
 // https://github.com/rs/xid/blob/efa678f304ab65d6d57eedcb086798381ae22206/id.go#L159
-#[allow(clippy::clippy::cast_possible_truncation)]
+#[allow(clippy::cast_possible_truncation)]
 pub fn get() -> u16 {
     // https://github.com/rs/xid/blob/efa678f304ab65d6d57eedcb086798381ae22206/id.go#L105
     // > If /proc/self/cpuset exists and is not /, we can assume that we are in a