diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index 7c5ad53e..c365e9b0 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This folder contains usage examples of the Reed-Solomon encoder.
 
 Shows basic use of the encoder, and will encode a single file into a number of
 data and parity shards. This is meant as an example and is not meant for production use
-since there is a number of shotcomings noted below.
+since there is a number of shortcomings noted below.
 
 To build an executable use:
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ go build simple-decoder.go
 go build simple-encoder.go
 ```
 
-# Streamin API examples
+# Streaming API examples
 
 There are streaming examples of the same functionality, which streams data instead of keeping it in memory.
 
@@ -26,8 +26,26 @@ go build stream-decoder.go
 go build stream-encoder.go
 ```
 
+# Example usage
+
+On Windows, the following command will generate six files `README.md.0` to `README.md.5`
+
+```bash
+.\simple-encoder.exe .\README.md
+```
+
+Rename `README.md` to `README.md.org`, and delete two of the six generated files. The following
+command will reconstruct `README.md` from the four generated files.
+
+```bash
+.\simple-decoder.exe .\README.md
+```
+
+Appreciate that the reconstructed file mau have nul padding as explained in the following shortcomings.
+
+
 ## Shortcomings
-* If the file size of the input isn't diviable by the number of data shards
+* If the file size of the input isn't dividable by the number of data shards
   the output will contain extra zeroes
 * If the shard numbers isn't the same for the decoder as in the
   encoder, invalid output will be generated.
@@ -42,4 +60,4 @@ The solution for this is to save a metadata file containing:
 * HASH of each shard.
 * Order of the shards.
 
-If you save these properties, you should abe able to detect file corruption in a shard and be able to reconstruct your data if you have the needed number of shards left.
+If you save these properties, you should abe able to detect file corruption in a shard and be able to reconstruct your data if you have the needed number of shards left.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/simple-decoder.go b/examples/simple-decoder.go
index 19e91cae..b33163bb 100644
--- a/examples/simple-decoder.go
+++ b/examples/simple-decoder.go
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/klauspost/reedsolomon"
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ func main() {
 	for i := range shards {
 		infn := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%d", fname, i)
 		fmt.Println("Opening", infn)
-		shards[i], err = ioutil.ReadFile(infn)
+		shards[i], err = os.ReadFile(infn)
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Println("Error reading file", err)
 			shards[i] = nil
diff --git a/examples/simple-encoder.go b/examples/simple-encoder.go
index d90904ca..94a0c461 100644
--- a/examples/simple-encoder.go
+++ b/examples/simple-encoder.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 //
 // Simple encoder example
 //
-// The encoder encodes a simgle file into a number of shards
+// The encoder encodes a simple file into a number of shards
 // To reverse the process see "simpledecoder.go"
 //
 // To build an executable use: