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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # [s3.js](https://git.rootprojects.org/root/s3.js) | a [Root](https://rootprojects.org) project
 
-> Minimalist S3 client
+> Minimalist S3 client \
+> (for AWS, Minio, Digital Ocean Spaces, etc)
 
-A lightweight alternative to the s3 SDK that uses only @root/request and aws4.
+A lightweight alternative to the S3 SDK that uses only @root/request and aws4.
 
 -   set()
 -   get()
@@ -10,20 +11,20 @@ A lightweight alternative to the s3 SDK that uses only @root/request and aws4.
 -   delete()
 -   sign()
 
-Download a file from S3
+### Download a file from S3
 
 ```js
 s3.get({
-    accessKeyId,
-    secretAccessKey,
-    region,
-    bucket,
-    prefix,
-    key
+    accessKeyId,        // 'AKIAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
+    secretAccessKey,    // 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
+    region,             // 'us-east-2'
+    bucket,             // 'bucket-name'
+    prefix,             // 'my-prefix/' (optional)
+    key                 // 'data/stats.csv' (omits prefix, if any)
 });
 ```
 
-Upload a new file to S3
+### Upload a new file to S3
 
 ```js
 s3.set({
@@ -33,12 +34,14 @@ s3.set({
     bucket,
     prefix,
     key,
-    body,
-    size
+    body,               // new Buffer("hello, world")
+                        // or fs.createReadStream("./file.txt")
+
+    size                // fs.stat("./file.txt").size (required for streams)
 });
 ```
 
-Return signed URL without fetching.
+### Return signed URL without fetching.
 
 ```js
 s3.sign({
@@ -52,6 +55,50 @@ s3.sign({
 });
 ```
 
+### A note on S3 terminology
+
+|                         |                                                                                                                                                              |
+| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
+| `bucket`                | most similar to what most people think of as a "**folder**"<br>**MUST NOT** contain a slash `/`                                                              |
+| `key`<br>("object key") | most similar to a "**file name**"<br>may contain "**/**"s as part of the name<br>**MUST NOT BEGIN** with a slash `/`                                         |
+| `prefix`                | an informal term, refers to "**file path**"<br>what the AWS console uses for created virtual folder-like views and searches<br>**MUST END** with a slash `/` |
+
+This library provides `prefix` (of `key`) for convenience.
+
+`s3://bucket-name/long/prefix/data/stats.csv` can be represented equally well by any of the following:
+
+(no prefix)
+
+```json
+{
+    "bucket": "bucket-name",
+    "prefix": "",
+    "key": "long/prefix/data/stats.csv"
+}
+```
+
+(with long prefix)
+
+```json
+{
+    "bucket": "bucket-name",
+    "prefix": "long/prefix/data/",
+    "key": "stats.csv"
+}
+```
+
+(with short prefix)
+
+```json
+{
+    "bucket": "bucket-name",
+    "prefix": "long/",
+    "key": "prefix/data/stats.csv"
+}
+```
+
+### Troubleshooting
+
 If the body is a stream then `size` must be set to `fs.statSync(filePath).size`, or the request will fail:
 
 ```