diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aabf24c..10d9311 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,3 +7,33 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 # paperless-client
 
 ![pre-commit enabled](https://img.shields.io/badge/pre--commit-enabled-brightgreen?logo=pre-commit&logoColor=white)
+
+This simple client is a wrapper around the paperless-ng API. It allows you to
+upload documents to your paperless-ng instance. By design it doesn't use
+anything besides curl, so that it can be used in a wide range of environments,
+like Alpine Linux or OpenWRT.
+
+## Installation
+
+```text
+curl -ROLf1 https://git.schmidl.dev/schtobia/paperless-client/raw/branch/master/paperless.sh
+chmod +x paperless.sh
+echo BASEURL=<your paperless-ng instance> > .env
+echo TOKEN=<your paperless-ng token> >> .env
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+```text
+paperless.sh get_tasks | put_document <file>
+
+commands:
+    get_tasks       Get the list of tasks. This is not formatted, i.e. you'll
+                    have to pipe it yourself through a formatter.
+    put_document    Uploads the document under <file> to your paperless
+                    instance.
+
+return values:
+    If everything went alright, paperless.sh returns 0. Every other return
+    value indicates an error.
+```
diff --git a/paperless.sh b/paperless.sh
index 9d8995c..61d5cba 100755
--- a/paperless.sh
+++ b/paperless.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 
+VERSION="1.0.0"
+
+# load_env loads the .env file and checks if the necessary parameters are present.
 load_env () {
     [ ! -r "./.env" ] && { echo "env file not readable, please make sure a .env is present." >&2; exit 1; }
     . "./.env"
@@ -10,6 +13,7 @@ load_env () {
     [ -z "$BASE_URL" ] && { echo "Parameter BASE_URL is not present in env file, please fill it with the URL of your paperless server." >&2; exit 1; }
 }
 
+# print_usage prints the usage of the script.
 print_usage () {
     cat << END_OF_COMMENT
     $(basename "$0") get_tasks | put_document <file>
@@ -29,6 +33,11 @@ END_OF_COMMENT
 
 AUTH_PARM="Authorization: Token $TOKEN"
 
+
+echo "$(basename "$0") v${VERSION}"
+echo ""
+
+[ "$#" -lt 1 ] && { print_usage; exit 1; }
 case "$1" in
     get_tasks)
         load_env