diff --git a/src/client/mod.rs b/src/client/mod.rs
index 78d8167..5870679 100644
--- a/src/client/mod.rs
+++ b/src/client/mod.rs
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ impl<S: Connecter + Write + Read = TcpStream> Client<S> {
     }
 
     /// Connects to the configured server
-    fn connect(&mut self) -> SmtpResult {
+    pub fn connect(&mut self) -> SmtpResult {
         // Connect should not be called when the client is already connected
         if self.stream.is_some() {
             close_and_return_err!("The connection is already established", self);
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 147577f..501e1d7 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -110,6 +110,26 @@
 //! let result = client.send(email);
 //! assert!(result.is_ok());
 //! ```
+//!
+//! ### Lower level
+//!
+//! You can also send commands, here is a simple email transaction without error handling:
+//!
+//! ```rust,no_run
+//! use smtp::client::{Client, ClientBuilder};
+//! use smtp::SMTP_PORT;
+//! use std::net::TcpStream;
+//!
+//! let mut email_client: Client<TcpStream> = ClientBuilder::new(("localhost", SMTP_PORT)).build();
+//! let _ = email_client.connect();
+//! let _ = email_client.ehlo();
+//! let _ = email_client.mail("user@example.com");
+//! let _ = email_client.rcpt("user@example.org");
+//! let _ = email_client.data();
+//! let _ = email_client.message("Test email");
+//! let _ = email_client.quit();
+//! ```
+
 
 #![feature(plugin, core, io, collections, net, str_words)]
 #![deny(missing_docs)]