diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 09e3be59..db56a016 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ $ go get github.com/conformal/btcscript
   prints the created script hex and uses the DisasmString function to display
   the disassembled script.
 
+* [Extracting Details from Standard Scripts]
+  (http://godoc.org/github.com/conformal/btcscript#example-ExtractPkScriptAddrs)  
+  Demonstrates extracting information from a standard public key script.
+
 ## TODO
 
 - Increase test coverage to 100%
diff --git a/example_test.go b/example_test.go
index 3392cfac..933705c7 100644
--- a/example_test.go
+++ b/example_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package btcscript_test
 
 import (
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/conformal/btcnet"
@@ -46,3 +47,31 @@ func ExamplePayToAddrScript() {
 	// Script Hex: 76a914128004ff2fcaf13b2b91eb654b1dc2b674f7ec6188ac
 	// Script Disassembly: OP_DUP OP_HASH160 128004ff2fcaf13b2b91eb654b1dc2b674f7ec61 OP_EQUALVERIFY OP_CHECKSIG
 }
+
+// This example demonstrates extracting information from a standard public key
+// script.
+func ExampleExtractPkScriptAddrs() {
+	// Start with a standard pay-to-pubkey-hash script.
+	scriptHex := "76a914128004ff2fcaf13b2b91eb654b1dc2b674f7ec6188ac"
+	script, err := hex.DecodeString(scriptHex)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Extract and print details from the script.
+	scriptClass, addresses, reqSigs, err := btcscript.ExtractPkScriptAddrs(
+		script, &btcnet.MainNetParams)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+		return
+	}
+	fmt.Println("Script Class:", scriptClass)
+	fmt.Println("Addresses:", addresses)
+	fmt.Println("Required Signatures:", reqSigs)
+
+	// Output:
+	// Script Class: pubkeyhash
+	// Addresses: [12gpXQVcCL2qhTNQgyLVdCFG2Qs2px98nV]
+	// Required Signatures: 1
+}