diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 779d408..78528c9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,16 +4,7 @@ node-bitcoin is a simple wrapper for the Bitcoin client's JSON-RPC API.
 
 The API is equivalent to the API document [here](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Original_Bitcoin_client/API_Calls_list).
 The methods are exposed as lower camelcase methods on the `bitcoin.Client`
-object.
-
-You can choose to ignore the helper methods and call the api directly like so:
-
-```js
-client.cmd('getbalance', '*', 6, function(err, balance){
-  if (err) return console.log(err);
-  console.log('Balance:', balance);
-});
-```
+object, or you may call the API directly using the `cmd` method.
 
 ## Install
 
@@ -50,17 +41,24 @@ var client = new bitcoin.Client('localhost', 8332, 'username', 'password');
 var client = new bitcoin.Client({
   host: 'localhost',
   port: 8332,
-  username: 'username',
-  password: 'password'
+  user: 'username',
+  pass: 'password'
 });
 ```
 
 ### Get balance across all accounts with minimum confirmations of 6
 
 ```js
-
 client.getBalance('*', 6, function(err, balance) {
   if (err) return console.log(err);
   console.log('Balance:', balance);
 });
 ```
+### Getting the balance directly using `cmd`
+
+```js
+client.cmd('getbalance', '*', 6, function(err, balance){
+  if (err) return console.log(err);
+  console.log('Balance:', balance);
+});
+```