diff --git a/assets/index.html b/assets/index.html
index c7ca6b1..8ff515b 100644
--- a/assets/index.html
+++ b/assets/index.html
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 			<a href="https://tinyurl.com">tinyurl.com</a>.
 			qurl.org is <a href="http://binarythought.com/qurl/LICENSE">open source</a>,
 			it's code is <a href="https://binarythought.com/fossils/qurl/">freely available</a>
-			and has an <a href="api/index.html">easy to use API</a>.
+			and has an <a href="api/usage.html">easy to use API</a>.
 
 			<form method="post" action="submit.html">
 				<input type="text" id="u" name="url" placeholder="https://qurl.org" />
diff --git a/assets/usage.html b/assets/usage.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..423b935
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/usage.html
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+	<head>
+		<meta charset="utf-8"> 
+    <title>qurl.org - API usage</title>
+    <style>
+      body { font-size: 14px; }
+      pre { font-size: 12px; border-left: 3px solid blue; padding-left: 10px; }
+      ul { margin: 0px; padding: 0px; }
+      li { margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; }
+    </style>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <h1>API usage</h1>
+
+    <p>API URL: http://qurl.org/api/url</p>
+    <p>
+      <ul>Parameters (GET or POST)
+        <li><b>url</b> The url to be shortened</li>
+      </ul>
+    </p>
+
+    <p>
+      <ul>JSON Response
+        <li><b>url</b> <i>(string)</i> the shortened url (e.g. http://qurl.org/0)</li>
+        <li><b>exists</b> <i>(boolean)</i> true if the provided URL was already in the database</li>
+        <li><b>error</b> <i>(string)</i> error message if url could not be shortened (e.g. "Invalid URL")</li>
+      </ul>
+    </p>
+
+    <h1>API example</h1>
+    <p>
+      <b>Submit:</b><pre>http://qurl.org/api/url?url=http://fark.com</pre>
+      <b>Response:</b><pre>{"exists":true,"url":"http:\/\/qurl.org\/s"}</pre>
+    </p>
+    <br/>
+    <p>
+      <b>Submit:</b><pre>http://qurl.org/api/url?url=http://klasjdlh.com</pre>
+      <b>Response:</b><pre>{"exists":false,"url":"http:\/\/qurl.org\/Z1q"}</pre>
+    </p>
+    <br/>
+    <p>
+      <b>Submit:</b><pre>http://qurl.org/api/url?url=notaurl</pre>
+      <b>Response:</b><pre>{"error":"Not a valid URL."}</pre>
+    </p>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/pages/root.go b/pages/root.go
index 062ad6f..e3e82aa 100644
--- a/pages/root.go
+++ b/pages/root.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ type RootHandler struct {
 	index  *static.StaticContent
 	css    *static.StaticContent
 	favi   *static.StaticContent
+	usage  *static.StaticContent
 	submit *template.Template
 }
 
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ func (ctx *RootHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	case "/favicon.ico":
 		ctx.favi.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 
+	case "/api/usage.html":
+		ctx.usage.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+
 	case "/api/url":
 		ctx.ServeAPI(w, r)
 
@@ -73,7 +77,7 @@ func (ctx *RootHandler) Init() error {
 	}
 	ctx.css = css
 
-	// Initialize the static content object for the css
+	// Initialize the static content object favicon
 	favi := &static.StaticContent{Content: "favicon.ico"}
 	err = favi.Init()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -81,6 +85,14 @@ func (ctx *RootHandler) Init() error {
 	}
 	ctx.favi = favi
 
+	// Initialize the api usage instructions
+	usage := &static.StaticContent{Content: "usage.html"}
+	err = usage.Init()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	ctx.usage = usage
+
 	// Initialize submit page template
 	ctx.submit = template.New("submit.html")
 	_, err = ctx.submit.Parse(string(static.Assets["submit.html"]))
