diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index e24fde7..6970831 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ this:
         "level" : 1,
         "namespace": "ren.stimpy",
         "payload": {
-            "type": "arbitrary object"
+            "type": "arbitrary object",
+            "wait, any type?": [
+                "I am",
+                "very serious"
+            ],
+            "pi": 3.142
         }
     }
 
@@ -16,6 +21,9 @@ and `itslog` will gracefully shove it into a postgres database for future
 retrieval. It is literally the simplest program of this variety one could
 possibly imagine.
 
+Simply provide it with a `level`, a `namespace`, and a `payload`, and `itslog`
+will do the rest. Please note that `payload` can be any valid json object.
+
 future work
 -----------