diff --git a/request/doc.go b/request/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c01069c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/request/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Utility package for extracting JWT tokens from
+// HTTP requests.
+//
+// The main function is ParseFromRequest and it's WithClaims variant.
+// See examples for how to use the various Extractor implementations
+// or roll your own.
+package request
diff --git a/request/extractor.go b/request/extractor.go
index 57ea2dd..61c330a 100644
--- a/request/extractor.go
+++ b/request/extractor.go
@@ -10,12 +10,15 @@ var (
 	ErrNoTokenInRequest = errors.New("no token present in request")
 )
 
-// Interface for extracting a token from an HTTP request
+// Interface for extracting a token from an HTTP request.
+// The ExtractToken method should return a token string or an error.
+// If no token is present, you must return ErrNoTokenInRequest.
 type Extractor interface {
 	ExtractToken(*http.Request) (string, error)
 }
 
-// Extract token from headers
+// Extractor for finding a token in a header.  Looks at each specified
+// header in order until there's a match
 type HeaderExtractor []string
 
 func (e HeaderExtractor) ExtractToken(req *http.Request) (string, error) {
@@ -28,7 +31,8 @@ func (e HeaderExtractor) ExtractToken(req *http.Request) (string, error) {
 	return "", ErrNoTokenInRequest
 }
 
-// Extract token from request args
+// Extract token from request arguments.  This includes a POSTed form or
+// GET URL arguments.  Argument names are tried in order until there's a match.
 type ArgumentExtractor []string
 
 func (e ArgumentExtractor) ExtractToken(req *http.Request) (string, error) {
@@ -45,7 +49,7 @@ func (e ArgumentExtractor) ExtractToken(req *http.Request) (string, error) {
 	return "", ErrNoTokenInRequest
 }
 
-// Tries extractors in order until one works or an error occurs
+// Tries Extractors in order until one returns a token string or an error occurs
 type MultiExtractor []Extractor
 
 func (e MultiExtractor) ExtractToken(req *http.Request) (string, error) {
@@ -60,7 +64,8 @@ func (e MultiExtractor) ExtractToken(req *http.Request) (string, error) {
 	return "", ErrNoTokenInRequest
 }
 
-// Wrap an Extractor in this to post-process the value before it's handed off
+// Wrap an Extractor in this to post-process the value before it's handed off.
+// See AuthorizationHeaderExtractor for an example
 type PostExtractionFilter struct {
 	Extractor
 	Filter func(string) (string, error)
diff --git a/request/oauth2.go b/request/oauth2.go
index bbb6ac2..0f7fa02 100644
--- a/request/oauth2.go
+++ b/request/oauth2.go
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-// Extract Authorization header and strip 'Bearer ' from it
+// Extract bearer token from Authorization header
+// Uses PostExtractionFilter to strip "Bearer " prefix from header
 var AuthorizationHeaderExtractor = &PostExtractionFilter{
 	HeaderExtractor{"Authorization"},
 	func(tok string) (string, error) {
@@ -16,7 +17,8 @@ var AuthorizationHeaderExtractor = &PostExtractionFilter{
 	},
 }
 
-// Extractor for OAuth2 access tokens
+// Extractor for OAuth2 access tokens.  Looks in 'Authorization'
+// header then 'access_token' argument for a token.
 var OAuth2Extractor = &MultiExtractor{
 	// Look for authorization token first
 	AuthorizationHeaderExtractor,
diff --git a/request/request.go b/request/request.go
index 9daaa48..1807b39 100644
--- a/request/request.go
+++ b/request/request.go
@@ -5,20 +5,20 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 )
 
-// Try to find the token in an http.Request.
-// This method will call ParseMultipartForm if there's no token in the header.
-// Currently, it looks in the Authorization header as well as
-// looking for an 'access_token' request parameter in req.Form.
+// Extract and parse a JWT token from an HTTP request.
+// This behaves the same as Parse, but accepts a request and an extractor
+// instead of a token string.  The Extractor interface allows you to define
+// the logic for extracting a token.  Several useful implementations are provided.
 func ParseFromRequest(req *http.Request, extractor Extractor, keyFunc jwt.Keyfunc) (token *jwt.Token, err error) {
 	return ParseFromRequestWithClaims(req, extractor, jwt.MapClaims{}, keyFunc)
 }
 
+// ParseFromRequest but with custom Claims type
 func ParseFromRequestWithClaims(req *http.Request, extractor Extractor, claims jwt.Claims, keyFunc jwt.Keyfunc) (token *jwt.Token, err error) {
 	// Extract token from request
-	tokStr, err := extractor.ExtractToken(req)
-	if err != nil {
+	if tokStr, err := extractor.ExtractToken(req); err == nil {
+		return jwt.ParseWithClaims(tokStr, claims, keyFunc)
+	} else {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
-	return jwt.ParseWithClaims(tokStr, claims, keyFunc)
 }