diff --git a/request/extractor_example_test.go b/request/extractor_example_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a994ffe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/request/extractor_example_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package request
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/url"
+)
+
+const (
+	exampleTokenA = "A"
+)
+
+func ExampleHeaderExtractor() {
+	req := makeExampleRequest("GET", "/", map[string]string{"Token": exampleTokenA}, nil)
+	tokenString, err := HeaderExtractor{"Token"}.ExtractToken(req)
+	if err == nil {
+		fmt.Println(tokenString)
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+	}
+	//Output: A
+}
+
+func ExampleArgumentExtractor() {
+	req := makeExampleRequest("GET", "/", nil, url.Values{"token": {extractorTestTokenA}})
+	tokenString, err := ArgumentExtractor{"token"}.ExtractToken(req)
+	if err == nil {
+		fmt.Println(tokenString)
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+	}
+	//Output: A
+}
diff --git a/request/extractor_test.go b/request/extractor_test.go
index ecfd122..e3bbb0a 100644
--- a/request/extractor_test.go
+++ b/request/extractor_test.go
@@ -67,10 +67,7 @@ func TestExtractor(t *testing.T) {
 	// Bearer token request
 	for _, data := range extractorTestData {
 		// Make request from test struct
-		r, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", fmt.Sprintf("/?%v", data.query.Encode()), nil)
-		for k, v := range data.headers {
-			r.Header.Set(k, v)
-		}
+		r := makeExampleRequest("GET", "/", data.headers, data.query)
 
 		// Test extractor
 		token, err := data.extractor.ExtractToken(r)
@@ -84,3 +81,11 @@ func TestExtractor(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func makeExampleRequest(method, path string, headers map[string]string, urlArgs url.Values) *http.Request {
+	r, _ := http.NewRequest(method, fmt.Sprintf("%v?%v", path, urlArgs.Encode()), nil)
+	for k, v := range headers {
+		r.Header.Set(k, v)
+	}
+	return r
+}
diff --git a/request/oauth2.go b/request/oauth2.go
index c84cbd7..5948694 100644
--- a/request/oauth2.go
+++ b/request/oauth2.go
@@ -4,24 +4,25 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+// Strips 'Bearer ' prefix from bearer token string
+func stripBearerPrefixFromTokenString(tok string) (string, error) {
+	// Should be a bearer token
+	if len(tok) > 6 && strings.ToUpper(tok[0:7]) == "BEARER " {
+		return tok[7:], nil
+	}
+	return tok, nil
+}
+
 // Extract bearer token from Authorization header
 // Uses PostExtractionFilter to strip "Bearer " prefix from header
 var AuthorizationHeaderExtractor = &PostExtractionFilter{
 	HeaderExtractor{"Authorization"},
-	func(tok string) (string, error) {
-		// Should be a bearer token
-		if len(tok) > 6 && strings.ToUpper(tok[0:7]) == "BEARER " {
-			return tok[7:], nil
-		}
-		return tok, nil
-	},
+	stripBearerPrefixFromTokenString,
 }
 
 // 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,
-	// Extract access_token from form or GET argument
 	ArgumentExtractor{"access_token"},
 }