diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+arduino-copilot (1.0.1) unstable; urgency=medium
+
+  * Move example from cabal description (where it did not render correctly)
+    to README.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Sat, 25 Jan 2020 16:01:19 -0400
+
 arduino-copilot (1.0.0) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * First release.
diff --git a/README b/README
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -3,5 +3,12 @@
 See Copilot.Arduino for details on how to use write a program using this
 library.
 
-Several examples are included in the examples/ directory, and each have
-their own README explaining how to use them.
+For example, to make an Arduino blink its LED:
+
+	import Copilot.Arduino
+	main = arduino $ do
+		led =: blinking
+		delay =: constant 100
+
+This and other examples are included in the examples/ directory, each
+with their own README explaining how to build and use them.
diff --git a/arduino-copilot.cabal b/arduino-copilot.cabal
--- a/arduino-copilot.cabal
+++ b/arduino-copilot.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name: arduino-copilot
-Version: 1.0.0
+Version: 1.0.1
 Cabal-Version: >= 1.8
 License: BSD3
 Maintainer: Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
@@ -22,13 +22,7 @@
  generated by arduino-copilot.
  .
  All the messy details are abstracted away, letting you focus on the
- desired behavior of the Arduino. This is all the code needed to make
- it blink its LED:
- .
- -- > import Copilot.Arduino
- -- > main = arduino $ do
- -- >    led =: blinking
- -- >    delay =: constant 100
+ desired behavior of the Arduino.
  .
  Copilot is a stream (i.e., infinite lists) domain-specific language
  (DSL) in Haskell that compiles into embedded C. Copilot contains an