diff --git a/github/doc.go b/github/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f07bc5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/github/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The go-github AUTHORS. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+/*
+Package github provides a client for using the GitHub API.
+
+Access different parts of the GitHub API using the various services on a GitHub
+Client:
+
+	client := github.NewClient(nil)
+
+	// list all organizations for user "willnorris"
+	orgs, _, err := client.Organizations.List("willnorris", nil)
+
+Set optional parameters for an API method by passing an Options object.
+
+	// list recently updated repositories for org "github"
+	opt := &github.RepositoryListByOrgOptions{Sort: "updated"}
+	repos, _, err := client.Repositories.ListByOrg("github", opt)
+
+Make authenticated API calls by constructing a GitHub client using an OAuth
+capable http.Client:
+
+	import "code.google.com/p/goauth2/oauth"
+
+	// simple OAuth transport if you already have an access token;
+	// see goauth2 library for full usage
+	t := &oauth.Transport{
+		Token: &oauth.Token{AccessToken: "..."},
+	}
+
+	client := github.NewClient(t.Client())
+
+	// list all repositories for the authenticated user
+	repos, _, err := client.Repositories.List(nil)
+
+Note that when using an authenticated Client, all calls made by the client will
+include the specified OAuth token. Therefore, authenticated clients should
+almost never be shared between different users.
+
+The full GitHub API is documented at http://developer.github.com/v3/.
+*/
+package github
diff --git a/github/github.go b/github/github.go
index c9d268f..1f0b7fb 100644
--- a/github/github.go
+++ b/github/github.go
@@ -3,45 +3,6 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-/*
-Package github provides a client for using the GitHub API.
-
-Access different parts of the GitHub API using the various services on a GitHub
-Client:
-
-	client := github.NewClient(nil)
-
-	// list all organizations for user "willnorris"
-	orgs, err := client.Organizations.List("willnorris", nil)
-
-Set optional parameters for an API method by passing an Options object.
-
-	// list recently updated repositories for org "github"
-	opt := &github.RepositoryListByOrgOptions{Sort: "updated"}
-	repos, err := client.Repositories.ListByOrg("github", opt)
-
-Make authenticated API calls by constructing a GitHub client using an OAuth
-capable http.Client:
-
-	import "code.google.com/p/goauth2/oauth"
-
-	// simple OAuth transport if you already have an access token;
-	// see goauth2 library for full usage
-	t := &oauth.Transport{
-		Token: &oauth.Token{AccessToken: "..."},
-	}
-
-	client := github.NewClient(t.Client())
-
-	// list all repositories for the authenticated user
-	repos, err := client.Repositories.List(nil)
-
-Note that when using an authenticated Client, all calls made by the client will
-include the specified OAuth token. Therefore, authenticated clients should
-almost never be shared between different users.
-
-The full GitHub API is documented at http://developer.github.com/v3/.
-*/
 package github
 
 import (