diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 3cdccb8..4a98dc8 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,67 @@
-Intrusive, single file, imperative AA tree.
+Intrusive, single file, imperative AA tree that works on freestanding
+systems.
 
 The implementation is about 300 lines.
 
 BSD 2-Clause license.
+
+------------------
+What are AA Trees?
+------------------
+
+`AA Trees <https://user.it.uu.se/~arneande/ps/simp.pdf>`_ are a type of
+self-balancing binary tree. Unlike AVL trees or red-black trees, which
+store a constant amount of information per node, AA trees store the
+"level" of a node (which is approximately the height of the node from
+the bottom of the tree). This makes rebalancing operations much simpler:
+most of the code in this library is for handling standard binary tree
+operations.
+
+Theoretically, this limits the size of the binary tree to
+``2**(2**16-1)`` nodes, which is no problem in practice.
+
+This implementation is "intrusive", meaning that the node data structure
+does not contain the key or value stored in it. You need to define your
+own structure and search function like ::
+
+	struct node {
+		char *key;
+		void *val;
+		struct aatree node;
+	};
+
+	int node_cmp(struct aatree *a1, struct aatree *a2)
+	{
+		struct node *n1 = (void *)((char *)a1 - offsetof(struct node, node));
+		struct node *n2 = (void *)((char *)a2 - offsetof(struct node, node));
+
+		return strcmp(n1->key, n2->key);
+	}
+
+This is standard, portable C99.
+
+-----------------
+Using the Library
+-----------------
+
+In *one* C file, do the following ::
+
+	/* Optional declarations: */
+	#define AATREE_PREFIX /* prefix of each function: put "declspec" or
+	                         "static" here */
+	#define AATREE_ASSERT /* Define this if you want the code to have
+	                         asserts. Do not define if you do not want
+	                         standard library asserts. */
+
+	/* Mandatory declarations */
+	#define AATREE_IMPL
+	#include "aatree.h"
+
+This will include the implementation of the functions into the C file.
+If your project consists of more than one C file, then all you need to
+do is ``#include aatree.h``. The linker will take care of everything else.
+
+The library also includes it own test code for convienence. Define
+``AATREE_TEST`` to turn the header into a self-contained C file with a
+``main()`` function. See ``Makefile`` for an example of compiling the
+test.
diff --git a/aatree.h b/aatree.h
index 0377684..10c9f0c 100644
--- a/aatree.h
+++ b/aatree.h
@@ -61,15 +61,16 @@ static void aatree_init(struct aatree *t)
 #ifdef AATREE_IMPL
 #ifdef AATREE_ASSERT
 # include <assert.h>
+# define aatree_assert assert
 #else
-# define assert(e) (void)0
+# define aatree_assert(e) (void)0
 #endif
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <limits.h>
 static void aatree_relink(struct aatree *old, struct aatree *nw)
 {
-	assert(old);
+	aatree_assert(old);
 
 	if (old->parent) {
 		if (old->parent->left == old)
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ static void aatree_relink(struct aatree *old, struct aatree *nw)
 		else if (old->parent->right == old)
 			old->parent->right = nw;
 		else
-			assert(0);
+			aatree_assert(0);
 	}
 
 }
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ static struct aatree *aatree_split(struct aatree *t)
 		aatree_relink(A, t);
 		A->parent = t;
 
-		assert(t->level != UINT_MAX);
+		aatree_assert(t->level != UINT_MAX);
 		t->level += 1;
 	}
 
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ AATREE_PREFIX struct aatree *aatree_src(struct aatree *root,
 {
 	int c;
 
-	assert(key);
+	aatree_assert(key);
 
 	while (root) {
 		c = cmp(key, root);
@@ -292,18 +293,18 @@ AATREE_PREFIX struct aatree *aatree_del(struct aatree *root,
 	if (root) for (;;) {
 		if (aatree_lvl(root->left) < root->level - 1
 		    || aatree_lvl(root->right) < root->level - 1) {
-			assert(root->level != 0);
+			aatree_assert(root->level != 0);
 			root->level -= 1;
 
 			if (aatree_lvl(root->right) > root->level) {
-				assert(root->right);
+				aatree_assert(root->right);
 				root->right->level = root->level;
 			}
 
 			root = aatree_skew(root);
 			root->right = aatree_skew(root->right);
 
-			assert(root->right);
+			aatree_assert(root->right);
 			root->right->right = aatree_skew(root->right->right);
 
 			root = aatree_split(root);
@@ -443,10 +444,12 @@ static void test_delete(void)
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < NODE_NUM/2; i++) {
+		/*
 		printf("digraph t%d {", i);
 		aatree_print(root, tnp);
 		printf("}\n");
 		fflush(stdout);
+		*/
 
 		test_node.key = i;
 		root = aatree_del(root, &test_node.node, &match, test_cmp);