diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index e22807a..c1e96a1 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ incoming requests:
           assert key_id == 'squirrel'
           return 'monorail_cat'
 
+  request = requests.Request(...)  # Reconstruct the incoming request using the Requests API
+  request = request.prepare()
   HTTPSignatureAuth.verify(request, signature_algorithm=algorithms.HMAC_SHA256, key_resolver=key_resolver)
 
 .. admonition:: See what is signed
diff --git a/requests_http_signature/__init__.py b/requests_http_signature/__init__.py
index 8e8afb0..9f04937 100644
--- a/requests_http_signature/__init__.py
+++ b/requests_http_signature/__init__.py
@@ -166,7 +166,14 @@ class HTTPSignatureAuth(requests.auth.AuthBase):
          You can ensure that the information signed is what you expect to be signed by only trusting the *VerifyResult*
          tuple returned by ``verify()``.
 
-        :param request: The HTTP request to verify.
+        :param request:
+            The HTTP request to verify. You can reconstruct an incoming request using the
+            `Requests API <https://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/api/#requests.Request>`_ as follows::
+
+              request = requests.Request(...)
+              request = request.prepare()
+              HTTPSignatureAuth.verify(request, ...)
+
         :param require_components:
             A list of lowercased header names or derived component IDs ("@method", "@target-uri", "@authority",
             "@scheme", "@request-target", "@path", "@query", "@query-params", "@status", or "@request-response" as