diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6e71089..e9c6763 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1310,7 +1310,7 @@ checksum = "a3f87b73ce11b1619a3c6332f45341e0047173771e8b8b73f87bfeefb7b56244"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "registry-backup"
-version = "0.2.2"
+version = "0.2.3"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 53772e5..b0f178a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,12 +7,33 @@ Use cases:
 - **Backup:** retrieve a registry server's files for backup storage
 - **Export:** pull the files so you can host them at another registry server
 
+## Example Usage:
+
+Specify the registry index either as a local path (`--index-path`)...
+
+```console
+$ git clone https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index.git
+$ registry-backup \
+    --index-path crates.io-index \
+    --output-path crates.io-crate-files \
+    --requests-per-second 10
+```
+
+...or as an `--index-url` instead:
+
+```console
+$ registry-backup \
+    --index-url ssh://git@ssh.shipyard.rs/shipyard-rs/crate-index.git \
+    --output-path shipyard-rs-crate-files \
+    --requests-per-second 10
+```
+
 ## Runtime Options
 
 ```console
 $ ./target/release/registry-backup --help
 
-registry-backup 0.2.2
+registry-backup 0.2.3
 Jonathan Strong <jstrong@shipyard.rs>
 Download all .crate files from a registry server
 
@@ -32,7 +53,7 @@ OPTIONS:
             Directory where downloaded .crate files will be saved to [default: output]
 
     -u, --user-agent <USER_AGENT>
-            Value of user-agent HTTP header [default: registry-backup/v0.2.2]
+            Value of user-agent HTTP header [default: registry-backup/v0.2.3]
 
         --requests-per-second <REQUESTS_PER_SECOND>
             Requests to registry server will not exceed this rate [default: 25]
@@ -116,7 +137,7 @@ The commands that mirror cargo commands (e.g. `just test`) are included for the
 
 This file is generated using a template (`doc/README.tera.md`) rendered using updated outputs of the CLI menu, config sample, and other values.
 
-This version of `README.md` was generated at `Fri, 09 Sep 2022 02:45:35 +0000` based on git commit `67814b8a`.
+This version of `README.md` was generated at `Fri, 09 Sep 2022 02:55:22 +0000` based on git commit `1c087e79`.
 
 To (re-)generate the `README.md` file, use the justfile command:
 
diff --git a/doc/README.tera.md b/doc/README.tera.md
index a097f88..fc58595 100644
--- a/doc/README.tera.md
+++ b/doc/README.tera.md
@@ -7,6 +7,27 @@ Use cases:
 - **Backup:** retrieve a registry server's files for backup storage
 - **Export:** pull the files so you can host them at another registry server
 
+## Example Usage:
+
+Specify the registry index either as a local path (`--index-path`)...
+
+```console
+$ git clone https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index.git
+$ registry-backup \
+    --index-path crates.io-index \
+    --output-path crates.io-crate-files \
+    --requests-per-second 10
+```
+
+...or as an `--index-url` instead:
+
+```console
+$ registry-backup \
+    --index-url ssh://git@ssh.shipyard.rs/shipyard-rs/crate-index.git \
+    --output-path shipyard-rs-crate-files \
+    --requests-per-second 10
+```
+
 ## Runtime Options
 
 ```console
diff --git a/doc/cli-menu.txt b/doc/cli-menu.txt
index d24f37c..4bd739b 100644
--- a/doc/cli-menu.txt
+++ b/doc/cli-menu.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-registry-backup 0.2.2
+registry-backup 0.2.3
 Jonathan Strong <jstrong@shipyard.rs>
 Download all .crate files from a registry server
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ OPTIONS:
             Directory where downloaded .crate files will be saved to [default: output]
 
     -u, --user-agent <USER_AGENT>
-            Value of user-agent HTTP header [default: registry-backup/v0.2.2]
+            Value of user-agent HTTP header [default: registry-backup/v0.2.3]
 
         --requests-per-second <REQUESTS_PER_SECOND>
             Requests to registry server will not exceed this rate [default: 25]
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index c18465a..7939000 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ get-crate-version:
     @cat Cargo.toml | rg '^version =' | tr -d "version = " | tr -d '"'
 
 # re-generate README.md and overwrite existing file with output
-update-readme: verify-clean-git
+update-readme:
     just generate-readme > README.md
 
 # re-generate, overwrite, and stage changes