diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dec357a55..5e0f5e025 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Actix web [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/actix/actix-web.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/actix/actix-web) [![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/kkdb4yce7qhm5w85/branch/master?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/fafhrd91/actix-web-hdy9d/branch/master) [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/actix/actix-web/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/actix/actix-web) [![crates.io](http://meritbadge.herokuapp.com/actix-web)](https://crates.io/crates/actix-web) [![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/actix/actix](https://badges.gitter.im/actix/actix.svg)](https://gitter.im/actix/actix?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
 
-Actix web is a small, fast, practical, open source rust web framework.
+Actix web is a small, fast, pragmatic, open source rust web framework.
 
 ```rust,ignore
 extern crate actix_web;
diff --git a/guide/src/qs_2.md b/guide/src/qs_2.md
index 3c347ce65..66eb540e0 100644
--- a/guide/src/qs_2.md
+++ b/guide/src/qs_2.md
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ Head over to ``http://localhost:8088/`` to see the results.
 
 Here is full source of main.rs file:
 
-```rust,ignore
+```rust
+# use std::thread;
 # extern crate actix_web;
 use actix_web::*;
 
@@ -78,11 +79,13 @@ fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> &'static str {
 }
 
 fn main() {
+# thread::spawn(|| {
     HttpServer::new(
         || Application::new()
             .resource("/", |r| r.f(index)))
         .bind("127.0.0.1:8088").expect("Can not bind to 127.0.0.1:8088")
         .run();
+# });
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 5238a684e..08df8206a 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,21 @@
-//! Actix web is a small, fast, down-to-earth, open source rust web framework.
+//! Actix web is a small, fast, pragmatic, open source rust web framework.
 //!
-//! ```rust,ignore
+//! ```rust
 //! use actix_web::*;
+//! # use std::thread;
 //!
 //! fn index(req: HttpRequest) -> String {
 //!     format!("Hello {}!", &req.match_info()["name"])
 //! }
 //!
 //! fn main() {
+//! # thread::spawn(|| {
 //!     HttpServer::new(
 //!         || Application::new()
 //!             .resource("/{name}", |r| r.f(index)))
-//!         .bind("127.0.0.1:8080")?
-//!         .start()
+//!         .bind("127.0.0.1:8080").unwrap()
+//!         .run();
+//! # });
 //! }
 //! ```
 //!