diff --git a/content/docs/websockets.md b/content/docs/websockets.md
index 664a8ee..d7e0f20 100644
--- a/content/docs/websockets.md
+++ b/content/docs/websockets.md
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ menu: docs_proto
 weight: 240
 ---
 
-Actix supports WebSockets out-of-the-box. It is possible to convert a request's `Payload`
-to a stream of [*ws::Message*][message] with a [*ws::WsStream*][wsstream] and then use stream
-combinators to handle actual messages, but it is simpler to handle websocket communications
-with an http actor.
+Actix-web supports WebSockets with the `actix-web-actors` crate. It is possible to convert a
+request's `Payload` to a stream of [*ws::Message*][message] with a [*web::Payload*][payload]
+and then use stream combinators to handle actual messages, but it is simpler to handle
+websocket communications with an http actor.
 
 The following is an example of a simple websocket echo server:
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ The following is an example of a simple websocket echo server:
 > An example chat server with the ability to chat over a websocket or tcp connection
 > is available in [websocket-chat directory][chat]
 
-[message]: ../../actix-web/actix_web/ws/enum.Message.html
-[wsstream]: ../../actix-web/actix_web/ws/struct.WsStream.html
+[message]: https://docs.rs/actix-web-actors/1.0.0/actix_web_actors/ws/enum.Message.html
+[payload]: https://docs.rs/actix-web/1.0.2/actix_web/web/struct.Payload.html
 [examples]: https://github.com/actix/examples/tree/master/websocket/
 [chat]: https://github.com/actix/examples/tree/master/websocket-chat/
diff --git a/examples/websockets/Cargo.toml b/examples/websockets/Cargo.toml
index fca0541..e8f5b50 100644
--- a/examples/websockets/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/websockets/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 [package]
 name = "websockets"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "1.0.0"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-actix = "0.7"
+actix = "0.8"
 actix-web = "1.0"
+actix-web-actors = "1.0"
diff --git a/examples/websockets/src/main.rs b/examples/websockets/src/main.rs
index 6cec49d..fd49c5c 100644
--- a/examples/websockets/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/websockets/src/main.rs
@@ -1,29 +1,44 @@
 // <websockets>
-// use actix::*;
-// use actix_web::*;
+use actix::{Actor, StreamHandler};
+use actix_web::{web, App, Error, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, HttpServer};
+use actix_web_actors::ws;
 
-// /// Define http actor
-// struct Ws;
+/// Define http actor
+struct MyWs;
 
-// impl Actor for Ws {
-//     type Context = ws::WebsocketContext<Self>;
-// }
+impl Actor for MyWs {
+    type Context = ws::WebsocketContext<Self>;
+}
 
-// /// Handler for ws::Message message
-// impl StreamHandler<ws::Message, ws::ProtocolError> for Ws {
-//     fn handle(&mut self, msg: ws::Message, ctx: &mut Self::Context) {
-//         match msg {
-//             ws::Message::Ping(msg) => ctx.pong(&msg),
-//             ws::Message::Text(text) => ctx.text(text),
-//             ws::Message::Binary(bin) => ctx.binary(bin),
-//             _ => (),
-//         }
-//     }
-// }
+/// Handler for ws::Message message
+impl StreamHandler<ws::Message, ws::ProtocolError> for MyWs {
+    fn handle(&mut self, msg: ws::Message, ctx: &mut Self::Context) {
+        match msg {
+            ws::Message::Ping(msg) => ctx.pong(&msg),
+            ws::Message::Text(text) => ctx.text(text),
+            ws::Message::Binary(bin) => ctx.binary(bin),
+            _ => (),
+        }
+    }
+}
 
-// fn main() {
-//     App::new()
-//         .resource("/ws/", |r| r.f(|req| ws::start(req, Ws)))
-//         .finish();
-// }
+fn index(req: HttpRequest, stream: web::Payload) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
+    let resp = ws::start(MyWs {}, &req, stream);
+    println!("{:?}", resp);
+    resp
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    HttpServer::new(|| App::new().route("/ws/", web::get().to(index)))
+        .bind("127.0.0.1:8088")
+        .unwrap()
+        .run()
+        .unwrap();
+}
 // </websockets>
+
+// testing requires specific headers:
+// Upgrade: websocket
+// Connection: Upgrade
+// Sec-WebSocket-Key: SOME_KEY
+// Sec-WebSocket-Version: 13