diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fd32808..1e8d611 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "tee"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 authors = ["softprops <d.tangren@gmail.com>"]
 description = "An adapter for readers which delegate reads to a writer"
 documentation = "http://softprops.github.io/tee"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 239365f..1473fb4 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@ pub struct TeeReader<R: Read, W: Write> {
     writer: W,
 }
 
+/// Returns a TeeReader which can be used as Read whose
+/// reads delegate bytes read to the provided reader and write to the provided
+/// writer. The write operation must complete before the read completes.
+///
+/// Errors reported by the write operation will be interpreted as errors for the read
+pub fn tee<R: Read, W: Write>(reader: R, writer: W) -> TeeReader<R, W> {
+    TeeReader::new(reader, writer)
+}
+
 impl<R: Read, W: Write> TeeReader<R, W> {
     /// Returns a TeeReader which can be used as Read whose
     /// reads delegate bytes read to the provided reader and write to the provided
@@ -28,15 +37,14 @@ impl<R: Read, W: Write> TeeReader<R, W> {
 
 impl<R: Read, W: Write> Read for TeeReader<R, W> {
     fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> Result<usize> {
-        let n = try!(self.reader.read(buf));
-        try!(self.writer.write_all(&buf[..n]));
+        let n = self.reader.read(buf)?;
+        self.writer.write_all(&buf[..n])?;
         Ok(n)
     }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use super::*;
     use std::io::Read;
 
     #[test]
@@ -45,7 +53,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut teeout = Vec::new();
         let mut stdout = Vec::new();
         {
-            let mut tee = TeeReader::new(&mut reader, &mut teeout);
+            let mut tee = super::tee(&mut reader, &mut teeout);
             let _ = tee.read_to_end(&mut stdout);
         }
         assert_eq!(teeout, stdout);