From 34bfc80ca2ab2ae0c55c2ae7213661f7c6d47a0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andy Perlitch <andyperlitch@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 22:09:50 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fixes #50

---
 README.md | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 20856a9..b571633 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -113,6 +113,15 @@ Returns the stream.
 
 Returns a pretty String interpretation of the File. Useful for console.log.
 
+### contents
+
+The [stream](https://nodejs.org/api/stream.html#stream_stream) or [buffer](https://nodejs.org/api/buffer.html#buffer_class_buffer) of the file. For example:
+```js
+if (file.isBuffer()) {
+    var contents = file.contents.toString('utf8')
+}
+```
+
 ### path
 
 Absolute pathname string or `undefined`. Setting to a different value pushes the old value to `history`.