diff --git a/crates/snapshots/Cargo.toml b/crates/snapshots/Cargo.toml
index 22aa621..7899203 100644
--- a/crates/snapshots/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/snapshots/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,5 +15,11 @@ prost-types = "0.9"
 tokio = { version = "1.15", features = ["sync"] }
 tokio-stream = "0.1.8"
 
+[dev-dependencies]
+log = "0.4"
+async-stream = "0.3.2"
+futures = "0.3.17"
+simple_logger = { version  = "1.13", default-features = false }
+
 [build-dependencies]
 tonic-build = "0.6"
diff --git a/crates/snapshots/examples/snapshotter.rs b/crates/snapshots/examples/snapshotter.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f709c73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/snapshots/examples/snapshotter.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+/*
+   Copyright The containerd Authors.
+
+   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::env;
+
+use futures::TryFutureExt;
+use log::info;
+use tokio::net::UnixListener;
+
+use containerd_snapshots as snapshots;
+use containerd_snapshots::{api, Info, Usage};
+
+use snapshots::tonic::transport::Server;
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+struct Example;
+
+#[snapshots::tonic::async_trait]
+impl snapshots::Snapshotter for Example {
+    type Error = String;
+
+    async fn stat(&self, key: String) -> Result<Info, Self::Error> {
+        info!("Stat: {}", key);
+        Ok(Info::default())
+    }
+
+    async fn update(
+        &self,
+        info: Info,
+        fieldpaths: Option<Vec<String>>,
+    ) -> Result<Info, Self::Error> {
+        info!("Update: info={:?}, fieldpaths={:?}", info, fieldpaths);
+        Ok(Info::default())
+    }
+
+    async fn usage(&self, key: String) -> Result<Usage, Self::Error> {
+        info!("Usage: {}", key);
+        Ok(Usage::default())
+    }
+
+    async fn mounts(&self, key: String) -> Result<Vec<api::types::Mount>, Self::Error> {
+        info!("Mounts: {}", key);
+        Ok(Vec::new())
+    }
+
+    async fn prepare(
+        &self,
+        key: String,
+        parent: String,
+        labels: HashMap<String, String>,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<api::types::Mount>, Self::Error> {
+        info!(
+            "Prepare: key={}, parent={}, labels={:?}",
+            key, parent, labels
+        );
+        Ok(Vec::new())
+    }
+
+    async fn view(
+        &self,
+        key: String,
+        parent: String,
+        labels: HashMap<String, String>,
+    ) -> Result<Vec<api::types::Mount>, Self::Error> {
+        info!("View: key={}, parent={}, labels={:?}", key, parent, labels);
+        Ok(Vec::new())
+    }
+
+    async fn commit(
+        &self,
+        name: String,
+        key: String,
+        labels: HashMap<String, String>,
+    ) -> Result<(), Self::Error> {
+        info!("Commit: name={}, key={}, labels={:?}", name, key, labels);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    async fn remove(&self, key: String) -> Result<(), Self::Error> {
+        info!("Remove: {}", key);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(unix)]
+#[tokio::main(flavor = "current_thread")]
+async fn main() {
+    simple_logger::SimpleLogger::new()
+        .init()
+        .expect("Failed to initialize logger");
+
+    let args = env::args().collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+    let socket_path = args
+        .get(1)
+        .ok_or("First argument must be socket path")
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let example = Example::default();
+
+    let incoming = {
+        let uds = UnixListener::bind(socket_path).expect("Failed to bind listener");
+
+        async_stream::stream! {
+            loop {
+                let item = uds.accept().map_ok(|(st, _)| unix::UnixStream(st)).await;
+                yield item;
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+    Server::builder()
+        .add_service(snapshots::server(example))
+        .serve_with_incoming(incoming)
+        .await
+        .expect("Serve failed");
+}
+
+// Copy-pasted from https://github.com/hyperium/tonic/blob/master/examples/src/uds/server.rs#L69
+#[cfg(unix)]
+mod unix {
+    use std::{
+        pin::Pin,
+        sync::Arc,
+        task::{Context, Poll},
+    };
+
+    use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite, ReadBuf};
+    use tonic::transport::server::Connected;
+
+    #[derive(Debug)]
+    pub struct UnixStream(pub tokio::net::UnixStream);
+
+    impl Connected for UnixStream {
+        type ConnectInfo = UdsConnectInfo;
+
+        fn connect_info(&self) -> Self::ConnectInfo {
+            UdsConnectInfo {
+                peer_addr: self.0.peer_addr().ok().map(Arc::new),
+                peer_cred: self.0.peer_cred().ok(),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+    pub struct UdsConnectInfo {
+        pub peer_addr: Option<Arc<tokio::net::unix::SocketAddr>>,
+        pub peer_cred: Option<tokio::net::unix::UCred>,
+    }
+
+    impl AsyncRead for UnixStream {
+        fn poll_read(
+            mut self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+            cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+            buf: &mut ReadBuf<'_>,
+        ) -> Poll<std::io::Result<()>> {
+            Pin::new(&mut self.0).poll_read(cx, buf)
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl AsyncWrite for UnixStream {
+        fn poll_write(
+            mut self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+            cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+            buf: &[u8],
+        ) -> Poll<std::io::Result<usize>> {
+            Pin::new(&mut self.0).poll_write(cx, buf)
+        }
+
+        fn poll_flush(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<std::io::Result<()>> {
+            Pin::new(&mut self.0).poll_flush(cx)
+        }
+
+        fn poll_shutdown(
+            mut self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+            cx: &mut Context<'_>,
+        ) -> Poll<std::io::Result<()>> {
+            Pin::new(&mut self.0).poll_shutdown(cx)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(unix))]
+fn main() {
+    panic!("The snapshotter example only works on unix systems!");
+}
diff --git a/crates/snapshots/src/lib.rs b/crates/snapshots/src/lib.rs
index 7539eaf..8a0f5d1 100644
--- a/crates/snapshots/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/snapshots/src/lib.rs
@@ -16,11 +16,34 @@
 
 //! Remote snapshotter library for containerd.
 //!
-//! This crate aims to hide the underlying complexity of GRPC interfaces, streaming and request/response
-//! conversions and provide one clean [Snapshots] trait to implement for remote snapshotting.
+//! This crate implements containerd's proxy plugin for snapshotting. It aims hide the underlying
+//! complexity of GRPC interfaces, streaming and request/response conversions and provide one
+//! [Snapshots] trait to implement.
+//!
+//! # How to use from containerd.
+//! Add the following to containerd's configuration file:
+//! ```toml
+//! [proxy_plugins]
+//!   [proxy_plugins.custom]
+//!     type = "snapshot"
+//!     address = "/tmp/snap2.sock"
+//! ```
+//! Start containerd daemon:
+//! ```bash
+//! containerd --config /path/config.toml
+//! ```
+//!
+//! Run remote snapshotter instance:
+//! ```bash
+//! $ cargo run --example snapshotter /tmp/snap2.sock
+//! ```
+//! Specify the snapshotter when pulling an image:
+//! ```bash
+//! $ ctr i pull --snapshotter custom docker.io/library/hello-world:latest
+//! ```
+//!
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::error::Error;
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::ops::AddAssign;
 use std::time::SystemTime;
@@ -56,6 +79,12 @@ pub enum Kind {
     Committed,
 }
 
+impl Default for Kind {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Kind::Unknown
+    }
+}
+
 /// Information about a particular snapshot.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Info {
@@ -73,11 +102,24 @@ pub struct Info {
     pub updated_at: SystemTime,
 }
 
+impl Default for Info {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Info {
+            kind: Default::default(),
+            name: Default::default(),
+            parent: Default::default(),
+            labels: Default::default(),
+            created_at: SystemTime::now(),
+            updated_at: SystemTime::now(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Defines statistics for disk resources consumed by the snapshot.
 ///
 // These resources only include the resources consumed by the snapshot itself and does not include
 // resources usage by the parent.
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Default)]
 pub struct Usage {
     /// Number of inodes in use.
     pub inodes: i64,
@@ -105,7 +147,7 @@ pub trait Snapshotter: Send + Sync + 'static {
     /// Error type returned from the underlying snapshotter implementation.
     ///
     /// This type must be convertable to GRPC status.
-    type Error: Error;
+    type Error: Debug;
 
     /// Returns the info for an active or committed snapshot by name or key.
     ///
diff --git a/crates/snapshots/src/wrap.rs b/crates/snapshots/src/wrap.rs
index e1c8f9a..f206ab5 100644
--- a/crates/snapshots/src/wrap.rs
+++ b/crates/snapshots/src/wrap.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 //! Trait wrapper to server GRPC requests.
 
 use std::convert::TryInto;
-use std::error::Error;
+use std::fmt::Debug;
 
 use tokio_stream::wrappers::ReceiverStream;
 
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ impl<S: Snapshotter> Snapshots for Wrapper<S> {
     }
 }
 
-fn status<E: Error>(err: E) -> tonic::Status {
-    let message = format!("{}", err);
+fn status<E: Debug>(err: E) -> tonic::Status {
+    let message = format!("{:?}", err);
     tonic::Status::internal(message)
 }