diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb73e13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Site Auto Updater
+
+A shell script that polls git repositories for updates then copies the files to a specified location
+
+```
+Usage: ./site-update.sh [-b BRANCH|d SRCDIR|f FILE|h|p] OUTDIR
+Options
+b BRANCH    git branch to update, defaults to the current branch in SRCDIR
+d SRCDIR    directory containing git repository to update, defaults to current working directory
+f FILE      update a batch of repositories, as defined in FILE
+h           print this help message
+p           publish files only, do not update
+```