diff --git a/adafruit_httpserver.py b/adafruit_httpserver.py
index 206375d..28dad98 100644
--- a/adafruit_httpserver.py
+++ b/adafruit_httpserver.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def mime_type(filename):
 
 
 class HTTPResponse:
-    """Details of an HTTP response. Use in @`HTTPServer.route` decorator functions."""
+    """Details of an HTTP response. Use in `HTTPServer.route` decorator functions."""
 
     _HEADERS_FORMAT = (
         "HTTP/1.1 {}\r\n"
@@ -361,3 +361,25 @@ def poll(self):
                 # connection reset by peer, try again later.
                 return
             raise
+
+    @property
+    def request_buffer_size(self) -> int:
+        """
+        The maximum size of the incoming request buffer. If the default size isn't
+        adequate to handle your incoming data you can set this after creating the
+        server instance.
+
+        Default size is 1024 bytes.
+
+        Example::
+
+            server = HTTPServer(pool)
+            server.request_buffer_size = 2048
+
+            server.serve_forever(str(wifi.radio.ipv4_address))
+        """
+        return len(self._buffer)
+
+    @request_buffer_size.setter
+    def request_buffer_size(self, value: int) -> None:
+        self._buffer = bytearray(value)
diff --git a/docs/examples.rst b/docs/examples.rst
index 336dd2c..0100e37 100644
--- a/docs/examples.rst
+++ b/docs/examples.rst
@@ -6,3 +6,22 @@ Ensure your device works with this simple test.
 .. literalinclude:: ../examples/httpserver_simpletest.py
     :caption: examples/httpserver_simpletest.py
     :linenos:
+
+Temperature test
+--------------------
+
+Send the microcontroller temperature back to the browser with this simple test.
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../examples/httpserver_temperature.py
+    :caption: examples/httpserver_temperature.py
+    :linenos:
+
+Simple polling test
+-------------------
+
+If you want your code to do more than just serve web pages,
+use the start/poll methods as shown in this example.
+
+.. literalinclude:: ../examples/httpserver_simplepolling.py
+    :caption: examples/httpserver_simplepolling.py
+    :linenos:
diff --git a/examples/httpserver_simplepolling.py b/examples/httpserver_simplepolling.py
index 12211fc..6bec7e8 100644
--- a/examples/httpserver_simplepolling.py
+++ b/examples/httpserver_simplepolling.py
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ def base(request):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
 
 while True:
     try:
-        # processing any waiting requests
+        # do something useful in this section,
+        # for example read a sensor and capture an average,
+        # or a running total of the last 10 samples
+
+        # process any waiting requests
         server.poll()
     except OSError:
         continue