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 .. versionadded:: 3.4
 
 
-Introduction
-------------
+This module provides infrastructure for writing single-threaded concurrent
+code using coroutines, multiplexing I/O access over sockets and other
+resources, running network clients and servers, and other related primitives.
 
-This package includes a pluggable event loop, transport and protocol
-abstractions similar to those in Twisted, and a higher-level scheduler
-for coroutines and tasks based on ``yield from`` (:PEP:`380`).
+Here is a more detailed list of the package contents:
+
+* a pluggable :ref:`event loop <event-loop>` with various system-specific
+  implementations;
+
+* :ref:`transport <transport>` and :ref:`protocol <protocol>` abstractions
+  (similar to those in `Twisted <http://twistedmatrix.com/>`_);
+
+* concrete support for TCP, UDP, SSL, subprocess pipes, delayed calls, and
+  others (some may be system-dependent);
+
+* a Future class that mimicks the one in the :mod:`concurrent.futures` module,
+  but adapted for use with the event loop;
+
+* coroutines and tasks based on ``yield from`` (:PEP:`380`), to help write
+  concurrent code in a sequential fashion;
+
+* cancellation support for Futures and coroutines;
+
+* :ref:`synchronization primitives <sync>` for use between coroutines in
+  a single thread, mimicking those in the :mod:`threading` module;
+
+
+Disclaimer
+----------
 
 Full documentation is not yet ready; we hope to have it written
 before Python 3.4 leaves beta.  Until then, the best reference is
 :PEP:`3156`.  For a motivational primer on transports and protocols,
 see :PEP:`3153`.
+
+
+.. XXX should the asyncio documentation come in several pages, as for logging?
+
+
+.. _event-loop:
+
+Event loops
+-----------
+
+
+.. _protocol:
+
+Protocols
+---------
+
+
+.. _transport:
+
+Transports
+----------
+
+
+.. _sync:
+
+Synchronization primitives
+--------------------------
+
+
+Examples
+--------
+
+A :class:`Protocol` implementing an echo server::
+
+   class EchoServer(asyncio.Protocol):
+
+       TIMEOUT = 5.0
+
+       def timeout(self):
+           print('connection timeout, closing.')
+           self.transport.close()
+
+       def connection_made(self, transport):
+           print('connection made')
+           self.transport = transport
+
+           # start 5 seconds timeout timer
+           self.h_timeout = asyncio.get_event_loop().call_later(
+               self.TIMEOUT, self.timeout)
+
+       def data_received(self, data):
+           print('data received: ', data.decode())
+           self.transport.write(b'Re: ' + data)
+
+           # restart timeout timer
+           self.h_timeout.cancel()
+           self.h_timeout = asyncio.get_event_loop().call_later(
+               self.TIMEOUT, self.timeout)
+
+       def eof_received(self):
+           pass
+
+       def connection_lost(self, exc):
+           print('connection lost:', exc)
+           self.h_timeout.cancel()
+