diff --git a/docs/getting-started.md b/docs/getting-started.md
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@@ -40,3 +40,21 @@ Octokit also supports connecting to GitHub Enterprise environments - just provid
 var ghe = new Uri("https://github.myenterprise.com/");
 var client = new GitHubClient(new ProductHeaderValue("my-cool-app"), ghe);
 ```
+
+### Get exploring
+
+Once you've got that setup, the simplest thing to experiment with is fetching details about a specific user:
+
+```
+var user = await client.User.Get("shiftkey");
+Console.WriteLine("{0} has {1} public repositories - go check out their profile at {1}",
+	user.Name,
+	user.PublicRepos,
+	user.Url);
+```
+
+If you've authenticated as a given user, you can query their details directly:
+
+```
+var user = await client.User.Current();
+```
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