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 You can install `ox-gfm` using elpa. It's available on [melpa](http://melpa.org/#/ox-gfm):
 
 <kbd> M-x package-install ox-gfm </kbd>
+
+## Usage
+
+This package adds an Org mode export backend for GitHub Flavored Markdown.
+
+You can read more about [Org mode exporting here.](http://orgmode.org/manual/Exporting.html)
+
+Org mode only loads these backends by default: ascii, html, icalendar, latex and odt
+
+To manually enable this package you can simply require the package:
+
+```emacs-lisp
+(require 'ox-gfm)
+```
+
+If you want to automatically enable exporting to Github Flavored Markdown, you
+can add this snippet in your emacs config:
+
+```emacs-lisp
+(eval-after-load "org"
+  '(require 'ox-gfm nil t))
+```
+
+Once the package is loaded you can use it in Org mode with [the export
+dispatcher](http://orgmode.org/manual/The-export-dispatcher.html#The-export-dispatcher).
+
+You can use the exporter with `C-c C-e` or `M-x org-export-dispatch`