diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 1b069312..16dcc3b8 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -74,13 +74,17 @@
 //!
 //! All concrete event types in ruma-events can be serialized via the `Serialize` trait from
 //! [serde](https://serde.rs/) and can be deserialized from a `&str` of JSON data via the `FromStr`
-//! trait from the standard library. In order to handle incoming data that may not conform to
+//! trait from the standard library. (`TryFrom<&str>` is also implemented and can be used in place
+//! of `FromStr` if preferred.) In order to handle incoming data that may not conform to
 //! ruma-events's strict definitions of event structures, deserializing from JSON will return an
 //! `InvalidEvent` on error. This error covers both invalid JSON data as well as valid JSON that
-//! doesn't match the structure expected by ruma-events's event types. In the latter case, the
-//! error exposes the deserialized `serde_json::Value` so that developers can still work with the
-//! received event data. This also makes it possible to deserialize a collection of events without
-//! the entire collection failing to deserialize due to a single invalid event.
+//! doesn't match the structure expected by ruma-events's event types. In the latter case, the error
+//! exposes the deserialized `serde_json::Value` so that developers can still work with the received
+//! event data. This also makes it possible to deserialize a collection of events without the entire
+//! collection failing to deserialize due to a single invalid event. The "content" type for each
+//! event also implements `Serialize` and either `FromStr` (for dedicated content types) or
+//! `Deserialize` (when the content is a type alias), allowing content to be converted to and from
+//! JSON indepedently of the surrounding event structure, if needed.
 //!
 //! # Collections
 //!