diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7e78ced..33e498b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ composer require codeinc/pdf2txt-client
 
 This client requires a running instance of the [pdf2txt](https://github.com/codeinchq/pdf2txt) service. The service can be run locally [using Docker](https://hub.docker.com/r/codeinchq/pdf2txt) or deployed to a server.
 
-### Base example: 
+### Extracting text from a local file:
 ```php
 use CodeInc\Pdf2TxtClient\Pdf2TxtClient;
 use CodeInc\Pdf2TxtClient\Exception;
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ $localPdfPath = '/path/to/local/file.pdf';
 try {
     // convert
     $client = new Pdf2TxtClient($apiBaseUri);
-    $stream = $client->convertLocalFile($localPdfPath);
+    $stream = $client->extract($localPdfPath);
     
     // display the text
     echo (string)$stream;
@@ -35,7 +35,28 @@ catch (Exception $e) {
 }
 ```
 
-### With options:
+### Extracting text from a stream:
+```php
+use CodeInc\Pdf2TxtClient\Pdf2TxtClient;
+use CodeInc\Pdf2TxtClient\Exception;
+
+$apiBaseUri = 'http://localhost:3000/';
+$pdfStream = '...'; // an instance of `Psr\Http\Message\StreamInterface`
+
+try {
+    // convert
+    $client = new Pdf2TxtClient($apiBaseUri);
+    $textStream = $client->extract($pdfStream);
+    
+    // display the text
+    echo (string)$textStream;
+}
+catch (Exception $e) {
+    // handle exception
+}
+```
+
+### With additional options:
 ```php
 use CodeInc\Pdf2TxtClient\Pdf2TxtClient;
 use CodeInc\Pdf2TxtClient\ConvertOptions;
@@ -52,7 +73,7 @@ $convertOption = new ConvertOptions(
 try {
     // convert 
     $client = new Pdf2TxtClient($apiBaseUri);
-    $jsonResponse = $client->convertLocalFile($localPdfPath, $convertOption);
+    $jsonResponse = $client->extractFromLocalFile($localPdfPath, $convertOption);
     $decodedJson = $client->processJsonResponse($jsonResponse);
     
    // display the text in a JSON format
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 5e752ed..f58c70e 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "codeinc/pdf2txt-client",
-  "version": "v1.2",
+  "version": "v1.3",
   "description": "A PHP client for the pdf2txt service",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/codeinchq/pdf2txt-php-client",
   "type": "library",
diff --git a/src/Pdf2TxtClient.php b/src/Pdf2TxtClient.php
index c4d973f..23377f1 100644
--- a/src/Pdf2TxtClient.php
+++ b/src/Pdf2TxtClient.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public function __construct(
      * @return StreamInterface
      * @throws Exception
      */
-    public function convert(mixed $stream, ConvertOptions $options = new ConvertOptions()): StreamInterface
+    public function extract(mixed $stream, ConvertOptions $options = new ConvertOptions()): StreamInterface
     {
         try {
             // building the multipart stream
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public function processJsonResponse(StreamInterface $response): array
      * @return StreamInterface
      * @throws Exception
      */
-    public function convertLocalFile(string $pdfPath, ConvertOptions $options = new ConvertOptions()): StreamInterface
+    public function extractFromLocalFile(string $pdfPath, ConvertOptions $options = new ConvertOptions()): StreamInterface
     {
         $f = fopen($pdfPath, 'r');
         if ($f === false) {
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ public function convertLocalFile(string $pdfPath, ConvertOptions $options = new
             );
         }
 
-        return $this->convert($f, $options);
+        return $this->extract($f, $options);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -153,6 +153,6 @@ private function getConvertEndpointUri(): string
         if (!str_ends_with($url, '/')) {
             $url .= '/';
         }
-        return "{$url}convert";
+        return "{$url}extract";
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Pdf2TxtClientTest.php b/tests/Pdf2TxtClientTest.php
index 296138e..b090109 100644
--- a/tests/Pdf2TxtClientTest.php
+++ b/tests/Pdf2TxtClientTest.php
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
 use Psr\Http\Message\StreamInterface;
 
+/**
+ * Class Pdf2TxtClientTest
+ *
+ * @see Pdf2TxtClient
+ */
 final class Pdf2TxtClientTest extends TestCase
 {
     private const string DEFAULT_PDF2TEXT_BASE_URL = 'http://localhost:3000';
@@ -27,11 +32,11 @@ final class Pdf2TxtClientTest extends TestCase
     private const string TEST_PDF_RESULT_JSON = __DIR__.'/assets/file.json';
 
     /**
-     * @throws Exception|JsonException
+     * @throws Exception
      */
-    public function testConvertLocalFileToText(): void
+    public function testExtractionFromLocalFileToText(): void
     {
-        $stream = $this->getNewClient()->convertLocalFile(self::TEST_PDF_PATH);
+        $stream = $this->getNewClient()->extractFromLocalFile(self::TEST_PDF_PATH);
         $this->assertInstanceOf(StreamInterface::class, $stream, "The stream is not valid");
 
         $text = (string)$stream;
@@ -40,12 +45,12 @@ public function testConvertLocalFileToText(): void
     }
 
     /**
-     * @throws Exception|JsonException
+     * @throws Exception
      */
-    public function testConvertLocalFileToRawJson(): void
+    public function testExtractionFromLocalFileToRawJson(): void
     {
         $client = $this->getNewClient();
-        $stream = $client->convertLocalFile(self::TEST_PDF_PATH, new ConvertOptions(format: Format::json));
+        $stream = $client->extractFromLocalFile(self::TEST_PDF_PATH, new ConvertOptions(format: Format::json));
         $this->assertInstanceOf(StreamInterface::class, $stream, "The stream is not valid");
 
         $rawJson = (string)$stream;
@@ -56,10 +61,10 @@ public function testConvertLocalFileToRawJson(): void
     /**
      * @throws Exception|JsonException
      */
-    public function testConvertLocalFileToProcessedJson(): void
+    public function testExtractionFromLocalFileToProcessedJson(): void
     {
         $client = $this->getNewClient();
-        $stream = $client->convertLocalFile(self::TEST_PDF_PATH, new ConvertOptions(format: Format::json));
+        $stream = $client->extractFromLocalFile(self::TEST_PDF_PATH, new ConvertOptions(format: Format::json));
         $this->assertInstanceOf(StreamInterface::class, $stream, "The stream is not valid");
 
         $json = $client->processJsonResponse($stream);