diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 28b9b8f..ebea379 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ spew.Fprintf(someWriter, "myVar3: %#v -- myVar4: %#+v", myVar3, myVar4)
   (string) "one": (bool) true
  }
 }
-([]byte) {
+([]uint8) {
  00000000  11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18  19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20  |............... |
  00000010  21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28  29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f 30  |!"#$%&'()*+,-./0|
  00000020  31 32                                             |12|
diff --git a/spew/config.go b/spew/config.go
index 406171a..9296e67 100644
--- a/spew/config.go
+++ b/spew/config.go
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ package:
 	* Custom types which only implement the Stringer/error interfaces via
 	  a pointer receiver are optionally invoked when passing non-pointer
 	  variables
+	* Byte arrays and slices are dumped like the hexdump -C command which
+	  includes offsets, byte values in hex, and ASCII output
 
 The configuration options are controlled by modifying the public members
 of c.  See ConfigState for options documentation.
diff --git a/spew/doc.go b/spew/doc.go
index 2e5acb2..8018d1d 100644
--- a/spew/doc.go
+++ b/spew/doc.go
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ printing facilities for Go data types are as follows:
 	* Custom types which only implement the Stringer/error interfaces via
 	  a pointer receiver are optionally invoked when passing non-pointer
 	  variables
+	* Byte arrays and slices are dumped like the hexdump -C command which
+	  includes offsets, byte values in hex, and ASCII output (only when using
+	  Dump style)
 
 There are two different approaches spew allows for dumping Go data structures:
 
@@ -117,6 +120,14 @@ shown here.
 	 }
 	}
 
+Byte (and uint8) arrays and slices are displayed uniquely like the hexdump -C
+command as shown.
+	([]uint8) {
+	 00000000  11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18  19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20  |............... |
+	 00000010  21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28  29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f 30  |!"#$%&'()*+,-./0|
+	 00000020  31 32                                             |12|
+	}
+
 Custom Formatter
 
 Spew provides a custom formatter the implements the fmt.Formatter interface
diff --git a/spew/dump.go b/spew/dump.go
index b47b5db..bf61419 100644
--- a/spew/dump.go
+++ b/spew/dump.go
@@ -377,6 +377,8 @@ package:
 	* Custom types which only implement the Stringer/error interfaces via
 	  a pointer receiver are optionally invoked when passing non-pointer
 	  variables
+	* Byte arrays and slices are dumped like the hexdump -C command which
+	  includes offsets, byte values in hex, and ASCII output
 
 The configuration options are controlled by an exported package global,
 spew.Config.  See ConfigState for options documentation.