diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 10dea9f..5c7cff7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 ![](./logo.svg)
 
-Tiny SMTP client for Micropython
+Tiny SMTP client for Micropython. See [examples](examples) for usage.
 
 Inspired from [shawwwn/uMail](https://github.com/shawwwn/uMail).
diff --git a/examples/example.py b/examples/example.py
index 4745514..fc15eb1 100644
--- a/examples/example.py
+++ b/examples/example.py
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ client.headers(
     }
 )
 # Write message content
-client.write_message("Hello world!")
-client.write_message("Ceci est un message très intéressant.")
+client.write_line("Hello world!\n")
+client.write_line("Ceci est un message très intéressant.\n")
 # Send message
 client.send()
 
diff --git a/micromail/__init__.py b/micromail/__init__.py
index 7d452f8..fa8a8be 100644
--- a/micromail/__init__.py
+++ b/micromail/__init__.py
@@ -176,14 +176,15 @@ class MicromailClient:
             to = [to]
         self.write(f"To: {', '.join(to)}\r\n".encode())
 
-    def write_message(self, content):
+        self.write("\r\n".encode())
+
+    def write_line(self, content):
         if isinstance(content, str):
             content = content.encode()
+        if content.startswith(b"."):
+            content = b"." + content
 
-        if not content.endswith(b"\r\n"):
-            content += b"\r\n"
-
-        self.write(content)
+        self.write(content + b"\r\n")
 
     def send(self):
         code, _ = self.send_command(b"\r\n.")