diff --git a/lib/doc.go b/lib/doc.go
index fea44de..7b34dc0 100644
--- a/lib/doc.go
+++ b/lib/doc.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+// Doc represents a Moon document.
 type Doc struct {
 	items map[string]interface{}
 }
diff --git a/lib/parse.go b/lib/parse.go
index 76a326e..b0048c9 100644
--- a/lib/parse.go
+++ b/lib/parse.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -42,6 +43,16 @@ func ReadBytes(b []byte) (*Doc, error) {
 	return Read(bytes.NewBuffer(b))
 }
 
+func ReadFile(path string) (*Doc, error) {
+	f, err := os.Open(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	return Read(f)
+}
+
 func parse(r io.Reader) (node, error) {
 	p := &parser{
 		root:   newRootNode(),