Doc Fixit: src/cpp/README need more information, revised 03092016

- Revised 'protoc' section and 'Documentation' section as LisaFC suggested.
- Added 'Examples' section as LisaFC suggested.

Resolves: #5661

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/src/cpp/README.md b/src/cpp/README.md
index a13669b99e..83d37aa2ed 100644
--- a/src/cpp/README.md
+++ b/src/cpp/README.md
@@ -30,10 +30,8 @@ terminal:
 By default gRPC uses [protocol buffers](https://github.com/google/protobuf),
 you will need the `protoc` compiler to generate stub server and client code.
 
-If you compile gRPC from source, as described below, the Makefile will
-automatically try and compile the `protoc` in third party if you cloned the
-repository recursively and it detects that you don't already have it
-installed.
+If you compile gRPC from source, as described below, this also installs the
+`protoc` compiler.
 
 If it hasn't been installed, you can run the following commands to install it.
 
@@ -45,9 +43,10 @@ $ sudo make install   # 'make' should have been run by core grpc
 Alternatively, you can download `protoc` binaries from
 [the protocol buffers Github repository](https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases).
 
-#INSTALLATION
+#Installation
 
-Currently to install gRPC for C++, you need to build from source as described below.
+Currently to install gRPC for C++, you need to build from source as described
+below.
 
 #Build from Source
 
@@ -59,9 +58,25 @@ Currently to install gRPC for C++, you need to build from source as described be
  $ [sudo] make install
 ```
 
-#DOCUMENTATION
+#Documentation
 
-- The gRPC C++ refenrence documentation is available online at
-  [grpc.io](http://www.grpc.io/docs/tutorials/basic/c.html)
-- [Helloworld example](../../examples/cpp/helloworld)
+You can find out how to build and run our simplest gRPC C++ example in our
+[C++ quick start](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/tree/{{ site.data.config.grpc_release_branch }}/examples/cpp).
 
+For more detailed documentation on using gRPC in C++ , see our main
+documentation site at [grpc.io](http://grpc.io), specifically:
+
+* [Overview](http://www.grpc.io/docs/): An introduction to gRPC with a simple
+  Hello World example in all our supported languages, including C++.
+* [gRPC Basics - C++](http://www.grpc.io/docs/tutorials/basic/c.html):
+  A tutorial that steps you through creating a simple gRPC C++ example
+  application.
+* [Asynchronous Basics - C++](http://www.grpc.io/docs/tutorials/async/helloasync-cpp.html):
+  A tutorial that shows you how to use gRPC C++'s asynchronous/non-blocking
+  APIs.
+
+
+# Examples
+
+Code examples for gRPC C++ live in this repository's
+[examples/cpp](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/tree/{{ site.data.config.grpc_release_branch }}/examples/cpp) directory.