diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a4c8246..681f624 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,9 +54,8 @@ present, the extractor will return `None` or `false` in most cases.
 __Requires features `guards`.__
 
 In addition to the extractors, there is also a route-wide layer request guard
-for the `HX-Request` header. This will return a `403: Forbidden` response if the
-header is not present, which is useful if you want to make an entire router, say
-`/api`, only accessible via htmx requests.
+for the `HX-Request` header. This will redirect any requests without the header
+to "/" by default.
 
 _It should be noted that this is NOT a replacement for an auth guard. A user can
 trivially set the `HX-Request` header themselves. This is merely a convenience
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ use axum_htmx::HxRequestGuardLayer;
 
 fn protected_router() -> Router {
     Router::new()
-        .layer(HxRequestGuardLayer::new())
+        .layer(HxRequestGuardLayer::default())
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/guard.rs b/src/guard.rs
index 1bcc37d..66b440b 100644
--- a/src/guard.rs
+++ b/src/guard.rs
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ use tower::{Layer, Service};
 
 use crate::HX_REQUEST;
 
-/// Checks if the request contains the `HX-Request` header, returning a `403:
-/// Forbidden` response if the header is not present.
+/// Checks if the request contains the `HX-Request` header, redirecting to the
+/// given location if not.
 ///
-/// This can be used to protect routes that should only be accessed via htmx
-/// requests.
+/// This can be useful for preventing users from accidently ending up on a route
+/// which would otherwise return only partial HTML data.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct HxRequestGuardLayer<'a> {
     redirect_to: &'a str,