diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 25181df..5221c14 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Many Go projects are built using Viper including:
 
 * [Hugo](http://gohugo.io)
 * [EMC RexRay](http://rexray.readthedocs.org/en/stable/)
-* [Imgur's Incus](https://github.com/Imgur/incus)
+* [Imgur’s Incus](https://github.com/Imgur/incus)
 * [Nanobox](https://github.com/nanobox-io/nanobox)/[Nanopack](https://github.com/nanopack)
 * [Docker Notary](https://github.com/docker/Notary)
 * [BloomApi](https://www.bloomapi.com/)
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Many Go projects are built using Viper including:
 
 ## What is Viper?
 
-Viper is a complete configuration solution for go applications including 12 factor apps. It is designed
+Viper is a complete configuration solution for Go applications including 12-Factor apps. It is designed
 to work within an application, and can handle all types of configuration needs
 and formats. It supports:
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Viper configuration keys are case insensitive.
 ### Establishing Defaults
 
 A good configuration system will support default values. A default value is not
-required for a key, but it's useful in the event that a key hasn’t been set via
+required for a key, but it’s useful in the event that a key hasn’t been set via
 config file, environment variable, remote configuration or flag.
 
 Examples:
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@ Optionally you can provide a function for Viper to run each time a change occurs
 **Make sure you add all of the configPaths prior to calling `WatchConfig()`**
 
 ```go
-		viper.WatchConfig()
-		viper.OnConfigChange(func(e fsnotify.Event) {
-			fmt.Println("Config file changed:", e.Name)
-		})
+viper.WatchConfig()
+viper.OnConfigChange(func(e fsnotify.Event) {
+	fmt.Println("Config file changed:", e.Name)
+})
 ```
 
 ### Reading Config from io.Reader
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ Like `BindEnv`, the value is not set when the binding method is called, but when
 it is accessed. This means you can bind as early as you want, even in an
 `init()` function.
 
-The `BindPFlag()` method provides this functionality.
+For individual flags, the `BindPFlag()` method provides this functionality.
 
 Example:
 
@@ -245,6 +245,19 @@ serverCmd.Flags().Int("port", 1138, "Port to run Application server on")
 viper.BindPFlag("port", serverCmd.Flags().Lookup("port"))
 ```
 
+You can also bind an existing set of pflags (pflag.FlagSet):
+
+Example:
+
+```go
+pflag.Int("flagname", 1234, "help message for flagname")
+
+pflag.Parse()
+viper.BindPFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
+
+i := viper.GetInt("flagname") // retrieve values from viper instead of pflag
+```
+
 The use of [pflag](https://github.com/spf13/pflag/) in Viper does not preclude
 the use of other packages that use the [flag](https://golang.org/pkg/flag/)
 package from the standard library. The pflag package can handle the flags
@@ -263,15 +276,23 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
+
+	// using standard library "flag" package
+	flag.Int("flagname", 1234, "help message for flagname")
+
 	pflag.CommandLine.AddGoFlagSet(flag.CommandLine)
 	pflag.Parse()
-    ...
+	viper.BindPFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
+
+	i := viper.GetInt("flagname") // retrieve value from viper
+
+	...
 }
 ```
 
 #### Flag interfaces
 
-Viper provides two Go interfaces to bind other flag systems if you don't use `Pflags`.
+Viper provides two Go interfaces to bind other flag systems if you don’t use `Pflags`.
 
 `FlagValue` represents a single flag. This is a very simple example on how to implement this interface:
 
@@ -401,7 +422,7 @@ go func(){
 
 ## Getting Values From Viper
 
-In Viper, there are a few ways to get a value depending on the value's type.
+In Viper, there are a few ways to get a value depending on the value’s type.
 The following functions and methods exist:
 
  * `Get(key string) : interface{}`
@@ -531,7 +552,7 @@ func NewCache(cfg *Viper) *Cache {...}
 ```
 
 which creates a cache based on config information formatted as `subv`.
-Now it's easy to create these 2 caches separately as:
+Now it’s easy to create these 2 caches separately as:
 
 ```go
 cfg1 := viper.Sub("app.cache1")
@@ -575,13 +596,13 @@ initialization needed to begin using Viper. Since most applications will want
 to use a single central repository for their configuration, the viper package
 provides this. It is similar to a singleton.
 
-In all of the examples above, they demonstrate using viper in it's singleton
+In all of the examples above, they demonstrate using viper in its singleton
 style approach.
 
 ### Working with multiple vipers
 
 You can also create many different vipers for use in your application. Each will
-have it’s own unique set of configurations and values. Each can read from a
+have its own unique set of configurations and values. Each can read from a
 different config file, key value store, etc. All of the functions that viper
 package supports are mirrored as methods on a viper.
 
diff --git a/viper.go b/viper.go
index 1810717..e7c6090 100644
--- a/viper.go
+++ b/viper.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func init() {
 type remoteConfigFactory interface {
 	Get(rp RemoteProvider) (io.Reader, error)
 	Watch(rp RemoteProvider) (io.Reader, error)
-	WatchChannel(rp RemoteProvider)(<-chan *RemoteResponse, chan bool)
+	WatchChannel(rp RemoteProvider) (<-chan *RemoteResponse, chan bool)
 }
 
 // RemoteConfig is optional, see the remote package
@@ -596,32 +596,33 @@ func (v *Viper) Get(key string) interface{} {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	valType := val
 	if v.typeByDefValue {
 		// TODO(bep) this branch isn't covered by a single test.
+		valType := val
 		path := strings.Split(lcaseKey, v.keyDelim)
 		defVal := v.searchMap(v.defaults, path)
 		if defVal != nil {
 			valType = defVal
 		}
+
+		switch valType.(type) {
+		case bool:
+			return cast.ToBool(val)
+		case string:
+			return cast.ToString(val)
+		case int64, int32, int16, int8, int:
+			return cast.ToInt(val)
+		case float64, float32:
+			return cast.ToFloat64(val)
+		case time.Time:
+			return cast.ToTime(val)
+		case time.Duration:
+			return cast.ToDuration(val)
+		case []string:
+			return cast.ToStringSlice(val)
+		}
 	}
 
-	switch valType.(type) {
-	case bool:
-		return cast.ToBool(val)
-	case string:
-		return cast.ToString(val)
-	case int64, int32, int16, int8, int:
-		return cast.ToInt(val)
-	case float64, float32:
-		return cast.ToFloat64(val)
-	case time.Time:
-		return cast.ToTime(val)
-	case time.Duration:
-		return cast.ToDuration(val)
-	case []string:
-		return cast.ToStringSlice(val)
-	}
 	return val
 }