diff --git a/adafruit_rgb_display/ssd1331.py b/adafruit_rgb_display/ssd1331.py
index 801479b..4cc3a1c 100644
--- a/adafruit_rgb_display/ssd1331.py
+++ b/adafruit_rgb_display/ssd1331.py
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
+"""A simple driver for the SSD1331-based displays."""
 from adafruit_rgb_display.rgb import DisplaySPI
+from micropython import const
+
+__version__ = "0.0.0-auto.0"
+__repo__ = "https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_CircuitPython_RGB_Display.git"
 
 
 _DRAWLINE = const(0x21)
@@ -37,23 +42,21 @@ class SSD1331(DisplaySPI):
     """
     A simple driver for the SSD1331-based displays.
 
-    >>> import busio
-    >>> import digitalio
-    >>> import board
-    >>> from adafruit_rgb_display import color565
-    >>> import adafruit_rgb_display.ssd1331 as ssd1331
-    >>> spi = busio.SPI(clock=board.SCK, MOSI=board.MOSI, MISO=board.MISO)
-    >>> display = ssd1331.SSD1331(spi, cs=digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.GPIO0), dc=digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.GPIO15), rst=digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.GPIO16))
-    >>> display.fill(0x7521)
-    >>> display.pixel(32, 32, 0)
->>>
-from machine import Pin, HSPI
-import ssd1331
-#spi = SPI(mosi=Pin(13), sck=Pin(14), polarity=1, phase=1)
-spi = HSPI(polarity=1, phase=1)
-display = ssd1331.SSD1331(spi, dc=Pin(2), cs=Pin(15), rst=Pin(16))
-display.fill(0x7521)
-display.pixel(32, 32, 0)
+    .. code-block:: python
+
+      import busio
+      import digitalio
+      import board
+      from adafruit_rgb_display import color565
+      import adafruit_rgb_display.ssd1331 as ssd1331
+      spi = busio.SPI(clock=board.SCK, MOSI=board.MOSI, MISO=board.MISO)
+      display = ssd1331.SSD1331(spi, cs=digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.GPIO0),
+                                  dc=digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.GPIO15),
+                                  rst=digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.GPIO16))
+
+      display.fill(0x7521)
+      display.pixel(32, 32, 0)
+
     """
     _COLUMN_SET = _SETCOLUMN
     _PAGE_SET = _SETROW
@@ -62,31 +65,43 @@ class SSD1331(DisplaySPI):
     _INIT = (
         (_DISPLAYOFF, b''),
         (_LOCK, b'\x0b'),
-        (_SETREMAP, b'\x72'), # RGB Color
+        (_SETREMAP, b'\x72'),  # RGB Color
         (_STARTLINE, b'\x00'),
         (_DISPLAYOFFSET, b'\x00'),
         (_NORMALDISPLAY, b''),
-#        (_FILL, b'\x01'),
+        # (_FILL, b'\x01'),
 
-#	(_PHASEPERIOD, b'\x31'),
-#	(_SETMULTIPLEX, b'\x3f'),
-#	(_SETMASTER, b'\x8e'),
-#	(_POWERMODE,b'\x0b'),
-#	(_PRECHARGE, b'\x31'), #;//0x1F - 0x31
-#	(_CLOCKDIV, b'\xf0'),
-#	(_VCOMH, b'\x3e'), #;//0x3E - 0x3F
-#	(_MASTERCURRENT, b'\x06'), # ;//0x06 - 0x0F
-#	(_PRECHARGEA, b'\x64'),
-#	(_PRECHARGEB, b'\x78'),
-#	(_PRECHARGEC, b'\x64'),
-#	(_PRECHARGELEVEL, b'\x3a'), # 0x3A - 0x00
-#	(_CONTRASTA, b'\x91'), #//0xEF - 0x91
-#	(_CONTRASTB, b'\x50'), #;//0x11 - 0x50
-#	(_CONTRASTC, b'\x7d'), #;//0x48 - 0x7D
+        (_PHASEPERIOD, b'\x31'),
+        (_SETMULTIPLEX, b'\x3f'),
+        (_SETMASTER, b'\x8e'),
+        (_POWERMODE, b'\x0b'),
+        (_PRECHARGE, b'\x31'),  # ;//0x1F - 0x31
+        (_CLOCKDIV, b'\xf0'),
+        (_VCOMH, b'\x3e'),  # ;//0x3E - 0x3F
+        (_MASTERCURRENT, b'\x0c'),  # ;//0x06 - 0x0F
+        (_PRECHARGEA, b'\x64'),
+        (_PRECHARGEB, b'\x78'),
+        (_PRECHARGEC, b'\x64'),
+        (_PRECHARGELEVEL, b'\x3a'),  # 0x3A - 0x00
+        (_CONTRASTA, b'\x91'),  # //0xEF - 0x91
+        (_CONTRASTB, b'\x50'),  # ;//0x11 - 0x50
+        (_CONTRASTC, b'\x7d'),  # ;//0x48 - 0x7D
         (_DISPLAYON, b''),
     )
     _ENCODE_PIXEL = ">H"
     _ENCODE_POS = ">BB"
 
+    # pylint: disable-msg=useless-super-delegation, too-many-arguments
+    # super required to allow override of default values
+    # All arguments needed due to driver requiring all the given data to function
     def __init__(self, spi, dc, cs, rst=None, width=96, height=64):
         super().__init__(spi, dc, cs, rst, width, height)
+
+    def write(self, command=None, data=None):
+        """write procedure specific to SSD1331"""
+        self.dc.value = command is None
+        with self.spi_device as spi:
+            if command is not None:
+                spi.write(bytearray([command]))
+            if data is not None:
+                spi.write(data)