diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5d14e9e..ea3a2f7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,9 +55,7 @@ not have any surprise though.
 
 ## Instantiate an histogram
 
-The API is very close to the original Java API, there is just
-a tiny addition, a simple builder function.
-Here is how to use it to instantiate a new histogram instance:
+HdrHistogramJS provides several histogram implementations. The simplest way to get a new histogram instance is to use the _build()_ function. Here is how to use it:
 
 ```
 import * as hdr from "hdr-histogram-js"
@@ -84,7 +82,7 @@ const histogram
 
 ```
 
-BitBucketSize 'packed' options is available since HdrHistogramJS v1.2 . Like the Java packed implementtation, it has a very low memory footprint but it is way slower than original 'unpacked' implementations.
+BitBucketSize 'packed' options is available since HdrHistogramJS v1.2 . Like the Java packed implementation, it has a very low memory footprint but it is way slower than regular bucket based implementation.
 
 ## Record values and retrieve metrics
 
@@ -113,15 +111,38 @@ h.recordValue(1244);
 
 console.log(h.minNonZeroValue);           // 122
 console.log(h.maxValue);                  // 1244
-console.log(h.getMean());                 // 486.333...
+console.log(h.mean);                      // 486.333...
 console.log(h.getValueAtPercentile(90));  // 1244 as well
+console.log(h.summary);                   // { "p50": 123, ... , max: 1244, totalCount: 3 }
 ```
 
 If youn need a live example you can also take alook at this [simple ping demo](https://hdrhistogram.github.io/HdrHistogramJSDemo/ping-demo.html) or this [HdrHistogramJS on HdrHistogramJS demo](https://hdrhistogram.github.io/HdrHistogramJSDemo/hdr-on-hdr.html).
 
-As with the original Java version, you can also generate a textual
+You can also very easily generate a textual
 representation of an histogram:
 
+```
+console.log(`Statistics ${h}`);
+
+// output will be:
+//
+// Statistics Histogram 32b {
+//  "p50": 123,
+//  "p75": 1240,
+//  "p90": 1240,
+//  "p97_5": 1240,
+//  "p99": 1240,
+//  "p99_9": 1240,
+//  "p99_99": 1240,
+//  "p99_999": 1240,
+//  "max": 1244,
+//  "totalCount": 3
+// }
+
+```
+
+You can also general an exhaustive textual representation similar to the one generated by the original Java HdrHistogram implementation:
+
 ```
 import * as hdr from "hdr-histogram-js"
 
diff --git a/src/Histogram.spec.ts b/src/Histogram.spec.ts
index fc1b483..92cf9ab 100644
--- a/src/Histogram.spec.ts
+++ b/src/Histogram.spec.ts
@@ -246,8 +246,8 @@ describe("Histogram computing statistics", () => {
     histogram.recordValue(50042);
     histogram.recordValue(75042);
     // then
-    const serializedHistogramData = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(histogram));
-    expect(serializedHistogramData.p50).toEqual(50000);
+    const { summary } = histogram;
+    expect(summary.p50).toEqual(50000);
   });
 });
 
@@ -317,6 +317,11 @@ describe("WASM Histogram not happy path", () => {
       "Cannot use a destroyed histogram"
     );
   });
+  it("should not crash when displayed after destroy", () => {
+    const destroyedHistogram = build({ useWebAssembly: true });
+    destroyedHistogram.destroy();
+    expect(destroyedHistogram + "").toEqual("Destroyed WASM histogram");
+  });
   it("should throw a clear error message when added to a JS regular Histogram", () => {
     const wasmHistogram = build({ useWebAssembly: true });
     const jsHistogram = build({ useWebAssembly: false });
diff --git a/src/Histogram.ts b/src/Histogram.ts
index 61a48b7..b448861 100644
--- a/src/Histogram.ts
+++ b/src/Histogram.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ export default interface Histogram {
    */
   readonly mean: number;
 
+  /**
+   * Main percentiles, max value and total number of recorded values
+   */
+  readonly summary: HistogramSummary;
+
   /**
    * A (conservatively high) estimate of the Histogram's total footprint in bytes
    */
@@ -232,7 +237,7 @@ export interface HistogramConstructor {
   ): Histogram;
 }
 
-export const toJSON = (histogram: Histogram): HistogramSummary => {
+export const toSummary = (histogram: Histogram): HistogramSummary => {
   const { totalCount, maxValue, numberOfSignificantValueDigits } = histogram;
   const round = keepSignificantDigits(numberOfSignificantValueDigits);
   return {
diff --git a/src/JsHistogram.ts b/src/JsHistogram.ts
index 817071c..a2d2adf 100644
--- a/src/JsHistogram.ts
+++ b/src/JsHistogram.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import PercentileIterator from "./PercentileIterator";
 import HistogramIterationValue from "./HistogramIterationValue";
 import { integerFormatter, floatFormatter } from "./formatters";
 import ulp from "./ulp";
-import Histogram, { NO_TAG, toJSON, HistogramSummary } from "./Histogram";
+import Histogram, { NO_TAG, toSummary, HistogramSummary } from "./Histogram";
 
 const { pow, floor, ceil, log2, max, min } = Math;
 
@@ -718,8 +718,12 @@ export abstract class JsHistogram implements Histogram {
     return result;
   }
 
+  get summary(): HistogramSummary {
+    return toSummary(this);
+  }
+
   toJSON(): HistogramSummary {
-    return toJSON(this);
+    return this.summary;
   }
 
   inspect() {
diff --git a/src/bench/histogram-json-percentile.ts b/src/bench/histogram-json-percentile.ts
index 5e30679..1e12309 100644
--- a/src/bench/histogram-json-percentile.ts
+++ b/src/bench/histogram-json-percentile.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import b from "benny";
 import { build } from "../index";
 import { initWebAssembly } from "../wasm";
-import { toJSON } from "../Histogram";
+import { toSummary } from "../Histogram";
 initWebAssembly().then(() => {
   const randomInteger = (max: number = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER) =>
     Math.floor(Math.random() * max);
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ initWebAssembly().then(() => {
           histogram.recordValueWithCount(randomInteger(), randomInteger(100));
         }
         return () => {
-          toJSON(histogram);
+          toSummary(histogram);
         };
       },
       options
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ initWebAssembly().then(() => {
           histogram.recordValueWithCount(randomInteger(), randomInteger(100));
         }
         return () => {
-          toJSON(histogram);
+          toSummary(histogram);
         };
       },
       options
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ initWebAssembly().then(() => {
           histogram.recordValueWithCount(randomInteger(), randomInteger(100));
         }
         return () => {
-          toJSON(histogram);
+          toSummary(histogram);
         };
       },
       options
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ initWebAssembly().then(() => {
           histogram.recordValueWithCount(randomInteger(), randomInteger(100));
         }
         return () => {
-          toJSON(histogram);
+          toSummary(histogram);
         };
       },
       options
diff --git a/src/wasm/index.ts b/src/wasm/index.ts
index 3d870ee..ef66efd 100644
--- a/src/wasm/index.ts
+++ b/src/wasm/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { BINARY } from "./generated-wasm";
 import Histogram, {
   NO_TAG,
   BitBucketSize,
-  toJSON,
+  toSummary,
   HistogramSummary
 } from "../Histogram";
 // @ts-ignore
@@ -210,11 +210,22 @@ export class WasmHistogram implements Histogram {
     );
   }
 
+  private isDestroyed() {
+    return this._wasmHistogram === destroyedWasmHistogram;
+  }
+
+  get summary(): HistogramSummary {
+    return toSummary(this);
+  }
+
   toJSON(): HistogramSummary {
-    return toJSON(this);
+    return this.summary;
   }
 
   toString() {
+    if (this.isDestroyed()) {
+      return "Destroyed WASM histogram";
+    }
     return `WASM ${this._remoteHistogramClass} ${JSON.stringify(
       this,
       null,