diff --git a/src/honeysql/core.clj b/src/honeysql/core.clj
index c43e17d..6fc5168 100644
--- a/src/honeysql/core.clj
+++ b/src/honeysql/core.clj
@@ -3,14 +3,43 @@
   (:require [honeysql.format :as format]
             [honeysql.types :as types]
             [honeysql.helpers :refer [build-clause]]
-            [honeysql.util :refer [defalias]]))
+            [honeysql.util :refer [defalias]]
+            [clojure.string :as string]))
 
 (defalias call types/call)
 (defalias raw types/raw)
 (defalias format format/format)
 (defalias format-predicate format/format-predicate)
 
-(defn build [& clauses]
+(defn qualify
+  "Takes one or more keyword or string qualifers and name. Returns
+  a keyword of the concatenated qualifiers and name separated by periods.
+
+  (qualify :foo \"bar\" :baz) => :foo.bar.baz"
+  [& qualifiers+name]
+  (keyword
+   (string/join "." (map #(if (keyword? %) (name %) (str %))
+                         (remove nil? qualifiers+name)))))
+
+(defn build
+  "Takes a series of clause+data pairs and returns a SQL map. Example:
+
+      (build :select [:a :b]
+             :from :bar)
+
+  Clauses are defined with the honeysql.helpers/build-clause multimethod.
+  Built-in clauses include:
+
+      :select, :merge-select, :un-select
+      :from, :merge-from
+      :join, :merge-join
+      :where, :merge-where
+      :group-by, :merge-group-by
+      :having, :merge-having
+      :limit
+      :offset
+      :modifiers, :merge-modifiers"
+  [& clauses]
   (let [[base clauses] (if (map? (first clauses))
                          [(first clauses) (rest clauses)]
                          [{} clauses])]