diff --git a/samples/RewriteSample/Startup.cs b/samples/RewriteSample/Startup.cs
index 6a76d5df3e..b4bfa3c977 100644
--- a/samples/RewriteSample/Startup.cs
+++ b/samples/RewriteSample/Startup.cs
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ namespace RewriteSample
 {
     public class Startup
     {
-        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment hostingEnvironment)
+        public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env)
         {
             var options = new RewriteOptions()
                 .AddRedirect("(.*)/$", "$1")
                 .AddRewrite(@"app/(\d+)", "app?id=$1")
                 .AddRedirectToHttps(302)
-                .AddIISUrlRewrite(hostingEnvironment, "UrlRewrite.xml")
-                .AddApacheModRewrite(hostingEnvironment, "Rewrite.txt");
+                .AddIISUrlRewrite(env.ContentRootFileProvider, "UrlRewrite.xml")
+                .AddApacheModRewrite(env.ContentRootFileProvider, "Rewrite.txt");
 
             app.UseRewriter(options);
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/ApacheModRewriteOptionsExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/ApacheModRewriteOptionsExtensions.cs
index 99aa31ada4..b4779aece7 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/ApacheModRewriteOptionsExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/ApacheModRewriteOptionsExtensions.cs
@@ -3,50 +3,45 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.IO;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite.Internal.ApacheModRewrite;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// Apache mod_rewrite extensions on top of the <see cref="RewriteOptions"/>
+    /// Extensions for adding Apache mod_rewrite rules to <see cref="RewriteOptions"/>
     /// </summary>
     public static class ApacheModRewriteOptionsExtensions
     {
         /// <summary>
-        /// Imports rules from a mod_rewrite file and adds the rules to current rules. 
+        /// Add rules from an Apache mod_rewrite file
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="options">The Rewrite options.</param>
-        /// <param name="hostingEnvironment">The Hosting Environment</param>
+        /// <param name="options">The <see cref="RewriteOptions"/></param>
+        /// <param name="fileProvider">The <see cref="IFileProvider"/> </param>
         /// <param name="filePath">The path to the file containing mod_rewrite rules.</param>
-        public static RewriteOptions AddApacheModRewrite(this RewriteOptions options, IHostingEnvironment hostingEnvironment, string filePath)
+        public static RewriteOptions AddApacheModRewrite(this RewriteOptions options, IFileProvider fileProvider, string filePath)
         {
             if (options == null)
             {
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(options));
             }
 
-            if (hostingEnvironment == null)
+            if (fileProvider == null)
             {
-                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(hostingEnvironment));
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(fileProvider));
             }
 
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(filePath))
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentException(nameof(filePath));
-            }
-
-            var path = Path.Combine(hostingEnvironment.ContentRootPath, filePath);
-            using (var stream = File.OpenRead(path))
+            var fileInfo = fileProvider.GetFileInfo(filePath);
+            using (var stream = fileInfo.CreateReadStream())
             {
                 return options.AddApacheModRewrite(new StreamReader(stream));
             }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Imports rules from a mod_rewrite file and adds the rules to current rules. 
+        /// Add rules from an Apache mod_rewrite file
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="options">The Rewrite options.</param>
+        /// <param name="options">The <see cref="RewriteOptions"/></param>
         /// <param name="reader">A stream of mod_rewrite rules.</param>
         public static RewriteOptions AddApacheModRewrite(this RewriteOptions options, TextReader reader)
         {
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/Logging/RewriteMiddlewareLoggingExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/Extensions/RewriteMiddlewareLoggingExtensions.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/Logging/RewriteMiddlewareLoggingExtensions.cs
rename to src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/Extensions/RewriteMiddlewareLoggingExtensions.cs
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/IISUrlRewriteOptionsExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/IISUrlRewriteOptionsExtensions.cs
index 05d49b9ac8..bed837ae44 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/IISUrlRewriteOptionsExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/IISUrlRewriteOptionsExtensions.cs
@@ -3,50 +3,46 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.IO;
-using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite.Internal.IISUrlRewrite;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// IIS Url rewrite extensions on top of the <see cref="RewriteOptions"/>
+    /// Extensions for adding IIS Url Rewrite rules to <see cref="RewriteOptions"/>
     /// </summary>
     public static class IISUrlRewriteOptionsExtensions
     {
         /// <summary>
-        /// Imports rules from a mod_rewrite file and adds the rules to current rules. 
+        /// Add rules from a IIS config file containing Url Rewrite rules
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="options">The UrlRewrite options.</param>
-        /// <param name="hostingEnvironment"></param>
-        /// <param name="filePath">The path to the file containing urlrewrite rules.</param>
-        public static RewriteOptions AddIISUrlRewrite(this RewriteOptions options, IHostingEnvironment hostingEnvironment, string filePath)
+        /// <param name="options">The <see cref="RewriteOptions"/></param>
+        /// <param name="fileProvider">The <see cref="IFileProvider"/> </param>
+        /// <param name="filePath">The path to the file containing UrlRewrite rules.</param>
+        public static RewriteOptions AddIISUrlRewrite(this RewriteOptions options, IFileProvider fileProvider, string filePath)
         {
             if (options == null)
             {
                 throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(options));
             }
 
-            if (hostingEnvironment == null)
+            if (fileProvider == null)
             {
-                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(hostingEnvironment));
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(fileProvider));
             }
 
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(filePath))
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentException(nameof(filePath));
-            }
+            var file = fileProvider.GetFileInfo(filePath);
 
-            var path = Path.Combine(hostingEnvironment.ContentRootPath, filePath);
-            using (var stream = File.OpenRead(path))
+            using (var stream = file.CreateReadStream())
             {
                 return AddIISUrlRewrite(options, new StreamReader(stream));
             }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Imports rules from a mod_rewrite file and adds the rules to current rules. 
+        /// Add rules from a IIS config file containing Url Rewrite rules
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="options">The UrlRewrite options.</param>
+        /// <param name="options">The <see cref="RewriteOptions"/></param>
         /// <param name="reader">The text reader stream.</param>
         public static RewriteOptions AddIISUrlRewrite(this RewriteOptions options, TextReader reader)
         {
@@ -66,6 +62,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite
             {
                 options.Rules.Add(rule);
             }
+
             return options;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/RewriteBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/RewriteBuilderExtensions.cs
index 88d7676c30..724dccf3d1 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/RewriteBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/RewriteBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder
         /// <summary>
         /// Checks if a given Url matches rules and conditions, and modifies the HttpContext on match.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="app"></param>
+        /// <param name="app">The <see cref="IApplicationBuilder"/></param>
         /// <param name="options">Options for rewrite.</param>
         /// <returns></returns>
         public static IApplicationBuilder UseRewriter(this IApplicationBuilder app, RewriteOptions options)
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/RewriteMiddleware.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/RewriteMiddleware.cs
index 7838ecbc0a..9f3802d395 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/RewriteMiddleware.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/RewriteMiddleware.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ using Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers;
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// Represents a middleware that rewrites urls imported from mod_rewrite, UrlRewrite, and code.
+    /// Represents a middleware that rewrites urls
     /// </summary>
     public class RewriteMiddleware
     {
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/RewriteOptions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/RewriteOptions.cs
index f4370cabb4..8e51c78071 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/RewriteOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/RewriteOptions.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite
 {
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite
         public IList<Rule> Rules { get; } = new List<Rule>();
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Gets and sets the File Provider for file and directory checks.
+        /// Gets and sets the File Provider for file and directory checks. Defaults to <see cref="IHostingEnvironment.WebRootFileProvider"/>
         /// </summary>
         public IFileProvider StaticFileProvider { get; set; }
     }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/RewriteOptionsExtensions.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/RewriteOptionsExtensions.cs
index 906c107952..5b9eec9e88 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/RewriteOptionsExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/RewriteOptionsExtensions.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite
         /// <summary>
         /// Adds a rule to the current rules.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="options">The UrlRewrite options.</param>
+        /// <param name="options">The <see cref="RewriteOptions"/>.</param>
         /// <param name="rule">A rule to be added to the current rules.</param>
         /// <returns>The Rewrite options.</returns>
         public static RewriteOptions Add(this RewriteOptions options, Rule rule)
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite
         /// <summary>
         /// Adds a rule to the current rules.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="options">The Rewrite options.</param>
+        /// <param name="options">The <see cref="RewriteOptions"/>.</param>
         /// <param name="applyRule">A Func that checks and applies the rule.</param>
         /// <returns></returns>
         public static RewriteOptions Add(this RewriteOptions options, Action<RewriteContext> applyRule)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite
         /// <summary>
         /// Rewrites the path if the regex matches the HttpContext's PathString
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="options">The Rewrite options.</param>
+        /// <param name="options">The <see cref="RewriteOptions"/>.</param>
         /// <param name="regex">The regex string to compare with.</param>
         /// <param name="replacement">If the regex matches, what to replace HttpContext with.</param>
         /// <returns>The Rewrite options.</returns>
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite
         /// <summary>
         /// Rewrites the path if the regex matches the HttpContext's PathString
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="options">The Rewrite options.</param>
+        /// <param name="options">The <see cref="RewriteOptions"/>.</param>
         /// <param name="regex">The regex string to compare with.</param>
         /// <param name="replacement">If the regex matches, what to replace the uri with.</param>
         /// <param name="stopProcessing">If the regex matches, conditionally stop processing other rules.</param>
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite
         /// <summary>
         /// Redirect the request if the regex matches the HttpContext's PathString
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="options">The Rewrite options.</param>
+        /// <param name="options">The <see cref="RewriteOptions"/>.</param>
         /// <param name="regex">The regex string to compare with.</param>
         /// <param name="replacement">If the regex matches, what to replace the uri with.</param>
         /// <returns>The Rewrite options.</returns>
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite
         /// <summary>
         /// Redirect the request if the regex matches the HttpContext's PathString
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="options">The Rewrite options.</param>
+        /// <param name="options">The <see cref="RewriteOptions"/>.</param>
         /// <param name="regex">The regex string to compare with.</param>
         /// <param name="replacement">If the regex matches, what to replace the uri with.</param>
         /// <param name="statusCode">The status code to add to the response.</param>
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite
         /// Redirect a request to https if the incoming request is http, with returning a 301
         /// status code for permanently redirected.
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="options"></param>
+        /// <param name="options">The <see cref="RewriteOptions"/>.</param>
         /// <returns></returns>
         public static RewriteOptions AddRedirectToHttpsPermanent(this RewriteOptions options)
         {
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite
         /// <summary>
         /// Redirect a request to https if the incoming request is http
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="options">The Rewrite options.</param>
+        /// <param name="options">The <see cref="RewriteOptions"/>.</param>
         public static RewriteOptions AddRedirectToHttps(this RewriteOptions options)
         {
             return AddRedirectToHttps(options, statusCode: 302, sslPort: null);
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite
         /// <summary>
         /// Redirect a request to https if the incoming request is http
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="options">The Rewrite options.</param>
+        /// <param name="options">The <see cref="RewriteOptions"/>.</param>
         /// <param name="statusCode">The status code to add to the response.</param>
         public static RewriteOptions AddRedirectToHttps(this RewriteOptions options, int statusCode)
         {
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite
         /// <summary>
         /// Redirect a request to https if the incoming request is http
         /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="options">The Rewrite options.</param>
+        /// <param name="options">The <see cref="RewriteOptions"/>.</param>
         /// <param name="statusCode">The status code to add to the response.</param>
         /// <param name="sslPort">The SSL port to add to the response.</param>
         public static RewriteOptions AddRedirectToHttps(this RewriteOptions options, int statusCode, int? sslPort)
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/Rule.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/Rule.cs
index 22b5a253e0..b86d0e454d 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/Rule.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite/Rule.cs
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Rewrite
     {
         /// <summary>
         /// Applies the rule.
-        /// Implementations of ApplyRule should set the value for RewriteContext.Results 
-        /// (defaults to RuleTermination.Continue)
+        /// Implementations of ApplyRule should set the value for <see cref="RewriteContext.Result"/> 
+        /// (defaults to <see cref="RuleTermination.Continue"/> )
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="context"></param>
         public abstract void ApplyRule(RewriteContext context);