diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index b4e8a2b..c2d8dbf 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 //! These top level http method functions create a [Request](struct.Request.html) instance
 //! which follows a build pattern. The builders are finished using
 //! [`.call()`](struct.Request.html#method.call),
-//! [`.send_str()`](struct.Request.html#method.send_str) or
+//! [`.send_string()`](struct.Request.html#method.send_string) or
 //! [`.send_json()`](struct.Request.html#method.send_json).
 //!
 //! # Agents
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 //! # Content-Length
 //!
 //! The library will set the content length on the request when using
-//! [`.send_str()`](struct.Request.html#method.send_str) or
+//! [`.send_string()`](struct.Request.html#method.send_string) or
 //! [`.send_json()`](struct.Request.html#method.send_json). In other cases the user
 //! can optionally `request.set("Content-Length", 1234)`.
 //!
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 //! ```
 //! let resp = ureq::post("http://my-server.com/ingest")
 //!     .set("Transfer-Encoding", "chunked")
-//!     .send_str("Hello world");
+//!     .send_string("Hello world");
 //! ```
 
 extern crate ascii;
diff --git a/src/request.rs b/src/request.rs
index 5272db7..fe2870e 100644
--- a/src/request.rs
+++ b/src/request.rs
@@ -186,10 +186,10 @@ impl Request {
     /// ```
     /// let r = ureq::post("/my_page")
     ///     .content_type("text/plain")
-    ///     .send_str("Hello World!");
+    ///     .send_string("Hello World!");
     /// println!("{:?}", r);
     /// ```
-    pub fn send_str<S>(&mut self, data: S) -> Response
+    pub fn send_string<S>(&mut self, data: S) -> Response
     where
         S: Into<String>,
     {
diff --git a/src/response.rs b/src/response.rs
index 2bc1737..d79e896 100644
--- a/src/response.rs
+++ b/src/response.rs
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ impl Response {
     /// Tells if this response is "synthetic".
     ///
     /// The [methods](struct.Request.html#method.call) [firing](struct.Request.html#method.send)
-    /// [off](struct.Request.html#method.send_str) [requests](struct.Request.html#method.send_json)
+    /// [off](struct.Request.html#method.send_string) [requests](struct.Request.html#method.send_json)
     /// all return a `Response`; there is no rust style `Result`.
     ///
     /// Rather than exposing a custom error type through results, this library has opted
diff --git a/src/test/body_send.rs b/src/test/body_send.rs
index 7c5ba34..96ca011 100644
--- a/src/test/body_send.rs
+++ b/src/test/body_send.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ fn content_length_on_str() {
         test::make_response(200, "OK", vec![], vec![])
     });
     let resp = get("test://host/content_length_on_str")
-        .send_str("Hello World!!!");
+        .send_string("Hello World!!!");
     let vec = resp.to_write_vec();
     let s = String::from_utf8_lossy(&vec);
     assert!(s.contains("\r\nContent-Length: 14\r\n"));
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ fn user_set_content_length_on_str() {
     });
     let resp = get("test://host/user_set_content_length_on_str")
         .set("Content-Length", "12345")
-        .send_str("Hello World!!!");
+        .send_string("Hello World!!!");
     let vec = resp.to_write_vec();
     let s = String::from_utf8_lossy(&vec);
     assert!(s.contains("\r\nContent-Length: 12345\r\n"));
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ fn content_length_and_chunked() {
     });
     let resp = post("test://host/content_length_and_chunked")
         .set("Transfer-Encoding", "chunked")
-        .send_str("Hello World!!!");
+        .send_string("Hello World!!!");
     let vec = resp.to_write_vec();
     let s = String::from_utf8_lossy(&vec);
     assert!(s.contains("Transfer-Encoding: chunked\r\n"));
diff --git a/src/test/range.rs b/src/test/range.rs
index 7e07087..d0dcc26 100644
--- a/src/test/range.rs
+++ b/src/test/range.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use std::io::Read;
-use test;
 
 use super::super::*;