diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.4.20
+
+* Expose `brReadSome`
+
 ## 0.4.19
 
 * Move HasHttpManager from http-conduit to http-client [#147](https://github.com/snoyberg/http-client/pull/147)
diff --git a/Network/HTTP/Client.hs b/Network/HTTP/Client.hs
--- a/Network/HTTP/Client.hs
+++ b/Network/HTTP/Client.hs
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@
       -- ** Response body
     , BodyReader
     , brRead
+    , brReadSome
     , brConsume
       -- * Misc
     , HttpException (..)
diff --git a/Network/HTTP/Client/Body.hs b/Network/HTTP/Client/Body.hs
--- a/Network/HTTP/Client/Body.hs
+++ b/Network/HTTP/Client/Body.hs
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
 brRead :: BodyReader -> IO S.ByteString
 brRead = id
 
+-- | Continuously call 'brRead', building up a lazy ByteString until a chunk is
+-- constructed that is at least as many bytes as requested.
+--
+-- Since 0.4.20
 brReadSome :: BodyReader -> Int -> IO L.ByteString
 brReadSome brRead =
     loop id
diff --git a/Network/HTTP/Client/Types.hs b/Network/HTTP/Client/Types.hs
--- a/Network/HTTP/Client/Types.hs
+++ b/Network/HTTP/Client/Types.hs
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
                    -- on this, see:
                    --
                    -- <https://github.com/snoyberg/http-client/commit/b86b1cdd91e56ee33150433dedb32954d2082621#commitcomment-10718689>
-                   | FailedConnectionException2 String Int Bool SomeException -- ^ host/port/secure
+                   | FailedConnectionException2 String Int Bool SomeException -- ^ host\/port\/secure
                    | ExpectedBlankAfter100Continue
                    | InvalidStatusLine S.ByteString
                    | InvalidHeader S.ByteString
diff --git a/http-client.cabal b/http-client.cabal
--- a/http-client.cabal
+++ b/http-client.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                http-client
-version:             0.4.19
+version:             0.4.20
 synopsis:            An HTTP client engine, intended as a base layer for more user-friendly packages.
 description:         Hackage documentation generation is not reliable. For up to date documentation, please see: <http://www.stackage.org/package/http-client>.
 homepage:            https://github.com/snoyberg/http-client