diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 2.3.2
+
+* Adds `parseRequestThrow`, `parseRequestThrow_`, and
+  `setRequestCheckStatus` to `Network.HTTP.Simple`.
+  See [#304](https://github.com/snoyberg/http-client/issues/304)
+
 ## 2.3.1
 
 * Reexport Query from Network.HTTP.Types
diff --git a/Network/HTTP/Simple.hs b/Network/HTTP/Simple.hs
--- a/Network/HTTP/Simple.hs
+++ b/Network/HTTP/Simple.hs
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
     , H.defaultRequest
     , H.parseRequest
     , H.parseRequest_
+    , parseRequestThrow
+    , parseRequestThrow_
       -- * Request lenses
       -- ** Basics
     , setRequestMethod
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@
     , setRequestBodyURLEncoded
       -- ** Special fields
     , H.setRequestIgnoreStatus
+    , H.setRequestCheckStatus
     , setRequestBasicAuth
     , setRequestManager
     , setRequestProxy
@@ -86,14 +89,14 @@
 import qualified Data.Aeson.Types as A
 import qualified Data.Aeson as A
 import qualified Data.Traversable as T
-import Control.Exception (throwIO, Exception)
+import Control.Exception (throw, throwIO, Exception)
 import Data.Typeable (Typeable)
 import qualified Data.Conduit as C
 import Data.Conduit (runConduit, (.|), ConduitM)
 import qualified Data.Conduit.Attoparsec as C
 import qualified Network.HTTP.Types as H
 import Data.Int (Int64)
-import Control.Monad.Trans.Resource (MonadResource)
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Resource (MonadResource, MonadThrow)
 import qualified Control.Exception as E (bracket)
 import Data.Void (Void)
 
@@ -236,6 +239,25 @@
         (H.responseOpen req man)
         H.responseClose
         (run . withRes . fmap bodyReaderSource)
+
+-- | Same as 'parseRequest', except will throw an 'HttpException' in the
+-- event of a non-2XX response. This uses 'throwErrorStatusCodes' to
+-- implement 'checkResponse'.
+--
+-- Exactly the same as 'parseUrlThrow', but has a name that is more
+-- consistent with the other parseRequest functions.
+--
+-- @since 2.3.2
+parseRequestThrow :: MonadThrow m => String -> m HC.Request
+parseRequestThrow = HC.parseUrlThrow
+
+-- | Same as 'parseRequestThrow', but parse errors cause an impure
+-- exception. Mostly useful for static strings which are known to be
+-- correctly formatted.
+--
+-- @since 2.3.2
+parseRequestThrow_ :: String -> HC.Request
+parseRequestThrow_ = either throw id . HC.parseUrlThrow
 
 -- | Alternate spelling of 'httpLBS'
 --
diff --git a/http-conduit.cabal b/http-conduit.cabal
--- a/http-conduit.cabal
+++ b/http-conduit.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:            http-conduit
-version:         2.3.1
+version:         2.3.2
 license:         BSD3
 license-file:    LICENSE
 author:          Michael Snoyman <michael@snoyman.com>
diff --git a/test/CookieTest.hs b/test/CookieTest.hs
--- a/test/CookieTest.hs
+++ b/test/CookieTest.hs
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
   (Just default_cookie, createCookieJar []) (removeExistingCookieFromCookieJar default_cookie $ createCookieJar [default_cookie])
 
 testRemoveNonexistantCookie :: IO ()
-testRemoveNonexistantCookie = assertEqual "Removing a nonexistant cookie doesn't work"
+testRemoveNonexistantCookie = assertEqual "Removing a nonexistent cookie doesn't work"
   (Nothing, createCookieJar [default_cookie]) (removeExistingCookieFromCookieJar (default_cookie {cookie_name = fromString "key2"}) $ createCookieJar [default_cookie])
 
 testRemoveCorrectCookie :: IO ()
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@
   where set_cookie = default_set_cookie {setCookiePath = Just $ fromString "/a/path"}
 
 testReceiveSetCookieNoPath :: IO ()
-testReceiveSetCookieNoPath = assertEqual "Path gets set correctly when nonexistant"
+testReceiveSetCookieNoPath = assertEqual "Path gets set correctly when nonexistent"
   (fromString "/a/path/to") (cookie_path $ head $ destroyCookieJar $ receiveSetCookie set_cookie request default_time True $ createCookieJar [])
   where set_cookie = default_set_cookie {setCookiePath = Nothing}
         request = default_request {HC.path = fromString "/a/path/to/nowhere"}
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@
 removeTests :: Spec
 removeTests = do
     it "Removing a cookie works" testRemoveCookie
-    it "Removing a nonexistant cookie doesn't work" testRemoveNonexistantCookie
+    it "Removing a nonexistent cookie doesn't work" testRemoveNonexistantCookie
     it "Removing the correct cookie" testRemoveCorrectCookie
 
 evictionTests :: Spec
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@
     it "Expiry gets set based on max age if no expiry is given" testReceiveSetCookieNoExpiry
     it "Expiry gets set based on given value if no max age is given" testReceiveSetCookieNoMaxAge
     it "Expiry gets set to a future date if no expiry and no max age are given" testReceiveSetCookieNoExpiryNoMaxAge
-    it "Path gets set correctly when nonexistant" testReceiveSetCookieNoPath
+    it "Path gets set correctly when nonexistent" testReceiveSetCookieNoPath
     it "Path gets set correctly" testReceiveSetCookiePath
     it "Creation time gets set correctly" testReceiveSetCookieCreationTime
     it "Last access time gets set correctly" testReceiveSetCookieAccessTime