diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+## Path IO 0.3.1
+
+* Introduced synonym for `forgivingAbsence'` —
+  `ignoringAbsence`. `forgivingAbsence'` is deprecated now, but it's still
+  there.
+
+* Added a handy shortcut `ensureDir` that is defined as
+  `ensureDir = createDirIfMissing True`.
+
+* Made `getHomeDir` and `getTempDir` more robust when they are influenced by
+  values of environment variables.
+
 ## Path IO 0.3.0
 
 * Added `forgivingAbsence`, `resolveFile`, and `resolveDir` functions, so
diff --git a/Path/IO.hs b/Path/IO.hs
--- a/Path/IO.hs
+++ b/Path/IO.hs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   ( -- * Actions on directories
     createDir
   , createDirIfMissing
+  , ensureDir
   , removeDir
   , removeDirRecur
   , renameDir
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@
   , doesDirExist
   , isLocationOccupied
   , forgivingAbsence
+  , ignoringAbsence
   , forgivingAbsence'
     -- * Permissions
   , D.Permissions
@@ -157,6 +159,14 @@
   -> m ()
 createDirIfMissing p = liftD (D.createDirectoryIfMissing p)
 
+-- | Ensure that directory exists creating it and its parent directories if
+-- necessary. This is just a handy shortcut:
+--
+-- > ensureDir = createDirIfMissing True
+
+ensureDir :: MonadIO m => Path b Dir -> m ()
+ensureDir = createDirIfMissing True
+
 -- | @'removeDir' dir@ removes an existing directory @dir@. The
 -- implementation may specify additional constraints which must be satisfied
 -- before a directory can be removed (e.g. the directory has to be empty, or
@@ -456,7 +466,7 @@
 -- cannot be found.
 
 getHomeDir :: (MonadIO m, MonadThrow m) => m (Path Abs Dir)
-getHomeDir = liftIO D.getHomeDirectory >>= parseAbsDir
+getHomeDir = liftIO D.getHomeDirectory >>= resolveDir'
 
 -- | Obtain the path to a special directory for storing user-specific
 -- application data (traditional Unix location).
@@ -533,10 +543,12 @@
 -- * 'UnsupportedOperation'
 -- The operating system has no notion of temporary directory.
 --
--- The function doesn't verify whether the path exists.
+-- * 'isDoesNotExistError'
+-- The temporary directory for the current user does not exist, or
+-- cannot be found.
 
 getTempDir :: (MonadIO m, MonadThrow m) => m (Path Abs Dir)
-getTempDir = liftIO D.getTemporaryDirectory >>= parseAbsDir
+getTempDir = liftIO D.getTemporaryDirectory >>= resolveDir'
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Path transformation
@@ -959,8 +971,15 @@
 
 -- | The same as 'forgivingAbsence', but ignores result.
 
+ignoringAbsence :: (MonadIO m, MonadCatch m) => m a -> m ()
+ignoringAbsence = liftM (const ()) . forgivingAbsence
+
+-- | A synonym for 'ignoringAbsence'.
+
+{-# DEPRECATED forgivingAbsence' "Use 'ignoringAbsence' instead." #-}
+
 forgivingAbsence' :: (MonadIO m, MonadCatch m) => m a -> m ()
-forgivingAbsence' = liftM (const ()) . forgivingAbsence
+forgivingAbsence' = ignoringAbsence
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Permissions
diff --git a/path-io.cabal b/path-io.cabal
--- a/path-io.cabal
+++ b/path-io.cabal
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 -- POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 name:                 path-io
-version:              0.3.0
+version:              0.3.1
 cabal-version:        >= 1.10
 license:              BSD3
 license-file:         LICENSE.md