diff --git a/Data/ByteString/Streaming/Aeson.hs b/Data/ByteString/Streaming/Aeson.hs
--- a/Data/ByteString/Streaming/Aeson.hs
+++ b/Data/ByteString/Streaming/Aeson.hs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 > import Data.Text (Text)
 > import Data.Function ((&))
 > main = do
->    req <- parseUrl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ondrap/json-stream/master/benchmarks/json-data/buffer-builder.json"
+>    req <- parseRequest "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ondrap/json-stream/master/benchmarks/json-data/buffer-builder.json"
 >    m <- newManager tlsManagerSettings
 >    withHTTP req m $ \resp -> do 
 >      let names, friend_names :: Parser Text
diff --git a/Data/ByteString/Streaming/HTTP.hs b/Data/ByteString/Streaming/HTTP.hs
--- a/Data/ByteString/Streaming/HTTP.hs
+++ b/Data/ByteString/Streaming/HTTP.hs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 -- > import Data.ByteString.Streaming.HTTP
 -- >
 -- > main = do
--- >   req <- parseUrl "https://www.example.com"
+-- >   req <- parseRequest "https://www.example.com"
 -- >   m <- newManager tlsManagerSettings 
 -- >   withHTTP req m $ \resp -> Q.stdout (responseBody resp) 
 -- > 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 -- > import Data.ByteString.Streaming.HTTP
 -- > 
 -- > main = do
--- >    req <- parseUrl "https://www.example.com"
+-- >    req <- parseRequest "https://httpbin.org/post"
 -- >    let req' = req
 -- >            { method = "POST"
 -- >            , requestBody = stream Q.stdin
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
 simpleHTTP :: MonadResource m => String -> ByteString m ()
 simpleHTTP url = do
     man <- liftIO (newManager tlsManagerSettings)
-    req <- liftIO (parseUrl url)
+    req <- liftIO (parseRequest url)
     bracketByteString 
        (responseOpen req man) 
        responseClose 
diff --git a/streaming-utils.cabal b/streaming-utils.cabal
--- a/streaming-utils.cabal
+++ b/streaming-utils.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                streaming-utils
-version:             0.1.4.6
+version:             0.1.4.7
 synopsis:            http, attoparsec, pipes and other utilities for the streaming libraries
 
 description:         This package includes http-client, aeson, attoparsec, zlib and pipes utilities for use with
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
                        aeson > 0.8 && <1.2,
                        json-stream > 0.4.0 && < 0.4.2,
                        resourcet > 1.0 && < 1.2,
-                       streaming-commons > 0.1.0 && < 0.1.17
+                       streaming-commons > 0.1.0 && < 0.1.18
                       
   -- hs-source-dirs:      
   default-language:    Haskell2010