diff --git a/Text/XML/Enumerator/Cursor.hs b/Text/XML/Enumerator/Cursor.hs
--- a/Text/XML/Enumerator/Cursor.hs
+++ b/Text/XML/Enumerator/Cursor.hs
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 module Text.XML.Enumerator.Cursor
     (
+    -- * Type classes  
       Boolean(..)
+    -- * Cursor and Axis  
     , Axis
     , Cursor
     , fromDocument
     , fromNode
     , cut
+    -- * Axes
     , parent
     , precedingSibling
     , followingSibling
@@ -16,13 +19,6 @@
     , ancestor
     , descendant
     , orSelf
-    , (&/)
-    , (&//)
-    , (&.//)
-    , ($|)
-    , ($/)
-    , ($//)
-    , ($.//)
     , check
     , checkNode
     , checkElement
@@ -31,6 +27,15 @@
     , element
     , content
     , attribute
+    -- * Operators
+    , (&|)
+    , (&/)
+    , (&//)
+    , (&.//)
+    , ($|)
+    , ($/)
+    , ($//)
+    , ($.//)
     , (>=>)
     ) where
 
@@ -48,9 +53,9 @@
 -- Because Axis is just a type synonym for @Cursor -> [Cursor]@, it is possible to use
 -- other standard functions like '>>=' or 'concatMap' similarly.
 -- 
--- The operators '&/', '&//' and '&.//' can be used to combine axes so that the second
--- axis works on the children, descendants, respectively the context node as well as its
--- descendants of the results of the first axis.
+-- The operators '&|', '&/', '&//' and '&.//' can be used to combine axes so that the second
+-- axis works on the context nodes, children, descendants, respectively the context node as 
+-- well as its descendants of the results of the first axis.
 -- 
 -- The operators '$|', '$/', '$//' and '$.//' can be used to apply an axis (right-hand side)
 -- to a cursor so that it is applied on the cursor itself, its children, its descendants,
@@ -178,6 +183,7 @@
 orSelf :: Axis -> Axis
 orSelf ax c = c : ax c
 
+infixr 1 &|
 infixr 1 &/ 
 infixr 1 &// 
 infixr 1 &.// 
@@ -186,6 +192,10 @@
 infixr 1 $//
 infixr 1 $.//
 
+-- | Apply a function to the result of an axis.
+(&|) :: (Cursor -> [a]) -> (a -> b) -> (Cursor -> [b])
+f &| g = map g . f
+
 -- | Combine two axes so that the second works on the children of the results
 -- of the first.
 (&/) :: Axis -> (Cursor -> [a]) -> (Cursor -> [a])
@@ -202,7 +212,7 @@
 f &.// g = f >=> orSelf descendant >=> g
 
 -- | Apply an axis to a 'Cursor'.
-($|) :: Cursor -> (Cursor -> [a]) -> [a]
+($|) :: Cursor -> (Cursor -> a) -> a
 v $| f = f v
 
 -- | Apply an axis to the children of a 'Cursor'.
diff --git a/Text/XML/Enumerator/Resolved.hs b/Text/XML/Enumerator/Resolved.hs
--- a/Text/XML/Enumerator/Resolved.hs
+++ b/Text/XML/Enumerator/Resolved.hs
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
     , writePrettyFile
     , renderLBS
     , prettyLBS
+    , renderText
+    , prettyText
     , renderBytes
     , prettyBytes
       -- * Conversion
@@ -71,6 +73,9 @@
 import qualified Data.Set as Set
 import Data.Set (Set)
 
+import qualified Data.Text.Lazy as TL
+import qualified Data.Text.Lazy.Encoding as TLE
+
 data Document = Document
     { documentPrologue :: Prologue
     , documentRoot :: Element
@@ -207,3 +212,10 @@
 prettyLBS :: Document -> L.ByteString
 prettyLBS doc =
     L.fromChunks $ unsafePerformIO $ lazyConsume $ prettyBytes doc
+
+renderText :: Document -> TL.Text
+renderText = TLE.decodeUtf8 . renderLBS
+
+-- | Pretty prints via 'prettyBytes'.
+prettyText :: Document -> TL.Text
+prettyText = TLE.decodeUtf8 . prettyLBS
diff --git a/runtests.hs b/runtests.hs
--- a/runtests.hs
+++ b/runtests.hs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 import qualified Text.XML.Enumerator.Parse as P
 import qualified Text.XML.Enumerator.Render as R
 import qualified Text.XML.Enumerator.Cursor as Cu
-import Text.XML.Enumerator.Cursor ((&/), (&//), (&.//), ($|), ($/), ($//), ($.//))
+import Text.XML.Enumerator.Cursor ((&|), (&/), (&//), (&.//), ($|), ($/), ($//), ($.//))
 import qualified Data.Map as Map
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy.Char8 as L
 import Control.Monad.IO.Class (liftIO)
diff --git a/xml-enumerator.cabal b/xml-enumerator.cabal
--- a/xml-enumerator.cabal
+++ b/xml-enumerator.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:            xml-enumerator
-version:         0.3.2
+version:         0.3.3
 license:         BSD3
 license-file:    LICENSE
 author:          Michael Snoyman <michaels@suite-sol.com>, Aristid Breitkreuz <aristidb@googlemail.com>