diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 63a8594..a8181b1 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -112,23 +112,23 @@ Error handling
 When Mastodon.py encounters an error, it will raise an exception, generally with
 some text included to tell you what went wrong. 
 
-The base class that all mastodon exceptions inherit from is the MastodonError
-class. If you are only interested in the fact an error was raised somewhere in
+The base class that all mastodon exceptions inherit from is `MastodonError`. 
+If you are only interested in the fact an error was raised somewhere in
 Mastodon.py, and not the details, this is the exception you can catch.
 
-MastodonIllegalArgumentError is generally a programming problem - you asked the 
+`MastodonIllegalArgumentError` is generally a programming problem - you asked the 
 API to do something obviously invalid (i.e. specify a privacy scope that does
 not exist).
 
-MastodonFileNotFoundError and MastodonNetworkError are IO errors - could be you
+`MastodonFileNotFoundError` and `MastodonNetworkError` are IO errors - could be you
 specified a wrong URL, could be the internet is down or your hard drive is
 dying. They inherit from MastodonIOError, for easy catching.
 
-MastodonAPIError is an error returned from the Mastodon instance - the server
+`MastodonAPIError` is an error returned from the Mastodon instance - the server
 has decided it can't fullfill your request (i.e. you requested info on a user that
 does not exist).
 
-MastodonRatelimitError is raised when you hit an API rate limit. You should try 
+`MastodonRatelimitError` is raised when you hit an API rate limit. You should try 
 again after a while (see the rate limiting section above).
 
 Return values
@@ -538,10 +538,28 @@ If async is True, the listener will listen on another thread and these methods
 will return a handle corresponding to the open connection. The
 connection may be closed at any time by calling its close() method.
 
-.. automethod:: Mastodon.user_stream
-.. automethod:: Mastodon.public_stream
-.. automethod:: Mastodon.local_stream
-.. automethod:: Mastodon.hashtag_stream
+The streaming functions take instances of `StreamListener` as a parameter.
+A `CallbackStreamListener` class that allows you to specify function callbacks 
+directly is included for convenience.
+
+.. automethod:: Mastodon.stream_user
+.. automethod:: Mastodon.stream_public
+.. automethod:: Mastodon.stream_local
+.. automethod:: Mastodon.stream_hashtag
+
+StreamListener
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. autoclass:: StreamListener
+.. automethod:: StreamListener.on_update
+.. automethod:: StreamListener.on_notification
+.. automethod:: StreamListener.on_delete
+.. automethod:: StreamListener.handle_heartbeat
+
+CallbackStreamListener
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. autoclass:: CallbackStreamListener
 
 .. _Mastodon: https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon
 .. _Mastodon flagship instance: http://mastodon.social/
diff --git a/mastodon/Mastodon.py b/mastodon/Mastodon.py
index 9b28861..011d731 100644
--- a/mastodon/Mastodon.py
+++ b/mastodon/Mastodon.py
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ class Mastodon:
     ###
     # Streaming
     ###
-    def user_stream(self, listener, async=False):
+    def stream_user(self, listener, async=False):
         """
         Streams events that are relevant to the authorized user, i.e. home
         timeline and notifications. 'listener' should be a subclass of
@@ -1018,14 +1018,14 @@ class Mastodon:
         """
         return self.__stream('/api/v1/streaming/user', listener, async=async)
 
-    def public_stream(self, listener, async=False):
+    def stream_public(self, listener, async=False):
         """
         Streams public events. 'listener' should be a subclass of StreamListener
         which will receive callbacks for incoming events.
         """
         return self.__stream('/api/v1/streaming/public', listener, async=async)
 
-    def local_stream(self, listener, async=False):
+    def stream_local(self, listener, async=False):
         """
         Streams local events. 'listener' should be a subclass of StreamListener
         which will receive callbacks for incoming events.
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ class Mastodon:
         """
         return self.__stream('/api/v1/streaming/public/local', listener, async=async)
 
-    def hashtag_stream(self, tag, listener, async=False):
+    def stream_hashtag(self, tag, listener, async=False):
         """
         Returns all public statuses for the hashtag 'tag'. 'listener' should be
         a subclass of StreamListener which will receive callbacks for incoming