diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3d9e40a..4634754 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Basic usage
 ```js
 var lixslt = require('libxslt');
 
-var stylesheet = libxslt.stylesheet(stylesheetString);
+var stylesheet = libxslt.parse(stylesheetString);
 
 var params = {
 	MyParam: 'my value'
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ var lixslt = require('libxslt');
 var libxmljs = require('libxmljs');
 
 var stylesheetObj = libxmljs.parseXml(stylesheetString);
-var stylesheet = libxslt.stylesheet(stylesheetObj);
+var stylesheet = libxslt.parse(stylesheetObj);
 
 var document = libxmljs.parseXml(documentString);
 stylesheet.apply(document, function(err, result){
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ In this case if a parsing error occurs it will be thrown.
 ```js
 var lixslt = require('libxslt');
 
-var stylesheet = libxslt.stylesheet(stylesheetString);
+var stylesheet = libxslt.parse(stylesheetString);
 
 var result = stylesheet.apply(documentString);
 
diff --git a/benchmark.js b/benchmark.js
index c9b03ad..5b96d7b 100644
--- a/benchmark.js
+++ b/benchmark.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ var libxslt = require('./index');
 
 var stylesheetStr = fs.readFileSync('./test/resources/cd.xsl', 'utf8');
 var stylesheetObj = libxmljs.parseXml(stylesheetStr);
-var stylesheet = libxslt.stylesheet(stylesheetObj);
+var stylesheet = libxslt.parse(stylesheetObj);
 var docStr = fs.readFileSync('./test/resources/cd.xml', 'utf8');
 var docObj = libxmljs.parseXml(docStr);
 
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ var bench = function(name, iterations, f) {
 
 var stylesheetParsingStr = function(iterations, callback) {
 	for (var i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
-		libxslt.stylesheet(stylesheetStr);
+		libxslt.parse(stylesheetStr);
 	}
 	callback();
 };
 
 var stylesheetParsingObj = function(iterations, callback) {
 	for (var i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
-		libxslt.stylesheet(stylesheetObj);
+		libxslt.parse(stylesheetObj);
 	}
 	callback();
 };
diff --git a/example.js b/example.js
index c6c3f7e..cecc3de 100644
--- a/example.js
+++ b/example.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ var libxslt = require('./index');
 var stylesheetSource = fs.readFileSync('./test/resources/cd.xsl', 'utf8');
 var docSource = fs.readFileSync('./test/resources/cd.xml', 'utf8');
 
-var stylesheet = libxslt.stylesheet(stylesheetSource);
+var stylesheet = libxslt.parse(stylesheetSource);
 //var result = stylesheet.apply(docSource);
 
 //console.log(result);
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 85749b8..3273892 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Stylesheet.prototype.apply = function(source, params, callback) {
 	}
 };
 
-exports.stylesheet = function(source, callback) {
+exports.parse = function(source, callback) {
 	// stylesheet can be given as a string or a pre-parsed xml document
 	if (typeof source === 'string') source = libxmljs.parseXml(source);
 	
@@ -64,56 +64,4 @@ exports.stylesheet = function(source, callback) {
 	} else {
 		return new Stylesheet(source, binding.stylesheetSync(source));
 	}
-};
-
-/*
-var apply = function(stylesheet, source, params, callback) {
-	// xml can be given as a string or a pre-parsed xml document
-	var outputString = false;
-	if (typeof source === 'string') {
-		source = libxmljs.parseXml(source);
-		outputString = true;
-	}
-	// params are optional
-	if (typeof params === 'function') {
-		callback = params;
-		params = {};
-	}
-	params = params || {};
-
-	// flatten the params object in an array
-	var paramsArray = [];
-	for(var key in params) {
-		paramsArray.push(key);
-		paramsArray.push(params[key]);
-	}
-
-	// for some obscure reason I didn't manage to create a new libxmljs document in applySync,
-	// but passing a document by reference and modifying its content works fine
-	var result = new libxmljs.Document();
-
-	if (callback) {
-		binding.applyAsync(stylesheet, source, paramsArray, result, function(err){
-			if (err) return callback(err);
-			callback(null, outputString ? result.toString() : result);
-		});
-	} else {
-		binding.applySync(stylesheet, source, paramsArray, result);	
-		return outputString ? result.toString() : result;
-	}
-};
-
-exports.stylesheet = function(stylesheetSource) {
-	// stylesheet can be given as a string or a pre-parsed xml document
-	if (typeof stylesheetSource === 'string') stylesheetSource = libxmljs.parseXml(stylesheetSource);
-	
-	var stylesheet = binding.stylesheetSync(stylesheetSource);
-
-	stylesheetSource.stylesheet = stylesheet;
-	stylesheetSource.apply = function(source, params, callback){
-		return apply(stylesheet, source, params, callback);
-	};
-	
-	return stylesheetSource;
-};
-*/
\ No newline at end of file
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/libxslt.js b/test/libxslt.js
index 771a51c..8980dbd 100644
--- a/test/libxslt.js
+++ b/test/libxslt.js
@@ -25,16 +25,16 @@ describe('node-libxslt bindings', function() {
 	describe('stylesheet function', function() {
 		it('should parse a stylesheet from a libxmljs xml document', function() {
 			var stylesheetDoc = libxmljs.parseXml(stylesheetSource);
-			stylesheet = libxslt.stylesheet(stylesheetDoc);
+			stylesheet = libxslt.parse(stylesheetDoc);
 			stylesheet.should.be.type('object');
 		});
 		it('should parse a stylesheet from a xml string', function() {
-			stylesheet = libxslt.stylesheet(stylesheetSource);
+			stylesheet = libxslt.parse(stylesheetSource);
 			stylesheet.should.be.type('object');
 		});
 		it('should throw an error when parsing invalid stylesheet', function() {
 			(function() {
-				libxslt.stylesheet('this is not a stylesheet!');
+				libxslt.parse('this is not a stylesheet!');
 			}).should.throw();
 		});
 	});