diff --git a/src/rlp/faces.rs b/src/rlp/faces.rs
index f55b5584e..078620de2 100644
--- a/src/rlp/faces.rs
+++ b/src/rlp/faces.rs
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ pub trait View<'a, 'view>: Sized {
 	/// fn main () {
 	/// 	let data = vec![0xc8, 0x83, b'c', b'a', b't', 0x83, b'd', b'o', b'g'];
 	/// 	let rlp = Rlp::new(&data);
-	/// 	let dog = String::decode(&rlp.at(1));
+	/// 	let dog: String = rlp.at(1).as_val();
 	/// 	assert_eq!(dog, "dog".to_string());
 	/// }
 	fn at(&'view self, index: usize) -> Self::Item;
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ pub trait View<'a, 'view>: Sized {
 	/// fn main () {
 	/// 	let data = vec![0xc8, 0x83, b'c', b'a', b't', 0x83, b'd', b'o', b'g'];
 	/// 	let rlp = Rlp::new(&data);
-	/// 	let strings: Vec<String> = rlp.iter().map(| i | String::decode(&i)).collect();
+	/// 	let strings: Vec<String> = rlp.iter().map(| i | i.as_val()).collect();
 	/// }
 	/// ```
 	fn iter(&'view self) -> Self::Iter;
diff --git a/src/rlp/old.rs b/src/rlp/old.rs
index dd09ea548..1c4147463 100644
--- a/src/rlp/old.rs
+++ b/src/rlp/old.rs
@@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ mod tests {
 	use std::{fmt, cmp};
 	use std::str::FromStr;
 	use rlp;
-	use rlp::{UntrustedRlp, RlpStream, Decodable, View};
+	use rlp::{UntrustedRlp, RlpStream, Decodable, View, Stream, Encodable};
 	use uint::U256;
 
 	#[test]