diff --git a/lib/statement/select.js b/lib/statement/select.js
index 142c3f5..17afecd 100644
--- a/lib/statement/select.js
+++ b/lib/statement/select.js
@@ -47,20 +47,36 @@ const Select = function (source, criteria = {}, options = {}) {
     this.fields = [];
   }
 
-  _.castArray(options.fields || []).forEach((f) => {
+  // add user-defined fields
+  this.fields = _.castArray(options.fields || []).reduce((all, field) => {
     if (options.document) {
-      this.fields.push(parseKey(`body.${f}`).field);
+      // document fields need to be aliased
+      all.push({
+        value: parseKey(`body.${field}`).field,
+        alias: field
+      });
+    } else {
+      all.push(parseKey(field).field);
     }
 
-    this.fields.push(parseKey(f).field);
-  });
+    return all;
+  }, this.fields);
 
+  // interpolate unsafe user-defined expressions
   _.forEach(options.exprs, (expr, name) => {
-    this.fields.push(`${expr} AS ${name}`);
+    this.fields.push({
+      value: expr,
+      alias: name
+    });
   });
 
   if (this.fields.length === 0) {
+    // if the user didn't specify anything
     this.fields = ['*'];
+  } else if (options.document) {
+    // if the user *did* specify something, but we're querying a document table
+    // and so require the id field in addition to whatever they're after
+    this.fields.push('id');
   }
 
   if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(criteria, 'conditions') && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(criteria, 'params')) {
@@ -89,7 +105,16 @@ const Select = function (source, criteria = {}, options = {}) {
  * @return {String} A SQL SELECT statement.
  */
 Select.prototype.format = function () {
-  let sql = `SELECT ${this.fields.join(',')} FROM `;
+  const selectList = this.fields.map(f => {
+    if (_.isPlainObject(f)) {
+      // aliased definitions for document fields
+      return `${f.value} AS "${f.alias}"`;
+    }
+
+    return f;
+  });
+
+  let sql = `SELECT ${selectList.join(',')} FROM `;
 
   if (this.only) { sql += 'ONLY '; }
 
diff --git a/lib/util/docify.js b/lib/util/docify.js
index 58de66e..da84b91 100644
--- a/lib/util/docify.js
+++ b/lib/util/docify.js
@@ -23,11 +23,15 @@ exports = module.exports = function (result) {
       return null;
     }
 
-    const returnDoc = _.cloneDeep(row.body);
+    if (row.body) {
+      const returnDoc = _.cloneDeep(row.body);
 
-    returnDoc.id = row.id;
+      returnDoc.id = row.id;
 
-    return returnDoc;
+      return returnDoc;
+    }
+
+    return row;
   }
 
   if (_.isArray(result)) {
diff --git a/test/queryable/findDoc.js b/test/queryable/findDoc.js
index 54dc590..a3a2f1c 100644
--- a/test/queryable/findDoc.js
+++ b/test/queryable/findDoc.js
@@ -173,6 +173,15 @@ describe('findDoc', function () {
       });
     });
 
+    it('restricts fields', function () {
+      return db.docs.findDoc({title: 'Document 1'}, {fields: ['title']}).then(docs => {
+        assert.lengthOf(docs, 1);
+        assert.equal(docs[0].id, 1);
+        assert.equal(docs[0].title, 'Document 1');
+        assert.isUndefined(docs[0].description);
+      });
+    });
+
     it('passing object without hasOwnProperty method', function () {
       const criteria = Object.create(null);
       criteria.title = 'Document 1';
diff --git a/test/statement/select.js b/test/statement/select.js
index eee7c37..9c5d053 100644
--- a/test/statement/select.js
+++ b/test/statement/select.js
@@ -67,6 +67,15 @@ describe('Select', function () {
       assert.equal(result.format(), `SELECT "field"->>'element',"field"#>>'{array,0}',"field"#>>'{array,1,nested,2,element}' FROM testsource WHERE TRUE ORDER BY 1`);
     });
 
+    it('should alias fields in document mode', function () {
+      const result = new Select(source, {}, {
+        fields: ['one', 'two'],
+        document: true
+      });
+
+      assert.equal(result.format(), `SELECT "body"->>'one' AS "one","body"->>'two' AS "two",id FROM testsource WHERE TRUE ORDER BY 1`);
+    });
+
     it('should add expressions', function () {
       const result = new Select(source, {}, {
         exprs: {
@@ -75,7 +84,7 @@ describe('Select', function () {
         }
       });
 
-      assert.equal(result.format(), 'SELECT col1 + col2 AS colsum,col1 - col2 AS coldiff FROM testsource WHERE TRUE ORDER BY 1');
+      assert.equal(result.format(), 'SELECT col1 + col2 AS "colsum",col1 - col2 AS "coldiff" FROM testsource WHERE TRUE ORDER BY 1');
     });
 
     it('should add fields and expressions', function () {
@@ -87,7 +96,7 @@ describe('Select', function () {
         }
       });
 
-      assert.equal(result.format(), 'SELECT "col1","col2",col1 + col2 AS colsum,col1 - col2 AS coldiff FROM testsource WHERE TRUE ORDER BY 1');
+      assert.equal(result.format(), 'SELECT "col1","col2",col1 + col2 AS "colsum",col1 - col2 AS "coldiff" FROM testsource WHERE TRUE ORDER BY 1');
     });
 
     it('should add an offset', function () {
diff --git a/test/util/docify.js b/test/util/docify.js
index cfd3ff2..60c90da 100644
--- a/test/util/docify.js
+++ b/test/util/docify.js
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ describe('docify', function () {
     assert.deepEqual(docs, [{id: 1, val: 'val1'}, {id: 2, val: 'val2'}]);
   });
 
+  it('docifies a row without a body', function () {
+    assert.deepEqual(docify({id: 1, field: 'value'}), {id: 1, field: 'value'});
+  });
+
   it('returns null if there is no row', function () {
     assert.equal(docify(), null);
   });