diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1bd74023..91ad3229 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -223,14 +223,13 @@ core.ns.rc.delete({ name: 'http-rc', preservePods: true }, print);
 
 ### Watching and streaming
 
-If you don't pass a callback to `get`, node-kubernetes returns a
-stream.  This is useful for watching:
+You can call `.getStream` to stream results. This is useful for watching:
 
 ```js
 const JSONStream = require('json-stream');
 const jsonStream = new JSONStream();
 
-const stream = core.ns.po.get({ qs: { watch: true } });
+const stream = core.ns.po.getStream({ qs: { watch: true } });
 stream.pipe(jsonStream);
 jsonStream.on('data', object => {
   console.log('Pod:', JSON.stringify(object, null, 2));
@@ -239,7 +238,7 @@ jsonStream.on('data', object => {
 
 You can access logs in a similar fashion:
 ```js
-const stream = core.ns.po.log({ name: 'http-123', qs: { follow: true } });
+const stream = core.ns.po('http-123').log.getStream({ qs: { follow: true } });
 stream.on('data', chunk => {
   process.stdout.write(chunk.toString());
 });
diff --git a/lib/base.js b/lib/base.js
index 21050b07..5f366194 100644
--- a/lib/base.js
+++ b/lib/base.js
@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@ class BaseObject extends CallableObject {
     }, cb && cb200(cb));
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get a Kubernetes resource
+   * @param {RequestOptions|string} options - GET options, or resource name
+   * @returns {Stream} Result stream
+   */
+  getStream(options) { return this.get(options); }
+
   /**
    * Patch a Kubernetes resource
    * @param {RequestOptions} options - PATCH options
diff --git a/test/pods.test.js b/test/pods.test.js
index 27ecf8f1..ea3cc993 100644
--- a/test/pods.test.js
+++ b/test/pods.test.js
@@ -162,6 +162,17 @@ describe('lib.pods', () => {
         done();
       });
     });
+    it('returns the Pod via a stream', done => {
+      const stream = common.api.ns.pods('test-pod').getStream();
+      const pieces = [];
+      stream.on('data', data => pieces.push(data.toString()));
+      stream.on('error', err => assume(err).is.falsy());
+      stream.on('end', () => {
+        const object = JSON.parse(pieces.join(''));
+        assume(object.kind).is.equal('Pod');
+        done();
+      });
+    });
     only('unit', 'returns the Pod via the legacy method', done => {
       common.api.ns.pods.get('test-pod', (err, pod) => {
         assume(err).is.falsy();