diff --git a/dnsx/dnsx.go b/dnsx/dnsx.go
index addba96..f23a88b 100644
--- a/dnsx/dnsx.go
+++ b/dnsx/dnsx.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ type Client interface {
 	LookupNS(ctx context.Context, name string) ([]*net.NS, error)
 }
 
-// RoundTripper represent an abstract DNS transport.
+// RoundTripper represents an abstract DNS transport.
 type RoundTripper interface {
 	// RoundTrip sends a DNS query and receives the reply.
 	RoundTrip(query []byte) (reply []byte, err error)
diff --git a/httpx/httpx.go b/httpx/httpx.go
index eff8bb0..d0f332b 100644
--- a/httpx/httpx.go
+++ b/httpx/httpx.go
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Package httpx contains OONI's net/http extensions. It defines the Client and
 // the Transport replacements that we should use in OONI. They emit measurements
-// collected at network and HTTP level on a specific channel.
+// collected at network and HTTP level using a specific handler.
 package httpx
 
 import (
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ type Transport struct {
 }
 
 // NewTransport creates a new Transport. The beginning argument is
-// the time to use as zero for computing the elapsed time. The ch
-// channel is where we'll emit Measurements.
+// the time to use as zero for computing the elapsed time.
 func NewTransport(beginning time.Time, handler model.Handler) *Transport {
 	t := new(Transport)
 	t.dialer = dialerapi.NewDialer(beginning, handler)
diff --git a/internal/dialerapi/dialerapi.go b/internal/dialerapi/dialerapi.go
index a662587..e25a08f 100644
--- a/internal/dialerapi/dialerapi.go
+++ b/internal/dialerapi/dialerapi.go
@@ -37,33 +37,33 @@ type DialHostPortFunc func(
 // Dialer defines the dialer API. We implement the most basic form
 // of DNS, but more advanced resolutions are possible.
 type Dialer struct {
-	dialerbase.Dialer
+	Beginning             time.Time
 	DialHostPort          DialHostPortFunc
 	Handler               model.Handler
 	LookupHost            LookupHostFunc
 	StartTLSHandshakeHook func(net.Conn)
 	TLSConfig             *tls.Config
 	TLSHandshakeTimeout   time.Duration
+	dialer                *dialerbase.Dialer
 }
 
 // NewDialer creates a new Dialer.
 func NewDialer(beginning time.Time, handler model.Handler) (d *Dialer) {
 	d = &Dialer{
-		Dialer: dialerbase.Dialer{
-			Beginning: beginning,
-			Dialer:    net.Dialer{},
-			Handler:   handler,
-		},
+		Beginning:             beginning,
 		Handler:               handler,
 		TLSConfig:             &tls.Config{},
 		StartTLSHandshakeHook: func(net.Conn) {},
+		dialer: dialerbase.NewDialer(
+			beginning, handler,
+		),
 	}
 	// This is equivalent to ConfigureDNS("system", "...")
 	r := &net.Resolver{
 		PreferGo: false,
 	}
 	d.LookupHost = r.LookupHost
-	d.DialHostPort = d.Dialer.DialHostPort
+	d.DialHostPort = d.dialer.DialHostPort
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/dialerbase/dialerbase.go b/internal/dialerbase/dialerbase.go
index 496137f..b0ecd25 100644
--- a/internal/dialerbase/dialerbase.go
+++ b/internal/dialerbase/dialerbase.go
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ type Dialer struct {
 	Handler   model.Handler
 }
 
+// NewDialer creates a new base dialer
+func NewDialer(beginning time.Time, handler model.Handler) *Dialer {
+	return &Dialer{
+		Dialer:    net.Dialer{},
+		Beginning: beginning,
+		Handler:   handler,
+	}
+}
+
 // DialHostPort is like net.DialContext but requires a separate host
 // and port and returns a measurable net.Conn-like struct.
 func (d *Dialer) DialHostPort(
diff --git a/internal/dialerbase/dialerbase_test.go b/internal/dialerbase/dialerbase_test.go
index 9e552e3..8c21dc6 100644
--- a/internal/dialerbase/dialerbase_test.go
+++ b/internal/dialerbase/dialerbase_test.go
@@ -3,15 +3,16 @@ package dialerbase_test
 import (
 	"context"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ooni/netx/handlers"
 	"github.com/ooni/netx/internal/dialerbase"
 )
 
 func TestIntegrationSuccess(t *testing.T) {
-	dialer := dialerbase.Dialer{
-		Handler: handlers.NoHandler,
-	}
+	dialer := dialerbase.NewDialer(
+		time.Now(), handlers.NoHandler,
+	)
 	conn, err := dialer.DialHostPort(
 		context.Background(), "tcp", "8.8.8.8", "53", 17,
 	)
@@ -22,9 +23,9 @@ func TestIntegrationSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestIntegrationErrorDomain(t *testing.T) {
-	dialer := dialerbase.Dialer{
-		Handler: handlers.NoHandler,
-	}
+	dialer := dialerbase.NewDialer(
+		time.Now(), handlers.NoHandler,
+	)
 	conn, err := dialer.DialHostPort(
 		context.Background(), "tcp", "dns.google.com", "53", 17,
 	)
@@ -37,9 +38,9 @@ func TestIntegrationErrorDomain(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestIntegrationErrorNoConnect(t *testing.T) {
-	dialer := dialerbase.Dialer{
-		Handler: handlers.NoHandler,
-	}
+	dialer := dialerbase.NewDialer(
+		time.Now(), handlers.NoHandler,
+	)
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 1)
 	defer cancel()
 	conn, err := dialer.DialHostPort(
diff --git a/netx.go b/netx.go
index a730533..768bf40 100644
--- a/netx.go
+++ b/netx.go
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ func NewDialer(handler model.Handler) *Dialer {
 //
 // For example:
 //
-//   d.SetResolver("system", "")
-//   d.SetResolver("godns", "")
-//   d.SetResolver("udp", "8.8.8.8:53")
-//   d.SetResolver("tcp", "8.8.8.8:53")
-//   d.SetResolver("dot", "dns.quad9.net")
-//   d.SetResolver("doh", "https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query")
+//   d.ConfigureDNS("system", "")
+//   d.ConfigureDNS("godns", "")
+//   d.ConfigureDNS("udp", "8.8.8.8:53")
+//   d.ConfigureDNS("tcp", "8.8.8.8:53")
+//   d.ConfigureDNS("dot", "dns.quad9.net")
+//   d.ConfigureDNS("doh", "https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query")
 //
 // ConfigureDNS is currently only executed when Go chooses to
 // use the pure Go implementation of the DNS. This means that it
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func (d *Dialer) NewResolver(network, address string) (dnsx.Client, error) {
 }
 
 // SetCABundle configures the dialer to use a specific CA bundle. This
-// function is not goroutine safe. Make sure you call it befor starting
+// function is not goroutine safe. Make sure you call it before starting
 // to use this specific dialer.
 func (d *Dialer) SetCABundle(path string) error {
 	return d.dialer.SetCABundle(path)