diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cebd44a..972b716 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ SYNOPSIS
       port: 8098,
     });
 
-    // store nyarlathotep in deities as plain text with an 'r' value of 1
-    db.store('deities', 'nyarlathotep', "The crawling chaos", { r: 1 })
+    // store nyarlathotep in deities as plain text with an 'r' value of 1, and
+    // return the content again (content is not returned by default)
+    db.store('deities', 'nyarlathotep', "The crawling chaos", { returnbody: 1, r: 1 })
     .addCallback(function (resp, statusCode) {
       // ...
     });
diff --git a/lib/riak.js b/lib/riak.js
index 40b86d0..d1a41b0 100644
--- a/lib/riak.js
+++ b/lib/riak.js
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ Client.prototype.makeRequest = function(method, url, headers, data) {
   var request = this.client.request(method, url, headers);
   var promise = new process.Promise();
 
-  if (data) request.sendBody(data);
+  if (data) request.write(data);
 
   request.addListener('response', function (response) {
     var body = "";
diff --git a/tests/test_walk.js b/tests/test_walk.js
index 8bd2f3e..4ba49ac 100644
--- a/tests/test_walk.js
+++ b/tests/test_walk.js
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ function parseMessage(resp) {
   var body = message.body;
   process.nextTick(function s () {
     if (body) {
-      message.emit("body", body.substr(0, chunkSize));
+      message.emit("data", body.substr(0, chunkSize));
       body = body.substr(chunkSize);
       process.nextTick(s);
     } else {
-      message.emit("complete");
+      message.emit("end");
     }
   });
 }