diff --git a/docs/source/acknowledgment.md b/docs/source/acknowledgment.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7e70120
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/acknowledgment.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+This is a list of modules and snipped of codes taken from the wonderful
+python open-source community. In order of inclusion into pulsar:
+
+* Python Http parser from [benoitc http-parser](http-parser: https://github.com/benoitc/http-parser)
+* Autoreload utility [d6f0abf](https://github.com/quantmind/pulsar/commit/d6f0abf99bb4f539101f3badadba3d027eb1e295)
+```
+# Autoreloading launcher.
+# Borrowed from Peter Hunt and the CherryPy project (http://www.cherrypy.org).
+# Some taken from Ian Bicking's Paste (http://pythonpaste.org/).
+#
+# Portions copyright (c) 2004, CherryPy Team (team@cherrypy.org)
+# All rights reserved.
+```
diff --git a/pulsar/apps/wsgi/middleware.py b/pulsar/apps/wsgi/middleware.py
index 0104a475..bee98e74 100644
--- a/pulsar/apps/wsgi/middleware.py
+++ b/pulsar/apps/wsgi/middleware.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 from functools import wraps
 
 import pulsar
-from pulsar import is_async, task, get_event_loop
+from pulsar import isawaitable, task, get_event_loop
 from pulsar.utils.httpurl import BytesIO
 
 from .auth import parse_authorization_header
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def wait_for_body_middleware(environ, start_response=None):
     if environ['wsgi.input']:
         stream = environ['wsgi.input']
         chunk = stream.read()
-        if is_async(chunk):
+        if isawaitable(chunk):
             chunk = yield from chunk
         environ['wsgi.input'] = BytesIO(chunk)
 
diff --git a/pulsar/async/access.py b/pulsar/async/access.py
index 5977356a..99f83b3b 100644
--- a/pulsar/async/access.py
+++ b/pulsar/async/access.py
@@ -1,20 +1,25 @@
 import os
 import threading
 import logging
+import asyncio
+import warnings
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from threading import current_thread
-import asyncio
 
-from asyncio import iscoroutine, coroutine
+from asyncio import iscoroutine, coroutine, Future
 
 from pulsar.utils.config import Global
 from pulsar.utils.system import current_process
 
 try:
     from asyncio import ensure_future
+    from inspect import isawaitable
 except ImportError:     # pragma    nocover
     ensure_future = asyncio.async
 
+    def isawaitable(c):
+        return isinstance(c, Future) or iscoroutine(c)
+
 
 __all__ = ['get_event_loop',
            'new_event_loop',
@@ -30,31 +35,35 @@
            'Future',
            'reraise',
            'coroutine',
-           'is_async',
+           'isawaitable',
            'ensure_future',
-           'CANCELLED_ERRORS']
+           'CANCELLED_ERRORS',
+           # Deprecated
+           'is_async']
 
 
 _EVENT_LOOP_CLASSES = (asyncio.AbstractEventLoop,)
 CANCELLED_ERRORS = (asyncio.CancelledError,)
 
 
+def is_async(x):    # pragma    nocover
+    # TODO: remove in pulsar 1.2
+    warnings.warn("pulsar.is_async is deprecated and will be removed in "
+                  "pulsar 1.2, use pulsar.isawaitable instead",
+                  SyntaxWarning)
+    return isawaitable(x)
+
+
 def reraise(tp, value, tb=None):
     if value.__traceback__ is not tb:
         raise value.with_traceback(tb)
     raise value
 
-Future = asyncio.Future
-
 
 def isfuture(x):
     return isinstance(x, Future)
 
 
-def is_async(c):
-    return isfuture(c) or iscoroutine(c)
-
-
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger('pulsar')
 NOTHING = object()
 SELECTORS = OrderedDict()
diff --git a/pulsar/async/mailbox.py b/pulsar/async/mailbox.py
index 4e614b6f..7584ab83 100644
--- a/pulsar/async/mailbox.py
+++ b/pulsar/async/mailbox.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def example():
 from pulsar.utils.websocket import frame_parser
 from pulsar.utils.string import gen_unique_id
 
-from .access import get_actor, is_async
+from .access import get_actor, isawaitable
 from .futures import Future, task
 from .proxy import actor_identity, get_proxy, get_command, ActorProxy
 from .protocols import Protocol
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def command_in_context(command, caller, target, args, kwargs, connection=None):
         raise CommandError('unknown %s' % command)
     request = CommandRequest(target, caller, connection)
     result = cmnd(request, args, kwargs)
-    if is_async(result):
+    if isawaitable(result):
         result = yield from result
     return result
 
diff --git a/pulsar/utils/autoreload.py b/pulsar/utils/autoreload.py
index 19207fcd..bdda860d 100644
--- a/pulsar/utils/autoreload.py
+++ b/pulsar/utils/autoreload.py
@@ -4,32 +4,6 @@
 #
 # Portions copyright (c) 2004, CherryPy Team (team@cherrypy.org)
 # All rights reserved.
-#
-# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
-#
-#     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
-#       this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-#     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
-#       notice,
-#       this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
-#       documentation
-#       and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
-#     * Neither the name of the CherryPy Team nor the names of its contributors
-#       may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
-#       without specific prior written permission.
-#
-# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
-# AND
-# ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
-# WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
-# DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
-# FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
-# DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
-# SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
-# CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
-# OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
-# OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 import os
 import signal