diff --git a/codegen/src/decorators/route.rs b/codegen/src/decorators/route.rs
index 1a856e8b..476e235f 100644
--- a/codegen/src/decorators/route.rs
+++ b/codegen/src/decorators/route.rs
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ impl RouteGenerateExt for RouteParams {
         let ty = strip_ty_lifetimes(arg.ty.clone());
         Some(quote_stmt!(ecx,
             let $name: $ty =
-                match ::rocket::request::FromData::from_data(&_req, _data) {
+                match ::rocket::data::FromData::from_data(&_req, _data) {
                     ::rocket::outcome::Outcome::Success(d) => d,
                     ::rocket::outcome::Outcome::Forward(d) =>
                         return ::rocket::Response::forward(d),
diff --git a/contrib/src/json/mod.rs b/contrib/src/json/mod.rs
index 72a10adf..f94564a5 100644
--- a/contrib/src/json/mod.rs
+++ b/contrib/src/json/mod.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
 use std::io::Read;
 
 use rocket::outcome::{Outcome, IntoOutcome};
-use rocket::request::{data, Request, Data, FromData};
+use rocket::request::Request;
+use rocket::data::{self, Data, FromData};
 use rocket::response::{self, Responder, content};
 use rocket::http::StatusCode;
 use rocket::http::hyper::FreshHyperResponse;
diff --git a/examples/raw_upload/src/main.rs b/examples/raw_upload/src/main.rs
index 2525b051..38766f61 100644
--- a/examples/raw_upload/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/raw_upload/src/main.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ extern crate rocket;
 
 use std::io;
 
-use rocket::request::Data;
+use rocket::Data;
 use rocket::response::content::Plain;
 
 #[post("/upload", format = "text/plain", data = "<data>")]
diff --git a/lib/src/request/data/data.rs b/lib/src/data/data.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/src/request/data/data.rs
rename to lib/src/data/data.rs
diff --git a/lib/src/request/data/data_stream.rs b/lib/src/data/data_stream.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/src/request/data/data_stream.rs
rename to lib/src/data/data_stream.rs
diff --git a/lib/src/request/data/from_data.rs b/lib/src/data/from_data.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from lib/src/request/data/from_data.rs
rename to lib/src/data/from_data.rs
index 7258fc52..a14a9221 100644
--- a/lib/src/request/data/from_data.rs
+++ b/lib/src/data/from_data.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 use outcome::{self, IntoOutcome};
 use outcome::Outcome::*;
 use http::StatusCode;
-use request::{Request, Data};
+use request::Request;
+use data::Data;
 
 /// Type alias for the `Outcome` of a `FromData` conversion.
 pub type Outcome<S, E> = outcome::Outcome<S, (StatusCode, E), Data>;
diff --git a/lib/src/request/data/mod.rs b/lib/src/data/mod.rs
similarity index 85%
rename from lib/src/request/data/mod.rs
rename to lib/src/data/mod.rs
index 55c88e8f..0f0288b4 100644
--- a/lib/src/request/data/mod.rs
+++ b/lib/src/data/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//! Talk about the data thing.
+//! Types and traits for reading and parsing request body data.
 
 #[cfg(any(test, feature = "testing"))] pub mod test_data;
 #[cfg(not(any(test, feature = "testing")))] pub mod data;
diff --git a/lib/src/request/data/test_data.rs b/lib/src/data/test_data.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/src/request/data/test_data.rs
rename to lib/src/data/test_data.rs
diff --git a/lib/src/lib.rs b/lib/src/lib.rs
index 67484d8f..332b149b 100644
--- a/lib/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/src/lib.rs
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ pub mod request;
 pub mod response;
 pub mod outcome;
 pub mod config;
+pub mod data;
 
 mod error;
 mod router;
@@ -112,7 +113,8 @@ mod catcher;
 /// Defines the types for request and error handlers.
 #[doc(hidden)]
 pub mod handler {
-    use request::{Request, Data};
+    use data::Data;
+    use request::Request;
     use response::Response;
     use error::Error;
 
@@ -127,12 +129,13 @@ pub mod handler {
 #[doc(inline)] pub use handler::{Handler, ErrorHandler};
 #[doc(inline)] pub use logger::LoggingLevel;
 #[doc(hidden)] pub use codegen::{StaticRouteInfo, StaticCatchInfo};
+#[doc(inline)] pub use outcome::{Outcome, IntoOutcome};
 pub use router::Route;
-pub use request::{Request, Data};
+pub use request::Request;
+pub use data::Data;
 pub use error::Error;
 pub use catcher::Catcher;
 pub use rocket::Rocket;
-pub use outcome::{Outcome, IntoOutcome};
 
 /// Alias to Rocket::ignite().
 pub fn ignite() -> Rocket {
diff --git a/lib/src/request/form/mod.rs b/lib/src/request/form/mod.rs
index 9c2afd1d..8d34f26a 100644
--- a/lib/src/request/form/mod.rs
+++ b/lib/src/request/form/mod.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ use std::fmt::{self, Debug};
 use std::io::Read;
 
 use http::StatusCode;
-use request::{data, Request, FromData, Data};
+use request::Request;
+use data::{self, Data, FromData};
 use outcome::Outcome::*;
 
 // TODO: This works and is safe, but the lifetime appears twice.
diff --git a/lib/src/request/mod.rs b/lib/src/request/mod.rs
index 085e5f75..56c2bb33 100644
--- a/lib/src/request/mod.rs
+++ b/lib/src/request/mod.rs
@@ -1,28 +1,11 @@
 //! Types and traits for request parsing and handling.
-//!
-//! # Request and Data
-//!
-//! The [Request](struct.Request.html) and [Data](struct.Data.html) types
-//! contain all of the available information for an incoming request. The
-//! `Request` types contains all information _except_ the body, which is
-//! contained in the `Data` type.
-//!
-//! # Code Generation Conversion Traits
-//!
-//! This module contains the core code generation data conversion traits. These
-//! traits are used by Rocket's code generation facilities to automatically
-//! derive values from incoming data based on the signature of a request
-//! handler.
 
 mod request;
 mod param;
 mod form;
 mod from_request;
 
-pub mod data;
-
 pub use self::request::Request;
 pub use self::from_request::{FromRequest, Outcome};
 pub use self::param::{FromParam, FromSegments};
 pub use self::form::{Form, FromForm, FromFormValue, FormItems};
-pub use self::data::{Data, FromData};
diff --git a/lib/src/response/response.rs b/lib/src/response/response.rs
index d14e1669..14dae683 100644
--- a/lib/src/response/response.rs
+++ b/lib/src/response/response.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use request::Data;
+use data::Data;
 use outcome::{self, Outcome};
 use http::hyper::StatusCode;
 use response::{Responder, StatusResponse};
diff --git a/lib/src/rocket.rs b/lib/src/rocket.rs
index cdcb8283..ab5cbeea 100644
--- a/lib/src/rocket.rs
+++ b/lib/src/rocket.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ use term_painter::ToStyle;
 
 use config;
 use logger;
-use request::{Request, Data, FormItems};
+use request::{Request, FormItems};
+use data::Data;
 use response::Responder;
 use router::{Router, Route};
 use catcher::{self, Catcher};
diff --git a/lib/src/router/collider.rs b/lib/src/router/collider.rs
index 03f327a9..223bad9c 100644
--- a/lib/src/router/collider.rs
+++ b/lib/src/router/collider.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ mod tests {
     use std::str::FromStr;
 
     use router::Collider;
-    use request::{Request, Data};
+    use request::Request;
+    use data::Data;
     use response::Response;
     use router::route::Route;
     use http::{Method, ContentType};
diff --git a/lib/src/testing.rs b/lib/src/testing.rs
index 5e18a7ea..8b48b7a7 100644
--- a/lib/src/testing.rs
+++ b/lib/src/testing.rs
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@
 use std::io::Cursor;
 use outcome::Outcome::*;
 use http::{hyper, Method};
-use request::{Request, Data};
-use Rocket;
+use {Rocket, Request, Data};
 
 /// A type for mocking requests for testing Rocket applications.
 pub struct MockRequest {