diff --git a/doc.go b/doc.go
index 19e50fc..227180a 100644
--- a/doc.go
+++ b/doc.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Client is a Gemini client.
 	if err != nil {
 		// handle error
 	}
-	defer resp.Close()
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
 	// ...
 
 Server is a Gemini server.
diff --git a/examples/client.go b/examples/client.go
index adf3a6f..267af7c 100644
--- a/examples/client.go
+++ b/examples/client.go
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ func do(req *gemini.Request, via []*gemini.Request) (*gemini.Response, error) {
 		return resp, err
 	}
 
-	switch resp.Status().Class() {
+	switch resp.Status.Class() {
 	case gemini.StatusInput:
-		input, ok := getInput(resp.Meta(), resp.Status() == gemini.StatusSensitiveInput)
+		input, ok := getInput(resp.Meta, resp.Status == gemini.StatusSensitiveInput)
 		if !ok {
 			break
 		}
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func do(req *gemini.Request, via []*gemini.Request) (*gemini.Response, error) {
 			return resp, errors.New("too many redirects")
 		}
 
-		target, err := url.Parse(resp.Meta())
+		target, err := url.Parse(resp.Meta)
 		if err != nil {
 			return resp, err
 		}
@@ -156,13 +156,13 @@ func main() {
 	defer resp.Close()
 
 	// Handle response
-	if resp.Status().Class() == gemini.StatusSuccess {
+	if resp.Status.Class() == gemini.StatusSuccess {
 		_, err := io.Copy(os.Stdout, resp)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
 	} else {
-		fmt.Printf("%d %s\n", resp.Status(), resp.Meta())
+		fmt.Printf("%d %s\n", resp.Status, resp.Meta)
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/response.go b/response.go
index d89fcb7..076b3fa 100644
--- a/response.go
+++ b/response.go
@@ -15,24 +15,29 @@ const defaultMediaType = "text/gemini; charset=utf-8"
 //
 // The Client returns Responses from servers once the response
 // header has been received. The response body is streamed on demand
-// as the response is read. If the network connection fails or the server
-// terminates the response, Read calls return an error.
-//
-// It is the caller's responsibility to close the response.
+// as the Body field is read.
 type Response struct {
-	status Status
-	meta   string
-	body   io.ReadCloser
-	conn   net.Conn
-}
+	// Status is the response status code.
+	Status Status
 
-// NewResponse returns a new response with the provided status, meta, and body.
-func NewResponse(status Status, meta string, body io.ReadCloser) *Response {
-	return &Response{
-		status: status,
-		meta:   meta,
-		body:   body,
-	}
+	// Meta returns the response meta.
+	// For successful responses, the meta should contain the media type of the response.
+	// For failure responses, the meta should contain a short description of the failure.
+	Meta string
+
+	// Body represents the response body.
+	//
+	// The response body is streamed on demand as the Body field
+	// is read. If the network connection fails or the server
+	// terminates the response, Body.Read calls return an error.
+	//
+	// The Gemini client guarantees that Body is always
+	// non-nil, even on responses without a body or responses with
+	// a zero-length body. It is the caller's responsibility to
+	// close Body.
+	Body io.ReadCloser
+
+	conn net.Conn
 }
 
 // ReadResponse reads a Gemini response from the provided io.ReadCloser.
@@ -49,7 +54,7 @@ func ReadResponse(r io.ReadCloser) (*Response, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, ErrInvalidResponse
 	}
-	resp.status = Status(status)
+	resp.Status = Status(status)
 
 	// Read one space
 	if b, err := br.ReadByte(); err != nil {
@@ -69,11 +74,11 @@ func ReadResponse(r io.ReadCloser) (*Response, error) {
 	if len(meta) > 1024 {
 		return nil, ErrInvalidResponse
 	}
-	if resp.status.Class() == StatusSuccess && meta == "" {
+	if resp.Status.Class() == StatusSuccess && meta == "" {
 		// Use default media type
 		meta = defaultMediaType
 	}
-	resp.meta = meta
+	resp.Meta = meta
 
 	// Read terminating newline
 	if b, err := br.ReadByte(); err != nil {
@@ -82,38 +87,15 @@ func ReadResponse(r io.ReadCloser) (*Response, error) {
 		return nil, ErrInvalidResponse
 	}
 
-	if resp.status.Class() == StatusSuccess {
-		resp.body = newBufReadCloser(br, r)
+	if resp.Status.Class() == StatusSuccess {
+		resp.Body = newBufReadCloser(br, r)
 	} else {
-		resp.body = nopReadCloser{}
+		resp.Body = nopReadCloser{}
 		r.Close()
 	}
 	return resp, nil
 }
 
-// Status returns the response status code.
-func (r *Response) Status() Status {
-	return r.status
-}
-
-// Meta returns the response meta.
-// For successful responses, the meta should contain the media type of the response.
-// For failure responses, the meta should contain a short description of the failure.
-func (r *Response) Meta() string {
-	return r.meta
-}
-
-// Read reads data from the response body.
-// The response body is streamed on demand as Read is called.
-func (r *Response) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
-	return r.body.Read(p)
-}
-
-// Close closes the response body.
-func (r *Response) Close() error {
-	return r.body.Close()
-}
-
 // Conn returns the network connection on which the response was received.
 func (r *Response) Conn() net.Conn {
 	return r.conn
diff --git a/response_test.go b/response_test.go
index 5e3e4d2..2de050f 100644
--- a/response_test.go
+++ b/response_test.go
@@ -91,13 +91,13 @@ func TestReadWriteResponse(t *testing.T) {
 			// No response
 			continue
 		}
-		if resp.status != test.Status {
-			t.Errorf("expected status = %d, got %d", test.Status, resp.status)
+		if resp.Status != test.Status {
+			t.Errorf("expected status = %d, got %d", test.Status, resp.Status)
 		}
-		if resp.meta != test.Meta {
-			t.Errorf("expected meta = %s, got %s", test.Meta, resp.meta)
+		if resp.Meta != test.Meta {
+			t.Errorf("expected meta = %s, got %s", test.Meta, resp.Meta)
 		}
-		b, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.body)
+		b, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 		body := string(b)
 		if body != test.Body {
 			t.Errorf("expected body = %#v, got %#v", test.Body, body)