diff --git a/_examples/dashboard.go b/_examples/dashboard.go
index 15ec065..7be1324 100644
--- a/_examples/dashboard.go
+++ b/_examples/dashboard.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	defer ui.Close()
 
-	p := ui.NewPar("PRESS q TO QUIT DEMO")
+	p := ui.NewParagraph("PRESS q TO QUIT DEMO")
 	p.Height = 3
 	p.Width = 50
 	p.TextFgColor = ui.ColorWhite
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func main() {
 	lc2.AxesColor = ui.ColorWhite
 	lc2.LineColor["default"] = ui.ColorYellow | ui.AttrBold
 
-	p2 := ui.NewPar("Hey!\nI am a borderless block!")
+	p2 := ui.NewParagraph("Hey!\nI am a borderless block!")
 	p2.Border = false
 	p2.Width = 26
 	p2.Height = 2
diff --git a/_examples/grid.go b/_examples/grid.go
index e45df1b..a2c2997 100644
--- a/_examples/grid.go
+++ b/_examples/grid.go
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	ls.Height = 5
 
-	par := ui.NewPar("<> This row has 3 columns\n<- Widgets can be stacked up like left side\n<- Stacked widgets are treated as a single widget")
-	par.Height = 5
-	par.BorderLabel = "Demonstration"
+	p := ui.NewParagraph("<> This row has 3 columns\n<- Widgets can be stacked up like left side\n<- Stacked widgets are treated as a single widget")
+	p.Height = 5
+	p.BorderLabel = "Demonstration"
 
 	// build layout
 	ui.Body.AddRows(
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func main() {
 		ui.NewRow(
 			ui.NewCol(3, 0, ls),
 			ui.NewCol(3, 0, gs[0], gs[1], gs[2]),
-			ui.NewCol(6, 0, par)))
+			ui.NewCol(6, 0, p)))
 
 	// calculate layout
 	ui.Body.Align()
diff --git a/_examples/par.go b/_examples/par.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 70c3021..0000000
--- a/_examples/par.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2017 Zack Guo <zack.y.guo@gmail.com>. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT license that can
-// be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-// +build ignore
-
-package main
-
-import ui "github.com/gizak/termui"
-
-func main() {
-	err := ui.Init()
-	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-	defer ui.Close()
-
-	par0 := ui.NewPar("Borderless Text")
-	par0.Height = 1
-	par0.Width = 20
-	par0.Y = 1
-	par0.Border = false
-
-	par1 := ui.NewPar("你好，世界。")
-	par1.Height = 3
-	par1.Width = 17
-	par1.X = 20
-	par1.BorderLabel = "标签"
-
-	par2 := ui.NewPar("Simple colored text\nwith label. It [can be](fg-red) multilined with \\n or [break automatically](fg-red,fg-bold)")
-	par2.Height = 5
-	par2.Width = 37
-	par2.Y = 4
-	par2.BorderLabel = "Multiline"
-	par2.BorderFg = ui.ColorYellow
-
-	par3 := ui.NewPar("Long text with label and it is auto trimmed.")
-	par3.Height = 3
-	par3.Width = 37
-	par3.Y = 9
-	par3.BorderLabel = "Auto Trim"
-
-	ui.Render(par0, par1, par2, par3)
-
-	for {
-		e := <-ui.PollEvent()
-		switch e.ID {
-		case "q", "<C-c>":
-			return
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/_examples/paragraph.go b/_examples/paragraph.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f370ff4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_examples/paragraph.go
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// Copyright 2017 Zack Guo <zack.y.guo@gmail.com>. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT license that can
+// be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// +build ignore
+
+package main
+
+import ui "github.com/gizak/termui"
+
+func main() {
+	err := ui.Init()
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	defer ui.Close()
+
+	p0 := ui.NewParagraph("Borderless Text")
+	p0.Height = 1
+	p0.Width = 20
+	p0.Y = 1
+	p0.Border = false
+
+	p1 := ui.NewParagraph("你好，世界。")
+	p1.Height = 3
+	p1.Width = 17
+	p1.X = 20
+	p1.BorderLabel = "标签"
+
+	p2 := ui.NewParagraph("Simple colored text\nwith label. It [can be](fg-red) multilined with \\n or [break automatically](fg-red,fg-bold)")
+	p2.Height = 5
+	p2.Width = 37
+	p2.Y = 4
+	p2.BorderLabel = "Multiline"
+	p2.BorderFg = ui.ColorYellow
+
+	p3 := ui.NewParagraph("Long text with label and it is auto trimmed.")
+	p3.Height = 3
+	p3.Width = 37
+	p3.Y = 9
+	p3.BorderLabel = "Auto Trim"
+
+	ui.Render(p0, p1, p2, p3)
+
+	for {
+		e := <-ui.PollEvent()
+		switch e.ID {
+		case "q", "<C-c>":
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/_examples/par.png b/_examples/paragraph.png
similarity index 100%
rename from _examples/par.png
rename to _examples/paragraph.png
diff --git a/_examples/tabs.go b/_examples/tabs.go
index ec693e5..6be008f 100644
--- a/_examples/tabs.go
+++ b/_examples/tabs.go
@@ -18,20 +18,20 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	defer ui.Close()
 
-	header := ui.NewPar("Press q to quit, Press h or l to switch tabs")
+	header := ui.NewParagraph("Press q to quit, Press h or l to switch tabs")
 	header.Height = 1
 	header.Width = 50
 	header.Border = false
 	header.TextBgColor = ui.ColorBlue
 
 	tab1 := extra.NewTab("pierwszy")
-	par2 := ui.NewPar("Press q to quit\nPress h or l to switch tabs\n")
-	par2.Height = 5
-	par2.Width = 37
-	par2.Y = 0
-	par2.BorderLabel = "Keys"
-	par2.BorderFg = ui.ColorYellow
-	tab1.AddBlocks(par2)
+	p2 := ui.NewParagraph("Press q to quit\nPress h or l to switch tabs\n")
+	p2.Height = 5
+	p2.Width = 37
+	p2.Y = 0
+	p2.BorderLabel = "Keys"
+	p2.BorderFg = ui.ColorYellow
+	tab1.AddBlocks(p2)
 
 	tab2 := extra.NewTab("drugi")
 	bc := ui.NewBarChart()
diff --git a/_examples/theme.go b/_examples/theme.go
index 4253b8b..8a9bb79 100644
--- a/_examples/theme.go
+++ b/_examples/theme.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func main() {
 		"gauge.percent.fg": ui.ColorBlue,
 		"barchart.bar.bg":  ui.ColorRed,
 	}
-	p := ui.NewPar(":PRESS q TO QUIT DEMO")
+	p := ui.NewParagraph(":PRESS q TO QUIT DEMO")
 	p.Height = 3
 	p.Width = 50
 	p.BorderLabel = "Text Box"
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func main() {
 	lc1.X = 51
 	lc1.Y = 14
 
-	p1 := ui.NewPar("Hey!\nI am a borderless block!")
+	p1 := ui.NewParagraph("Hey!\nI am a borderless block!")
 	p1.Border = false
 	p1.Width = 26
 	p1.Height = 2
diff --git a/_examples/ttop.go b/_examples/ttop.go
index a5d99b8..1d03eb2 100644
--- a/_examples/ttop.go
+++ b/_examples/ttop.go
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	termWidth := 70
 
-	header := ui.NewPar("Press q to quit, Press h or l to switch tabs")
+	header := ui.NewParagraph("Press q to quit, Press h or l to switch tabs")
 	header.Height = 1
 	header.Width = 50
 	header.Border = false
diff --git a/_examples/wrapper.go b/_examples/wrapper.go
index ed15f61..23be0a5 100644
--- a/_examples/wrapper.go
+++ b/_examples/wrapper.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	defer ui.Close()
 
-	p := ui.NewPar("Press q to QUIT THE DEMO. [There](fg-blue) are other things [that](fg-red) are going to fit in here I think. What do you think? Now is the time for all good [men to](bg-blue) come to the aid of their country. [This is going to be one really really really long line](fg-green) that is going to go together and stuffs and things. Let's see how this thing renders out.\n    Here is a new paragraph and stuffs and things. There should be a tab indent at the beginning of the paragraph. Let's see if that worked as well.")
+	p := ui.NewParagraph("Press q to QUIT THE DEMO. [There](fg-blue) are other things [that](fg-red) are going to fit in here I think. What do you think? Now is the time for all good [men to](bg-blue) come to the aid of their country. [This is going to be one really really really long line](fg-green) that is going to go together and stuffs and things. Let's see how this thing renders out.\n    Here is a new paragraph and stuffs and things. There should be a tab indent at the beginning of the paragraph. Let's see if that worked as well.")
 	p.WrapLength = 48 // this should be at least p.Width - 2
 	p.Height = 20
 	p.Width = 50
diff --git a/par.go b/paragraph.go
similarity index 83%
rename from par.go
rename to paragraph.go
index 29b6d46..82ad7e6 100644
--- a/par.go
+++ b/paragraph.go
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 
 package termui
 
-// Par displays a paragraph.
+// Paragraph displays a paragraph.
 /*
-  par := termui.NewPar("Simple Text")
+  par := termui.NewParagraph("Simple Text")
   par.Height = 3
   par.Width = 17
   par.BorderLabel = "Label"
 */
-type Par struct {
+type Paragraph struct {
 	Block
 	Text        string
 	TextFgColor Attribute
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ type Par struct {
 	WrapLength  int // words wrap limit. Note it may not work properly with multi-width char
 }
 
-// NewPar returns a new *Par with given text as its content.
-func NewPar(s string) *Par {
-	return &Par{
+// NewParagraph returns a new *Paragraph with given text as its content.
+func NewParagraph(s string) *Paragraph {
+	return &Paragraph{
 		Block:       *NewBlock(),
 		Text:        s,
 		TextFgColor: ThemeAttr("par.text.fg"),
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func NewPar(s string) *Par {
 }
 
 // Buffer implements Bufferer interface.
-func (p *Par) Buffer() Buffer {
+func (p *Paragraph) Buffer() Buffer {
 	buf := p.Block.Buffer()
 
 	fg, bg := p.TextFgColor, p.TextBgColor