diff --git a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/dataflow/Future2Actor.scala b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/dataflow/Future2Actor.scala
index 09fba90fc8..eabe00a3b2 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/dataflow/Future2Actor.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/dataflow/Future2Actor.scala
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@ package akka.dataflow
 
 import akka.actor.{ Actor, Props }
 import akka.dispatch.{ Future, Await }
-import akka.actor.future2actor
 import akka.util.duration._
 import akka.testkit.AkkaSpec
 import akka.testkit.DefaultTimeout
-import akka.pattern.ask
+import akka.pattern.{ ask, pipeTo }
 
 class Future2ActorSpec extends AkkaSpec with DefaultTimeout {
 
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/package.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/package.scala
index c03d7f8689..9ec5348fee 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/package.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/package.scala
@@ -27,15 +27,4 @@ package object actor {
     val i = n.lastIndexOf('.')
     n.substring(i + 1)
   }
-
-  implicit def future2actor[T](f: akka.dispatch.Future[T]) = new {
-    def pipeTo(actor: ActorRef): this.type = {
-      f onComplete {
-        case Right(r) ⇒ actor ! r
-        case Left(f)  ⇒ actor ! Status.Failure(f)
-      }
-      this
-    }
-  }
-
 }
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/Patterns.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/Patterns.scala
index c3510d9b68..d585d88e13 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/Patterns.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/Patterns.scala
@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ object Patterns {
    *   // apply some transformation (i.e. enrich with request info)
    *   final Future<Object> transformed = f.map(new akka.japi.Function<Object, Object>() { ... });
    *   // send it on to the next stage
-   *   Patterns.pipeTo(transformed, nextActor);
+   *   Patterns.pipe(transformed, nextActor);
    * }}}
    */
-  def pipeTo[T](future: Future[T], actorRef: ActorRef): Future[T] = akka.pattern.pipeTo(future, actorRef)
+  def pipe[T](future: Future[T], recipient: ActorRef): Future[T] = akka.pattern.pipe(future, recipient)
 
   /**
    * Returns a [[akka.dispatch.Future]] that will be completed with success (value `true`) when
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/PipeToSupport.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/PipeToSupport.scala
index 26f3b68e38..f386209458 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/PipeToSupport.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/PipeToSupport.scala
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import akka.dispatch.Future
 object PipeToSupport {
 
   class PipeableFuture[T](val future: Future[T]) {
-    def pipeTo(actorRef: ActorRef): Future[T] = akka.pattern.pipeTo(future, actorRef)
+    def pipeTo(actorRef: ActorRef): Future[T] = akka.pattern.pipe(future, actorRef)
   }
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/package.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/package.scala
index ac8fcf2df2..2a8c03229f 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/package.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/package.scala
@@ -131,13 +131,11 @@ package object pattern {
    *
    * [see [[akka.dispatch.Future]] for a description of `flow`]
    */
-  def pipeTo[T](future: Future[T], actorRef: ActorRef): Future[T] = {
+  def pipe[T](future: Future[T], recipient: ActorRef): Future[T] =
     future onComplete {
-      case Right(r) ⇒ actorRef ! r
-      case Left(f)  ⇒ actorRef ! Status.Failure(f)
+      case Right(r) ⇒ recipient ! r
+      case Left(f)  ⇒ recipient ! Status.Failure(f)
     }
-    future
-  }
 
   /**
    * Returns a [[akka.dispatch.Future]] that will be completed with success (value `true`) when
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/Routing.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/Routing.scala
index 4ef7cff330..e2e6f14db7 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/Routing.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/Routing.scala
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import akka.util.Duration
 import akka.util.duration._
 import com.typesafe.config.Config
 import akka.config.ConfigurationException
-import akka.pattern.AskSupport
+import akka.pattern.{ AskSupport, pipeTo }
 import scala.collection.JavaConversions.iterableAsScalaIterable
 
 /**
diff --git a/akka-docs/java/code/akka/docs/actor/UntypedActorDocTestBase.java b/akka-docs/java/code/akka/docs/actor/UntypedActorDocTestBase.java
index b85599c3a0..a6d246fb2b 100644
--- a/akka-docs/java/code/akka/docs/actor/UntypedActorDocTestBase.java
+++ b/akka-docs/java/code/akka/docs/actor/UntypedActorDocTestBase.java
@@ -38,16 +38,16 @@ import akka.util.Duration;
 import akka.actor.ActorTimeoutException;
 //#import-gracefulStop
 
-//#import-askPipeTo
+//#import-askPipe
 import static akka.pattern.Patterns.ask;
-import static akka.pattern.Patterns.pipeTo;
+import static akka.pattern.Patterns.pipe;
 import akka.dispatch.Future;
 import akka.dispatch.Futures;
 import akka.util.Duration;
 import akka.util.Timeout;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-//#import-askPipeTo
+//#import-askPipe
 
 import akka.actor.Props;
 import akka.actor.UntypedActor;
@@ -224,12 +224,12 @@ public class UntypedActorDocTestBase {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void usePatternsAskPipeTo() {
+  public void usePatternsAskPipe() {
     ActorSystem system = ActorSystem.create("MySystem");
     ActorRef actorA = system.actorOf(new Props(MyUntypedActor.class));
     ActorRef actorB = system.actorOf(new Props(MyUntypedActor.class));
     ActorRef actorC = system.actorOf(new Props(MyUntypedActor.class));
-    //#ask-pipeTo
+    //#ask-pipe
     final Timeout t = new Timeout(Duration.create(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
 
     final ArrayList<Future<Object>> futures = new ArrayList<Future<Object>>();
@@ -247,8 +247,8 @@ public class UntypedActorDocTestBase {
       }
     });
 
-    pipeTo(transformed, actorC);
-    //#ask-pipeTo
+    pipe(transformed, actorC);
+    //#ask-pipe
     system.shutdown();
   }
 
diff --git a/akka-docs/java/code/akka/docs/actor/japi/FaultHandlingDocSample.java b/akka-docs/java/code/akka/docs/actor/japi/FaultHandlingDocSample.java
index 9da5c91248..2490e50794 100644
--- a/akka-docs/java/code/akka/docs/actor/japi/FaultHandlingDocSample.java
+++ b/akka-docs/java/code/akka/docs/actor/japi/FaultHandlingDocSample.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import static akka.japi.Util.manifest;
 
 import static akka.actor.SupervisorStrategy.*;
 import static akka.pattern.Patterns.ask;
-import static akka.pattern.Patterns.pipeTo;
+import static akka.pattern.Patterns.pipe;
 
 import static akka.docs.actor.japi.FaultHandlingDocSample.WorkerApi.*;
 import static akka.docs.actor.japi.FaultHandlingDocSample.CounterServiceApi.*;
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public class FaultHandlingDocSample {
         counterService.tell(new Increment(1), getSelf());
 
         // Send current progress to the initial sender
-        pipeTo(ask(counterService, GetCurrentCount, askTimeout)
+        pipe(ask(counterService, GetCurrentCount, askTimeout)
                .mapTo(manifest(CurrentCount.class))
                .map(new Mapper<CurrentCount, Progress>() {
             public Progress apply(CurrentCount c) {
diff --git a/akka-docs/java/untyped-actors.rst b/akka-docs/java/untyped-actors.rst
index d755359f60..5120bb908d 100644
--- a/akka-docs/java/untyped-actors.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/java/untyped-actors.rst
@@ -323,15 +323,15 @@ Ask: Send-And-Receive-Future
 The ``ask`` pattern involves actors as well as futures, hence it is offered as
 a use pattern rather than a method on :class:`ActorRef`:
 
-.. includecode:: code/akka/docs/actor/UntypedActorDocTestBase.java#import-askPipeTo
+.. includecode:: code/akka/docs/actor/UntypedActorDocTestBase.java#import-askPipe
 
-.. includecode:: code/akka/docs/actor/UntypedActorDocTestBase.java#ask-pipeTo
+.. includecode:: code/akka/docs/actor/UntypedActorDocTestBase.java#ask-pipe
 
-This example demonstrates ``ask`` together with the ``pipeTo`` pattern on
+This example demonstrates ``ask`` together with the ``pipe`` pattern on
 futures, because this is likely to be a common combination. Please note that
 all of the above is completely non-blocking and asynchronous: ``ask`` produces
 a :class:`Future`, two of which are composed into a new future using the
-:meth:`Futures.sequence` and :meth:`map` methods and then ``pipeTo`` installs
+:meth:`Futures.sequence` and :meth:`map` methods and then ``pipe`` installs
 an ``onComplete``-handler on the future to effect the submission of the
 aggregated :class:`Result` to another actor.
 
diff --git a/akka-docs/scala/code/akka/docs/actor/ActorDocSpec.scala b/akka-docs/scala/code/akka/docs/actor/ActorDocSpec.scala
index a4c903b564..4698c22315 100644
--- a/akka-docs/scala/code/akka/docs/actor/ActorDocSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-docs/scala/code/akka/docs/actor/ActorDocSpec.scala
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ class ActorDocSpec extends AkkaSpec(Map("akka.loglevel" -> "INFO")) {
   "using pattern ask / pipeTo" in {
     val actorA, actorB, actorC, actorD = system.actorOf(Props.empty)
     //#ask-pipeTo
-    import akka.pattern.{ ask, pipeTo }
+    import akka.pattern.{ ask, pipeTo, pipe }
 
     case class Result(x: Int, s: String, d: Double)
     case object Request
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ class ActorDocSpec extends AkkaSpec(Map("akka.loglevel" -> "INFO")) {
       } yield Result(x, s, d)
 
     f pipeTo actorD // .. or ..
-    pipeTo(f, actorD)
+    pipe(f, actorD)
     //#ask-pipeTo
   }
 
diff --git a/akka-docs/scala/code/akka/docs/actor/FaultHandlingDocSample.scala b/akka-docs/scala/code/akka/docs/actor/FaultHandlingDocSample.scala
index fbdf3e25b9..09f32eee91 100644
--- a/akka-docs/scala/code/akka/docs/actor/FaultHandlingDocSample.scala
+++ b/akka-docs/scala/code/akka/docs/actor/FaultHandlingDocSample.scala
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import akka.util.duration._
 import akka.util.Duration
 import akka.util.Timeout
 import akka.event.LoggingReceive
-import akka.pattern.ask
+import akka.pattern.{ ask, pipeTo }
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
 //#imports