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 eabe00a3b2..26f92d8a6d 100644
--- a/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/dataflow/Future2Actor.scala
+++ b/akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/dataflow/Future2Actor.scala
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import akka.dispatch.{ Future, Await }
 import akka.util.duration._
 import akka.testkit.AkkaSpec
 import akka.testkit.DefaultTimeout
-import akka.pattern.{ ask, pipeTo }
+import akka.pattern.{ ask, pipe }
 
 class Future2ActorSpec extends AkkaSpec with DefaultTimeout {
 
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/Patterns.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/Patterns.scala
index d585d88e13..348d472e89 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/Patterns.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/Patterns.scala
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ package akka.pattern
 object Patterns {
   import akka.actor.{ ActorRef, ActorSystem }
   import akka.dispatch.Future
-  import akka.pattern.{ ask ⇒ scalaAsk }
+  import akka.pattern.{ ask ⇒ scalaAsk, pipe ⇒ scalaPipe }
   import akka.util.{ Timeout, Duration }
 
   /**
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ object Patterns {
    *   Patterns.pipe(transformed, nextActor);
    * }}}
    */
-  def pipe[T](future: Future[T], recipient: ActorRef): Future[T] = akka.pattern.pipe(future, recipient)
+  def pipe[T](future: Future[T], recipient: ActorRef): Future[T] = scalaPipe(future) pipeTo recipient
 
   /**
    * Returns a [[akka.dispatch.Future]] that will be completed with success (value `true`) when
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ object Patterns {
    * If the target actor isn't terminated within the timeout the [[akka.dispatch.Future]]
    * is completed with failure [[akka.actor.ActorTimeoutException]].
    */
-  def gracefulStop(target: ActorRef, timeout: Duration, system: ActorSystem): Future[java.lang.Boolean] = {
+  def gracefulStop(target: ActorRef, timeout: Duration, system: ActorSystem): Future[java.lang.Boolean] =
     akka.pattern.gracefulStop(target, timeout)(system).asInstanceOf[Future[java.lang.Boolean]]
-  }
 }
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/PipeToSupport.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/PipeToSupport.scala
index fef4a91ee8..66c584867a 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/PipeToSupport.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/PipeToSupport.scala
@@ -9,7 +9,16 @@ import akka.actor.{ Status, ActorRef }
 trait PipeToSupport {
 
   final class PipeableFuture[T](val future: Future[T]) {
-    def pipeTo(actorRef: ActorRef): Future[T] = akka.pattern.pipe(future, actorRef)
+    def pipeTo(recipient: ActorRef): Future[T] =
+      future onComplete {
+        case Right(r) ⇒ recipient ! r
+        case Left(f)  ⇒ recipient ! Status.Failure(f)
+      }
+
+    def to(recipient: ActorRef): PipeableFuture[T] = {
+      pipeTo(recipient)
+      this
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -21,28 +30,5 @@ trait PipeToSupport {
    * Future { doExpensiveCalc() } pipeTo nextActor
    * }}}
    */
-  implicit def pipeTo[T](future: Future[T]): PipeableFuture[T] = new PipeableFuture(future)
-
-  /**
-   * Register an onComplete callback on this [[akka.dispatch.Future]] to send
-   * the result to the given actor reference. Returns the original Future to
-   * allow method chaining.
-   *
-   * <b>Recommended usage example:</b>
-   *
-   * {{{
-   *   val f = ask(worker, request)(timeout)
-   *   flow {
-   *     EnrichedRequest(request, f())
-   *   } pipeTo nextActor
-   * }}}
-   *
-   * [see [[akka.dispatch.Future]] for a description of `flow`]
-   */
-  def pipe[T](future: Future[T], recipient: ActorRef): Future[T] =
-    future onComplete {
-      case Right(r) ⇒ recipient ! r
-      case Left(f)  ⇒ recipient ! Status.Failure(f)
-    }
-
+  implicit def pipe[T](future: Future[T]): PipeableFuture[T] = new PipeableFuture(future)
 }
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diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/package.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/package.scala
index d223bf2a32..ec4786a4c0 100644
--- a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/package.scala
+++ b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/pattern/package.scala
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ import akka.util.{ Timeout, Duration }
  */
 package object pattern extends PipeToSupport with AskSupport with GracefulStopSupport {
 
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/Routing.scala b/akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/routing/Routing.scala
index 46dcbde8d7..e3c349cb89 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, pipeTo }
+import akka.pattern.pipe
 import scala.collection.JavaConversions.iterableAsScalaIterable
 
 /**
diff --git a/akka-docs/scala/code/akka/docs/actor/ActorDocSpec.scala b/akka-docs/scala/code/akka/docs/actor/ActorDocSpec.scala
index 98fa19aba2..55a205746f 100644
--- a/akka-docs/scala/code/akka/docs/actor/ActorDocSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-docs/scala/code/akka/docs/actor/ActorDocSpec.scala
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ 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, pipe }
+    import akka.pattern.{ ask, pipe }
 
     case class Result(x: Int, s: String, d: Double)
     case object Request
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ class ActorDocSpec extends AkkaSpec(Map("akka.loglevel" -> "INFO")) {
       } yield Result(x, s, d)
 
     f pipeTo actorD // .. or ..
-    pipe(f, actorD)
+    pipe(f) to 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 09f32eee91..d08bcb53b2 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, pipeTo }
+import akka.pattern.{ ask, pipe }
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
 //#imports