diff --git a/docs/language-usage.rst b/docs/language-usage.rst
index 83b965bad1b4..119f7f41e966 100644
--- a/docs/language-usage.rst
+++ b/docs/language-usage.rst
@@ -134,14 +134,14 @@ to content stored in `Google Cloud Storage`_. We can use the
      >>> document.doc_type == language.Document.PLAIN_TEXT
      True
 
-and the :meth:`~gcloud.language.client.Client.document_from_uri`
+and the :meth:`~gcloud.language.client.Client.document_from_url`
 method. In either case, the document type can be specified with
 the ``doc_type`` argument:
 
   .. code-block:: python
 
      >>> gcs_url = 'gs://my-text-bucket/sentiment-me.txt'
-     >>> document = client.document_from_uri(
+     >>> document = client.document_from_url(
      ...     gcs_url, doc_type=language.Document.HTML)
      >>> document.gcs_url == gcs_url
      True
diff --git a/gcloud/language/client.py b/gcloud/language/client.py
index 8b4bc0835478..8552f011ed9d 100644
--- a/gcloud/language/client.py
+++ b/gcloud/language/client.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def document_from_text(self, content, **kwargs):
 
         :rtype: :class:`Document`
         :returns: A plain-text document bound to this client.
-        :raises: :class:`TypeError` if ``doc_type`` is passed as a
+        :raises: :class:`~exceptions.TypeError` if ``doc_type`` is passed as a
                  keyword argument.
         """
         if 'doc_type' in kwargs:
@@ -74,10 +74,33 @@ def document_from_html(self, content, **kwargs):
 
         :rtype: :class:`Document`
         :returns: An HTML document bound to this client.
-        :raises: :class:`TypeError` if ``doc_type`` is passed as a
+        :raises: :class:`~exceptions.TypeError` if ``doc_type`` is passed as a
                  keyword argument.
         """
         if 'doc_type' in kwargs:
             raise TypeError('Cannot pass doc_type')
         return Document(self, content=content,
                         doc_type=Document.HTML, **kwargs)
+
+    def document_from_url(self, gcs_url,
+                          doc_type=Document.PLAIN_TEXT, **kwargs):
+        """Create a Cloud Storage document bound to this client.
+
+        :type gcs_url: str
+        :param gcs_url: The URL of the Google Cloud Storage object
+                        holding the content. Of the form
+                        ``gs://{bucket}/{blob-name}``.
+
+        :type doc_type: str
+        :param doc_type: (Optional) The type of text in the document.
+                         Defaults to plain text. Can also be specified
+                         as HTML via :attr:`~.Document.HTML`.
+
+        :type kwargs: dict
+        :param kwargs: Remaining keyword arguments to be passed along to the
+                       :class:`Document` constructor.
+
+        :rtype: :class:`Document`
+        :returns: A plain-text document bound to this client.
+        """
+        return Document(self, gcs_url=gcs_url, doc_type=doc_type, **kwargs)
diff --git a/gcloud/language/document.py b/gcloud/language/document.py
index dff524964afd..f25c85a4f4c7 100644
--- a/gcloud/language/document.py
+++ b/gcloud/language/document.py
@@ -55,10 +55,11 @@ class Document(object):
 
     :type gcs_url: str
     :param gcs_url: (Optional) The URL of the Google Cloud Storage object
-                    holding the content.
+                    holding the content. Of the form
+                    ``gs://{bucket}/{blob-name}``.
 
     :type doc_type: str
-    :param doc_type: (Optional) The encoding of the document text.
+    :param doc_type: (Optional) The type of text in the document.
                      Defaults to plain text. Can be one of
                      :attr:`~.Document.PLAIN_TEXT` or
                      or :attr:`~.Document.HTML`.
diff --git a/gcloud/language/test_client.py b/gcloud/language/test_client.py
index 8d3b20340a71..4e96d1f9ea9f 100644
--- a/gcloud/language/test_client.py
+++ b/gcloud/language/test_client.py
@@ -87,6 +87,40 @@ def test_document_from_html_factory_failure(self):
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
             client.document_from_html('abc', doc_type='foo')
 
+    def test_document_from_url_factory(self):
+        from gcloud.language.document import Document
+
+        creds = _Credentials()
+        client = self._makeOne(project='PROJECT',
+                               credentials=creds, http=object())
+
+        gcs_url = 'gs://my-text-bucket/sentiment-me.txt'
+        document = client.document_from_url(gcs_url)
+        self.assertIsInstance(document, Document)
+        self.assertIs(document.client, client)
+        self.assertIsNone(document.content)
+        self.assertEqual(document.gcs_url, gcs_url)
+        self.assertEqual(document.doc_type, Document.PLAIN_TEXT)
+
+    def test_document_from_url_factory_explicit(self):
+        from gcloud.language.document import Document
+        from gcloud.language.document import Encoding
+
+        creds = _Credentials()
+        client = self._makeOne(project='PROJECT',
+                               credentials=creds, http=object())
+
+        encoding = Encoding.UTF32
+        gcs_url = 'gs://my-text-bucket/sentiment-me.txt'
+        document = client.document_from_url(gcs_url, doc_type=Document.HTML,
+                                            encoding=encoding)
+        self.assertIsInstance(document, Document)
+        self.assertIs(document.client, client)
+        self.assertIsNone(document.content)
+        self.assertEqual(document.gcs_url, gcs_url)
+        self.assertEqual(document.doc_type, Document.HTML)
+        self.assertEqual(document.encoding, encoding)
+
 
 class _Credentials(object):