diff --git a/parse/helpers_test.go b/parse/helpers_test.go
index 0dbaee6..27f0098 100644
--- a/parse/helpers_test.go
+++ b/parse/helpers_test.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func testParse(t *testing.T, p *parser, handler parse.Handler, test parseTest) {
 		} else if err != nil && test.expectedError != err.Error() {
 			t.Errorf("Unexpected error for input %q:\nexpected: %s\nactual: %s\n", test.input, test.expectedError, err.Error())
 		} else {
-			result := p.Root.String()
+			result := p.doc.Root.String()
 			if test.expected != result {
 				t.Errorf("Unexpected result for input %q:\nexpected: %s\nactual: %s\n", test.input, test.expected, result)
 			}
diff --git a/parse/keyvaluepair.go b/parse/keyvaluepair.go
index 94c6266..9f907a1 100644
--- a/parse/keyvaluepair.go
+++ b/parse/keyvaluepair.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func (t *parser) startKeyValuePair(p *parse.API) {
 	key, ok := t.parseKey(p, []string{})
 	if ok && p.Handle(t.startAssignment) {
 		if value, ok := t.parseValue(p); ok {
-			err := t.SetKeyValuePair(key, value)
+			err := t.doc.SetKeyValuePair(key, value)
 			if err != nil {
 				p.Error("%s", err)
 			} else if !p.Accept(endOfLineOrComment) {
diff --git a/parse/parse.go b/parse/parse.go
index 73cefaf..c730f13 100644
--- a/parse/parse.go
+++ b/parse/parse.go
@@ -35,13 +35,8 @@ var (
 	optionalWhitespaceOrComment = c.ZeroOrMore(whitespaceOrComment)
 )
 
-// parser embeds the TOML ast.Document, so it can be extended with methods
-// that implement the parsing logic. This makes the ast.Document part of
-// the state of the parser, making it possible to let parsing code call
-// ast.Document methods directly to build the abstract syntax tree for the
-// parsed TOML input.
 type parser struct {
-	*ast.Document
+	doc *ast.Document
 }
 
 func newParser() *parser {
@@ -52,13 +47,14 @@ func newParser() *parser {
 // Run the TOML parser against the provided input data.
 //
 // For an overview of allowed inputs, take a look at the documentation for
-// parsekit.read.New().
+// parsekit.read.New(). At the time of writing, you can make use of
+// strings, types implementing io.Reader and bufio.Readers.
 //
-// This function returns a TOML ast structure and an error (or nil when
-// no error occurred). When an error occurred, the TOML ast struct will
-// contain the data that could be parsed up to the error.
+// This function returns a TOML abstract syntax table structure and an
+// error (or nil when no error occurred). When an error occurred, the
+// TOML ast struct will contain the data that could be parsed up to the error.
 func Run(input interface{}) (ast.Table, error) {
 	p := newParser()
 	err := parse.New(p.startDocument)(input)
-	return p.Root, err
+	return p.doc.Root, err
 }
diff --git a/parse/value_table.go b/parse/value_table.go
index 4a17e3b..3147950 100644
--- a/parse/value_table.go
+++ b/parse/value_table.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (t *parser) startArrayOfTables(p *parse.API) {
 			p.Expected("end of line or comment")
 			return
 		}
-		if err := t.OpenArrayOfTables(key); err != nil {
+		if err := t.doc.OpenArrayOfTables(key); err != nil {
 			p.Error("%s", err)
 			return
 		}
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func (t *parser) startPlainTable(p *parse.API) {
 			p.Expected("end of line or comment")
 			return
 		}
-		if err := t.OpenTable(key); err != nil {
+		if err := t.doc.OpenTable(key); err != nil {
 			p.Error("%s", err)
 			return
 		}
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ func (t *parser) parseInlineTable(p *parse.API) (*ast.Value, bool) {
 
 	// Check for an empty inline table.
 	if p.Accept(inlineTableClose) {
-		return ast.NewValue(ast.TypeTable, subdoc.Root), true
+		return ast.NewValue(ast.TypeTable, subdoc.doc.Root), true
 	}
 
 	// Not an empty table, parse the table data.
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func (t *parser) parseInlineTable(p *parse.API) (*ast.Value, bool) {
 		if !ok {
 			return nil, false
 		}
-		err := subdoc.SetKeyValuePair(key, value)
+		err := subdoc.doc.SetKeyValuePair(key, value)
 		if err != nil {
 			p.Error("%s", err)
 			return nil, false
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ func (t *parser) parseInlineTable(p *parse.API) (*ast.Value, bool) {
 
 		// Check for the end of the inline table.
 		if p.Accept(inlineTableClose) {
-			return ast.NewValue(ast.TypeTable, subdoc.Root), true
+			return ast.NewValue(ast.TypeTable, subdoc.doc.Root), true
 		}
 
 		// Not the end of the inline table? Then we should find a key/value pair separator.