diff --git a/main.rkt b/main.rkt
index d9ed10f..cfc154e 100644
--- a/main.rkt
+++ b/main.rkt
@@ -143,12 +143,12 @@
     [else (error 'validate-txexpr (format "~v is not a list starting with a symbol" x))]))
 
 
-(define+provide+safe (make-txexpr tag [attrs null] [elements null])
+(define+provide+safe (txexpr tag [attrs null] [elements null])
   ((symbol?) (txexpr-attrs? txexpr-elements?) . ->* . txexpr?)
   (define result (cons tag (append (if (empty? attrs) empty (list attrs)) elements)))
   (if (txexpr? result)
       result
-      (error 'make-txexpr
+      (error 'txexpr
              (cond
                [(not (txexpr-tag? tag))
                 (format "This is not a txexpr-tag: ~v" tag)]
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@
                 (format "This is not a list of txexpr-elements: ~v" elements)]
                [else ""]))))
 
+(define make-txexpr txexpr)
+(provide+safe make-txexpr)
 
 (define+provide+safe (txexpr->values x)
   (txexpr? . -> . (values symbol? txexpr-attrs? txexpr-elements?))
diff --git a/scribblings/txexpr.scrbl b/scribblings/txexpr.scrbl
index fe081db..e22c64f 100644
--- a/scribblings/txexpr.scrbl
+++ b/scribblings/txexpr.scrbl
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ Accessor functions for the individual pieces of a @racket[_txexpr].
 ]
 
 @defproc[
-(make-txexpr
+(txexpr
 [tag txexpr-tag?] 
 [attrs txexpr-attrs? @empty]
 [elements txexpr-elements? @empty])
@@ -279,15 +279,24 @@ txexpr?]
 Assemble a @racket[_txexpr] from its parts. If you don't have attributes, but you do have elements, you'll need to pass @racket[empty] as the second argument. Note that unlike @racket[xml->xexpr], if the attribute list is empty, it's not included in the resulting expression.
 
 @examples[#:eval my-eval
-(make-txexpr 'div)
-(make-txexpr 'div '() '("Hello" (p "World")))
-(make-txexpr 'div '[[id "top"]])
-(make-txexpr 'div '[[id "top"]] '("Hello" (p "World")))
+(txexpr 'div)
+(txexpr 'div '() '("Hello" (p "World")))
+(txexpr 'div '[[id "top"]])
+(txexpr 'div '[[id "top"]] '("Hello" (p "World")))
 (define tx '(div [[id "top"]] "Hello" (p "World")))
-(make-txexpr (get-tag tx) 
+(txexpr (get-tag tx) 
 (get-attrs tx) (get-elements tx))
 ]
 
+@defproc[
+(make-txexpr
+[tag txexpr-tag?] 
+[attrs txexpr-attrs? @empty]
+[elements txexpr-elements? @empty])
+txexpr?]
+Alternate name for @racket[txexpr].
+
+
 @defproc[
 (can-be-txexpr-attrs?
 [v any/c])
diff --git a/tests.rkt b/tests.rkt
index a4caf0c..57f20dd 100644
--- a/tests.rkt
+++ b/tests.rkt
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@
  (check-txexprs-equal? (make-txexpr 'p null '("foo" "bar")) '(p "foo" "bar"))
  (check-txexprs-equal? (make-txexpr 'p '((key "value")) (list "foo" "bar")) 
                '(p ((key "value")) "foo" "bar"))
+
+ (check-txexprs-equal? (txexpr 'p) '(p))
+ (check-txexprs-equal? (txexpr 'p '((key "value"))) '(p ((key "value"))))
+ (check-txexprs-equal? (txexpr 'p null '("foo" "bar")) '(p "foo" "bar"))
+ (check-txexprs-equal? (txexpr 'p '((key "value")) (list "foo" "bar")) 
+               '(p ((key "value")) "foo" "bar"))
  
  (check-equal? (values->list (txexpr->values '(p))) 
                (values->list (values 'p null null)))