diff --git a/main.rkt b/main.rkt
index 1086841..832c51d 100644
--- a/main.rkt
+++ b/main.rkt
@@ -243,14 +243,14 @@
   (map-elements/exclude proc x (λ(x) #f)))
 
 ;; function to split tag out of txexpr
-(define+provide+safe (splitf-txexpr tx proc)
-  (txexpr? procedure? . -> . (values txexpr? (listof txexpr-element?)))
+(define+provide+safe (splitf-txexpr tx pred [proc (λ(x) null)])
+  ((txexpr? procedure?) (procedure?) . ->* . (values txexpr? (listof txexpr-element?)))
   (define matches null)
   (define (do-extraction x)
     (cond
-      [(proc x) (begin  ; store matched item but return null value
+      [(pred x) (begin  ; store matched item and return processed value
                   (set! matches (cons x matches))
-                  null)]
+                  (proc x))]
       [(txexpr? x) (let-values([(tag attr body) (txexpr->values x)]) 
                      (make-txexpr tag attr (do-extraction body)))]
       [(txexpr-elements? x) (filter (compose1 not null?) (map do-extraction x))]
@@ -258,7 +258,6 @@
   (define tx-extracted (do-extraction tx)) ;; do this first to fill matches
   (values tx-extracted (reverse matches))) 
 
-
 (define+provide+safe (xexpr->html x)
   (xexpr? . -> . string?)
   (define (->cdata x)
diff --git a/scribblings/txexpr.scrbl b/scribblings/txexpr.scrbl
index 0f79d01..0009876 100644
--- a/scribblings/txexpr.scrbl
+++ b/scribblings/txexpr.scrbl
@@ -431,16 +431,27 @@ Be careful with the wider consequences of exclusion tests. When @racket[_exclude
 @defproc[
 (splitf-txexpr
 [tx txexpr?]
-[pred procedure?])
+[pred procedure?]
+[replace-proc procedure? (λ(x) null)])
 (values txexpr? (listof txexpr-element?))]
 Recursively descend through @racket[_txexpr] and extract all elements that match @racket[_pred]. Returns two values: a @racket[_txexpr] with the matching elements removed, and the list of matching elements. Sort of esoteric, but I've needed it more than once, so here it is.
 
 @examples[#:eval my-eval
 (define tx '(div "Wonderful day" (meta "weather" "good") "for a walk"))
-(define remove? (λ(x) (and (txexpr? x) (equal? 'meta (get-tag x)))))
-(splitf-txexpr tx remove?)
+(define is-meta? (λ(x) (and (txexpr? x) (equal? 'meta (get-tag x)))))
+(splitf-txexpr tx is-meta?)
 ]
 
+Ordinarily, the result of the split operation is to remove the elements that match @racket[_pred]. But you can change this behavior with the optional @racket[_replace-proc] argument.
+
+@examples[#:eval my-eval
+(define tx '(div "Wonderful day" (meta "weather" "good") "for a walk"))
+(define is-meta? (λ(x) (and (txexpr? x) (equal? 'meta (get-tag x)))))
+(define replace-meta (λ(x) '(em "meta was here")))
+(splitf-txexpr tx is-meta? replace-meta)
+]
+
+
 
 @section{License & source code}
 
diff --git a/tests.rkt b/tests.rkt
index ffed143..601beca 100644
--- a/tests.rkt
+++ b/tests.rkt
@@ -115,8 +115,13 @@
 
 (define split-this-tx '(root (meta "foo" "bar") "hello" "world" (meta "foo2" "bar2") 
                   (em "goodnight" "moon" (meta "foo3" "bar3"))))
-(check-equal? (call-with-values (λ() (splitf-txexpr split-this-tx (λ(x) (and (txexpr? x) (equal? 'meta (car x)))))) list) 
+(define split-predicate (λ(x) (and (txexpr? x) (equal? 'meta (car x)))))
+(check-equal? (call-with-values (λ() (splitf-txexpr split-this-tx split-predicate)) list) 
               (list '(root "hello" "world" (em "goodnight" "moon")) '((meta "foo" "bar") (meta "foo2" "bar2") (meta "foo3" "bar3"))))
 
+(define split-proc (λ(x) '(div "foo")))
+(check-equal? (call-with-values (λ() (splitf-txexpr split-this-tx split-predicate split-proc)) list) 
+              (list '(root (div "foo") "hello" "world" (div "foo") (em "goodnight" "moon" (div "foo"))) '((meta "foo" "bar") (meta "foo2" "bar2") (meta "foo3" "bar3"))))
+
 (check-equal? (xexpr->html '(root (script "3 > 2") "Why is 3 > 2?"))
               "<root><script>3 > 2</script>Why is 3 &gt; 2?</root>")
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