diff --git a/src/qhl.erl b/src/qhl.erl
index a6c6134..43f92bc 100644
--- a/src/qhl.erl
+++ b/src/qhl.erl
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 -spec parse(Socket, Received) -> Result
     when Socket   :: gen_tcp:socket(),
          Received :: binary(),
-         Result   :: {ok, #request{}} | {error, Reason},
+         Result   :: {ok, #request{}, Next} | {error, Reason},
+         Next     :: none | binary(),
          Reason   :: term(). % FIXME
 %% @doc
 %% @equiv parse(Socket, Received, #request{})
@@ -40,13 +41,17 @@ parse(Socket, Received) ->
     when Socket   :: gen_tcp:socket(),
          Received :: binary(),
          Request  :: #request{},
-         Result   :: {ok, #request{}} | {error, Reason},
+         Result   :: {ok, #request{}, Next} | {error, Reason},
+         Next     :: none | binary(),
          Reason   :: term(). % FIXME
 %5 @doc
 %% Pass this function the connection socket and whatever the receive loop has acquired,
 %% and receive back a parsed #request{} record. This requires that you have imported
 %% the `http.hrl' and set `{mode, binary}' and `{active, once}' options on the
 %% socket.
+%%
+%% `Next' is any additional binary data found on the socket after a valid
+%% request is parsed (presumably the beginning of a sequential request).
 
 parse(Socket, Received, M = #request{method = undefined}) ->
     case read_method(Socket, Received) of