diff --git a/src/http.cc b/src/http.cc
index b77a5dd15cd44c..5e0deff2fc553f 100644
--- a/src/http.cc
+++ b/src/http.cc
@@ -80,9 +80,7 @@ void
 HTTPConnection::OnReceive (const void *buf, size_t len)
 {
   http_parser_execute(&parser_, static_cast<const char*>(buf), len);
-
-  if (http_parser_has_error(&parser_))
-    ForceClose();
+  if (http_parser_has_error(&parser_)) ForceClose();
 }
 
 int
@@ -187,16 +185,15 @@ HTTPConnection::on_headers_complete (http_parser *parser)
           ); 
   message_handler->Set(HTTP_VERSION_SYMBOL, String::New(version));
 
-  // SHOULD KEEP ALIVE
-  message_handler->Set( SHOULD_KEEP_ALIVE_SYMBOL
-                      , http_parser_should_keep_alive(&connection->parser_) ? True() : False()
-                      );
-
+  message_handler->Set(SHOULD_KEEP_ALIVE_SYMBOL, 
+      http_parser_should_keep_alive(&connection->parser_) ? True() : False());
 
-  Local<Value> on_headers_complete_v = message_handler->Get(ON_HEADERS_COMPLETE_SYMBOL);
+  Local<Value> on_headers_complete_v =
+    message_handler->Get(ON_HEADERS_COMPLETE_SYMBOL);
   if (on_headers_complete_v->IsFunction() == false) return 0;
 
-  Handle<Function> on_headers_complete = Handle<Function>::Cast(on_headers_complete_v);
+  Handle<Function> on_headers_complete =
+    Handle<Function>::Cast(on_headers_complete_v);
 
   TryCatch try_catch;
   Local<Value> ret = on_headers_complete->Call(message_handler, 0, NULL);
diff --git a/src/http.js b/src/http.js
index d099c480e773c7..6d5b2eda2f65dd 100644
--- a/src/http.js
+++ b/src/http.js
@@ -239,22 +239,24 @@ node.http.Server = function (RequestHandler, options) {
     var responses = [];
 
     connection.onMessage = function ( ) {
+      var interrupted = false;
                                             // filled in ...
       var req = { method          : null    // at onHeadersComplete
                 , uri             : ""      // at onURI
-                , httpVersion    : null    // at onHeadersComplete
+                , httpVersion     : null    // at onHeadersComplete
                 , headers         : []      // at onHeaderField, onHeaderValue
                 , onBody          : null    // by user
                 , onBodyComplete  : null    // by user
+                , interrupt       : function ( ) { interrupted = true; }
                 , setBodyEncoding : function (enc) {
                     connection.setEncoding(enc);
                   }
-                }
+                };
       var res = new node.http.ServerResponse(connection, responses);
 
       this.onURI = function (data) {
         req.uri += data;
-        return true
+        return !interrupted;
       };
 
       var last_was_value = false;
@@ -266,7 +268,7 @@ node.http.Server = function (RequestHandler, options) {
         else
           headers.push([data]);
         last_was_value = false;
-        return true;
+        return !interrupted;
       };
 
       this.onHeaderValue = function (data) {
@@ -276,31 +278,29 @@ node.http.Server = function (RequestHandler, options) {
         else 
           last_pair[1] += data;
         last_was_value = true;
-        return true;
+        return !interrupted;
       };
 
       this.onHeadersComplete = function () {
         req.httpVersion = this.httpVersion;
-        req.method       = this.method;
-        req.uri          = node.http.parseUri(req.uri); // TODO parse the URI lazily
-
+        req.method = this.method;
+        // TODO parse the URI lazily?
+        req.uri = node.http.parseUri(req.uri);
         res.should_keep_alive = this.should_keep_alive;
 
-        return RequestHandler.apply(server, [req, res]);
+        RequestHandler.apply(server, [req, res]);
+
+        return !interrupted;
       };
 
       this.onBody = function (chunk) {
-        if (req.onBody)
-          return req.onBody(chunk);
-        else
-          return true;
+        if (req.onBody) req.onBody(chunk);
+        return !interrupted;
       };
 
       this.onMessageComplete = function () {
-        if (req.onBodyComplete)
-          return req.onBodyComplete();
-        else
-          return true;
+        if (req.onBodyComplete) req.onBodyComplete();
+        return !interrupted;
       };
     };
 
diff --git a/test/test-http-server.js b/test/test-http-server.js
index 0cf09c697e0611..69322d8ac40e50 100644
--- a/test/test-http-server.js
+++ b/test/test-http-server.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function onLoad() {
   c.onReceive = function (chunk) {
     server_response += chunk;
 
-    if ( requests_sent == 1) {
+    if (requests_sent == 1) {
       c.send("POST /quit HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\n");
       c.close();
       assertEquals(c.readyState, "readOnly");
diff --git a/website/api.html b/website/api.html
index 3290ae9d9b1789..fbbdb43fa8f4b7 100644
--- a/website/api.html
+++ b/website/api.html
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ <h3 id="http_server_request"><code>node.http.ServerRequest</code></h3>
       <code>"1.1"</code>, <code>"1.0"</code>
     </dd>
     
-    <dt><code>req.onBody</code></dt>
+    <dt><code>req.onBody = function (chunk) { }; </code></dt>
     <dd>
       Callback. Should be set by the user to be informed of when a
       piece of the message body is received. Example:
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ <h3 id="http_server_request"><code>node.http.ServerRequest</code></h3>
       </p>
     </dd>
     
-    <dt><code>req.onBodyComplete</code></dt>
+    <dt><code>req.onBodyComplete = function () { };</code></dt>
     <dd>
       Callback. Made exactly once for each message. No arguments.
       After <code>onBodyComplete</code> is executed
@@ -652,6 +652,14 @@ <h3 id="http_server_request"><code>node.http.ServerRequest</code></h3>
       Set the encoding for the request body. Either <code>"utf8"</code>
       or <code>"raw"</code>. Defaults to raw.
     </dd>
+
+    <dt><code>req.interrupt()</code></dt>
+    <dd>
+      Interrupt the request. You will not receive anymore callbacks.
+      This is useful if, for example someone is streaming up a file but it
+      is too large and neesd to be stopped. The connection to the client
+      will be closed immediately. 
+    </dd>
   </dl>
 
   <h3 id="http_server_response"><code>node.http.ServerResponse</code></h3>