diff --git a/block.go b/block.go
index 4e8a03f9..d7da33f2 100644
--- a/block.go
+++ b/block.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ var (
 // Parse block-level data.
 // Note: this function and many that it calls assume that
 // the input buffer ends with a newline.
-func (p *Parser) block(data []byte) {
+func (p *Markdown) block(data []byte) {
 	// this is called recursively: enforce a maximum depth
 	if p.nesting >= p.maxNesting {
 		return
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (p *Parser) block(data []byte) {
 		// % stuff
 		// % more stuff
 		// % even more stuff
-		if p.flags&Titleblock != 0 {
+		if p.extensions&Titleblock != 0 {
 			if data[0] == '%' {
 				if i := p.titleBlock(data, true); i > 0 {
 					data = data[i:]
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func (p *Parser) block(data []byte) {
 		//     return n * fact(n-1)
 		// }
 		// ```
-		if p.flags&FencedCode != 0 {
+		if p.extensions&FencedCode != 0 {
 			if i := p.fencedCodeBlock(data, true); i > 0 {
 				data = data[i:]
 				continue
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func (p *Parser) block(data []byte) {
 		// ------|-----|---------
 		// Bob   | 31  | 555-1234
 		// Alice | 27  | 555-4321
-		if p.flags&Tables != 0 {
+		if p.extensions&Tables != 0 {
 			if i := p.table(data); i > 0 {
 				data = data[i:]
 				continue
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ func (p *Parser) block(data []byte) {
 		//
 		// Term 2
 		// :   Definition c
-		if p.flags&DefinitionLists != 0 {
+		if p.extensions&DefinitionLists != 0 {
 			if p.dliPrefix(data) > 0 {
 				data = data[p.list(data, ListTypeDefinition):]
 				continue
@@ -197,19 +197,19 @@ func (p *Parser) block(data []byte) {
 	p.nesting--
 }
 
-func (p *Parser) addBlock(typ NodeType, content []byte) *Node {
+func (p *Markdown) addBlock(typ NodeType, content []byte) *Node {
 	p.closeUnmatchedBlocks()
 	container := p.addChild(typ, 0)
 	container.content = content
 	return container
 }
 
-func (p *Parser) isPrefixHeading(data []byte) bool {
+func (p *Markdown) isPrefixHeading(data []byte) bool {
 	if data[0] != '#' {
 		return false
 	}
 
-	if p.flags&SpaceHeadings != 0 {
+	if p.extensions&SpaceHeadings != 0 {
 		level := 0
 		for level < 6 && level < len(data) && data[level] == '#' {
 			level++
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ func (p *Parser) isPrefixHeading(data []byte) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-func (p *Parser) prefixHeading(data []byte) int {
+func (p *Markdown) prefixHeading(data []byte) int {
 	level := 0
 	for level < 6 && level < len(data) && data[level] == '#' {
 		level++
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ func (p *Parser) prefixHeading(data []byte) int {
 	end := skipUntilChar(data, i, '\n')
 	skip := end
 	id := ""
-	if p.flags&HeadingIDs != 0 {
+	if p.extensions&HeadingIDs != 0 {
 		j, k := 0, 0
 		// find start/end of heading id
 		for j = i; j < end-1 && (data[j] != '{' || data[j+1] != '#'); j++ {
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ func (p *Parser) prefixHeading(data []byte) int {
 		end--
 	}
 	if end > i {
-		if id == "" && p.flags&AutoHeadingIDs != 0 {
+		if id == "" && p.extensions&AutoHeadingIDs != 0 {
 			id = sanitized_anchor_name.Create(string(data[i:end]))
 		}
 		block := p.addBlock(Heading, data[i:end])
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ func (p *Parser) prefixHeading(data []byte) int {
 	return skip
 }
 
-func (p *Parser) isUnderlinedHeading(data []byte) int {
+func (p *Markdown) isUnderlinedHeading(data []byte) int {
 	// test of level 1 heading
 	if data[0] == '=' {
 		i := skipChar(data, 1, '=')
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ func (p *Parser) isUnderlinedHeading(data []byte) int {
 	return 0
 }
 
-func (p *Parser) titleBlock(data []byte, doRender bool) int {
+func (p *Markdown) titleBlock(data []byte, doRender bool) int {
 	if data[0] != '%' {
 		return 0
 	}
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ func (p *Parser) titleBlock(data []byte, doRender bool) int {
 	return consumed
 }
 
-func (p *Parser) html(data []byte, doRender bool) int {
+func (p *Markdown) html(data []byte, doRender bool) int {
 	var i, j int
 
 	// identify the opening tag
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ func finalizeHTMLBlock(block *Node) {
 }
 
 // HTML comment, lax form
-func (p *Parser) htmlComment(data []byte, doRender bool) int {
+func (p *Markdown) htmlComment(data []byte, doRender bool) int {
 	i := p.inlineHTMLComment(data)
 	// needs to end with a blank line
 	if j := p.isEmpty(data[i:]); j > 0 {
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ func (p *Parser) htmlComment(data []byte, doRender bool) int {
 }
 
 // HR, which is the only self-closing block tag considered
-func (p *Parser) htmlHr(data []byte, doRender bool) int {
+func (p *Markdown) htmlHr(data []byte, doRender bool) int {
 	if len(data) < 4 {
 		return 0
 	}
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ func (p *Parser) htmlHr(data []byte, doRender bool) int {
 	return 0
 }
 
-func (p *Parser) htmlFindTag(data []byte) (string, bool) {
+func (p *Markdown) htmlFindTag(data []byte) (string, bool) {
 	i := 0
 	for i < len(data) && isalnum(data[i]) {
 		i++
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ func (p *Parser) htmlFindTag(data []byte) (string, bool) {
 	return "", false
 }
 
-func (p *Parser) htmlFindEnd(tag string, data []byte) int {
+func (p *Markdown) htmlFindEnd(tag string, data []byte) int {
 	// assume data[0] == '<' && data[1] == '/' already tested
 	if tag == "hr" {
 		return 2
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ func (p *Parser) htmlFindEnd(tag string, data []byte) int {
 		return i
 	}
 
-	if p.flags&LaxHTMLBlocks != 0 {
+	if p.extensions&LaxHTMLBlocks != 0 {
 		return i
 	}
 	if skip = p.isEmpty(data[i:]); skip == 0 {
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ func (p *Parser) htmlFindEnd(tag string, data []byte) int {
 	return i + skip
 }
 
-func (*Parser) isEmpty(data []byte) int {
+func (*Markdown) isEmpty(data []byte) int {
 	// it is okay to call isEmpty on an empty buffer
 	if len(data) == 0 {
 		return 0
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ func (*Parser) isEmpty(data []byte) int {
 	return i
 }
 
-func (*Parser) isHRule(data []byte) bool {
+func (*Markdown) isHRule(data []byte) bool {
 	i := 0
 
 	// skip up to three spaces
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ func isFenceLine(data []byte, syntax *string, oldmarker string) (end int, marker
 // fencedCodeBlock returns the end index if data contains a fenced code block at the beginning,
 // or 0 otherwise. It writes to out if doRender is true, otherwise it has no side effects.
 // If doRender is true, a final newline is mandatory to recognize the fenced code block.
-func (p *Parser) fencedCodeBlock(data []byte, doRender bool) int {
+func (p *Markdown) fencedCodeBlock(data []byte, doRender bool) int {
 	var syntax string
 	beg, marker := isFenceLine(data, &syntax, "")
 	if beg == 0 || beg >= len(data) {
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ func finalizeCodeBlock(block *Node) {
 	block.content = nil
 }
 
-func (p *Parser) table(data []byte) int {
+func (p *Markdown) table(data []byte) int {
 	table := p.addBlock(Table, nil)
 	i, columns := p.tableHeader(data)
 	if i == 0 {
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ func isBackslashEscaped(data []byte, i int) bool {
 	return backslashes&1 == 1
 }
 
-func (p *Parser) tableHeader(data []byte) (size int, columns []CellAlignFlags) {
+func (p *Markdown) tableHeader(data []byte) (size int, columns []CellAlignFlags) {
 	i := 0
 	colCount := 1
 	for i = 0; i < len(data) && data[i] != '\n'; i++ {
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ func (p *Parser) tableHeader(data []byte) (size int, columns []CellAlignFlags) {
 	return
 }
 
-func (p *Parser) tableRow(data []byte, columns []CellAlignFlags, header bool) {
+func (p *Markdown) tableRow(data []byte, columns []CellAlignFlags, header bool) {
 	p.addBlock(TableRow, nil)
 	i, col := 0, 0
 
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ func (p *Parser) tableRow(data []byte, columns []CellAlignFlags, header bool) {
 }
 
 // returns blockquote prefix length
-func (p *Parser) quotePrefix(data []byte) int {
+func (p *Markdown) quotePrefix(data []byte) int {
 	i := 0
 	for i < 3 && i < len(data) && data[i] == ' ' {
 		i++
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ func (p *Parser) quotePrefix(data []byte) int {
 
 // blockquote ends with at least one blank line
 // followed by something without a blockquote prefix
-func (p *Parser) terminateBlockquote(data []byte, beg, end int) bool {
+func (p *Markdown) terminateBlockquote(data []byte, beg, end int) bool {
 	if p.isEmpty(data[beg:]) <= 0 {
 		return false
 	}
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ func (p *Parser) terminateBlockquote(data []byte, beg, end int) bool {
 }
 
 // parse a blockquote fragment
-func (p *Parser) quote(data []byte) int {
+func (p *Markdown) quote(data []byte) int {
 	block := p.addBlock(BlockQuote, nil)
 	var raw bytes.Buffer
 	beg, end := 0, 0
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ func (p *Parser) quote(data []byte) int {
 		// fenced code and if one's found, incorporate it altogether,
 		// irregardless of any contents inside it
 		for end < len(data) && data[end] != '\n' {
-			if p.flags&FencedCode != 0 {
+			if p.extensions&FencedCode != 0 {
 				if i := p.fencedCodeBlock(data[end:], false); i > 0 {
 					// -1 to compensate for the extra end++ after the loop:
 					end += i - 1
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ func (p *Parser) quote(data []byte) int {
 }
 
 // returns prefix length for block code
-func (p *Parser) codePrefix(data []byte) int {
+func (p *Markdown) codePrefix(data []byte) int {
 	if len(data) >= 1 && data[0] == '\t' {
 		return 1
 	}
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ func (p *Parser) codePrefix(data []byte) int {
 	return 0
 }
 
-func (p *Parser) code(data []byte) int {
+func (p *Markdown) code(data []byte) int {
 	var work bytes.Buffer
 
 	i := 0
@@ -1064,7 +1064,7 @@ func (p *Parser) code(data []byte) int {
 }
 
 // returns unordered list item prefix
-func (p *Parser) uliPrefix(data []byte) int {
+func (p *Markdown) uliPrefix(data []byte) int {
 	i := 0
 	// start with up to 3 spaces
 	for i < len(data) && i < 3 && data[i] == ' ' {
@@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ func (p *Parser) uliPrefix(data []byte) int {
 }
 
 // returns ordered list item prefix
-func (p *Parser) oliPrefix(data []byte) int {
+func (p *Markdown) oliPrefix(data []byte) int {
 	i := 0
 
 	// start with up to 3 spaces
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ func (p *Parser) oliPrefix(data []byte) int {
 }
 
 // returns definition list item prefix
-func (p *Parser) dliPrefix(data []byte) int {
+func (p *Markdown) dliPrefix(data []byte) int {
 	if len(data) < 2 {
 		return 0
 	}
@@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ func (p *Parser) dliPrefix(data []byte) int {
 }
 
 // parse ordered or unordered list block
-func (p *Parser) list(data []byte, flags ListType) int {
+func (p *Markdown) list(data []byte, flags ListType) int {
 	i := 0
 	flags |= ListItemBeginningOfList
 	block := p.addBlock(List, nil)
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ func finalizeList(block *Node) {
 
 // Parse a single list item.
 // Assumes initial prefix is already removed if this is a sublist.
-func (p *Parser) listItem(data []byte, flags *ListType) int {
+func (p *Markdown) listItem(data []byte, flags *ListType) int {
 	// keep track of the indentation of the first line
 	itemIndent := 0
 	if data[0] == '\t' {
@@ -1383,7 +1383,7 @@ gatherlines:
 }
 
 // render a single paragraph that has already been parsed out
-func (p *Parser) renderParagraph(data []byte) {
+func (p *Markdown) renderParagraph(data []byte) {
 	if len(data) == 0 {
 		return
 	}
@@ -1408,13 +1408,13 @@ func (p *Parser) renderParagraph(data []byte) {
 	p.addBlock(Paragraph, data[beg:end])
 }
 
-func (p *Parser) paragraph(data []byte) int {
+func (p *Markdown) paragraph(data []byte) int {
 	// prev: index of 1st char of previous line
 	// line: index of 1st char of current line
 	// i: index of cursor/end of current line
 	var prev, line, i int
 	tabSize := TabSizeDefault
-	if p.flags&TabSizeEight != 0 {
+	if p.extensions&TabSizeEight != 0 {
 		tabSize = TabSizeDouble
 	}
 	// keep going until we find something to mark the end of the paragraph
@@ -1435,7 +1435,7 @@ func (p *Parser) paragraph(data []byte) int {
 		// did we find a blank line marking the end of the paragraph?
 		if n := p.isEmpty(current); n > 0 {
 			// did this blank line followed by a definition list item?
-			if p.flags&DefinitionLists != 0 {
+			if p.extensions&DefinitionLists != 0 {
 				if i < len(data)-1 && data[i+1] == ':' {
 					return p.list(data[prev:], ListTypeDefinition)
 				}
@@ -1461,7 +1461,7 @@ func (p *Parser) paragraph(data []byte) int {
 				}
 
 				id := ""
-				if p.flags&AutoHeadingIDs != 0 {
+				if p.extensions&AutoHeadingIDs != 0 {
 					id = sanitized_anchor_name.Create(string(data[prev:eol]))
 				}
 
@@ -1478,7 +1478,7 @@ func (p *Parser) paragraph(data []byte) int {
 		}
 
 		// if the next line starts a block of HTML, then the paragraph ends here
-		if p.flags&LaxHTMLBlocks != 0 {
+		if p.extensions&LaxHTMLBlocks != 0 {
 			if data[i] == '<' && p.html(current, false) > 0 {
 				// rewind to before the HTML block
 				p.renderParagraph(data[:i])
@@ -1493,7 +1493,7 @@ func (p *Parser) paragraph(data []byte) int {
 		}
 
 		// if there's a fenced code block, paragraph is over
-		if p.flags&FencedCode != 0 {
+		if p.extensions&FencedCode != 0 {
 			if p.fencedCodeBlock(current, false) > 0 {
 				p.renderParagraph(data[:i])
 				return i
@@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@ func (p *Parser) paragraph(data []byte) int {
 		}
 
 		// if there's a definition list item, prev line is a definition term
-		if p.flags&DefinitionLists != 0 {
+		if p.extensions&DefinitionLists != 0 {
 			if p.dliPrefix(current) != 0 {
 				ret := p.list(data[prev:], ListTypeDefinition)
 				return ret
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ func (p *Parser) paragraph(data []byte) int {
 		}
 
 		// if there's a list after this, paragraph is over
-		if p.flags&NoEmptyLineBeforeBlock != 0 {
+		if p.extensions&NoEmptyLineBeforeBlock != 0 {
 			if p.uliPrefix(current) != 0 ||
 				p.oliPrefix(current) != 0 ||
 				p.quotePrefix(current) != 0 ||
diff --git a/doc.go b/doc.go
index 321d6541..6cf29cee 100644
--- a/doc.go
+++ b/doc.go
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 // then be further processed to HTML (provided by Blackfriday itself) or other
 // formats (provided by the community).
 //
-// The simplest way to invoke Blackfriday is to call one of Markdown*
-// functions. It will take a text input and produce a text output in HTML (or
-// other format).
+// The simplest way to invoke Blackfriday is to call the Markdown function. It
+// will take a text input and produce a text output in HTML (or other format).
 //
-// A slightly more sophisticated way to use Blackfriday is to call Parse, which
-// returns a syntax tree for the input document. You can use that to write your
-// own renderer or, for example, to leverage Blackfriday's parsing for content
-// extraction from markdown documents.
+// A slightly more sophisticated way to use Blackfriday is to create a Markdown
+// processor and to call Parse, which returns a syntax tree for the input
+// document. You can leverage Blackfriday's parsing for content extraction from
+// markdown documents. You can assign a custom renderer and set various options
+// to the Markdown processor.
 //
 // If you're interested in calling Blackfriday from command line, see
 // https://github.com/russross/blackfriday-tool.
diff --git a/helpers_test.go b/helpers_test.go
index d2639d28..089c730e 100644
--- a/helpers_test.go
+++ b/helpers_test.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func execRecoverableTestSuite(t *testing.T, tests []string, params TestParams, s
 func runMarkdown(input string, params TestParams) string {
 	params.HTMLRendererParameters.Flags = params.HTMLFlags
 	renderer := NewHTMLRenderer(params.HTMLRendererParameters)
-	return string(Markdown([]byte(input), WithRenderer(renderer),
+	return string(Run([]byte(input), WithRenderer(renderer),
 		WithExtensions(params.extensions),
 		WithRefOverride(params.referenceOverride)))
 }
diff --git a/inline.go b/inline.go
index 67ca2192..3d633106 100644
--- a/inline.go
+++ b/inline.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ var (
 // data is the complete block being rendered
 // offset is the number of valid chars before the current cursor
 
-func (p *Parser) inline(currBlock *Node, data []byte) {
+func (p *Markdown) inline(currBlock *Node, data []byte) {
 	// handlers might call us recursively: enforce a maximum depth
 	if p.nesting >= p.maxNesting || len(data) == 0 {
 		return
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func (p *Parser) inline(currBlock *Node, data []byte) {
 }
 
 // single and double emphasis parsing
-func emphasis(p *Parser, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
+func emphasis(p *Markdown, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
 	data = data[offset:]
 	c := data[0]
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func emphasis(p *Parser, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
 	return 0, nil
 }
 
-func codeSpan(p *Parser, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
+func codeSpan(p *Markdown, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
 	data = data[offset:]
 
 	nb := 0
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func codeSpan(p *Parser, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
 }
 
 // newline preceded by two spaces becomes <br>
-func maybeLineBreak(p *Parser, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
+func maybeLineBreak(p *Markdown, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
 	origOffset := offset
 	for offset < len(data) && data[offset] == ' ' {
 		offset++
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ func maybeLineBreak(p *Parser, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
 }
 
 // newline without two spaces works when HardLineBreak is enabled
-func lineBreak(p *Parser, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
-	if p.flags&HardLineBreak != 0 {
+func lineBreak(p *Markdown, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
+	if p.extensions&HardLineBreak != 0 {
 		return 1, NewNode(Hardbreak)
 	}
 	return 0, nil
@@ -200,14 +200,14 @@ func isReferenceStyleLink(data []byte, pos int, t linkType) bool {
 	return pos < len(data)-1 && data[pos] == '[' && data[pos+1] != '^'
 }
 
-func maybeImage(p *Parser, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
+func maybeImage(p *Markdown, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
 	if offset < len(data)-1 && data[offset+1] == '[' {
 		return link(p, data, offset)
 	}
 	return 0, nil
 }
 
-func maybeInlineFootnote(p *Parser, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
+func maybeInlineFootnote(p *Markdown, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
 	if offset < len(data)-1 && data[offset+1] == '[' {
 		return link(p, data, offset)
 	}
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ func maybeInlineFootnote(p *Parser, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
 }
 
 // '[': parse a link or an image or a footnote
-func link(p *Parser, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
+func link(p *Markdown, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
 	// no links allowed inside regular links, footnote, and deferred footnotes
 	if p.insideLink && (offset > 0 && data[offset-1] == '[' || len(data)-1 > offset && data[offset+1] == '^') {
 		return 0, nil
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ func link(p *Parser, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
 	switch {
 	// special case: ![^text] == deferred footnote (that follows something with
 	// an exclamation point)
-	case p.flags&Footnotes != 0 && len(data)-1 > offset && data[offset+1] == '^':
+	case p.extensions&Footnotes != 0 && len(data)-1 > offset && data[offset+1] == '^':
 		t = linkDeferredFootnote
 	// ![alt] == image
 	case offset >= 0 && data[offset] == '!':
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ func link(p *Parser, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
 		offset++
 	// ^[text] == inline footnote
 	// [^refId] == deferred footnote
-	case p.flags&Footnotes != 0:
+	case p.extensions&Footnotes != 0:
 		if offset >= 0 && data[offset] == '^' {
 			t = linkInlineFootnote
 			offset++
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ func link(p *Parser, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
 	return i, linkNode
 }
 
-func (p *Parser) inlineHTMLComment(data []byte) int {
+func (p *Markdown) inlineHTMLComment(data []byte) int {
 	if len(data) < 5 {
 		return 0
 	}
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 // '<' when tags or autolinks are allowed
-func leftAngle(p *Parser, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
+func leftAngle(p *Markdown, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
 	data = data[offset:]
 	altype, end := tagLength(data)
 	if size := p.inlineHTMLComment(data); size > 0 {
@@ -646,11 +646,11 @@ func leftAngle(p *Parser, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
 // '\\' backslash escape
 var escapeChars = []byte("\\`*_{}[]()#+-.!:|&<>~")
 
-func escape(p *Parser, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
+func escape(p *Markdown, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
 	data = data[offset:]
 
 	if len(data) > 1 {
-		if p.flags&BackslashLineBreak != 0 && data[1] == '\n' {
+		if p.extensions&BackslashLineBreak != 0 && data[1] == '\n' {
 			return 2, NewNode(Hardbreak)
 		}
 		if bytes.IndexByte(escapeChars, data[1]) < 0 {
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ func unescapeText(ob *bytes.Buffer, src []byte) {
 
 // '&' escaped when it doesn't belong to an entity
 // valid entities are assumed to be anything matching &#?[A-Za-z0-9]+;
-func entity(p *Parser, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
+func entity(p *Markdown, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
 	data = data[offset:]
 
 	end := 1
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ var protocolPrefixes = [][]byte{
 
 const shortestPrefix = 6 // len("ftp://"), the shortest of the above
 
-func maybeAutoLink(p *Parser, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
+func maybeAutoLink(p *Markdown, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
 	// quick check to rule out most false hits
 	if p.insideLink || len(data) < offset+shortestPrefix {
 		return 0, nil
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ func maybeAutoLink(p *Parser, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
 	return 0, nil
 }
 
-func autoLink(p *Parser, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
+func autoLink(p *Markdown, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node) {
 	// Now a more expensive check to see if we're not inside an anchor element
 	anchorStart := offset
 	offsetFromAnchor := 0
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ func helperFindEmphChar(data []byte, c byte) int {
 	return 0
 }
 
-func helperEmphasis(p *Parser, data []byte, c byte) (int, *Node) {
+func helperEmphasis(p *Markdown, data []byte, c byte) (int, *Node) {
 	i := 0
 
 	// skip one symbol if coming from emph3
@@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@ func helperEmphasis(p *Parser, data []byte, c byte) (int, *Node) {
 
 		if data[i] == c && !isspace(data[i-1]) {
 
-			if p.flags&NoIntraEmphasis != 0 {
+			if p.extensions&NoIntraEmphasis != 0 {
 				if !(i+1 == len(data) || isspace(data[i+1]) || ispunct(data[i+1])) {
 					continue
 				}
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ func helperEmphasis(p *Parser, data []byte, c byte) (int, *Node) {
 	return 0, nil
 }
 
-func helperDoubleEmphasis(p *Parser, data []byte, c byte) (int, *Node) {
+func helperDoubleEmphasis(p *Markdown, data []byte, c byte) (int, *Node) {
 	i := 0
 
 	for i < len(data) {
@@ -1159,7 +1159,7 @@ func helperDoubleEmphasis(p *Parser, data []byte, c byte) (int, *Node) {
 	return 0, nil
 }
 
-func helperTripleEmphasis(p *Parser, data []byte, offset int, c byte) (int, *Node) {
+func helperTripleEmphasis(p *Markdown, data []byte, offset int, c byte) (int, *Node) {
 	i := 0
 	origData := data
 	data = data[offset:]
diff --git a/markdown.go b/markdown.go
index 9b7c8181..9c70e22e 100644
--- a/markdown.go
+++ b/markdown.go
@@ -154,18 +154,20 @@ type Renderer interface {
 
 // Callback functions for inline parsing. One such function is defined
 // for each character that triggers a response when parsing inline data.
-type inlineParser func(p *Parser, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node)
-
-// Parser holds runtime state used by the parser.
-// This is constructed by the Markdown function.
-type Parser struct {
-	refOverride    ReferenceOverrideFunc
-	refs           map[string]*reference
-	inlineCallback [256]inlineParser
-	flags          Extensions
-	nesting        int
-	maxNesting     int
-	insideLink     bool
+type inlineParser func(p *Markdown, data []byte, offset int) (int, *Node)
+
+// Markdown is a type that holds:
+// - extensions and the runtime state used by Parse,
+// - the renderer.
+type Markdown struct {
+	renderer          Renderer
+	referenceOverride ReferenceOverrideFunc
+	refs              map[string]*reference
+	inlineCallback    [256]inlineParser
+	extensions        Extensions
+	nesting           int
+	maxNesting        int
+	insideLink        bool
 
 	// Footnotes need to be ordered as well as available to quickly check for
 	// presence. If a ref is also a footnote, it's stored both in refs and here
@@ -179,9 +181,9 @@ type Parser struct {
 	allClosed            bool
 }
 
-func (p *Parser) getRef(refid string) (ref *reference, found bool) {
-	if p.refOverride != nil {
-		r, overridden := p.refOverride(refid)
+func (p *Markdown) getRef(refid string) (ref *reference, found bool) {
+	if p.referenceOverride != nil {
+		r, overridden := p.referenceOverride(refid)
 		if overridden {
 			if r == nil {
 				return nil, false
@@ -199,17 +201,17 @@ func (p *Parser) getRef(refid string) (ref *reference, found bool) {
 	return ref, found
 }
 
-func (p *Parser) finalize(block *Node) {
+func (p *Markdown) finalize(block *Node) {
 	above := block.Parent
 	block.open = false
 	p.tip = above
 }
 
-func (p *Parser) addChild(node NodeType, offset uint32) *Node {
+func (p *Markdown) addChild(node NodeType, offset uint32) *Node {
 	return p.addExistingChild(NewNode(node), offset)
 }
 
-func (p *Parser) addExistingChild(node *Node, offset uint32) *Node {
+func (p *Markdown) addExistingChild(node *Node, offset uint32) *Node {
 	for !p.tip.canContain(node.Type) {
 		p.finalize(p.tip)
 	}
@@ -218,7 +220,7 @@ func (p *Parser) addExistingChild(node *Node, offset uint32) *Node {
 	return node
 }
 
-func (p *Parser) closeUnmatchedBlocks() {
+func (p *Markdown) closeUnmatchedBlocks() {
 	if !p.allClosed {
 		for p.oldTip != p.lastMatchedContainer {
 			parent := p.oldTip.Parent
@@ -253,32 +255,13 @@ type Reference struct {
 // See the documentation in Options for more details on use-case.
 type ReferenceOverrideFunc func(reference string) (ref *Reference, overridden bool)
 
-// Processor contains all the state necessary for Blackfriday to operate.
-type Processor struct {
-	r                 Renderer
-	extensions        Extensions
-	referenceOverride ReferenceOverrideFunc
-}
-
-// DefaultProcessor creates the processor tuned to the most common behavior.
-func DefaultProcessor() *Processor {
-	return &Processor{
-		r: NewHTMLRenderer(HTMLRendererParameters{
-			Flags: CommonHTMLFlags,
-		}),
-		extensions: CommonExtensions,
-	}
-}
-
-// NewParser constructs a Parser. You can use the same With* functions as for
-// Markdown() to customize parser's behavior.
-func (proc *Processor) NewParser(opts ...Option) *Parser {
+// New constructs a Markdown processor. You can use the same With* functions as
+// for Run() to customize parser's behavior and the renderer.
+func New(opts ...Option) *Markdown {
+	var p Markdown
 	for _, opt := range opts {
-		opt(proc)
+		opt(&p)
 	}
-	var p Parser
-	p.flags = proc.extensions
-	p.refOverride = proc.referenceOverride
 	p.refs = make(map[string]*reference)
 	p.maxNesting = 16
 	p.insideLink = false
@@ -292,7 +275,7 @@ func (proc *Processor) NewParser(opts ...Option) *Parser {
 	p.inlineCallback[' '] = maybeLineBreak
 	p.inlineCallback['*'] = emphasis
 	p.inlineCallback['_'] = emphasis
-	if proc.extensions&Strikethrough != 0 {
+	if p.extensions&Strikethrough != 0 {
 		p.inlineCallback['~'] = emphasis
 	}
 	p.inlineCallback['`'] = codeSpan
@@ -303,7 +286,7 @@ func (proc *Processor) NewParser(opts ...Option) *Parser {
 	p.inlineCallback['&'] = entity
 	p.inlineCallback['!'] = maybeImage
 	p.inlineCallback['^'] = maybeInlineFootnote
-	if proc.extensions&Autolink != 0 {
+	if p.extensions&Autolink != 0 {
 		p.inlineCallback['h'] = maybeAutoLink
 		p.inlineCallback['m'] = maybeAutoLink
 		p.inlineCallback['f'] = maybeAutoLink
@@ -311,35 +294,35 @@ func (proc *Processor) NewParser(opts ...Option) *Parser {
 		p.inlineCallback['M'] = maybeAutoLink
 		p.inlineCallback['F'] = maybeAutoLink
 	}
-	if proc.extensions&Footnotes != 0 {
+	if p.extensions&Footnotes != 0 {
 		p.notes = make([]*reference, 0)
 	}
 	return &p
 }
 
-// Option customizes Processor's default behavior.
-type Option func(*Processor)
+// Option customizes the Markdown processor's default behavior.
+type Option func(*Markdown)
 
 // WithRenderer allows you to override the default renderer.
 func WithRenderer(r Renderer) Option {
-	return func(p *Processor) {
-		p.r = r
+	return func(p *Markdown) {
+		p.renderer = r
 	}
 }
 
 // WithExtensions allows you to pick some of the many extensions provided by
 // Blackfriday. You can bitwise OR them.
 func WithExtensions(e Extensions) Option {
-	return func(p *Processor) {
+	return func(p *Markdown) {
 		p.extensions = e
 	}
 }
 
 // WithNoExtensions turns off all extensions and custom behavior.
 func WithNoExtensions() Option {
-	return func(p *Processor) {
+	return func(p *Markdown) {
 		p.extensions = NoExtensions
-		p.r = NewHTMLRenderer(HTMLRendererParameters{
+		p.renderer = NewHTMLRenderer(HTMLRendererParameters{
 			Flags: HTMLFlagsNone,
 		})
 	}
@@ -360,41 +343,45 @@ func WithNoExtensions() Option {
 // the override function indicates an override did not occur, the refids at
 // the bottom will be used to fill in the link details.
 func WithRefOverride(o ReferenceOverrideFunc) Option {
-	return func(p *Processor) {
+	return func(p *Markdown) {
 		p.referenceOverride = o
 	}
 }
 
-// Markdown is the main entry point to Blackfriday. It parses and renders a
+// Run is the main entry point to Blackfriday. It parses and renders a
 // block of markdown-encoded text.
 //
-// The simplest invocation of Markdown takes one argument, input:
-//     output := Markdown(input)
+// The simplest invocation of Run takes one argument, input:
+//     output := Run(input)
 // This will parse the input with CommonExtensions enabled and render it with
 // the default HTMLRenderer (with CommonHTMLFlags).
 //
-// Variadic arguments opts can customize the default behavior. Since Processor
+// Variadic arguments opts can customize the default behavior. Since Markdown
 // type does not contain exported fields, you can not use it directly. Instead,
 // use the With* functions. For example, this will call the most basic
 // functionality, with no extensions:
-//     output := Markdown(input, WithNoExtensions())
+//     output := Run(input, WithNoExtensions())
 //
 // You can use any number of With* arguments, even contradicting ones. They
 // will be applied in order of appearance and the latter will override the
 // former:
-//     output := Markdown(input, WithNoExtensions(), WithExtensions(exts),
+//     output := Run(input, WithNoExtensions(), WithExtensions(exts),
 //         WithRenderer(yourRenderer))
-func Markdown(input []byte, opts ...Option) []byte {
-	p := DefaultProcessor()
-	parser := p.NewParser(opts...)
-	return p.r.Render(parser.Parse(input))
+func Run(input []byte, opts ...Option) []byte {
+	r := NewHTMLRenderer(HTMLRendererParameters{
+		Flags: CommonHTMLFlags,
+	})
+	optList := []Option{WithRenderer(r), WithExtensions(CommonExtensions)}
+	optList = append(optList, opts...)
+	parser := New(optList...)
+	return parser.renderer.Render(parser.Parse(input))
 }
 
 // Parse is an entry point to the parsing part of Blackfriday. It takes an
 // input markdown document and produces a syntax tree for its contents. This
 // tree can then be rendered with a default or custom renderer, or
 // analyzed/transformed by the caller to whatever non-standard needs they have.
-func (p *Parser) Parse(input []byte) *Node {
+func (p *Markdown) Parse(input []byte) *Node {
 	p.block(input)
 	// Walk the tree and finish up some of unfinished blocks
 	for p.tip != nil {
@@ -412,8 +399,8 @@ func (p *Parser) Parse(input []byte) *Node {
 	return p.doc
 }
 
-func (p *Parser) parseRefsToAST() {
-	if p.flags&Footnotes == 0 || len(p.notes) == 0 {
+func (p *Markdown) parseRefsToAST() {
+	if p.extensions&Footnotes == 0 || len(p.notes) == 0 {
 		return
 	}
 	p.tip = p.doc
@@ -537,7 +524,7 @@ func (r *reference) String() string {
 // (in the render struct).
 // Returns the number of bytes to skip to move past it,
 // or zero if the first line is not a reference.
-func isReference(p *Parser, data []byte, tabSize int) int {
+func isReference(p *Markdown, data []byte, tabSize int) int {
 	// up to 3 optional leading spaces
 	if len(data) < 4 {
 		return 0
@@ -554,7 +541,7 @@ func isReference(p *Parser, data []byte, tabSize int) int {
 		return 0
 	}
 	i++
-	if p.flags&Footnotes != 0 {
+	if p.extensions&Footnotes != 0 {
 		if i < len(data) && data[i] == '^' {
 			// we can set it to anything here because the proper noteIds will
 			// be assigned later during the second pass. It just has to be != 0
@@ -605,7 +592,7 @@ func isReference(p *Parser, data []byte, tabSize int) int {
 		hasBlock              bool
 	)
 
-	if p.flags&Footnotes != 0 && noteID != 0 {
+	if p.extensions&Footnotes != 0 && noteID != 0 {
 		linkOffset, linkEnd, raw, hasBlock = scanFootnote(p, data, i, tabSize)
 		lineEnd = linkEnd
 	} else {
@@ -640,7 +627,7 @@ func isReference(p *Parser, data []byte, tabSize int) int {
 	return lineEnd
 }
 
-func scanLinkRef(p *Parser, data []byte, i int) (linkOffset, linkEnd, titleOffset, titleEnd, lineEnd int) {
+func scanLinkRef(p *Markdown, data []byte, i int) (linkOffset, linkEnd, titleOffset, titleEnd, lineEnd int) {
 	// link: whitespace-free sequence, optionally between angle brackets
 	if data[i] == '<' {
 		i++
@@ -714,7 +701,7 @@ func scanLinkRef(p *Parser, data []byte, i int) (linkOffset, linkEnd, titleOffse
 // blockEnd is the end of the section in the input buffer, and contents is the
 // extracted text that was shifted over one tab. It will need to be rendered at
 // the end of the document.
-func scanFootnote(p *Parser, data []byte, i, indentSize int) (blockStart, blockEnd int, contents []byte, hasBlock bool) {
+func scanFootnote(p *Markdown, data []byte, i, indentSize int) (blockStart, blockEnd int, contents []byte, hasBlock bool) {
 	if i == 0 || len(data) == 0 {
 		return
 	}