diff --git a/lib/http.js b/lib/http.js
index 2e1cc84da2..81c5f67ddf 100644
--- a/lib/http.js
+++ b/lib/http.js
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ exports.IncomingMessage = IncomingMessage;
 IncomingMessage.prototype.read = function(n) {
   this._consuming = true;
   this.read = Stream.Readable.prototype.read;
-  return Stream.Readable.prototype.read.call(this, n);
+  return this.read(n);
 };
 
 
@@ -1518,7 +1518,7 @@ function parserOnIncomingClient(res, shouldKeepAlive) {
   res.on('end', responseOnEnd);
 
   // If the user did not listen for the 'response' event, then they
-  // can't possibly read the data, so we .resume() it into the void
+  // can't possibly read the data, so we ._dump() it into the void
   // so that the socket doesn't hang there in a paused state.
   if (!handled)
     res._dump();
@@ -1845,7 +1845,7 @@ function connectionListener(socket) {
       incoming.shift();
 
       // if the user never called req.read(), and didn't pipe() or
-      // .resume() or .on('data'), then we call req.resume() so that the
+      // .resume() or .on('data'), then we call req._dump() so that the
       // bytes will be pulled off the wire.
       if (!req._consuming)
         req._dump();