diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 16d04ca6b7..f6cfcf60de 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ tags
 .lock-wscript
 Makefile
 *.pyc
+website/api.html
diff --git a/src/node.js b/src/node.js
index 76f411138f..a4faaf0a9f 100644
--- a/src/node.js
+++ b/src/node.js
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ node.tcp.createServer = function (on_connection, options) {
   return server;
 };
 
+node.createProcess = function (command) {
+  var process = new node.Process();
+  process.spawn(command);
+  return process;
+};
+
 // Timers
 
 function setTimeout (callback, after) {
diff --git a/src/process.cc b/src/process.cc
index ee9de6e4dd..85f2db7eb3 100644
--- a/src/process.cc
+++ b/src/process.cc
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Process::Initialize (Handle<Object> target)
   constructor_template->Inherit(EventEmitter::constructor_template);
   constructor_template->InstanceTemplate()->SetInternalFieldCount(1);
 
+  NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD(constructor_template, "spawn", Process::Spawn);
   NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD(constructor_template, "write", Process::Write);
   NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD(constructor_template, "close", Process::Close);
   NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD(constructor_template, "kill", Process::Kill);
@@ -47,21 +48,32 @@ Process::Initialize (Handle<Object> target)
 Handle<Value>
 Process::New (const Arguments& args)
 {
-  if (args.Length() == 0) return Undefined();
-
   HandleScope scope;
 
-  String::Utf8Value command(args[0]->ToString());
-
   Process *p = new Process(args.Holder());
   ObjectWrap::InformV8ofAllocation(p);
 
-  int r = p->Spawn(*command);
+  return args.This();
+}
+
+Handle<Value>
+Process::Spawn (const Arguments& args)
+{
+  if (args.Length() == 0 || !args[0]->IsString()) {
+    return ThrowException(String::New("Bad argument."));
+  }
+
+  HandleScope scope;
+  Process *process = NODE_UNWRAP(Process, args.Holder());
+
+  String::Utf8Value command(args[0]->ToString());
+
+  int r = process->Spawn(*command);
   if (r != 0) {
     return ThrowException(String::New("Error spawning"));
   }
 
-  return args.This();
+  return Undefined();
 }
 
 Handle<Value>
diff --git a/src/process.h b/src/process.h
index 951cf4d22c..932d439fb4 100644
--- a/src/process.h
+++ b/src/process.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class Process : EventEmitter {
  protected:
   static v8::Persistent<v8::FunctionTemplate> constructor_template;
   static v8::Handle<v8::Value> New (const v8::Arguments& args);
+  static v8::Handle<v8::Value> Spawn (const v8::Arguments& args);
   static v8::Handle<v8::Value> Write (const v8::Arguments& args);
   static v8::Handle<v8::Value> Close (const v8::Arguments& args);
   static v8::Handle<v8::Value> Kill (const v8::Arguments& args);
diff --git a/test/mjsunit/test-process-buffering.js b/test/mjsunit/test-process-buffering.js
index 307458703d..2e48ad7b06 100644
--- a/test/mjsunit/test-process-buffering.js
+++ b/test/mjsunit/test-process-buffering.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ var pwd_called = false;
 
 function pwd (callback) {
   var output = "";
-  var process = new node.Process("pwd");
+  var process = node.createProcess("pwd");
   process.addListener("output", function (s) {
     if (s) output += s;
   });
diff --git a/test/mjsunit/test-process-kill.js b/test/mjsunit/test-process-kill.js
index b6af123e8d..b3e5ffc228 100644
--- a/test/mjsunit/test-process-kill.js
+++ b/test/mjsunit/test-process-kill.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ include("mjsunit.js");
 var exit_status = -1;
 
 function onLoad () {
-  var cat = new node.Process("cat");
+  var cat = node.createProcess("cat");
 
   cat.addListener("output", function (chunk) { assertEquals(null, chunk); });
   cat.addListener("error", function (chunk) { assertEquals(null, chunk); });
diff --git a/test/mjsunit/test-process-simple.js b/test/mjsunit/test-process-simple.js
index 2a0682d538..6f1b8f41c1 100644
--- a/test/mjsunit/test-process-simple.js
+++ b/test/mjsunit/test-process-simple.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 include("mjsunit.js");
 
-var cat = new node.Process("cat");
+var cat = node.createProcess("cat");
 
 var response = "";
 var exit_status = -1;
diff --git a/test/mjsunit/test-process-spawn-loop.js b/test/mjsunit/test-process-spawn-loop.js
index 902dbef3a2..db900730c5 100644
--- a/test/mjsunit/test-process-spawn-loop.js
+++ b/test/mjsunit/test-process-spawn-loop.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ var N = 40;
 var finished = false;
 
 function spawn (i) {
-  var p = new node.Process('python -c "print 500 * 1024 * \'C\'"'); 
+  var p = node.createProcess('python -c "print 500 * 1024 * \'C\'"'); 
   var output = "";
 
   p.addListener("output", function(chunk) { 
diff --git a/website/api.txt b/website/api.txt
index 7ca8c61b03..19c1c2100f 100644
--- a/website/api.txt
+++ b/website/api.txt
@@ -324,7 +324,6 @@ Node provides a tridirectional +popen(3)+ facility through the class
 
 ==== +node.Process+
 
-.Events
 [cols="1,2,10",options="header"]
 |=========================================================
 |Event      |Parameters |Notes
@@ -348,11 +347,11 @@ that the +"output"+ and +"error"+ callbacks will no longer be made.
 
 |=========================================================
 
-+new node.Process(command)+::
++node.createProcess(command)+::
 Launches a new process with the given +command+. For example:
 +
 ----------------------------------------
-var ls = new node.Process("ls -lh /usr");
+var ls = node.createProcess("ls -lh /usr");
 ls.addListener("output", function (data) {
   puts(data);
 });