diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 568038f834..dae9a97693 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -443,25 +443,6 @@ $('.pear').html()
 ### Miscellaneous
 DOM element methods that don't fit anywhere else
 
-#### .get( [index] )
-Retrieve the DOM elements matched by the cheerio object. If no index is specified, it will get an array of all matched elements.
-
-```js
-$('li').get(0)
-//=> { raw: 'li class="apple"', ... }
-
-$('li').get()
-//=> [ {...}, {...}, {...} ]
-```
-
-#### .size()
-Return the number of elements in the cheerio object. Same as `length`.
-
-```js
-$('li').size()
-//=> 3
-```
-
 #### .toArray()
 Retrieve all the DOM elements contained in the jQuery set, as an array.
 
diff --git a/lib/api/manipulation.js b/lib/api/manipulation.js
index f8e3c0836b..abb38fa663 100644
--- a/lib/api/manipulation.js
+++ b/lib/api/manipulation.js
@@ -16,46 +16,25 @@ var makeCheerioArray = function(elems) {
   }, []);
 };
 
-var append = exports.append = function() {
-  var elems = slice.call(arguments),
-      dom = makeCheerioArray(elems);
-
-  this.each(function(i, el) {
-    if (_.isFunction(elems[0])) {
-      // No yet supported
-      return this;
-    } else {
-      if (!el.children) el.children = [];
-      el.children = el.children.concat(dom);
-      updateDOM(el.children, el);
-    }
-  });
+var _insert = function(concatenator) {
+  return function() {
+    var elems = slice.call(arguments),
+        dom = makeCheerioArray(elems);
 
-  return this;
+    return this.each(function(i, el) {
+      if (_.isFunction(elems[0])) return el; // not yet supported
+      updateDOM(concatenator(dom, el.children || (el.children = [])), el);
+    });
+  };
 };
 
+var append = exports.append = _insert(function(dom, children) {
+  return children.concat(dom);
+});
 
-/*
-  TODO: Refactor, only one line difference between,
-  this function and append
-*/
-var prepend = exports.prepend = function() {
-  var elems = slice.call(arguments),
-      dom = makeCheerioArray(elems);
-
-  this.each(function(i, el) {
-    if (_.isFunction(elems[0])) {
-      // No yet supported
-      return this;
-    } else {
-      if (!el.children) el.children = [];
-      el.children = dom.concat(el.children);
-      updateDOM(el.children, el);
-    }
-  });
-
-  return this;
-};
+var prepend = exports.prepend = _insert(function(dom, children) {
+  return dom.concat(children);
+});
 
 var after = exports.after = function() {
   var elems = slice.call(arguments),