diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6c6f765..3f80543 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ C(<name>, ..)
 
 ## Utilities
 
-### `normalizeIndent(..)`
+### `normalizeIndent(..)` / `normalizeTextIndent(..)`
 
 Align _code_ to shortest leading white-space
 ```
@@ -647,6 +647,13 @@ normalizeIndent(<text>, <tab-size>, <keep-tabs>)
 This is used to format `.toString(..)` return values for nested functions
 to make source printing in console more pleasant to read.
 
+`tab_size` defaults to `object.TAB_SIZE`
+
+`keep_tabs` defaults to `object.KEEP_TABS`
+
+`normalizeTextIndent(..)` is a shorthand optimized for text rather than 
+code -- ignores `object.KEEP_TABS` and `keep_tabs` is 0 by default.
+
 
 ### `match(..)`
 
diff --git a/object.js b/object.js
index 11ced79..66e6bbb 100755
--- a/object.js
+++ b/object.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ var KEEP_TABS =
 module.KEEP_TABS = 1
 
 
-// Normalize indent...
+// Normalize code indent...
 //
 // 	normalizeIndent(text)
 // 		-> text
@@ -47,12 +47,18 @@ module.KEEP_TABS = 1
 var normalizeIndent =
 module.normalizeIndent =
 function(text, tab_size, keep_tabs){
-	tab_size = tab_size || TAB_SIZE
-	keep_tabs = (keep_tabs || KEEP_TABS) * tab_size
+	tab_size = tab_size == null ? 
+		TAB_SIZE 
+		: tab_size
+	keep_tabs = (keep_tabs == null ? 
+			KEEP_TABS 
+			: keep_tabs) 
+		* tab_size
 	tab_size = ' '.repeat(tab_size)
 	text = tab_size != '' ?
 		text.replace(/\t/g, tab_size)
 		: text
+
 	var lines = text.trim().split(/\n/)
 	var l = lines 
 		.reduce(function(l, e, i){
@@ -69,6 +75,7 @@ function(text, tab_size, keep_tabs){
 					indent 
 				// min...
 				: Math.min(l, indent) }, -1)
+
 	return lines
 		.map(function(line, i){ 
 			return i == 0 ? 
@@ -78,6 +85,13 @@ function(text, tab_size, keep_tabs){
 		.trim() }
 
 
+// shorthand more suted for text...
+var normalizeTextIndent =
+module.normalizeTextIndent =
+function(text, tab_size, keep_tabs){
+	return module.normalizeIndent(text, tab_size, keep_tabs || 0) }
+
+
 // Match two objects...
 //
 // 	match(a, b)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6cf9c44..2ec69d8 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ig-object",
-  "version": "3.3.1",
+  "version": "3.3.2",
   "description": "",
   "main": "object.js",
   "scripts": {