diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9e6ef00..cf3e50f 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class B extends A {
 		- [`RawInstance(..)`](#rawinstance)
 		- [`Constructor(..)` / `C(..)`](#constructor--c)
 	- [Utilities](#utilities)
-		- [`normalizeIndent(..)` / `normalizeTextIndent(..)`](#normalizeindent--normalizetextindent)
+		- [`normalizeIndent(..)` / `normalizeTextIndent(..)` / `doc` / `text`](#normalizeindent--normalizetextindent--doc--text)
 		- [`deepKeys(..)`](#deepkeys)
 		- [`match(..)`](#match)
 		- [`matchPartial(..)`](#matchpartial)
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ C(<name>, ..)
 
 ## Utilities
 
-### `normalizeIndent(..)` / `normalizeTextIndent(..)`
+### `normalizeIndent(..)` / `normalizeTextIndent(..)` / `doc` / `text`
 
 Align _code_ to shortest leading white-space
 ```
@@ -894,6 +894,9 @@ normalizeTextIndent(..)
 This ignores `object.LEADING_TABS` and `leading_tabs` is 0 by default.
 
 
+`doc` and `text` are template string versions of `normalizeIndent(..)` and `normalizeTextIndent(..)` respectively.
+
+
 ### `deepKeys(..)`
 
 ```
diff --git a/object.js b/object.js
index 8c56b31..c34c9e5 100755
--- a/object.js
+++ b/object.js
@@ -120,6 +120,22 @@ function(text, tab_size, leading_tabs){
 	return module.normalizeIndent(text, tab_size, leading_tabs || 0) }
 
 
+// template string tag versions of the above...
+var doc =
+module.doc =
+function(strings, ...values){
+	return normalizeIndent(strings
+		.map(function(s, i){ return s + (values[i] || '') })
+		.join('')) }
+
+var text =
+module.text =
+function(strings, ...values){
+	return normalizeTextIndent(strings
+		.map(function(s, i){ return s + (values[i] || '') })
+		.join('')) }
+
+
 // Get keys from prototype chain...
 //
 // 	deepKeys(obj)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3ba7dd1..b78a887 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ig-object",
-  "version": "5.0.15",
+  "version": "5.1.15",
   "description": "",
   "main": "object.js",
   "scripts": {
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "c8": "^7.2.1",
     "colors": "^1.4.0",
-    "ig-argv": "^2.10.3"
+    "ig-argv": "^2.11.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 570d85a..f6ea012 100755
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ if(typeof(__filename) != 'undefined'
 
 		'-verbose': {
 			doc: 'verbose mode',
-			//env: 'VERBOSE',
+			env: 'VERBOSE',
 			handler: function(){
 				module.VERBOSE = true }
 		},