diff --git a/docs/api.rst b/docs/api.rst
index 615052a3..b6c68354 100644
--- a/docs/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api.rst
@@ -677,7 +677,9 @@ Context Class
 
                 recv = context.call_async(os.check_output, 'ls /tmp/')
                 try:
-                    print recv.get_data()  # Prints output once it is received.
+                    # Prints output once it is received.
+                    msg = recv.get()
+                    print msg.unpickle()
                 except mitogen.core.CallError, e:
                     print 'Call failed:', str(e)
 
diff --git a/docs/getting_started.rst b/docs/getting_started.rst
index 23008f55..65f89ae9 100644
--- a/docs/getting_started.rst
+++ b/docs/getting_started.rst
@@ -170,11 +170,12 @@ It is a simple wrapper around the more flexible :meth:`Context.call_async`,
 which immediately returns a :class:`Receiver <mitogen.core.Receiver>` wired up
 to receive the return value instead. A receiver may simply be discarded, kept
 around indefinitely without ever reading its result, or used to wait on the
-results from several calls. Here :meth:`get_data() <mitogen.core.Receiver.get>`
+results from several calls. Here :meth:`get() <mitogen.core.Receiver.get>`
 is called to block the thread until the result arrives::
 
     >>> call = local.call_async(time.time)
-    >>> print call.get_data()
+    >>> msg = call.get()
+    >>> print msg.unpickle()
     1507292737.75547
 
 
diff --git a/mitogen/core.py b/mitogen/core.py
index 2df898ef..b9462d6d 100644
--- a/mitogen/core.py
+++ b/mitogen/core.py
@@ -769,9 +769,10 @@ class Context(object):
     def send_await(self, msg, deadline=None):
         """Send `msg` and wait for a response with an optional timeout."""
         receiver = self.send_async(msg)
-        response = receiver.get_data(deadline)
-        IOLOG.debug('%r._send_await() -> %r', self, response)
-        return response
+        response = receiver.get(deadline)
+        data = response.unpickle()
+        IOLOG.debug('%r._send_await() -> %r', self, data)
+        return data
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return 'Context(%s, %r)' % (self.context_id, self.name)