diff --git a/docs/api.rst b/docs/api.rst
index 58b6b500..edec8a5f 100644
--- a/docs/api.rst
+++ b/docs/api.rst
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ contexts.
         total = 0
         recvs = [c.call_async(long_running_operation) for c in contexts]
 
-        for recv, (msg, data) in mitogen.master.Select(recvs):
-            print 'Got %s from %s' % (data, recv)
-            total += data
+        for msg in mitogen.master.Select(recvs):
+            print 'Got %s from %s' % (msg, msg.receiver)
+            total += msg.unpickle()
 
         # Iteration ends when last Receiver yields a result.
         print 'Received total %s from %s receivers' % (total, len(recvs))
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ contexts.
 
         with mitogen.master.Select(oneshot=False) as select:
             while running():
-                for recv, (msg, data) in select:
-                    process_result(recv.context, msg.unpickle())
+                for msg in select:
+                    process_result(msg.receiver.context, msg.unpickle())
                 for context, workfunc in get_new_work():
                     select.add(context.call_async(workfunc))
 
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ contexts.
             ])
         ]
 
-        for recv, (msg, data) in mitogen.master.Select(selects):
-            print data
+        for msg in mitogen.master.Select(selects):
+            print msg.unpickle()
 
     .. py:method:: get (timeout=None)
 
@@ -123,11 +123,14 @@ contexts.
         :py:class:`mitogen.core.TimeoutError` if no value is available within
         `timeout` seconds.
 
+        On success, the message's :py:attr:`receiver
+        <mitogen.core.Message.receiver>` attribute is set to the receiver.
+
         :param float timeout:
             Timeout in seconds.
 
         :return:
-            `(receiver, (msg, data))`
+            :py:class:`mitogen.core.Message`
 
     .. py:method:: __bool__ ()
 
diff --git a/mitogen/core.py b/mitogen/core.py
index 6c58da16..aae36a76 100644
--- a/mitogen/core.py
+++ b/mitogen/core.py
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ class Message(object):
     data = ''
 
     router = None
+    receiver = None
 
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         self.src_id = mitogen.context_id
diff --git a/mitogen/master.py b/mitogen/master.py
index 236127e9..4f8d5135 100644
--- a/mitogen/master.py
+++ b/mitogen/master.py
@@ -146,8 +146,7 @@ class Select(object):
 
     def __iter__(self):
         while self._receivers:
-            recv, msg = self.get()
-            yield recv, msg
+            yield self.get()
 
     loop_msg = 'Adding this Select instance would create a Select cycle'
 
@@ -206,7 +205,8 @@ class Select(object):
                 msg = recv.get(block=False)
                 if self._oneshot:
                     self.remove(recv)
-                return recv, msg
+                msg.receiver = recv
+                return msg
             except mitogen.core.TimeoutError:
                 # A receiver may have been queued with no result if another
                 # thread drained it before we woke up, or because another
diff --git a/tests/select_test.py b/tests/select_test.py
index bf73561d..b057d322 100644
--- a/tests/select_test.py
+++ b/tests/select_test.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ class IterTest(testlib.RouterMixin, testlib.TestCase):
         select = self.klass([recv])
         msg = mitogen.core.Message.pickled('123')
         recv._on_receive(msg)
-        self.assertEquals([(recv, (msg, '123'))], list(select))
+        self.assertEquals([msg], list(select))
 
 
 class OneShotTest(testlib.RouterMixin, testlib.TestCase):
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class OneShotTest(testlib.RouterMixin, testlib.TestCase):
         select = self.klass([recv])
         msg = mitogen.core.Message.pickled('123')
         recv._on_receive(msg)
-        recv, (msg_, data) = select.get()
+        msg_ = select.get()
         self.assertEquals(msg, msg_)
         self.assertEquals(0, len(select._receivers))
         self.assertEquals(None, recv.notify)
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ class OneShotTest(testlib.RouterMixin, testlib.TestCase):
         select = self.klass([recv], oneshot=False)
         msg = mitogen.core.Message.pickled('123')
         recv._on_receive(msg)
-        self.assertEquals((recv, (msg, '123')), select.get())
+
+        self.assertEquals(msg, select.get())
         self.assertEquals(1, len(select._receivers))
         self.assertEquals(recv, select._receivers[0])
         self.assertEquals(select._put, recv.notify)
@@ -241,22 +242,29 @@ class GetTest(testlib.RouterMixin, testlib.TestCase):
         recv = mitogen.core.Receiver(self.router)
         recv._on_receive(mitogen.core.Message.pickled('123'))
         select = self.klass([recv])
-        recv, (msg, data) = select.get()
-        self.assertEquals('123', data)
+        msg = select.get()
+        self.assertEquals('123', msg.unpickle())
 
     def test_nonempty_after_add(self):
         recv = mitogen.core.Receiver(self.router)
         select = self.klass([recv])
         recv._on_receive(mitogen.core.Message.pickled('123'))
-        recv, (msg, data) = select.get()
-        self.assertEquals('123', data)
+        msg = select.get()
+        self.assertEquals('123', msg.unpickle())
+
+    def test_nonempty_receiver_attr_set(self):
+        recv = mitogen.core.Receiver(self.router)
+        select = self.klass([recv])
+        recv._on_receive(mitogen.core.Message.pickled('123'))
+        msg = select.get()
+        self.assertEquals(msg.receiver, recv)
 
     def test_drained_by_other_thread(self):
         recv = mitogen.core.Receiver(self.router)
         recv._on_receive(mitogen.core.Message.pickled('123'))
         select = self.klass([recv])
-        msg, data = recv.get()
-        self.assertEquals('123', data)
+        msg = recv.get()
+        self.assertEquals('123', msg.unpickle())
         self.assertRaises(mitogen.core.TimeoutError,
             lambda: select.get(timeout=0.0))