diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index c4dbf91..52acf1a 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ FakeFS provides a test suite and works with symlinks. It's also strictly a
 test-time dependency: your actual library does not need to use or know about
 FakeFS.
 
+
+Speed?
+------
+http://gist.github.com/150348
+
+
 Authors
 -------
 
diff --git a/lib/fakefs.rb b/lib/fakefs.rb
index 50b9dea..0d85386 100644
--- a/lib/fakefs.rb
+++ b/lib/fakefs.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ module FakeFS
       FileSystem.delete(path)
     end
     alias_method :rm_rf, :rm
+    alias_method :rm_r, :rm
 
     def ln_s(target, path)
       raise Errno::EEXIST, path if FileSystem.find(path)