diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1fe50238..82f0822a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Version 66:
 
 * string_param optimizations
+* Add serializer request/response aliases
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/doc/5_04_serializer_streams.qbk b/doc/5_04_serializer_streams.qbk
index 52664d2e..5a9c3431 100644
--- a/doc/5_04_serializer_streams.qbk
+++ b/doc/5_04_serializer_streams.qbk
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ at once, such as:
 
 These tasks may be performed by using the serializer stream interfaces.
 To use these interfaces, first construct a __serializer__ object with
-the message to be sent. The serializer type has this declaration:
+the message to be sent. The serializer type has these declarations:
 
 [http_snippet_9]
 
diff --git a/doc/quickref.xml b/doc/quickref.xml
index 5a8dbd0d..7047dc9a 100644
--- a/doc/quickref.xml
+++ b/doc/quickref.xml
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@
             <member><link linkend="beast.ref.beast__http__no_chunk_decorator">no_chunk_decorator</link></member>
             <member><link linkend="beast.ref.beast__http__request">request</link></member>
             <member><link linkend="beast.ref.beast__http__request_parser">request_parser</link></member>
+            <member><link linkend="beast.ref.beast__http__request_serializer">request_serializer</link></member>
             <member><link linkend="beast.ref.beast__http__response">response</link></member>
             <member><link linkend="beast.ref.beast__http__response_parser">response_parser</link></member>
+            <member><link linkend="beast.ref.beast__http__response_serializer">response_serializer</link></member>
             <member><link linkend="beast.ref.beast__http__serializer">serializer</link></member>
             <member><link linkend="beast.ref.beast__http__string_body">string_body</link></member>
             <member><link linkend="beast.ref.beast__http__string_view_body">string_view_body</link></member>
diff --git a/example/doc/http_examples.hpp b/example/doc/http_examples.hpp
index 1747e608..6ffe5e8f 100644
--- a/example/doc/http_examples.hpp
+++ b/example/doc/http_examples.hpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ send_expect_100_continue(
     req.set(field::expect, "100-continue");
 
     // Create the serializer
-    serializer<true, Body, basic_fields<Allocator>> sr{req};
+    request_serializer<Body, basic_fields<Allocator>> sr{req};
 
     // Send just the header
     write_header(stream, sr, ec);
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ send_cgi_response(
     // to acquire buffers from the body (which would return
     // the error http::need_buffer because we set `data`
     // to `nullptr` above).
-    serializer<false, buffer_body, fields> sr{res};
+    response_serializer<buffer_body, fields> sr{res};
 
     // Send the header immediately.
     write_header(output, sr, ec);
diff --git a/include/beast/http/serializer.hpp b/include/beast/http/serializer.hpp
index 6e48d8bd..9a6faacd 100644
--- a/include/beast/http/serializer.hpp
+++ b/include/beast/http/serializer.hpp
@@ -320,6 +320,20 @@ public:
     consume(std::size_t n);
 };
 
+/// A serializer for HTTP/1 requests
+template<
+    class Body,
+    class Fields = fields,
+    class ChunkDecorator = no_chunk_decorator>
+using request_serializer = serializer<true, Body, Fields, ChunkDecorator>;
+
+/// A serializer for HTTP/1 responses
+template<
+    class Body,
+    class Fields = fields,
+    class ChunkDecorator = no_chunk_decorator>
+using response_serializer = serializer<false, Body, Fields, ChunkDecorator>;
+
 } // http
 } // beast
 
diff --git a/test/http/doc_snippets.cpp b/test/http/doc_snippets.cpp
index f2ac74be..acd2d6ac 100644
--- a/test/http/doc_snippets.cpp
+++ b/test/http/doc_snippets.cpp
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ void fxx() {
 //[http_snippet_10
 
     response<string_body> res;
-    serializer<false, string_body, fields> sr{res};
+    response_serializer<string_body, fields> sr{res};
 
 //]
 }
@@ -331,14 +331,29 @@ namespace http {
 #if 0
 //[http_snippet_9]
 
+/// Provides buffer oriented HTTP message serialization functionality.
 template<
     bool isRequest,
     class Body,
-    class Fields,
+    class Fields = fields,
     class ChunkDecorator = no_chunk_decorator
 >
 class serializer;
 
+/// A serializer for HTTP/1 requests
+template<
+    class Body,
+    class Fields = fields,
+    class ChunkDecorator = no_chunk_decorator>
+using request_serializer = serializer<true, Body, Fields, ChunkDecorator>;
+
+/// A serializer for HTTP/1 responses
+template<
+    class Body,
+    class Fields = fields,
+    class ChunkDecorator = no_chunk_decorator>
+using response_serializer = serializer<false, Body, Fields, ChunkDecorator>;
+
 //]
 #endif
 
diff --git a/test/http/write.cpp b/test/http/write.cpp
index 9df14ae8..8c6f790a 100644
--- a/test/http/write.cpp
+++ b/test/http/write.cpp
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ public:
             {
                 auto m = m0;
                 error_code ec;
-                serializer<false, Body, fields> sr{m};
+                response_serializer<Body, fields> sr{m};
                 sr.split(true);
                 for(;;)
                 {
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ public:
             {
                 auto m = m0;
                 error_code ec;
-                serializer<false, Body, fields> sr{m};
+                response_serializer<Body, fields> sr{m};
                 sr.split(true);
                 for(;;)
                 {
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ public:
                 auto m = m0;
                 error_code ec;
                 test::string_ostream so{get_io_service(), 3};
-                serializer<false, Body, fields> sr{m};
+                response_serializer<Body, fields> sr{m};
                 sr.split(true);
                 for(;;)
                 {
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ public:
             {
                 auto m = m0;
                 error_code ec;
-                serializer<false, Body, fields> sr{m};
+                response_serializer<Body, fields> sr{m};
                 sr.split(true);
                 for(;;)
                 {