diff --git a/spacy/tokens/doc.pyx b/spacy/tokens/doc.pyx
index 16f0d2f46..f9552b6eb 100644
--- a/spacy/tokens/doc.pyx
+++ b/spacy/tokens/doc.pyx
@@ -122,6 +122,14 @@ cdef class Doc:
     def string(self):
         return u''.join([t.string for t in self])
 
+    @property
+    def text_wth_ws(self):
+        return u''.join([t.text_with_ws for t in self])
+
+    @property
+    def text(self):
+        return u' '.join(t.text for t in self)
+
     property ents:
         def __get__(self):
             """Yields named-entity Span objects.
diff --git a/spacy/tokens/spans.pyx b/spacy/tokens/spans.pyx
index e2aa1a7f9..d9e4fbf0e 100644
--- a/spacy/tokens/spans.pyx
+++ b/spacy/tokens/spans.pyx
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ cdef class Span:
     def merge(self, unicode tag, unicode lemma, unicode ent_type):
         self._seq.merge(self[0].idx, self[-1].idx + len(self[-1]), tag, lemma, ent_type)
 
+    property text:
+        def __get__(self):
+            return u' '.join([t.text for t in self])
+
+    property text_with_ws:
+        def __get__(self):
+            return u''.join([t.text_with_ws for t in self])
+
     property root:
         """The first ancestor of the first word of the span that has its head
         outside the span.
diff --git a/spacy/tokens/token.pyx b/spacy/tokens/token.pyx
index f3b9aa056..e3e78838f 100644
--- a/spacy/tokens/token.pyx
+++ b/spacy/tokens/token.pyx
@@ -61,6 +61,18 @@ cdef class Token:
             else:
                 return orth
 
+    property text:
+        def __get__(self):
+            return self.orth_
+
+    property text_with_ws:
+        def __get__(self):
+            cdef unicode orth = self.vocab.strings[self.c.lex.orth]
+            if self.c.spacy:
+                return orth + u' '
+            else:
+                return orth
+
     property prob:
         def __get__(self):
             return self.c.lex.prob