diff --git a/fs/README.md b/fs/README.md
index b80cef7b84a742..93c95de03ed4df 100644
--- a/fs/README.md
+++ b/fs/README.md
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ for (const fileInfo of walk()) {
 }
 ```
 
-### writejson
+### writeJson
 
 Writes an object to a JSON file.
 
@@ -147,6 +147,34 @@ Writes an object to a JSON file.
 import { writeJson, writeJsonSync } from "https://deno.land/std/fs/mod.ts";
 
 writeJson("./target.dat", { foo: "bar" }, { spaces: 2 }); // returns a promise
-writeJsonSync("./target.dat", { foo: "bar" }, { replacer: ["foo"] });
-// void
+writeJsonSync("./target.dat", { foo: "bar" }, { replacer: ["foo"] }); // void
+```
+
+### readFileStr
+
+Read file and output it as a string.
+
+**ReadOptions**
+
+- encoding : The encoding to read file. lowercased.
+
+```ts
+import { readFileStr, readFileStrSync } from "https://deno.land/std/fs/mod.ts";
+
+readFileStr("./target.dat", { encoding: "utf8" }); // returns a promise
+readFileStrSync("./target.dat", { encoding: "utf8" }); // void
+```
+
+### writeFileStr
+
+Write the string to file.
+
+```ts
+import {
+  writeFileStr,
+  writeFileStrSync
+} from "https://deno.land/std/fs/mod.ts";
+
+writeFileStr("./target.dat", "file content"); // returns a promise
+writeFileStrSync("./target.dat", "file content"); // void
 ```
diff --git a/fs/mod.ts b/fs/mod.ts
index 28b5753b9a7a89..789b6bdf8f5b21 100644
--- a/fs/mod.ts
+++ b/fs/mod.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ export * from "./exists.ts";
 export * from "./glob.ts";
 export * from "./globrex.ts";
 export * from "./move.ts";
+export * from "./read_file_str.ts";
+export * from "./write_file_str.ts";
 export * from "./read_json.ts";
 export * from "./write_json.ts";
 export * from "./walk.ts";
diff --git a/fs/test.ts b/fs/test.ts
index 025c0efb253b0f..08c6f2cf883b3f 100644
--- a/fs/test.ts
+++ b/fs/test.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import "./ensure_dir_test.ts";
 import "./ensure_file_test.ts";
 import "./move_test.ts";
 import "./read_json_test.ts";
-import "./read_file_str_test.ts";
 import "./write_json_test.ts";
+import "./read_file_str_test.ts";
+import "./write_file_str_test.ts";
 import "./utils_test.ts";
diff --git a/fs/write_file_str.ts b/fs/write_file_str.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a4a4beb5b162ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/write_file_str.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Copyright 2018-2019 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+
+/**
+ * Write the string to file synchronously.
+ *
+ * @param filename File to write
+ * @param content The content write to file
+ * @returns void
+ */
+export function writeFileStrSync(filename: string, content: string): void {
+  const encoder = new TextEncoder();
+  Deno.writeFileSync(filename, encoder.encode(content));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Write the string to file.
+ *
+ * @param filename File to write
+ * @param content The content write to file
+ * @returns Promise<void>
+ */
+export async function writeFileStr(
+  filename: string,
+  content: string
+): Promise<void> {
+  const encoder = new TextEncoder();
+  await Deno.writeFile(filename, encoder.encode(content));
+}
diff --git a/fs/write_file_str_test.ts b/fs/write_file_str_test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..4039b26f6c7fe3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/write_file_str_test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { test } from "../testing/mod.ts";
+import { assertEquals } from "../testing/asserts.ts";
+import { writeFileStr, writeFileStrSync } from "./write_file_str.ts";
+import * as path from "./path/mod.ts";
+
+const testdataDir = path.resolve("fs", "testdata");
+
+test(function testReadFileSync() {
+  const jsonFile = path.join(testdataDir, "write_file_1.json");
+  const content = "write_file_str_test";
+  writeFileStrSync(jsonFile, content);
+
+  // make sure file have been create.
+  Deno.statSync(jsonFile);
+
+  const result = new TextDecoder().decode(Deno.readFileSync(jsonFile));
+
+  // remove test file
+  Deno.removeSync(jsonFile);
+
+  assertEquals(content, result);
+});
+
+test(async function testReadFile() {
+  const jsonFile = path.join(testdataDir, "write_file_2.json");
+  const content = "write_file_str_test";
+  await writeFileStr(jsonFile, content);
+
+  // make sure file have been create.
+  await Deno.stat(jsonFile);
+
+  const result = new TextDecoder().decode(await Deno.readFile(jsonFile));
+
+  // remove test file
+  await Deno.remove(jsonFile);
+
+  assertEquals(content, result);
+});