diff --git a/pystatsd/statsd.py b/pystatsd/statsd.py
index 29b14d1..8c61eb0 100644
--- a/pystatsd/statsd.py
+++ b/pystatsd/statsd.py
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ def increment(self, stats, sample_rate=1):
         """
         self.update_stats(stats, 1, sample_rate=sample_rate)
 
+    # alias
+    incr = increment
+
     def decrement(self, stats, sample_rate=1):
         """
         Decrements one or more stats counters
@@ -68,6 +71,9 @@ def decrement(self, stats, sample_rate=1):
         """
         self.update_stats(stats, -1, sample_rate=sample_rate)
 
+    # alias
+    decr = decrement
+
     def update_stats(self, stats, delta, sample_rate=1):
         """
         Updates one or more stats counters by arbitrary amounts
@@ -98,3 +104,6 @@ def send(self, data, sample_rate=1):
             [self.udp_sock.sendto("%s:%s" % (stat, value), self.addr) for stat, value in sampled_data.iteritems()]
         except:
             self.log.exception("unexpected error")
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return "<pystatsd.statsd.Client addr=%s prefix=%s>" % (self.addr, self.prefix)