diff --git a/rtmp/amf/amf.go b/rtmp/amf/amf.go
index 837531bb..7ccfd932 100644
--- a/rtmp/amf/amf.go
+++ b/rtmp/amf/amf.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	typeNumber      = 0x00
 	typeBoolean     = 0x01
-	typeString      = 0x02
+	TypeString      = 0x02
 	TypeObject      = 0x03
 	typeMovieClip   = 0x04
 	TypeNull        = 0x05
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ type Property struct {
 var (
 	ErrShortBuffer      = errors.New("amf: short buffer")       // The supplied buffer was too short.
 	ErrInvalidType      = errors.New("amf: invalid type")       // An invalid type was supplied to the encoder.
-	ErrUnexpectedType   = errors.New("amf: unexpected end")     // An unexpected type was encountered while decoding.
+	ErrUnexpectedType   = errors.New("amf: unexpected type")    // An unexpected type was encountered while decoding.
 	ErrPropertyNotFound = errors.New("amf: property not found") // The requested property was not found.
 )
 
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ func EncodeInt32(buf []byte, val uint32) ([]byte, error) {
 }
 
 // EncodeString encodes a string.
+// Strings less than 65536 in length are encoded as TypeString, while longer strings are ecodeded as typeLongString.
 func EncodeString(buf []byte, val string) ([]byte, error) {
 	const typeSize = 1
 	if len(val) < 65536 && len(val)+typeSize+binary.Size(int16(0)) > len(buf) {
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ func EncodeString(buf []byte, val string) ([]byte, error) {
 	}
 
 	if len(val) < 65536 {
-		buf[0] = typeString
+		buf[0] = TypeString
 		buf = buf[1:]
 		binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(buf[:2], uint16(len(val)))
 		buf = buf[2:]
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ func EncodeProperty(prop *Property, buf []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 		return EncodeNumber(buf, prop.Number)
 	case typeBoolean:
 		return EncodeBoolean(buf, prop.Number != 0)
-	case typeString:
+	case TypeString:
 		return EncodeString(buf, prop.String)
 	case TypeNull:
 		if len(buf) < 2 {
@@ -320,7 +321,7 @@ func DecodeProperty(prop *Property, buf []byte, decodeName bool) (int, error) {
 		prop.Number = float64(buf[0])
 		buf = buf[1:]
 
-	case typeString:
+	case TypeString:
 		n := DecodeInt16(buf[:2])
 		if len(buf) < int(n+2) {
 			return 0, ErrShortBuffer
@@ -354,7 +355,6 @@ func DecodeProperty(prop *Property, buf []byte, decodeName bool) (int, error) {
 }
 
 // Encode encodes an Object into its AMF representation.
-// This is the top-level encoding function and is typically the only function callers will need to use.
 func Encode(obj *Object, buf []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	if len(buf) < 5 {
 		return nil, ErrShortBuffer
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ func (obj *Object) NumberProperty(name string, idx int) (float64, error) {
 
 // StringProperty is a wrapper for Property that returns a String property's  value, if any.
 func (obj *Object) StringProperty(name string, idx int) (string, error) {
-	prop, err := obj.Property(name, idx, typeString)
+	prop, err := obj.Property(name, idx, TypeString)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
diff --git a/rtmp/amf/amf_test.go b/rtmp/amf/amf_test.go
index 59548c09..957e1c7e 100644
--- a/rtmp/amf/amf_test.go
+++ b/rtmp/amf/amf_test.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func TestSanity(t *testing.T) {
 // TestStrings tests string encoding and decoding.
 func TestStrings(t *testing.T) {
 	// Short string encoding is as follows:
-	//   enc[0]   = data type (typeString)
+	//   enc[0]   = data type (TypeString)
 	//   end[1:3] = size
 	//   enc[3:]  = data
 	for _, s := range testStrings {
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ func TestStrings(t *testing.T) {
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("EncodeString failed")
 		}
-		if buf[0] != typeString {
-			t.Errorf("Expected typeString, got %v", buf[0])
+		if buf[0] != TypeString {
+			t.Errorf("Expected TypeString, got %v", buf[0])
 		}
 		ds := DecodeString(buf[1:])
 		if s != ds {
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func TestStrings(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 	// Long string encoding is as follows:
-	//   enc[0]   = data type (typeString)
+	//   enc[0]   = data type (TypeString)
 	//   end[1:5] = size
 	//   enc[5:]  = data
 	s := string(make([]byte, 65536))
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func TestProperties(t *testing.T) {
 	// Encode/decode string properties.
 	enc = buf[:]
 	for i := range testStrings {
-		enc, err = EncodeProperty(&Property{Type: typeString, String: testStrings[i]}, enc)
+		enc, err = EncodeProperty(&Property{Type: TypeString, String: testStrings[i]}, enc)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Errorf("EncodeProperty of string failed")
 		}
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func TestObject(t *testing.T) {
 	// Construct a more complicated object that includes a nested object.
 	var obj2 Object
 	for i := range testStrings {
-		obj2.Properties = append(obj2.Properties, Property{Type: typeString, String: testStrings[i]})
+		obj2.Properties = append(obj2.Properties, Property{Type: TypeString, String: testStrings[i]})
 		obj2.Properties = append(obj2.Properties, Property{Type: typeNumber, Number: float64(testNumbers[i])})
 	}
 	obj2.Properties = append(obj2.Properties, Property{Type: TypeObject, Object: obj1})