diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 4f86aee..3ddeb7c 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
-	"time"
 )
 
 type Client struct {
@@ -83,13 +82,7 @@ func RawRequest(URL string, r io.Reader) (*http.Response, error) {
 // Caveat: The caller is responsible for closing the http Response.Body (see
 // the http module's documentation for more information)
 func (c *Client) RequestNoParse(r *Request) (*http.Response, error) {
-	r.Signon.DtClient = Date(time.Now())
-
-	// Overwrite fields that the client controls
-	r.Version = c.OfxVersion()
-	r.Signon.AppId = c.Id()
-	r.Signon.AppVer = c.Version()
-	r.indent = c.IndentRequests()
+	r.SetClientFields(c)
 
 	b, err := r.Marshal()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/request.go b/request.go
index 20a9e16..dc6840c 100644
--- a/request.go
+++ b/request.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"github.com/aclindsa/go/src/encoding/xml"
+	"time"
 )
 
 type Request struct {
@@ -51,6 +52,20 @@ func marshalMessageSet(e *xml.Encoder, requests []Message, setname string) error
 	return nil
 }
 
+// Overwrite the fields in this Request object controlled by the Client
+func (oq *Request) SetClientFields(c *Client) {
+	oq.Signon.DtClient = Date(time.Now())
+
+	// Overwrite fields that the client controls
+	oq.Version = c.OfxVersion()
+	oq.Signon.AppId = c.Id()
+	oq.Signon.AppVer = c.Version()
+	oq.indent = c.IndentRequests()
+}
+
+// Marshal this Request into its SGML/XML representation held in a bytes.Buffer
+//
+// If error is non-nil, this bytes.Buffer is ready to be sent to an OFX server
 func (oq *Request) Marshal() (*bytes.Buffer, error) {
 	var b bytes.Buffer