diff --git a/src/core/term_iterator.rs b/src/core/term_iterator.rs
index 3a5e259f7..ab2f125c7 100644
--- a/src/core/term_iterator.rs
+++ b/src/core/term_iterator.rs
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ impl<'a> TermIterator<'a> {
         for segment_ord in self.current_segment_ords.drain(..) {
             if let Some(term) = self.key_streams[segment_ord].next() {
                 self.heap.push(HeapItem {
-                    term: Term::from(term),
+                    term: Term::from_bytes(term),
                     segment_ord: segment_ord,
                 });
             }
diff --git a/src/schema/term.rs b/src/schema/term.rs
index 305aac6b6..c26fcc99f 100644
--- a/src/schema/term.rs
+++ b/src/schema/term.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ use std::str;
 #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Ord, Eq, Hash)]
 pub struct Term(Vec<u8>);
 
-
 impl Term {
     
     /// Pre-allocate a term buffer. 
@@ -64,6 +63,14 @@ impl Term {
         Term(buffer)
     }
     
+    /// Builds a term from its byte representation.
+    ///
+    /// If you want to build a field for a given `str`,
+    /// you want to use `from_field_text`.
+    pub fn from_bytes(data: &[u8]) -> Term {
+        Term(Vec::from(data))
+    }
+
     /// Returns the serialized value of the term.
     /// (this does not include the field.)
     ///
@@ -96,12 +103,6 @@ impl Term {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a> From<&'a [u8]> for Term {
-    fn from(data: &[u8]) -> Term {
-        Term(Vec::from(data))
-    }
-}
-
 impl AsRef<[u8]> for Term {
     fn as_ref(&self) -> &[u8] {
         &self.0
@@ -115,7 +116,6 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Term {
 }
 
 
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {