diff --git a/src/pool.rs b/src/pool.rs
index ea0c4fbd..df08b07b 100644
--- a/src/pool.rs
+++ b/src/pool.rs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ impl Connection {
     }
 
     pub fn consume_input(&mut self, amount: usize) {
-        self.transport.buffers().consume(amount)
+        self.transport.buffers().input_consume(amount)
     }
 
     pub fn close(self) {
diff --git a/src/proxy.rs b/src/proxy.rs
index cdcc49d9..2a01ccec 100644
--- a/src/proxy.rs
+++ b/src/proxy.rs
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ impl Connector for ConnectProxyConnector {
                     }
                     continue;
                 };
-                buffers.consume(used_input);
+                buffers.input_consume(used_input);
                 break response;
             };
 
diff --git a/src/run.rs b/src/run.rs
index bfcce636..a5046f96 100644
--- a/src/run.rs
+++ b/src/run.rs
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ fn send_request(
         }
 
         let buffers = connection.buffers();
-        let amount = flow.write(buffers.output_mut())?;
+        let amount = flow.write(buffers.output())?;
         let timeout = timings.next_timeout(TimeoutReason::SendRequest);
         connection.transmit_output(amount, timeout)?;
     }
diff --git a/src/tls/native_tls.rs b/src/tls/native_tls.rs
index 48c6222b..689235ff 100644
--- a/src/tls/native_tls.rs
+++ b/src/tls/native_tls.rs
@@ -195,9 +195,9 @@ impl Transport for NativeTlsTransport {
         let stream = self.stream.handshaken()?;
         stream.get_mut().set_timeout(timeout);
 
-        let input = self.buffers.input_mut();
+        let input = self.buffers.input_append_buf();
         let amount = stream.read(input)?;
-        self.buffers.add_filled(amount);
+        self.buffers.input_appended(amount);
 
         Ok(amount > 0)
     }
diff --git a/src/tls/rustls.rs b/src/tls/rustls.rs
index 736bae9e..8e5e4b67 100644
--- a/src/tls/rustls.rs
+++ b/src/tls/rustls.rs
@@ -185,9 +185,9 @@ impl Transport for RustlsTransport {
 
         self.stream.get_mut().set_timeout(timeout);
 
-        let input = self.buffers.input_mut();
+        let input = self.buffers.input_append_buf();
         let amount = self.stream.read(input)?;
-        self.buffers.add_filled(amount);
+        self.buffers.input_appended(amount);
 
         Ok(amount > 0)
     }
diff --git a/src/transport/buf.rs b/src/transport/buf.rs
index 52ba374c..d25035db 100644
--- a/src/transport/buf.rs
+++ b/src/transport/buf.rs
@@ -4,18 +4,14 @@ use crate::util::ConsumeBuf;
 ///
 /// In ureq, the buffers are provided by the [`Transport`](crate::transport::Transport).
 pub trait Buffers {
-    /// Read only output buffers.
-    fn output(&self) -> &[u8];
-
     /// Mut handle to output buffers to write new data. Data is always
-    /// written from `0..`, there is no expectation to retain half
-    /// used output buffers.
-    fn output_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [u8];
+    /// written from `0..`.
+    fn output(&mut self) -> &mut [u8];
 
     /// Unconsumed bytes in the input buffer as read only.
     ///
-    /// The input buffer is written to by using `input_mut` followed by]
-    /// `add_filled` to indiciate how many additional bytes were added to the
+    /// The input buffer is written to by using [`Buffers::input_append_buf`] followed by
+    /// [`Buffers::input_appended`] to indiciate how many additional bytes were added to the
     /// input.
     ///
     /// This buffer should return the total unconsumed bytes.
@@ -25,28 +21,23 @@ pub trait Buffers {
     fn input(&self) -> &[u8];
 
     /// Input buffer to write to. This can be called despite there being unconsumed bytes
-    /// left.
+    /// left in the buffer already.
     ///
     /// Example: if the internal buffer is `input: Vec<u8>`, and we have counters for
     /// `filled: usize` and `consumed: usize`. This returns `&mut input[filled..]`.
-    fn input_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [u8];
+    fn input_append_buf(&mut self) -> &mut [u8];
 
-    /// Add a number of read bytes into `input_mut()`.
+    /// Add a number of read bytes into [`Buffers::input_append_buf()`].
     ///
     /// Example: if the internal buffer is `input: Vec<u8>`, and we have counters for
     /// `filled: usize` and `consumed: usize`, this increases `filled`.
-    fn add_filled(&mut self, amount: usize);
+    fn input_appended(&mut self, amount: usize);
 
     /// Consume a number of bytes from `&input`.
     ///
     /// Example: if the internal buffer is `input: Vec<u8>`, and we have counters for
     /// `filled: usize` and `consumed: usize`, this increases `consumed`.
-    fn consume(&mut self, amount: usize);
-
-    /// Helper to access both input and output buffer at the same time (to work around the
-    /// borrow checker). This is used to handle incoming data from the remote peer for example
-    /// when getting chunked data as input and dechunking it into the output.
-    fn input_and_output(&mut self) -> (&[u8], &mut [u8]);
+    fn input_consume(&mut self, amount: usize);
 
     /// Helper to get a scratch buffer (`tmp`) and the output buffer. This is used when
     /// sending the request body in which case we use a `Read` trait to read from the
@@ -111,11 +102,7 @@ impl LazyBuffers {
 }
 
 impl Buffers for LazyBuffers {
-    fn output(&self) -> &[u8] {
-        &self.output
-    }
-
-    fn output_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [u8] {
+    fn output(&mut self) -> &mut [u8] {
         self.ensure_allocation();
         &mut self.output
     }
@@ -124,16 +111,11 @@ impl Buffers for LazyBuffers {
         self.input.unconsumed()
     }
 
-    fn input_mut(&mut self) -> &mut [u8] {
+    fn input_append_buf(&mut self) -> &mut [u8] {
         self.ensure_allocation();
         self.input.free_mut()
     }
 
-    fn input_and_output(&mut self) -> (&[u8], &mut [u8]) {
-        self.ensure_allocation();
-        (self.input.unconsumed(), &mut self.output)
-    }
-
     fn tmp_and_output(&mut self) -> (&mut [u8], &mut [u8]) {
         self.ensure_allocation();
         const MIN_TMP_SIZE: usize = 10 * 1024;
@@ -153,11 +135,11 @@ impl Buffers for LazyBuffers {
         (self.input.free_mut(), &mut self.output)
     }
 
-    fn add_filled(&mut self, amount: usize) {
+    fn input_appended(&mut self, amount: usize) {
         self.input.add_filled(amount);
     }
 
-    fn consume(&mut self, amount: usize) {
+    fn input_consume(&mut self, amount: usize) {
         self.progress = amount > 0;
         self.input.consume(amount);
     }
diff --git a/src/transport/io.rs b/src/transport/io.rs
index 465069a2..6466cc05 100644
--- a/src/transport/io.rs
+++ b/src/transport/io.rs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ impl io::Read for TransportAdapter {
 
         let max = buf.len().min(input.len());
         buf[..max].copy_from_slice(&input[..max]);
-        self.transport.buffers().consume(max);
+        self.transport.buffers().input_consume(max);
 
         Ok(max)
     }
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ impl io::Read for TransportAdapter {
 
 impl io::Write for TransportAdapter {
     fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
-        let output = self.transport.buffers().output_mut();
+        let output = self.transport.buffers().output();
 
         let max = buf.len().min(output.len());
         output[..max].copy_from_slice(&buf[..max]);
diff --git a/src/transport/mod.rs b/src/transport/mod.rs
index da9c6727..fe98b79e 100644
--- a/src/transport/mod.rs
+++ b/src/transport/mod.rs
@@ -153,20 +153,22 @@ impl<'a> ConnectionDetails<'a> {
 /// For sending data, the order of calls are:
 ///
 /// 1. [`Transport::buffers()`] to obtain the buffers.
-/// 2. [`Buffers::output_mut()`], [`Buffers::input_and_output`] or [`Buffers::tmp_and_output`]
-///    depending where in the lifce cycle of the request ureq is.
+/// 2. [`Buffers::output()`] or [`Buffers::tmp_and_output`]
+///    depending where in the life cycle of the request ureq is.
 /// 3. [`Transport::transmit_output()`] to ask the transport to send/flush the `amount` of
 ///    buffers used in 2.
 ///
 /// For receiving data, the order of calls are:
 ///
 /// 1. [`Transport::await_input()`]
-/// 2. The transport impl itself uses [`Buffers::input_mut()`] to fill a number
-///    of bytes from the underlying transport and use [`Buffers::add_filled`] to
+/// 2. The transport impl itself uses [`Buffers::input_append_buf()`] to fill a number
+///    of bytes from the underlying transport and use [`Buffers::input_appended()`] to
 ///    tell the buffer how much been filled.
 /// 3. [`Transport::buffers()`] to obtain the buffers
-/// 4. [`Buffers::input()`] followed by [`Buffers::consume()`]. It's important to retain the
+/// 4. [`Buffers::input()`] followed by [`Buffers::input_consume()`]. It's important to retain the
 ///    unconsumed bytes for the next call to `await_input()`. This is handled by [`LazyBuffers`].
+///    It's important to call [`Buffers::input_consume()`] also with 0 consumed bytes since that's
+///    how we keep track of whether the input is making progress.
 ///
 pub trait Transport: Debug + Send + Sync {
     /// Provide buffers for this transport.
@@ -181,7 +183,7 @@ pub trait Transport: Debug + Send + Sync {
     fn transmit_output(&mut self, amount: usize, timeout: NextTimeout) -> Result<(), Error>;
 
     /// Await input from the transport. The transport should internally use
-    /// [`Buffers::input_mut()`] followed by [`Buffers::add_filled()`] to
+    /// [`Buffers::input_append_buf()`] followed by [`Buffers::input_appended()`] to
     /// store the incoming data.
     fn await_input(&mut self, timeout: NextTimeout) -> Result<bool, Error>;
 
diff --git a/src/transport/tcp.rs b/src/transport/tcp.rs
index 50d7cc9c..2779f56e 100644
--- a/src/transport/tcp.rs
+++ b/src/transport/tcp.rs
@@ -164,13 +164,13 @@ impl Transport for TcpTransport {
             TcpStream::set_read_timeout,
         )?;
 
-        let input = self.buffers.input_mut();
+        let input = self.buffers.input_append_buf();
         let amount = match self.stream.read(input).normalize_would_block() {
             Ok(v) => Ok(v),
             Err(e) if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::TimedOut => Err(Error::Timeout(timeout.reason)),
             Err(e) => Err(e.into()),
         }?;
-        self.buffers.add_filled(amount);
+        self.buffers.input_appended(amount);
 
         Ok(amount > 0)
     }
diff --git a/src/transport/test.rs b/src/transport/test.rs
index b2b7d46c..d6a89b47 100644
--- a/src/transport/test.rs
+++ b/src/transport/test.rs
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ impl Transport for TestTransport {
     }
 
     fn await_input(&mut self, timeout: NextTimeout) -> Result<bool, Error> {
-        let input = self.buffers.input_mut();
+        let input = self.buffers.input_append_buf();
         let buf = match self.rx.recv_timeout(timeout.after) {
             Ok(v) => v,
             Err(RecvTimeoutError::Timeout) => return Err(Error::Timeout(timeout.reason)),
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ impl Transport for TestTransport {
         assert!(input.len() >= buf.len());
         let max = input.len().min(buf.len());
         input[..max].copy_from_slice(&buf[..]);
-        self.buffers.add_filled(max);
+        self.buffers.input_appended(max);
         Ok(max > 0)
     }