diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 8bc39545c..5872824c8 100755
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -56,16 +56,22 @@ function request (uri, options, callback) {
   return new request.Request(params)
 }
 
-var verbs = ['get', 'head', 'post', 'put', 'patch', 'del']
-
-verbs.forEach(function(verb) {
+function verbFunc (verb) {
   var method = verb === 'del' ? 'DELETE' : verb.toUpperCase()
-  request[verb] = function (uri, options, callback) {
+  return function (uri, options, callback) {
     var params = initParams(uri, options, callback)
     params.method = method
     return request(params, params.callback)
   }
-})
+}
+
+// define like this to please codeintel/intellisense IDEs
+request.get = verbFunc('get')
+request.head = verbFunc('head')
+request.post = verbFunc('post')
+request.put = verbFunc('put')
+request.patch = verbFunc('patch')
+request.del = verbFunc('del')
 
 request.jar = function (store) {
   return cookies.jar(store)