diff --git a/src/messages.rs b/src/messages.rs
index 2f7f7b1..ea08802 100644
--- a/src/messages.rs
+++ b/src/messages.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ pub struct SsbMessageValue {
 
 // Enum representing the different possible message content types
 #[derive(Debug)]
+#[allow(missing_docs)]
 pub enum SsbMessageContentType {
     About,
     Vote,
diff --git a/src/sbot.rs b/src/sbot.rs
index 9fff930..d63c741 100644
--- a/src/sbot.rs
+++ b/src/sbot.rs
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ impl Sbot {
                     RecvMsg::RpcResponse(_type, body) => {
                         // parse an item of type T from the message body using the provided
                         // function for parsing
-                        let item = f(&body)?;
+                        let item = f(body)?;
                         // return Ok(item) as the next value in the stream
                         yield Ok(item)
                     }