3 files changed, 15 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
index 7a4558d7b79..d5149293e09 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
@@ -287,34 +287,34 @@ impl Item {
         }
     }
     pub fn is_mod(&self) -> bool {
-        ItemType::from_item(self) == ItemType::Module
+        ItemType::from(self) == ItemType::Module
     }
     pub fn is_trait(&self) -> bool {
-        ItemType::from_item(self) == ItemType::Trait
+        ItemType::from(self) == ItemType::Trait
     }
     pub fn is_struct(&self) -> bool {
-        ItemType::from_item(self) == ItemType::Struct
+        ItemType::from(self) == ItemType::Struct
     }
     pub fn is_enum(&self) -> bool {
-        ItemType::from_item(self) == ItemType::Module
+        ItemType::from(self) == ItemType::Module
     }
     pub fn is_fn(&self) -> bool {
-        ItemType::from_item(self) == ItemType::Function
+        ItemType::from(self) == ItemType::Function
     }
     pub fn is_associated_type(&self) -> bool {
-        ItemType::from_item(self) == ItemType::AssociatedType
+        ItemType::from(self) == ItemType::AssociatedType
     }
     pub fn is_associated_const(&self) -> bool {
-        ItemType::from_item(self) == ItemType::AssociatedConst
+        ItemType::from(self) == ItemType::AssociatedConst
     }
     pub fn is_method(&self) -> bool {
-        ItemType::from_item(self) == ItemType::Method
+        ItemType::from(self) == ItemType::Method
     }
     pub fn is_ty_method(&self) -> bool {
-        ItemType::from_item(self) == ItemType::TyMethod
+        ItemType::from(self) == ItemType::TyMethod
     }
     pub fn is_primitive(&self) -> bool {
-        ItemType::from_item(self) == ItemType::Primitive
+        ItemType::from(self) == ItemType::Primitive
     }
     pub fn is_stripped(&self) -> bool {
         match self.inner { StrippedItem(..) => true, _ => false }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/item_type.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/item_type.rs
index 6b462a76f04..31d965fccc2 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/item_type.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/item_type.rs
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ pub enum NameSpace {
     Macro,
 }
 
-impl ItemType {
-    pub fn from_item(item: &clean::Item) -> ItemType {
+impl<'a> From<&'a clean::Item> for ItemType {
+    fn from(item: &'a clean::Item) -> ItemType {
         let inner = match item.inner {
             clean::StrippedItem(box ref item) => item,
             ref inner@_ => inner,
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ impl ItemType {
             clean::StrippedItem(..)        => unreachable!(),
         }
     }
+}
 
+impl ItemType {
     pub fn from_type_kind(kind: clean::TypeKind) -> ItemType {
         match kind {
             clean::TypeStruct   => ItemType::Struct,
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
index 5b878c22e79..66f54587e6b 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ fn mkdir(path: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {
 
 /// Returns a documentation-level item type from the item.
 fn item_type(item: &clean::Item) -> ItemType {
-    ItemType::from_item(item)
+    ItemType::from(item)
 }
 
 /// Takes a path to a source file and cleans the path to it. This canonicalizes