diff --git a/system/core/Input.php b/system/core/Input.php
index e8e3b1d..65de8c8 100755
--- a/system/core/Input.php
+++ b/system/core/Input.php
@@ -704,28 +704,16 @@
 	/**
 	 * Get Request Method
 	 *
-	 * Return the Request Method in lowercase
+	 * Return the Request Method
 	 *
+	 * @param	bool	uppercase or lowercase
 	 * @return 	mixed
 	 */
-	public function method()
+	public function method($upper = TRUE)
 	{
-		return strtolower($this->server('REQUEST_METHOD'));
-	}
-
-	// --------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-	/**
-	 * Validate parameter against $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']
-	 *
-	 * Return TRUE if method equals $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'], otherwise return FALSE
-	 *
-	 * @param	string	request method to match
-	 * @return 	bool
-	 */
-	public function is_method($method = '')
-	{
-		return ($this->method() === strtolower($method));
+		return ($upper)
+			? strtoupper($this->server('REQUEST_METHOD'))
+			: strtolower($this->server('REQUEST_METHOD'));
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index f8c4ba1..58a4cb7 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@
    -  Added method get_vars() to CI_Loader to retrieve all variables loaded with $this->load->vars().
    -  is_loaded() function from system/core/Commons.php now returns a reference.
    -  $config['rewrite_short_tags'] now has no effect when using PHP 5.4 as *<?=* will always be available.
-   -  Added method() to CI_Input to retrieve $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] in lowercase.
-   -  Added is_method() to CI_Input to validate custom request method against $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'].
+   -  Added method() to CI_Input to retrieve $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'].
 
 Bug fixes for 3.0
 ------------------
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/input.rst b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/input.rst
index 96d1f07..c63c627 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/libraries/input.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/libraries/input.rst
@@ -301,25 +301,10 @@
 $this->input->method();
 =====================================
 
-Returns the $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] in lowercase.
+Returns the $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'], optional set uppercase or lowercase (standard lowercase).
 
 ::
 
-	$this->input->method();
-
-$this->input->is_method($method);
-=====================================
-
-Returns TRUE if given method equals $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'], otherwise returns FALSE.
-
-::
-
-	if ( ! $this->input->is_method('post'))
-	{
-	     echo 'This is NOT a POST request';
-	}
-	else
-	{
-	     echo 'This is a POST request';
-	}
-
+	echo $this->input->method(TRUE); // Outputs: POST
+	echo $this->input->method(FALSE); // Outputs: post
+	echo $this->input->method(); // Outputs: post