diff --git a/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/InlineCssTextArea.java b/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/InlineCssTextArea.java
index 480f5eafa..4f3edaad2 100644
--- a/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/InlineCssTextArea.java
+++ b/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/InlineCssTextArea.java
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 public class InlineCssTextArea extends StyledTextArea<String, String> {
 
     public InlineCssTextArea() {
-        this(new EditableStyledDocumentImpl<>("", ""));
+        this(new SimpleEditableStyledDocument<>("", ""));
     }
 
     public InlineCssTextArea(EditableStyledDocument<String, String> document) {
diff --git a/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/EditableStyledDocumentImpl.java b/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/SimpleEditableStyledDocument.java
similarity index 92%
rename from richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/EditableStyledDocumentImpl.java
rename to richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/SimpleEditableStyledDocument.java
index 992583a32..71554f63d 100644
--- a/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/EditableStyledDocumentImpl.java
+++ b/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/SimpleEditableStyledDocument.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 /**
  * Provides an implementation of {@link EditableStyledDocument}
  */
-final class EditableStyledDocumentImpl<PS, S> implements EditableStyledDocument<PS, S> {
+public final class SimpleEditableStyledDocument<PS, S> implements EditableStyledDocument<PS, S> {
 
     private class ParagraphList
     extends LiveListBase<Paragraph<PS, S>>
@@ -84,11 +84,14 @@ public ReadOnlyStyledDocument<PS, S> snapshot() {
     @Override public final boolean isBeingUpdated() { return beingUpdated.get(); }
 
 
-    EditableStyledDocumentImpl(Paragraph<PS, S> initialParagraph) {
+    SimpleEditableStyledDocument(Paragraph<PS, S> initialParagraph) {
         this.doc = new ReadOnlyStyledDocument<>(Collections.singletonList(initialParagraph));
     }
 
-    EditableStyledDocumentImpl(PS initialParagraphStyle, S initialStyle) {
+    /**
+     * Creates an empty {@link EditableStyledDocument}
+     */
+    public SimpleEditableStyledDocument(PS initialParagraphStyle, S initialStyle) {
         this(new Paragraph<>(initialParagraphStyle, "", initialStyle));
     }
 
@@ -103,16 +106,6 @@ public Position offsetToPosition(int offset, Bias bias) {
         return doc.offsetToPosition(offset, bias);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * The style of the inserted text will be the style at position
-     * {@code start} in the current document.
-     */
-    public void replaceText(int start, int end, String text) {
-        StyledDocument<PS, S> doc = ReadOnlyStyledDocument.fromString(
-                text, getParagraphStyleAtPosition(start), getStyleAtPosition(start));
-        replace(start, end, doc);
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void replace(int start, int end, StyledDocument<PS, S> replacement) {
         ensureValidRange(start, end);
diff --git a/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/StyleClassedTextArea.java b/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/StyleClassedTextArea.java
index 514473f0a..d23fcec02 100644
--- a/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/StyleClassedTextArea.java
+++ b/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/StyleClassedTextArea.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public StyleClassedTextArea(EditableStyledDocument<Collection<String>, Collectio
     }
     public StyleClassedTextArea(boolean preserveStyle) {
         this(
-                new EditableStyledDocumentImpl<>(
+                new SimpleEditableStyledDocument<>(
                     Collections.<String>emptyList(), Collections.<String>emptyList()
                 ), preserveStyle);
     }
diff --git a/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/StyledTextArea.java b/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/StyledTextArea.java
index 7210fa473..bb4a7ce1b 100644
--- a/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/StyledTextArea.java
+++ b/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/StyledTextArea.java
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ public StyledTextArea(PS initialParagraphStyle, BiConsumer<TextFlow, PS> applyPa
                               boolean preserveStyle
     ) {
         this(initialParagraphStyle, applyParagraphStyle, initialTextStyle, applyStyle,
-                new EditableStyledDocumentImpl<>(initialParagraphStyle, initialTextStyle), preserveStyle);
+                new SimpleEditableStyledDocument<>(initialParagraphStyle, initialTextStyle), preserveStyle);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/StyledTextAreaModel.java b/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/StyledTextAreaModel.java
index 900ded381..0bd429fd2 100644
--- a/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/StyledTextAreaModel.java
+++ b/richtextfx/src/main/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/StyledTextAreaModel.java
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ public StyledTextAreaModel(PS initialParagraphStyle, S initialTextStyle) {
     public StyledTextAreaModel(PS initialParagraphStyle, S initialTextStyle, boolean preserveStyle
     ) {
         this(initialParagraphStyle, initialTextStyle,
-                new EditableStyledDocumentImpl<>(initialParagraphStyle, initialTextStyle), preserveStyle);
+                new SimpleEditableStyledDocument<>(initialParagraphStyle, initialTextStyle), preserveStyle);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/richtextfx/src/test/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/EditableStyledDocumentImplTest.java b/richtextfx/src/test/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/SimpleEditableStyledDocumentTest.java
similarity index 52%
rename from richtextfx/src/test/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/EditableStyledDocumentImplTest.java
rename to richtextfx/src/test/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/SimpleEditableStyledDocumentTest.java
index d52de8fe5..fb9247c1a 100644
--- a/richtextfx/src/test/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/EditableStyledDocumentImplTest.java
+++ b/richtextfx/src/test/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/SimpleEditableStyledDocumentTest.java
@@ -4,11 +4,21 @@
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-public class EditableStyledDocumentImplTest {
+public class SimpleEditableStyledDocumentTest {
+
+    /**
+     * The style of the inserted text will be the style at position
+     * {@code start} in the current document.
+     */
+    private <PS, S> void replaceText(EditableStyledDocument<PS, S> doc, int start, int end, String text) {
+        StyledDocument<PS, S> styledDoc = ReadOnlyStyledDocument.fromString(
+                text, doc.getParagraphStyleAtPosition(start), doc.getStyleAtPosition(start));
+        doc.replace(start, end, styledDoc);
+    }
 
     @Test
     public void testConsistencyOfTextWithLength() {
-        EditableStyledDocumentImpl<String, String> document = new EditableStyledDocumentImpl<>("", "");
+        SimpleEditableStyledDocument<String, String> document = new SimpleEditableStyledDocument<>("", "");
         document.getText(); // enforce evaluation of text property
         document.getLength(); // enforce evaluation of length property
 
@@ -18,12 +28,12 @@ public void testConsistencyOfTextWithLength() {
             assertEquals(length, textLength);
         });
 
-        document.replaceText(0, 0, "A");
+        replaceText(document, 0, 0, "A");
     }
 
     @Test
     public void testConsistencyOfLengthWithText() {
-        EditableStyledDocumentImpl<String, String> document = new EditableStyledDocumentImpl<>("", "");
+        SimpleEditableStyledDocument<String, String> document = new SimpleEditableStyledDocument<>("", "");
         document.getText(); // enforce evaluation of text property
         document.getLength(); // enforce evaluation of length property
 
@@ -33,54 +43,54 @@ public void testConsistencyOfLengthWithText() {
             assertEquals(textLength, length);
         });
 
-        document.replaceText(0, 0, "A");
+        replaceText(document, 0, 0, "A");
     }
 
     @Test
     public void testUnixParagraphCount() {
-        EditableStyledDocumentImpl<String, String> document = new EditableStyledDocumentImpl<>("", "");
+        SimpleEditableStyledDocument<String, String> document = new SimpleEditableStyledDocument<>("", "");
         String text = "X\nY";
-        document.replaceText(0, 0, text);
+        replaceText(document, 0, 0, text);
         assertEquals(2, document.getParagraphs().size());
     }
 
     @Test
     public void testMacParagraphCount() {
-        EditableStyledDocumentImpl<String, String> document = new EditableStyledDocumentImpl<>("", "");
+        SimpleEditableStyledDocument<String, String> document = new SimpleEditableStyledDocument<>("", "");
         String text = "X\rY";
-        document.replaceText(0, 0, text);
+        replaceText(document, 0, 0, text);
         assertEquals(2, document.getParagraphs().size());
     }
 
     @Test
     public void testWinParagraphCount() {
-        EditableStyledDocumentImpl<String, String> document = new EditableStyledDocumentImpl<>("", "");
+        SimpleEditableStyledDocument<String, String> document = new SimpleEditableStyledDocument<>("", "");
         String text = "X\r\nY";
-        document.replaceText(0, 0, text);
+        replaceText(document, 0, 0, text);
         assertEquals(2, document.getParagraphs().size());
     }
 
     @Test
     public void testGetTextWithEndAfterNewline() {
-        EditableStyledDocumentImpl<Boolean, String> doc = new EditableStyledDocumentImpl<>(true, "");
+        SimpleEditableStyledDocument<Boolean, String> doc = new SimpleEditableStyledDocument<>(true, "");
 
-        doc.replaceText(0, 0, "123\n");
+        replaceText(doc, 0, 0, "123\n");
         String txt1 = doc.getText(0, 4);
         assertEquals(4, txt1.length());
 
-        doc.replaceText(4, 4, "567");
+        replaceText(doc, 4, 4, "567");
         String txt2 = doc.getText(2, 4);
         assertEquals(2, txt2.length());
 
-        doc.replaceText(4, 4, "\n");
+        replaceText(doc, 4, 4, "\n");
         String txt3 = doc.getText(2, 4);
         assertEquals(2, txt3.length());
     }
 
     @Test
     public void testWinDocumentLength() {
-        EditableStyledDocumentImpl<String, String> document = new EditableStyledDocumentImpl<>("", "");
-        document.replaceText(0, 0, "X\r\nY");
+        SimpleEditableStyledDocument<String, String> document = new SimpleEditableStyledDocument<>("", "");
+        replaceText(document, 0, 0, "X\r\nY");
         assertEquals(document.getText().length(), document.getLength());
     }
 }
diff --git a/richtextfx/src/test/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/StyledTextAreaModelTest.java b/richtextfx/src/test/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/StyledTextAreaModelTest.java
index e627d2e38..835086464 100644
--- a/richtextfx/src/test/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/StyledTextAreaModelTest.java
+++ b/richtextfx/src/test/java/org/fxmisc/richtext/StyledTextAreaModelTest.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public void testForBug216() {
         // set up area with some styled text content
         boolean initialStyle = false;
         StyledTextAreaModel<String, Boolean> model = new StyledTextAreaModel<>(
-                "", initialStyle, new EditableStyledDocumentImpl<>("", initialStyle), true);
+                "", initialStyle, new SimpleEditableStyledDocument<>("", initialStyle), true);
         model.replaceText("testtest");
         model.setStyle(0, 8, true);