diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 891a768f..2f437435 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ fn main() {
                  &[&me.name, &me.data]).unwrap();
 
     let stmt = conn.prepare("SELECT id, name, data FROM person").unwrap();
-    for row in stmt.query(&[]).unwrap() {
+    for row in &stmt.query(&[]).unwrap() {
         let person = Person {
             id: row.get(0),
             name: row.get(1),
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 6205b999..9fac74c1 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 //!                  &[&me.name, &me.data]).unwrap();
 //!
 //!     let stmt = conn.prepare("SELECT id, name, data FROM person").unwrap();
-//!     for row in stmt.query(&[]).unwrap() {
+//!     for row in &stmt.query(&[]).unwrap() {
 //!         let person = Person {
 //!             id: row.get(0),
 //!             name: row.get(1),
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ impl Connection {
     /// # let x = 10i32;
     /// # let conn = Connection::connect("", &SslMode::None).unwrap();
     /// let stmt = conn.prepare("SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE baz = $1").unwrap();
-    /// for row in stmt.query(&[&x]).unwrap() {
+    /// for row in &stmt.query(&[&x]).unwrap() {
     ///     let foo: String = row.get(0);
     ///     println!("foo: {}", foo);
     /// }
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ impl Connection {
     /// # let x = 10i32;
     /// # let conn = Connection::connect("", &SslMode::None).unwrap();
     /// let stmt = conn.prepare_cached("SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE baz = $1").unwrap();
-    /// for row in stmt.query(&[&x]).unwrap() {
+    /// for row in &stmt.query(&[&x]).unwrap() {
     ///     let foo: String = row.get(0);
     ///     println!("foo: {}", foo);
     /// }
diff --git a/src/rows.rs b/src/rows.rs
index acd7711a..ba033020 100644
--- a/src/rows.rs
+++ b/src/rows.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use std::fmt;
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::slice;
-use std::vec;
 
 use {Result, Transaction, read_rows, DbErrorNew, SessionInfoNew, RowsNew, LazyRowsNew,
      StatementInternals};
@@ -79,18 +78,6 @@ impl<'a> IntoIterator for &'a Rows<'a> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'stmt> IntoIterator for Rows<'stmt> {
-    type Item = Row<'stmt>;
-    type IntoIter = IntoIter<'stmt>;
-
-    fn into_iter(self) -> IntoIter<'stmt> {
-        IntoIter {
-            stmt: self.stmt,
-            iter: self.data.into_iter(),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 /// An iterator over `Row`s.
 pub struct Iter<'a> {
     stmt: &'a Statement<'a>,
@@ -127,42 +114,6 @@ impl<'a> DoubleEndedIterator for Iter<'a> {
 
 impl<'a> ExactSizeIterator for Iter<'a> {}
 
-/// An owning iterator over `Row`s.
-pub struct IntoIter<'stmt> {
-    stmt: &'stmt Statement<'stmt>,
-    iter: vec::IntoIter<Vec<Option<Vec<u8>>>>,
-}
-
-impl<'stmt> Iterator for IntoIter<'stmt> {
-    type Item = Row<'stmt>;
-
-    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Row<'stmt>> {
-        self.iter.next().map(|row| {
-            Row {
-                stmt: self.stmt,
-                data: Cow::Owned(row),
-            }
-        })
-    }
-
-    fn size_hint(&self) -> (usize, Option<usize>) {
-        self.iter.size_hint()
-    }
-}
-
-impl<'stmt> DoubleEndedIterator for IntoIter<'stmt> {
-    fn next_back(&mut self) -> Option<Row<'stmt>> {
-        self.iter.next_back().map(|row| {
-            Row {
-                stmt: self.stmt,
-                data: Cow::Owned(row),
-            }
-        })
-    }
-}
-
-impl<'stmt> ExactSizeIterator for IntoIter<'stmt> {}
-
 /// A single result row of a query.
 pub struct Row<'a> {
     stmt: &'a Statement<'a>,
@@ -226,7 +177,7 @@ impl<'a> Row<'a> {
     /// # use postgres::{Connection, SslMode};
     /// # let conn = Connection::connect("", &SslMode::None).unwrap();
     /// let stmt = conn.prepare("SELECT foo, bar from BAZ").unwrap();
-    /// for row in stmt.query(&[]).unwrap() {
+    /// for row in &stmt.query(&[]).unwrap() {
     ///     let foo: i32 = row.get(0);
     ///     let bar: String = row.get("bar");
     ///     println!("{}: {}", foo, bar);
diff --git a/src/stmt.rs b/src/stmt.rs
index 5d5909b2..dab4bb3e 100644
--- a/src/stmt.rs
+++ b/src/stmt.rs
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ impl<'conn> Statement<'conn> {
     /// # let conn = Connection::connect("", &SslMode::None).unwrap();
     /// let stmt = conn.prepare("SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE baz = $1").unwrap();
     /// # let baz = true;
-    /// for row in stmt.query(&[&baz]).unwrap() {
+    /// for row in &stmt.query(&[&baz]).unwrap() {
     ///     let foo: i32 = row.get("foo");
     ///     println!("foo: {}", foo);
     /// }
diff --git a/tests/test.rs b/tests/test.rs
index d90bba7d..f41eaa9c 100644
--- a/tests/test.rs
+++ b/tests/test.rs
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ fn test_type_names() {
                                 AND n.nspname = 'pg_catalog'
                                 AND t.oid < 10000
                                 AND t.typtype != 'c'").unwrap();
-    for row in stmt.query(&[]).unwrap() {
+    for row in &stmt.query(&[]).unwrap() {
         let id: Oid = row.get(0);
         let name: String = row.get(1);
         assert_eq!(Type::from_oid(id).unwrap().name(), name);