diff --git a/src/app/buffer.coffee b/src/app/buffer.coffee
index e7c7f3e35..9bb5fa426 100644
--- a/src/app/buffer.coffee
+++ b/src/app/buffer.coffee
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ class Buffer
 
     return multipleLines.join '\n'
 
+  setTextInRange: (range, text) ->
+    @change(range, text)
+
   getLines: ->
     @lines
 
diff --git a/src/app/edit-session.coffee b/src/app/edit-session.coffee
index 4e5877add..e8ff173fa 100644
--- a/src/app/edit-session.coffee
+++ b/src/app/edit-session.coffee
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ class EditSession
   indentationForBufferRow: (bufferRow) -> @buffer.indentationForRow(bufferRow)
   getEofBufferPosition: -> @buffer.getEofPosition()
   getLastBufferRow: -> @buffer.getLastRow()
+  getTextInBufferRange: (range) -> @buffer.getTextInRange(range)
+  setTextInBufferRange: (range, text) -> @buffer.setTextInRange(range, text)
   bufferRangeForBufferRow: (row) -> @buffer.rangeForRow(row)
   lineForBufferRow: (row) -> @buffer.lineForRow(row)
   scanInRange: (args...) -> @buffer.scanInRange(args...)
@@ -419,9 +421,6 @@ class EditSession
   getSelectedText: ->
     @getLastSelection().getText()
 
-  getTextInBufferRange: (range) ->
-    @buffer.getTextInRange(range)
-
   moveCursorUp: ->
     @moveCursors (cursor) -> cursor.moveUp()