diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 9d68d13..448f7f0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.dsa.DSAPrivateKeyWithSerialization`,
   and
   :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.ec.EllipticCurvePrivateKeyWithSerialization`.
-* Add support for parsing X.509 requests with
+* Add support for parsing X.509 CSRs (certificate signing requests) with
   :func:`~cryptography.x509.load_pem_x509_csr`.
 
 0.8.1 - 2015-03-20
diff --git a/docs/x509.rst b/docs/x509.rst
index 7f681ea..03301c2 100644
--- a/docs/x509.rst
+++ b/docs/x509.rst
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@
 
     .. versionadded:: 0.9
 
-    Deserialize a certificate request from PEM encoded data. PEM requests are
-    base64 decoded and have delimiters that look like
+    Deserialize a certificate signing request from PEM encoded data. PEM
+    requests are base64 decoded and have delimiters that look like
     ``-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----``. This is also known as PKCS#10
     format.
 
@@ -263,8 +263,8 @@
             ...     print(ext)
             <Extension(oid=<ObjectIdentifier(oid=2.5.29.19, name=basicConstraints)>, critical=True, value=<BasicConstraints(ca=True, path_length=None)>)>
 
-X.509 CSR Object
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+X.509 CSR (Certificate Signing Request) Object
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 .. class:: CSR
 
diff --git a/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/multibackend.py b/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/multibackend.py
index 86ddc3b..54b044f 100644
--- a/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/multibackend.py
+++ b/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/multibackend.py
@@ -326,9 +326,7 @@
         )
 
     def load_pem_x509_csr(self, data):
-        for b in self._filtered_backends(
-            X509Backend
-        ):
+        for b in self._filtered_backends(X509Backend):
             return b.load_pem_x509_csr(data)
 
         raise UnsupportedAlgorithm(