diff --git a/src/doc/languagespec.tex b/src/doc/languagespec.tex
index 3675abc7a..49f803efa 100644
--- a/src/doc/languagespec.tex
+++ b/src/doc/languagespec.tex
@@ -3823,26 +3823,28 @@ \section{Displacement functions}
 \index{functions!displacement}
 
 \apiitem{void {\ce displace} (float amp) \\
+void {\ce displace} (vector offset) \\
 void {\ce displace} (string space, float amp) \\
-void {\ce displace} (vector offset)}
+void {\ce displace} (string space, vector offset)}
 \indexapi{displace()}
 
 Displace the surface in the direction of the shading normal \N by
-\emph{amp} units as measured in the named \emph{space} (or \commonspace
-if none is specified).  Alternately, the surface may be moved by a fully
-general \emph{offset}, which does not need to be in the direction of the
-surface normal.
+\emph{amp} units, or by an arbitrary offset vector.
+If an optional \emph{space} name is supplied, the amplitude or offset
+are expressed in the named coordinte system (rather than the default
+of \commonspace).
 
-In either case, this function both displaces the surface and adjusts the
-shading normal \N to be the new surface normal of the displaced surface
+For all cases, the surface itself is displaced and the shadingnormal \N is
+adjusted to be the new surface normal of the displaced surface
 (properly handling both continuously smooth surfaces as well as
 interpolated normals on faceted geometry, without introducing faceting
 artifacts).
 \apiend
 
 \apiitem{void {\ce bump} (float amp) \\
+void {\ce bump} (vector offset) \\
 void {\ce bump} (string space, float amp) \\
-void {\ce bump} (vector offset)}
+void {\ce bump} (string space, vector offset)}
 \indexapi{bump()}
 
 Adjust the shading normal \N to be the surface normal as if the
diff --git a/src/liboslcomp/typecheck.cpp b/src/liboslcomp/typecheck.cpp
index 21419e4e1..6c1fa20f6 100644
--- a/src/liboslcomp/typecheck.cpp
+++ b/src/liboslcomp/typecheck.cpp
@@ -2036,7 +2036,6 @@ static const char * builtin_func_args [] = {
 
     "area", "fp", "!deriv", NULL,
     "arraylength", "i?[]", NULL,
-    "bump", "xf", "xsf", "xv", "!deriv", NULL,
     "calculatenormal", "vp", "!deriv", NULL,
     "cellnoise", NOISE_ARGS, NULL,
     "concat", "sss", /*"ss.",*/ NULL,   // FIXME -- further checking
@@ -2046,7 +2045,6 @@ static const char * builtin_func_args [] = {
     "Dx", "ff", "vp", "vv", "vn", "cc", "!deriv", NULL,
     "Dy", "ff", "vp", "vv", "vn", "cc", "!deriv", NULL,
     "Dz", "ff", "vp", "vv", "vn", "cc", "!deriv", NULL,
-    "displace", "xf", "xsf", "xv", "!deriv", NULL,
     "environment", "fsv.", "fsvvv.","csv.", "csvvv.",
                "vsv.", "vsvvv.", "!tex", "!rw", "!deriv", NULL,
     "error", "xs*", "!printf", NULL,
diff --git a/src/shaders/stdosl.h b/src/shaders/stdosl.h
index 388e833a3..579b05bba 100644
--- a/src/shaders/stdosl.h
+++ b/src/shaders/stdosl.h
@@ -407,6 +407,35 @@ int hash (point p, float t) BUILTIN;
 
 
 // Displacement functions
+void displace (vector offset) {
+    P += offset;
+    N = normalize (calculatenormal (P));
+}
+void displace (float amp) {
+    displace (amp * N);
+}
+void displace (string space, float amp) {
+    float len = length (transform (space, N));
+    displace (amp * len * N);
+}
+void displace (string space, vector offset) {
+    displace (transform (space, "common", offset));
+}
+
+void bump (vector offset) {
+    N = normalize (calculatenormal (P+offset));
+}
+void bump (float amp) {
+    bump (amp * N);
+}
+void bump (string space, float amp) {
+    float len = length (transform (space, N));
+    bump (amp * len * N);
+}
+void bump (string space, vector offset) {
+    bump (transform (space, "common", offset));
+}
+
 
 
 // String functions