diff --git a/amount.go b/amount.go
index d14b97a..1a97941 100644
--- a/amount.go
+++ b/amount.go
@@ -92,3 +92,8 @@ func (a Amount) Format(u AmountUnit) string {
 	units := " " + u.String()
 	return strconv.FormatFloat(a.ToUnit(u), 'f', -int(u+8), 64) + units
 }
+
+// String is the equivalent of calling Format with AmountBitcoin.
+func (a Amount) String() string {
+	return a.Format(AmountBitcoin)
+}
diff --git a/amount_test.go b/amount_test.go
index f6d6d79..a942cda 100644
--- a/amount_test.go
+++ b/amount_test.go
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ func TestAmountCreation(t *testing.T) {
 
 		if a != test.expected {
 			t.Errorf("%v: Created amount %v does not match expected %v", test.name, a, test.expected)
+			continue
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -178,6 +179,14 @@ func TestAmountUnitConversions(t *testing.T) {
 		s := test.amount.Format(test.unit)
 		if s != test.s {
 			t.Errorf("%v: format '%v' does not match expected '%v'", test.name, s, test.s)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Verify that Amount.String works as advertised.
+		s1 := test.amount.Format(AmountBitcoin)
+		s2 := test.amount.String()
+		if s1 != s2 {
+			t.Errorf("%v: String does not match Format(AmountBitcoin): %v != %v", test.name, s1, s2)
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/test_coverage.txt b/test_coverage.txt
index 41764c6..e827b37 100644
--- a/test_coverage.txt
+++ b/test_coverage.txt
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ github.com/conformal/btcutil/amount.go	 AmountUnit.String		 100.00% (8/8)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/amount.go	 NewAmount			 100.00% (8/8)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/block.go	 NewBlockFromBytes		 100.00% (7/7)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/tx.go	 NewTxFromBytes			 100.00% (7/7)
-github.com/conformal/btcutil/tx.go	 Tx.Sha				 100.00% (5/5)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/block.go	 Block.Sha			 100.00% (5/5)
+github.com/conformal/btcutil/tx.go	 Tx.Sha				 100.00% (5/5)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/amount.go	 Amount.Format			 100.00% (2/2)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/address.go	 NewAddressScriptHash		 100.00% (2/2)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/hash160.go	 calcHash			 100.00% (2/2)
-github.com/conformal/btcutil/hash160.go	 Hash160			 100.00% (1/1)
+github.com/conformal/btcutil/block.go	 Block.MsgBlock			 100.00% (1/1)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/address.go	 AddressPubKeyHash.EncodeAddress 100.00% (1/1)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/address.go	 AddressPubKeyHash.ScriptAddress 100.00% (1/1)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/address.go	 AddressPubKeyHash.String	 100.00% (1/1)
@@ -24,35 +24,36 @@ github.com/conformal/btcutil/address.go	 AddressPubKey.EncodeAddress	 100.00% (1
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/address.go	 AddressPubKey.ScriptAddress	 100.00% (1/1)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/address.go	 AddressPubKey.String		 100.00% (1/1)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/amount.go	 Amount.ToUnit			 100.00% (1/1)
+github.com/conformal/btcutil/amount.go	 Amount.String			 100.00% (1/1)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/block.go	 OutOfRangeError.Error		 100.00% (1/1)
-github.com/conformal/btcutil/block.go	 Block.MsgBlock			 100.00% (1/1)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/block.go	 Block.Height			 100.00% (1/1)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/block.go	 Block.SetHeight		 100.00% (1/1)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/block.go	 NewBlock			 100.00% (1/1)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/block.go	 NewBlockFromBlockAndBytes	 100.00% (1/1)
+github.com/conformal/btcutil/hash160.go	 Hash160			 100.00% (1/1)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/tx.go	 Tx.MsgTx			 100.00% (1/1)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/tx.go	 Tx.Index			 100.00% (1/1)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/tx.go	 Tx.SetIndex			 100.00% (1/1)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/tx.go	 NewTx				 100.00% (1/1)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/address.go	 DecodeAddress			 95.65% (22/23)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/appdata.go	 appDataDir			 92.00% (23/25)
-github.com/conformal/btcutil/address.go	 NewAddressPubKeyHash		 91.67% (11/12)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/address.go	 NewAddressScriptHashFromHash	 91.67% (11/12)
+github.com/conformal/btcutil/address.go	 NewAddressPubKeyHash		 91.67% (11/12)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/address.go	 EncodePrivateKey		 90.91% (20/22)
-github.com/conformal/btcutil/block.go	 Block.TxLoc			 88.89% (8/9)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/block.go	 Block.Bytes			 88.89% (8/9)
+github.com/conformal/btcutil/block.go	 Block.TxLoc			 88.89% (8/9)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/address.go	 AddressPubKey.serialize	 85.71% (6/7)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/address.go	 DecodePrivateKey		 83.33% (20/24)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/address.go	 NewAddressPubKey		 83.33% (15/18)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/address.go	 checkBitcoinNet		 83.33% (5/6)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/block.go	 Block.TxSha			 75.00% (3/4)
-github.com/conformal/btcutil/address.go	 AddressPubKeyHash.IsForNet	 60.00% (3/5)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/address.go	 AddressScriptHash.IsForNet	 60.00% (3/5)
+github.com/conformal/btcutil/address.go	 AddressPubKeyHash.IsForNet	 60.00% (3/5)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/address.go	 AddressPubKey.IsForNet		 60.00% (3/5)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/certgen.go	 NewTLSCertPair			 0.00% (0/50)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/address.go	 AddressPubKey.AddressPubKeyHash 0.00% (0/3)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/appdata.go	 AppDataDir			 0.00% (0/1)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/address.go	 AddressPubKey.Format		 0.00% (0/1)
 github.com/conformal/btcutil/address.go	 AddressPubKey.SetFormat	 0.00% (0/1)
-github.com/conformal/btcutil		 ------------------------------- 78.46% (295/376)
+github.com/conformal/btcutil		 ------------------------------- 78.51% (296/377)