diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 10811107..f8633dde 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -484,9 +484,9 @@ impl SubmissionQueue {
 
     /// Setup a listener for user space messages.
     ///
-    /// The returned [`MsgListener`] iterator will return all messages send
-    /// using [`SubmissionQueue::try_send_msg`] and
-    /// [`SubmissionQueue::send_msg`] using the returned `MsgToken`.
+    /// The returned [`MsgListener`] will return all messages send using
+    /// [`msg::try_send_msg`] and [`msg::send_msg`] using the returned
+    /// `MsgToken`.
     ///
     /// # Notes
     ///
@@ -503,34 +503,41 @@ impl SubmissionQueue {
     /// don't use `MsgToken` after it became invalid. Furthermore to ensure
     /// the creation of it succeeds it should be done early in the lifetime of
     /// `Ring`.
+    ///
+    /// This is deprecated, use [`msg::msg_listener`] instead.
+    #[deprecated(note = "use a10::msg::msg_listener instead")]
     pub fn msg_listener(self) -> io::Result<(MsgListener, MsgToken)> {
-        MsgListener::new(self)
+        msg::msg_listener(self)
     }
 
-    /// Try to send a message to iterator listening for message using `MsgToken`.
+    /// Try to send a message to iterator listening for message using [`MsgToken`].
     ///
     /// This will use the io_uring submission queue to share `data` with the
     /// receiving end. This means that it will wake up the thread if it's
     /// currently [polling].
     ///
     /// This will fail if the submission queue is currently full. See
-    /// [`SubmissionQueue::send_msg`] for a version that tries again when the
-    /// submission queue is full.
+    /// [`send_msg`] for a version that tries again when the submission queue is
+    /// full.
+    ///
+    /// See [`msg_listener`] for examples.
     ///
-    /// See [`SubmissionQueue::msg_listener`] for examples.
+    /// This is deprecated, use [`msg::try_send_msg`] instead.
     ///
     /// [polling]: Ring::poll
+    /// [`send_msg`]: msg::send_msg
+    /// [`msg_listener`]: msg::msg_listener
+    #[deprecated(note = "use a10::msg::try_send_msg instead")]
     pub fn try_send_msg(&self, token: MsgToken, data: u32) -> io::Result<()> {
-        self.add_no_result(|submission| unsafe {
-            submission.msg(self.shared.ring_fd.as_raw_fd(), (token.0).0 as u64, data, 0);
-            submission.no_completion_event();
-        })?;
-        Ok(())
+        msg::try_send_msg(self, token, data)
     }
 
-    /// Send a message to iterator listening for message using `MsgToken`.
+    /// Send a message to iterator listening for message using [`MsgToken`].
+    ///
+    /// This is deprecated, use [`msg::send_msg`] instead.
+    #[deprecated(note = "use a10::msg::send_msg instead")]
     pub const fn send_msg<'a>(&'a self, token: MsgToken, data: u32) -> SendMsg<'a> {
-        SendMsg::new(self, token, data)
+        msg::send_msg(self, token, data)
     }
 
     /// Wait for an event specified in `mask` on the file descriptor `fd`.
@@ -546,13 +553,15 @@ impl SubmissionQueue {
     /// Returns an [`AsyncIterator`] that returns multiple events as specified
     /// in `mask` on the file descriptor `fd`.
     ///
-    /// This is not the same as calling [`SubmissionQueue::oneshot_poll`] in a
+    /// This is not the same as calling [`oneshot_poll`] in a
     /// loop as this uses a multishot operation, which means only a single
     /// operation is created kernel side, making this more efficient.
     ///
     /// This is deprecated, use [`poll::multishot_poll`] instead.
     ///
     /// [`AsyncIterator`]: std::async_iter::AsyncIterator
+    ///
+    /// [`oneshot_poll`]: poll::oneshot_poll
     #[deprecated(note = "use a10::poll::multishot_poll instead")]
     pub fn multishot_poll<'a>(&'a self, fd: BorrowedFd, mask: libc::c_int) -> MultishotPoll<'a> {
         poll::multishot_poll(self, fd, mask)
diff --git a/src/msg.rs b/src/msg.rs
index 536568f0..49d5316a 100644
--- a/src/msg.rs
+++ b/src/msg.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 //! User space messages.
 //!
-//! To setup a [`MsgListener`] use [`SubmissionQueue::msg_listener`]. It returns
-//! the listener as well as a [`MsgToken`], which can be used in
-//! [`SubmissionQueue::try_send_msg`] and [`SubmissionQueue::send_msg`] to send
-//! a message to the created `MsgListener`.
+//! To setup a [`MsgListener`] use [`msg_listener`]. It returns the listener as
+//! well as a [`MsgToken`], which can be used in [`try_send_msg`] and
+//! [`send_msg`] to send a message to the created `MsgListener`.
 
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::io;
+use std::os::fd::AsRawFd;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::task::{self, Poll};
 
@@ -14,12 +14,40 @@ use crate::{OpIndex, SubmissionQueue};
 
 /// Token used to the messages.
 ///
-/// See [`SubmissionQueue::msg_listener`].
+/// See [`msg_listener`].
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug)]
 #[allow(clippy::module_name_repetitions)]
 pub struct MsgToken(pub(crate) OpIndex);
 
-/// [`AsyncIterator`] behind [`SubmissionQueue::msg_listener`].
+/// Setup a listener for user space messages.
+///
+/// The returned [`MsgListener`] will return all messages send using
+/// [`try_send_msg`] and [`send_msg`] using the returned `MsgToken`.
+///
+/// # Notes
+///
+/// This will return an error if too many operations are already queued,
+/// this is usually resolved by calling [`Ring::poll`].
+///
+/// The returned `MsgToken` has an implicitly lifetime linked to
+/// `MsgListener`. If `MsgListener` is dropped the `MsgToken` will
+/// become invalid.
+///
+/// Due to the limitations mentioned above it's advised to consider the
+/// usefulness of the type severly limited. The returned `MsgListener`
+/// iterator should live for the entire lifetime of the `Ring`, to ensure we
+/// don't use `MsgToken` after it became invalid. Furthermore to ensure
+/// the creation of it succeeds it should be done early in the lifetime of
+/// `Ring`.
+///
+/// [`Ring::poll`]: crate::Ring::poll
+#[allow(clippy::module_name_repetitions)]
+pub fn msg_listener(sq: SubmissionQueue) -> io::Result<(MsgListener, MsgToken)> {
+    let op_index = sq.queue_multishot()?;
+    Ok((MsgListener { sq, op_index }, MsgToken(op_index)))
+}
+
+/// [`AsyncIterator`] behind [`msg_listener`].
 ///
 /// [`AsyncIterator`]: std::async_iter::AsyncIterator
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -31,12 +59,6 @@ pub struct MsgListener {
 }
 
 impl MsgListener {
-    /// Create a new `MsgListener`.
-    pub(crate) fn new(sq: SubmissionQueue) -> io::Result<(MsgListener, MsgToken)> {
-        let op_index = sq.queue_multishot()?;
-        Ok((MsgListener { sq, op_index }, MsgToken(op_index)))
-    }
-
     /// This is the same as the `AsyncIterator::poll_next` function, but then
     /// available on stable Rust.
     pub fn poll_next(self: Pin<&mut Self>, ctx: &mut task::Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<u32>> {
@@ -63,28 +85,48 @@ impl std::async_iter::AsyncIterator for MsgListener {
     }
 }
 
-/// [`Future`] behind [`SubmissionQueue::send_msg`].
+/// Try to send a message to iterator listening for message using [`MsgToken`].
+///
+/// This will use the io_uring submission queue to share `data` with the
+/// receiving end. This means that it will wake up the thread if it's
+/// currently [polling].
+///
+/// This will fail if the submission queue is currently full. See [`send_msg`]
+/// for a version that tries again when the submission queue is full.
+///
+/// See [`msg_listener`] for examples.
+///
+/// [polling]: crate::Ring::poll
+#[allow(clippy::module_name_repetitions)]
+pub fn try_send_msg(sq: &SubmissionQueue, token: MsgToken, data: u32) -> io::Result<()> {
+    sq.add_no_result(|submission| unsafe {
+        submission.msg(sq.shared.ring_fd.as_raw_fd(), (token.0).0 as u64, data, 0);
+        submission.no_completion_event();
+    })?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Send a message to iterator listening for message using [`MsgToken`].
+#[allow(clippy::module_name_repetitions)]
+pub const fn send_msg<'sq>(sq: &'sq SubmissionQueue, token: MsgToken, data: u32) -> SendMsg<'sq> {
+    SendMsg { sq, token, data }
+}
+
+/// [`Future`] behind [`send_msg`].
 #[derive(Debug)]
 #[must_use = "`Future`s do nothing unless polled"]
 #[allow(clippy::module_name_repetitions)]
-pub struct SendMsg<'a> {
-    sq: &'a SubmissionQueue,
+pub struct SendMsg<'sq> {
+    sq: &'sq SubmissionQueue,
     token: MsgToken,
     data: u32,
 }
 
-impl<'a> SendMsg<'a> {
-    /// Create a new `SendMsg`.
-    pub(crate) const fn new(sq: &'a SubmissionQueue, token: MsgToken, data: u32) -> SendMsg {
-        SendMsg { sq, token, data }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<'a> Future for SendMsg<'a> {
+impl<'sq> Future for SendMsg<'sq> {
     type Output = io::Result<()>;
 
     fn poll(self: Pin<&mut Self>, ctx: &mut task::Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
-        match self.sq.try_send_msg(self.token, self.data) {
+        match try_send_msg(self.sq, self.token, self.data) {
             Ok(()) => Poll::Ready(Ok(())),
             Err(_) => {
                 self.sq.wait_for_submission(ctx.waker().clone());
diff --git a/src/poll.rs b/src/poll.rs
index 861e0d7c..0bd24815 100644
--- a/src/poll.rs
+++ b/src/poll.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 //! Poll for file descriptor events.
 //!
 //! To wait for events on a file descriptor use:
-//!  * [`SubmissionQueue::oneshot_poll`] a [`Future`] returning a single
-//!    [`PollEvent`].
-//!  * [`SubmissionQueue::multishot_poll`] an [`AsyncIterator`] returning
-//!    multiple [`PollEvent`]s.
+//!  * [`oneshot_poll`] a [`Future`] returning a single [`PollEvent`].
+//!  * [`multishot_poll`] an [`AsyncIterator`] returning multiple
+//!    [`PollEvent`]s.
 //!
 //! [`AsyncIterator`]: std::async_iter::AsyncIterator
 
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ pub fn oneshot_poll<'sq>(
     }
 }
 
-/// [`Future`] behind [`SubmissionQueue::oneshot_poll`].
+/// [`Future`] behind [`oneshot_poll`].
 #[derive(Debug)]
 #[must_use = "`Future`s do nothing unless polled"]
 #[allow(clippy::module_name_repetitions)]
@@ -104,9 +103,9 @@ impl<'sq> Drop for OneshotPoll<'sq> {
 /// Returns an [`AsyncIterator`] that returns multiple events as specified
 /// in `mask` on the file descriptor `fd`.
 ///
-/// This is not the same as calling [`SubmissionQueue::oneshot_poll`] in a
-/// loop as this uses a multishot operation, which means only a single
-/// operation is created kernel side, making this more efficient.
+/// This is not the same as calling [`oneshot_poll`] in a loop as this uses a
+/// multishot operation, which means only a single operation is created kernel
+/// side, making this more efficient.
 ///
 /// [`AsyncIterator`]: std::async_iter::AsyncIterator
 #[allow(clippy::module_name_repetitions)]
@@ -121,7 +120,7 @@ pub fn multishot_poll<'sq>(
     }
 }
 
-/// [`AsyncIterator`] behind [`SubmissionQueue::multishot_poll`].
+/// [`AsyncIterator`] behind [`multishot_poll`].
 ///
 /// [`AsyncIterator`]: std::async_iter::AsyncIterator
 #[derive(Debug)]
diff --git a/tests/ring.rs b/tests/ring.rs
index d8aac82c..18b75eaf 100644
--- a/tests/ring.rs
+++ b/tests/ring.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 use a10::cancel::Cancel;
 use a10::fs::OpenOptions;
 use a10::io::ReadBufPool;
-use a10::msg::{MsgListener, MsgToken, SendMsg};
+use a10::msg::{msg_listener, send_msg, try_send_msg, MsgListener, MsgToken, SendMsg};
 use a10::poll::{multishot_poll, oneshot_poll, MultishotPoll, OneshotPoll};
 use a10::{mem, process, AsyncFd, Config, Ring, SubmissionQueue};
 
@@ -279,13 +279,15 @@ fn message_sending() {
     is_send::<MsgToken>();
     is_sync::<MsgToken>();
 
-    let (msg_listener, msg_token) = sq.clone().msg_listener().unwrap();
+    let (msg_listener, msg_token) = msg_listener(sq.clone()).unwrap();
     let mut msg_listener = pin!(msg_listener);
     start_mulitshot_op(msg_listener.as_mut());
 
     // Send some messages.
-    sq.try_send_msg(msg_token, DATA1).unwrap();
-    waker.block_on(pin!(sq.send_msg(msg_token, DATA2))).unwrap();
+    try_send_msg(&sq, msg_token, DATA1).unwrap();
+    waker
+        .block_on(pin!(send_msg(&sq, msg_token, DATA2)))
+        .unwrap();
 
     assert_eq!(waker.block_on(next(msg_listener.as_mut())), Some(DATA1));
     assert_eq!(waker.block_on(next(msg_listener.as_mut())), Some(DATA2));