diff --git a/src/libcore/char.rs b/src/libcore/char.rs
index a9282b5b02fea..649fdf394e422 100644
--- a/src/libcore/char.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/char.rs
@@ -209,10 +209,10 @@ impl From<u8> for char {
 
 #[unstable(feature = "try_from", issue = "33417")]
 impl TryFrom<u32> for char {
-    type Err = CharTryFromError;
+    type Error = CharTryFromError;
 
     #[inline]
-    fn try_from(i: u32) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+    fn try_from(i: u32) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
         if (i > MAX as u32) || (i >= 0xD800 && i <= 0xDFFF) {
             Err(CharTryFromError(()))
         } else {
diff --git a/src/libcore/convert.rs b/src/libcore/convert.rs
index 70e285f202e52..0b0f831f093b0 100644
--- a/src/libcore/convert.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/convert.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
 
 #![stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 
+use str::FromStr;
+
 /// A cheap, reference-to-reference conversion.
 ///
 /// `AsRef` is very similar to, but different than, [`Borrow`]. See
@@ -212,20 +214,20 @@ pub trait From<T>: Sized {
 #[unstable(feature = "try_from", issue = "33417")]
 pub trait TryInto<T>: Sized {
     /// The type returned in the event of a conversion error.
-    type Err;
+    type Error;
 
     /// Performs the conversion.
-    fn try_into(self) -> Result<T, Self::Err>;
+    fn try_into(self) -> Result<T, Self::Error>;
 }
 
 /// Attempt to construct `Self` via a conversion.
 #[unstable(feature = "try_from", issue = "33417")]
 pub trait TryFrom<T>: Sized {
     /// The type returned in the event of a conversion error.
-    type Err;
+    type Error;
 
     /// Performs the conversion.
-    fn try_from(value: T) -> Result<Self, Self::Err>;
+    fn try_from(value: T) -> Result<Self, Self::Error>;
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -290,9 +292,9 @@ impl<T> From<T> for T {
 // TryFrom implies TryInto
 #[unstable(feature = "try_from", issue = "33417")]
 impl<T, U> TryInto<U> for T where U: TryFrom<T> {
-    type Err = U::Err;
+    type Error = U::Error;
 
-    fn try_into(self) -> Result<U, U::Err> {
+    fn try_into(self) -> Result<U, U::Error> {
         U::try_from(self)
     }
 }
@@ -322,3 +324,13 @@ impl AsRef<str> for str {
         self
     }
 }
+
+// FromStr implies TryFrom<&str>
+#[unstable(feature = "try_from", issue = "33417")]
+impl<'a, T> TryFrom<&'a str> for T where T: FromStr {
+    type Error = <T as FromStr>::Err;
+
+    fn try_from(s: &'a str) -> Result<T, Self::Error> {
+        FromStr::from_str(s)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/libcore/num/mod.rs b/src/libcore/num/mod.rs
index 81c80ba51152d..13fa099c8eb01 100644
--- a/src/libcore/num/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/num/mod.rs
@@ -2591,7 +2591,7 @@ macro_rules! same_sign_try_from_int_impl {
     ($storage:ty, $target:ty, $($source:ty),*) => {$(
         #[unstable(feature = "try_from", issue = "33417")]
         impl TryFrom<$source> for $target {
-            type Err = TryFromIntError;
+            type Error = TryFromIntError;
 
             fn try_from(u: $source) -> Result<$target, TryFromIntError> {
                 let min = <$target as FromStrRadixHelper>::min_value() as $storage;
@@ -2623,7 +2623,7 @@ macro_rules! cross_sign_from_int_impl {
     ($unsigned:ty, $($signed:ty),*) => {$(
         #[unstable(feature = "try_from", issue = "33417")]
         impl TryFrom<$unsigned> for $signed {
-            type Err = TryFromIntError;
+            type Error = TryFromIntError;
 
             fn try_from(u: $unsigned) -> Result<$signed, TryFromIntError> {
                 let max = <$signed as FromStrRadixHelper>::max_value() as u128;
@@ -2637,7 +2637,7 @@ macro_rules! cross_sign_from_int_impl {
 
         #[unstable(feature = "try_from", issue = "33417")]
         impl TryFrom<$signed> for $unsigned {
-            type Err = TryFromIntError;
+            type Error = TryFromIntError;
 
             fn try_from(u: $signed) -> Result<$unsigned, TryFromIntError> {
                 let max = <$unsigned as FromStrRadixHelper>::max_value() as u128;
diff --git a/src/libcore/str/mod.rs b/src/libcore/str/mod.rs
index 0775142651006..cf3e8a684dfab 100644
--- a/src/libcore/str/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/str/mod.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ use self::pattern::Pattern;
 use self::pattern::{Searcher, ReverseSearcher, DoubleEndedSearcher};
 
 use char;
+use convert::TryFrom;
 use fmt;
 use iter::{Map, Cloned, FusedIterator};
 use mem;
@@ -1782,7 +1783,7 @@ pub trait StrExt {
     #[stable(feature = "core", since = "1.6.0")]
     fn is_empty(&self) -> bool;
     #[stable(feature = "core", since = "1.6.0")]
-    fn parse<T: FromStr>(&self) -> Result<T, T::Err>;
+    fn parse<'a, T: TryFrom<&'a str>>(&'a self) -> Result<T, T::Error>;
 }
 
 // truncate `&str` to length at most equal to `max`
@@ -2081,7 +2082,9 @@ impl StrExt for str {
     fn is_empty(&self) -> bool { self.len() == 0 }
 
     #[inline]
-    fn parse<T: FromStr>(&self) -> Result<T, T::Err> { FromStr::from_str(self) }
+    fn parse<'a, T>(&'a self) -> Result<T, T::Error> where T: TryFrom<&'a str> {
+        T::try_from(self)
+    }
 }
 
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]