diff --git a/mechanicalsoup/stateful_browser.py b/mechanicalsoup/stateful_browser.py
index f701dc4a..f878515e 100644
--- a/mechanicalsoup/stateful_browser.py
+++ b/mechanicalsoup/stateful_browser.py
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.__verbose = 0
         self.__state = _BrowserState()
 
+        # Aliases for backwards compatibility
+        # (Included specifically in __init__ to suppress them in Sphinx docs)
+        self.get_current_page = lambda: self.page
+        self.get_current_form = lambda: self.form
+        self.get_url = lambda: self.url
+
     def set_debug(self, debug):
         """Set the debug mode (off by default).
 
@@ -86,11 +92,18 @@ def get_verbose(self):
         """Get the verbosity level. See :func:`set_verbose()`."""
         return self.__verbose
 
-    def get_url(self):
+    @property
+    def page(self):
+        """Get the current page as a soup object."""
+        return self.__state.page
+
+    @property
+    def url(self):
         """Get the URL of the currently visited page."""
         return self.__state.url
 
-    def get_current_form(self):
+    @property
+    def form(self):
         """Get the currently selected form as a :class:`Form` object.
         See :func:`select_form`.
         """
@@ -106,10 +119,6 @@ def new_control(self, type, name, value, **kwargs):
         """Call :func:`Form.new_control` on the currently selected form."""
         return self.get_current_form().new_control(type, name, value, **kwargs)
 
-    def get_current_page(self):
-        """Get the current page as a soup object."""
-        return self.__state.page
-
     def absolute_url(self, url):
         """Return the absolute URL made from the current URL and ``url``.
         The current URL is only used to provide any missing components of
diff --git a/tests/test_stateful_browser.py b/tests/test_stateful_browser.py
index f581d465..7d0687fb 100644
--- a/tests/test_stateful_browser.py
+++ b/tests/test_stateful_browser.py
@@ -23,6 +23,19 @@ def test_request_forward():
     assert r.text == 'Success!'
 
 
+def test_properties():
+    """Check that properties return the same value as the getter."""
+    browser = mechanicalsoup.StatefulBrowser()
+    browser.open_fake_page('<form></form>', url="http://example.com")
+    assert browser.page == browser.get_current_page()
+    assert browser.page is not None
+    assert browser.url == browser.get_url()
+    assert browser.url is not None
+    browser.select_form()
+    assert browser.form == browser.get_current_form()
+    assert browser.form is not None
+
+
 def test_submit_online(httpbin):
     """Complete and submit the pizza form at http://httpbin.org/forms/post """
     browser = mechanicalsoup.StatefulBrowser()