diff --git a/Yesod/Form.hs b/Yesod/Form.hs
index 8fde8226..0e83f9ef 100644
--- a/Yesod/Form.hs
+++ b/Yesod/Form.hs
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ module Yesod.Form
     , emailFieldProfile
     , urlFieldProfile
     , FormFieldSettings (..)
-    , labelSettings
       -- * Pre-built fields
     , stringField
     , maybeStringField
@@ -107,6 +106,7 @@ import Control.Arrow ((&&&))
 import qualified Text.Email.Validate as Email
 import Data.List (group, sort)
 import Network.URI (parseURI)
+import Data.String (IsString (..))
 
 -- | A form can produce three different results: there was no data available,
 -- the data was invalid, or there was a successful parse.
@@ -220,6 +220,8 @@ data FormFieldSettings = FormFieldSettings
     , ffsId :: Maybe String
     , ffsName :: Maybe String
     }
+instance IsString FormFieldSettings where
+    fromString s = FormFieldSettings (string s) mempty Nothing Nothing
 
 -- | Create a required field (ie, one that cannot be blank) from a
 -- 'FieldProfile'.ngs
@@ -793,9 +795,6 @@ emailInput n =
 nameSettings :: String -> FormFieldSettings
 nameSettings n = FormFieldSettings mempty mempty (Just n) (Just n)
 
-labelSettings :: String -> FormFieldSettings
-labelSettings l = FormFieldSettings (string l) mempty Nothing Nothing
-
 textareaFieldProfile :: FieldProfile sub y String
 textareaFieldProfile = FieldProfile
     { fpParse = Right
diff --git a/hellowidget.hs b/hellowidget.hs
index cc9ba2bc..b3564e74 100644
--- a/hellowidget.hs
+++ b/hellowidget.hs
@@ -54,11 +54,11 @@ getRootR = applyLayoutW $ flip wrapWidget wrapper $ do
 handleFormR = do
     (res, form, enctype) <- runFormPost $ (,,,,,,,,,)
         <$> stringField (FormFieldSettings "My Field" "Some tooltip info" Nothing Nothing) Nothing
-        <*> stringField (labelSettings "Another field") (Just "some default text")
+        <*> stringField ("Another field") (Just "some default text")
         <*> intField (FormFieldSettings "A number field" "some nums" Nothing Nothing) (Just 5)
-        <*> jqueryDayField (labelSettings "A day field") Nothing
-        <*> timeField (labelSettings "A time field") Nothing
-        <*> jqueryDayTimeField (labelSettings "A day/time field") Nothing
+        <*> jqueryDayField ("A day field") Nothing
+        <*> timeField ("A time field") Nothing
+        <*> jqueryDayTimeField ("A day/time field") Nothing
         <*> boolField FormFieldSettings
                 { ffsLabel = "A checkbox"
                 , ffsTooltip = ""
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ handleFormR = do
                 } (Just False)
         <*> jqueryAutocompleteField AutoCompleteR
             (FormFieldSettings "Autocomplete" "Try it!" Nothing Nothing) Nothing
-        <*> nicHtmlField (labelSettings "HTML")
+        <*> nicHtmlField ("HTML")
                 (Just $ string "You can put rich text here")
-        <*> maybeEmailField (labelSettings "An e-mail addres") Nothing
+        <*> maybeEmailField ("An e-mail addres") Nothing
     let mhtml = case res of
                     FormSuccess (_, _, _, _, _, _, _, _, x, _) -> Just x
                     _ -> Nothing