diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b1b79d8fd70..e69ffd02fb9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -64,5 +64,4 @@ deploy:
   on:
     tags: true
     all_branches: true
-    python:
-      - 3.5
+    python: 3.5
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 86c28b1c697..70ce9a565ba 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ This is simple usage example:
 
         async for msg in ws:
             if msg.type == web.MsgType.text:
-                ws.send_str("Hello, {}".format(msg.data))
+                await ws.send_str("Hello, {}".format(msg.data))
             elif msg.type == web.MsgType.binary:
-                ws.send_bytes(msg.data)
+                await ws.send_bytes(msg.data)
             elif msg.type == web.MsgType.close:
                 break
 
diff --git a/aiohttp/_ws_impl.py b/aiohttp/_ws_impl.py
index 0e5c9abca33..5004e25ee77 100644
--- a/aiohttp/_ws_impl.py
+++ b/aiohttp/_ws_impl.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from struct import Struct
 
 from aiohttp import errors, hdrs, helpers
+from aiohttp.helpers import noop
 from aiohttp.log import ws_logger
 
 __all__ = ('WebSocketReader', 'WebSocketWriter', 'do_handshake',
@@ -454,7 +455,7 @@ def _send_frame(self, message, opcode):
             self._output_size = 0
             return self.stream.drain()
 
-        return ()
+        return noop()
 
     def pong(self, message=b''):
         """Send pong message."""
diff --git a/aiohttp/helpers.py b/aiohttp/helpers.py
index e351fb5d01f..47281142606 100644
--- a/aiohttp/helpers.py
+++ b/aiohttp/helpers.py
@@ -39,13 +39,20 @@
 
 
 __all__ = ('BasicAuth', 'create_future', 'FormData', 'parse_mimetype',
-           'Timeout', 'ensure_future')
+           'Timeout', 'ensure_future', 'noop')
 
 
 sentinel = object()
 Timeout = timeout
 NO_EXTENSIONS = bool(os.environ.get('AIOHTTP_NO_EXTENSIONS'))
 
+if sys.version_info < (3, 5):
+    noop = tuple
+else:
+    @asyncio.coroutine
+    def noop(*args, **kwargs):
+        pass
+
 
 class BasicAuth(namedtuple('BasicAuth', ['login', 'password', 'encoding'])):
     """Http basic authentication helper.
diff --git a/tests/test_py35/test_client_websocket_35.py b/tests/test_py35/test_client_websocket_35.py
index 80e597a2428..4ebd94c631e 100644
--- a/tests/test_py35/test_client_websocket_35.py
+++ b/tests/test_py35/test_client_websocket_35.py
@@ -54,6 +54,31 @@ async def handler(request):
         assert ws.closed
 
 
+async def test_client_ws_async_with_send(loop, test_server):
+    # send_xxx methods have to return awaitable objects
+
+    async def handler(request):
+        ws = web.WebSocketResponse()
+        await ws.prepare(request)
+        msg = await ws.receive()
+        ws.send_str(msg.data + '/answer')
+        await ws.close()
+        return ws
+
+    app = web.Application(loop=loop)
+    app.router.add_route('GET', '/', handler)
+
+    server = await test_server(app)
+
+    async with aiohttp.ClientSession(loop=loop) as client:
+        async with client.ws_connect(server.make_url('/')) as ws:
+            await ws.send_str('request')
+            msg = await ws.receive()
+            assert msg.data == 'request/answer'
+
+        assert ws.closed
+
+
 async def test_client_ws_async_with_shortcut(loop, test_server):
 
     async def handler(request):
diff --git a/tests/test_py35/test_web_websocket_35.py b/tests/test_py35/test_web_websocket_35.py
index 08922473a44..1894b10b48d 100644
--- a/tests/test_py35/test_web_websocket_35.py
+++ b/tests/test_py35/test_web_websocket_35.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ async def handler(request):
         async for msg in ws:
             assert msg.type == aiohttp.MsgType.TEXT
             s = msg.data
-            ws.send_str(s + '/answer')
+            await ws.send_str(s + '/answer')
         await ws.close()
         closed.set_result(1)
         return ws