diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index c720ce743..232f90906 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ I get time doing such tasks as:
 License Information
 ------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Pymodbus is built on top of code developed from by:
+Pymodbus is built on top of code developed from/by:
   * Copyright (c) 2001-2005 S.W.A.C. GmbH, Germany.
   * Copyright (c) 2001-2005 S.W.A.C. Bohemia s.r.o., Czech Republic.
   * Hynek Petrak <hynek@swac.cz>
diff --git a/pymodbus/client/async.py b/pymodbus/client/async.py
index 25b64ffef..3220c91b6 100644
--- a/pymodbus/client/async.py
+++ b/pymodbus/client/async.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ def process():
 from pymodbus.exceptions import ConnectionException
 from pymodbus.transaction import ModbusSocketFramer, ModbusTransactionManager
 from pymodbus.client.common import ModbusClientMixin
+from twisted.python.failure import Failure
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 # Logging
@@ -82,6 +83,9 @@ def connectionLost(self, reason):
         '''
         _logger.debug("Client disconnected from modbus server: %s" % reason)
         self._connected = False
+        while self._requests:
+            self._requests.popleft().errback(Failure(
+                ConnectionException('Connection lost during request')))
 
     def dataReceived(self, data):
         ''' Get response, check for valid message, decode result
@@ -111,7 +115,8 @@ def _buildResponse(self):
         :returns: A defer linked to the latest request
         '''
         if not self._connected:
-            return defer.fail(ConnectionException('Client is not connected'))
+            return defer.fail(Failure(
+                ConnectionException('Client is not connected')))
 
         d = defer.Deferred()
         self._requests.append(d)
diff --git a/pymodbus/client/common.py b/pymodbus/client/common.py
index 91ee380e5..aa2a5745d 100644
--- a/pymodbus/client/common.py
+++ b/pymodbus/client/common.py
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 '''
+Modbus Client Common
+----------------------------------
+
+This is a common client mixin that can be used by
+both the synchronous and asynchronous clients to
+simplify the interface.
 '''
 from pymodbus.bit_read_message import *
 from pymodbus.bit_write_message import *