--- a/examples/bench/basic.py
+++ b/examples/bench/basic.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 import sys
 import timeit
 
-__all__ = ['clearsilver', 'mako', 'django', 'kid', 'genshi', 'simpletal']
+__all__ = ['clearsilver', 'mako', 'django', 'kid', 'genshi', 'genshi_text',
+           'simpletal']
 
 def genshi(dirname, verbose=False):
     from genshi.template import TemplateLoader
@@ -24,6 +25,20 @@
         print render()
     return render
 
+def genshi_text(dirname, verbose=False):
+    from genshi.core import escape
+    from genshi.template import TemplateLoader, NewTextTemplate
+    loader = TemplateLoader([dirname], auto_reload=False)
+    template = loader.load('template.txt', cls=NewTextTemplate)
+    def render():
+        data = dict(escape=escape, title='Just a test', user='joe',
+                    items=['Number %d' % num for num in range(1, 15)])
+        return template.generate(**data).render('text')
+
+    if verbose:
+        print render()
+    return render
+
 def mako(dirname, verbose=False):
     from mako.lookup import TemplateLookup
     lookup = TemplateLookup(directories=[dirname], filesystem_checks=False)
@@ -107,7 +122,7 @@
     try:
         import kid
     except ImportError:
-        print>>sys.stderr, "SimpleTAL not installed, skipping"
+        print>>sys.stderr, "Kid not installed, skipping"
         return lambda: None
     kid.path = kid.TemplatePath([dirname])
     template = kid.load_template('template.kid').Template