diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs
index 553bd20a68..0f7d6c7b49 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs
@@ -433,8 +433,9 @@ pub fn create_default_context() -> EngineState {
 
         // Network
         bind_command! {
-            Fetch,
-            Post,
+            Http,
+            HttpGet,
+            HttpPost,
             Url,
             UrlBuildQuery,
             UrlEncode,
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/deprecated/deprecated_commands.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/deprecated/deprecated_commands.rs
index b8cb8c7cef..28fc079143 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/deprecated/deprecated_commands.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/deprecated/deprecated_commands.rs
@@ -18,5 +18,7 @@ pub fn deprecated_commands() -> HashMap<String, String> {
             "build-string".to_string(),
             "str join'/'string concatenation with '+'".to_string(),
         ),
+        ("fetch".to_string(), "http get".to_string()),
+        ("post".to_string(), "http post".to_string()),
     ])
 }
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/network/fetch.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/get.rs
similarity index 95%
rename from crates/nu-command/src/network/fetch.rs
rename to crates/nu-command/src/network/http/get.rs
index 31a2c013b6..897e7ae932 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/network/fetch.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/get.rs
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ pub struct SubCommand;
 
 impl Command for SubCommand {
     fn name(&self) -> &str {
-        "fetch"
+        "http get"
     }
 
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
-        Signature::build("fetch")
+        Signature::build("http get")
             .input_output_types(vec![(Type::Nothing, Type::Any)])
             .required(
                 "URL",
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
 
     fn search_terms(&self) -> Vec<&str> {
         vec![
-            "network", "get", "pull", "request", "http", "download", "curl", "wget",
+            "network", "fetch", "pull", "request", "download", "curl", "wget",
         ]
     }
 
@@ -91,18 +91,18 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
     fn examples(&self) -> Vec<Example> {
         vec![
             Example {
-                description: "Fetch content from example.com",
-                example: "fetch https://www.example.com",
+                description: "http get content from example.com",
+                example: "http get https://www.example.com",
                 result: None,
             },
             Example {
-                description: "Fetch content from example.com, with username and password",
-                example: "fetch -u myuser -p mypass https://www.example.com",
+                description: "http get content from example.com, with username and password",
+                example: "http get -u myuser -p mypass https://www.example.com",
                 result: None,
             },
             Example {
-                description: "Fetch content from example.com, with custom header",
-                example: "fetch -H [my-header-key my-header-value] https://www.example.com",
+                description: "http get content from example.com, with custom header",
+                example: "http get -H [my-header-key my-header-value] https://www.example.com",
                 result: None,
             },
         ]
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/http_.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/http_.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ddd7b15aff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/http_.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+use nu_engine::get_full_help;
+use nu_protocol::{
+    ast::Call,
+    engine::{Command, EngineState, Stack},
+    Category, IntoPipelineData, PipelineData, Signature, Type, Value,
+};
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct Http;
+
+impl Command for Http {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "http"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build("http")
+            .input_output_types(vec![(Type::Nothing, Type::String)])
+            .category(Category::Network)
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Various commands for working with http methods"
+    }
+
+    fn extra_usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "You must use one of the following subcommands. Using this command as-is will only produce this help message."
+    }
+
+    fn search_terms(&self) -> Vec<&str> {
+        vec![
+            "network", "fetch", "pull", "request", "download", "curl", "wget",
+        ]
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        engine_state: &EngineState,
+        stack: &mut Stack,
+        call: &Call,
+        _input: PipelineData,
+    ) -> Result<nu_protocol::PipelineData, nu_protocol::ShellError> {
+        Ok(Value::String {
+            val: get_full_help(
+                &Http.signature(),
+                &Http.examples(),
+                engine_state,
+                stack,
+                self.is_parser_keyword(),
+            ),
+            span: call.head,
+        }
+        .into_pipeline_data())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/mod.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..af807b222c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+mod get;
+mod http_;
+mod post;
+
+pub use get::SubCommand as HttpGet;
+pub use http_::Http;
+pub use post::SubCommand as HttpPost;
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/network/post.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/post.rs
similarity index 97%
rename from crates/nu-command/src/network/post.rs
rename to crates/nu-command/src/network/http/post.rs
index 49674aa01d..ce582cf854 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/network/post.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/network/http/post.rs
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ pub struct SubCommand;
 
 impl Command for SubCommand {
     fn name(&self) -> &str {
-        "post"
+        "http post"
     }
 
     fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
-        Signature::build("post")
+        Signature::build("http post")
             .input_output_types(vec![(Type::Nothing, Type::Any)])
             .required("path", SyntaxShape::String, "the URL to post to")
             .required("body", SyntaxShape::Any, "the contents of the post body")
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
     }
 
     fn search_terms(&self) -> Vec<&str> {
-        vec!["network", "send", "push", "http"]
+        vec!["network", "send", "push"]
     }
 
     fn run(
@@ -96,22 +96,22 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
         vec![
             Example {
                 description: "Post content to url.com",
-                example: "post url.com 'body'",
+                example: "http post url.com 'body'",
                 result: None,
             },
             Example {
                 description: "Post content to url.com, with username and password",
-                example: "post -u myuser -p mypass url.com 'body'",
+                example: "http post -u myuser -p mypass url.com 'body'",
                 result: None,
             },
             Example {
                 description: "Post content to url.com, with custom header",
-                example: "post -H [my-header-key my-header-value] url.com",
+                example: "http post -H [my-header-key my-header-value] url.com",
                 result: None,
             },
             Example {
                 description: "Post content to url.com with a json body",
-                example: "post -t application/json url.com { field: value }",
+                example: "http post -t application/json url.com { field: value }",
                 result: None,
             },
         ]
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/network/mod.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/network/mod.rs
index 330e1f17c8..5ca523a1d3 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/network/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/network/mod.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-mod fetch;
+mod http;
 mod port;
-mod post;
 mod url;
 
+pub use self::http::*;
 pub use self::url::*;
-pub use fetch::SubCommand as Fetch;
+
 pub use port::SubCommand as Port;
-pub use post::SubCommand as Post;
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/split/words.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/split/words.rs
index dfc56e68f8..9291bf7471 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/strings/split/words.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/strings/split/words.rs
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ impl Command for SubCommand {
             Example {
                 description:
                     "A real-world example of splitting words",
-                example: "fetch https://www.gutenberg.org/files/11/11-0.txt | str downcase | split words -l 2 | uniq -c | sort-by count --reverse | first 10",
+                example: "http get https://www.gutenberg.org/files/11/11-0.txt | str downcase | split words -l 2 | uniq -c | sort-by count --reverse | first 10",
                 result: None,
             },
         ]