diff -r fc8702a8572e -r 52c100897e9d xmpp/structs.go
--- a/xmpp/structs.go	Wed Nov 06 20:38:03 2013 -0700
+++ b/xmpp/structs.go	Wed Nov 06 20:39:36 2013 -0700
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@
 type Message struct {
 	XMLName xml.Name `xml:"jabber:client message"`
 	Header
-	Subject *Generic `xml:"jabber:client subject"`
-	Body    *Generic `xml:"jabber:client body"`
-	Thread  *Generic `xml:"jabber:client thread"`
+	Subject []Text   `xml:"jabber:client subject"`
+	Body    []Text   `xml:"jabber:client body"`
+	Thread  *Data  `xml:"jabber:client thread"`
 }
 
 var _ Stanza = &Message{}
@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@
 type Presence struct {
 	XMLName xml.Name `xml:"presence"`
 	Header
-	Show     *Generic `xml:"jabber:client show"`
-	Status   *Generic `xml:"jabber:client status"`
-	Priority *Generic `xml:"jabber:client priority"`
+	Show     *Data   `xml:"jabber:client show"`
+	Status   []Text  `xml:"jabber:client status"`
+	Priority *Data   `xml:"jabber:client priority"`
 }
 
 var _ Stanza = &Presence{}
@@ -142,6 +142,22 @@
 	Jid      *string  `xml:"jid"`
 }
 
+// Holds human-readable text, with an optional language
+// specification. Generally multiple instances of these can be found
+// together, allowing the software to choose which language to present
+// to the user.
+type Text struct {
+	XMLName xml.Name
+	Lang     string `xml:"http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace lang,attr,omitempty"`
+	Chardata string `xml:",chardata"`
+}
+
+// Non-human-readable content of some sort, used by the protocol.
+type Data struct {
+	XMLName xml.Name
+	Chardata string `xml:",chardata"`
+}
+
 // Holds an XML element not described by the more specific types.
 type Generic struct {
 	XMLName  xml.Name
@@ -162,8 +178,7 @@
 	return result
 }
 
-// Set implements flag.Value. It returns true if it successfully
-// parses the string.
+// Set implements flag.Value.
 func (jid *JID) Set(val string) error {
 	r := regexp.MustCompile("^(([^@/]+)@)?([^@/]+)(/([^@/]+))?$")
 	parts := r.FindStringSubmatch(val)