diff --git a/src/nimdeque.nim b/src/nimdeque.nim
index 768d054..e364e29 100644
--- a/src/nimdeque.nim
+++ b/src/nimdeque.nim
@@ -35,4 +35,5 @@ export extend
 export reversedPairs
 export clear
 export clearPop
-export extendLeft
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+export extendLeft
+export maxSize
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diff --git a/src/private/queues/linked.nim b/src/private/queues/linked.nim
index 6348876..23b1e13 100644
--- a/src/private/queues/linked.nim
+++ b/src/private/queues/linked.nim
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import strformat
 
 type
     DequeNode[T] = ref object
-        ## Linked list node
+        ## A doubly linked list node
         next: DequeNode[T]
         prev: DequeNode[T]
         val: T
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ proc getNode[T](self: LinkedDeque[T], i: int): DequeNode[T] =
     ## a node object back
     if self.high() == -1:
         raise newException(IndexDefect, "LinkedDeque is empty")
-    elif i > self.high():
+    elif i > self.high() or i < 0:
         raise newException(IndexDefect, &"{i} notin 0..{self.high()}")
     var pos = 0
     if i < self.high() div 2:
@@ -132,12 +132,12 @@ proc `[]=`*[T](self: LinkedDeque[T], i: BackwardsIndex, val: T) =
 
 
 proc pop*[T](self: LinkedDeque[T], pos: int = 0): T =
-    ## Pops an element off the queue
+    ## Pops an element off the deque
     ## at the given index (default 0).
     ## The queue is optimized for popping
     ## and appending in roughly constant time
     ## at both ends, so this is quite fast
-    ## if the operation is nears the ends of
+    ## if the operation is near the ends of
     ## the iterable. The popped item is returned
     var node = self.getNode(pos)
     if pos == 0:
@@ -209,10 +209,9 @@ proc addLeft*[T](self: LinkedDeque[T], val: T) =
 
 proc insert*[T](self: LinkedDeque[T], pos: int, val: T) =
     ## Inserts the given value at the given
-    ## position. When pos equals 0 or self.high(),
-    ## this proc is equivalent to addLeft and add
-    ## respectively. In all other cases, all items
-    ## are "shifted" by 1 (shifted is in quotes because
+    ## position. When pos equals 0, this proc is equivalent 
+    ## to addLeft. In all other cases, all items are
+    ## "shifted" by 1 (shifted is in quotes because
     ## no shifting actually occurs, but the result is
     ## the same). The operation takes constant time at
     ## the ends, but the complexity grows to O(n) the closer
@@ -223,8 +222,6 @@ proc insert*[T](self: LinkedDeque[T], pos: int, val: T) =
         raise newException(IndexDefect, &"LinkedDeque has reached its maximum size ({self.maxSize})")
     if pos == 0:
         self.addLeft(val)
-    elif pos == self.high():
-        self.add(val)
     else:
         var node = self.getNode(pos)
         var prev: DequeNode[T] = node.prev