diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 00a10d7..c64ae33 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -43,14 +43,15 @@ example of the format. Any exceptions will be printed to stderr.
 
 ## Library
 
-### `gptc.Classifier(model, max_ngram_length=1)`
+### `Model.serialize()`
 
-Create a `Classifier` object using the given compiled model (as a `gptc.Model`
-object, not as a serialized byte string).
+Returns a `bytes` representing the model.
 
-For information about `max_ngram_length`, see section "Ngrams."
+### `gptc.deserialize(encoded_model)`
 
-#### `Classifier.confidence(text)`
+Deserialize a `Model` from a `bytes` returned by `Model.serialize()`.
+
+### `Model.confidence(text, max_ngram_length)`
 
 Classify `text`. Returns a dict of the format `{category: probability,
 category:probability, ...}`
@@ -60,14 +61,7 @@ common words between the input and the training data (likely, for example, with
 input in a different language from the training data), an empty dict will be
 returned.
 
-#### `Classifier.classify(text)`
-
-Classify `text`. Returns the category into which the text is placed (as a
-string), or `None` when it cannot classify the text.
-
-#### `Classifier.model`
-
-The classifier's model.
+For information about `max_ngram_length`, see section "Ngrams."
 
 ### `gptc.compile(raw_model, max_ngram_length=1, min_count=1)`
 
@@ -79,14 +73,6 @@ For information about `max_ngram_length`, see section "Ngrams."
 Words or ngrams used less than `min_count` times throughout the input text are
 excluded from the model.
 
-### `gptc.Model.serialize()`
-
-Returns a `bytes` representing the model.
-
-### `gptc.deserialize(encoded_model)`
-
-Deserialize a `Model` from a `bytes` returned by `Model.serialize()`.
-
 ### `gptc.pack(directory, print_exceptions=False)
 
 Pack the model in `directory` and return a tuple of the format:
@@ -99,6 +85,13 @@ GPTC.
 
 See `models/unpacked/` for an example of the format.
 
+### `gptc.Classifier(model, max_ngram_length=1)`
+
+`Classifier` objects are deprecated starting with GPTC 3.1.0, and will be
+removed in 4.0.0. See [the README from
+3.0.2](https://git.kj7rrv.com/kj7rrv/gptc/src/tag/v3.0.1/README.md) if you need
+documentation.
+
 ## Ngrams
 
 GPTC optionally supports using ngrams to improve classification accuracy. They
diff --git a/gptc/__main__.py b/gptc/__main__.py
index d98d4bd..6c3e99b 100644
--- a/gptc/__main__.py
+++ b/gptc/__main__.py
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ def main() -> None:
     )
     subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(dest="subparser_name", required=True)
 
-    compile_parser = subparsers.add_parser(
-        "compile", help="compile a raw model"
-    )
+    compile_parser = subparsers.add_parser("compile", help="compile a raw model")
     compile_parser.add_argument("model", help="raw model to compile")
     compile_parser.add_argument(
         "--max-ngram-length",
@@ -55,9 +53,7 @@ def main() -> None:
         action="store_true",
     )
 
-    pack_parser = subparsers.add_parser(
-        "pack", help="pack a model from a directory"
-    )
+    pack_parser = subparsers.add_parser("pack", help="pack a model from a directory")
     pack_parser.add_argument("model", help="directory containing model")
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
@@ -67,25 +63,26 @@ def main() -> None:
             model = json.load(f)
 
         sys.stdout.buffer.write(
-            gptc.compile(
-                model, args.max_ngram_length, args.min_count
-            ).serialize()
+            gptc.compile(model, args.max_ngram_length, args.min_count).serialize()
         )
     elif args.subparser_name == "classify":
         with open(args.model, "rb") as f:
             model = gptc.deserialize(f.read())
 
-        classifier = gptc.Classifier(model, args.max_ngram_length)
-
         if sys.stdin.isatty():
             text = input("Text to analyse: ")
         else:
             text = sys.stdin.read()
 
+        probabilities = model.confidence(text, args.max_ngram_length)
+
         if args.category:
-            print(classifier.classify(text))
+            try:
+                print(sorted(probabilities.items(), key=lambda x: x[1])[-1][0])
+            except IndexError:
+                print(None)
         else:
-            print(json.dumps(classifier.confidence(text)))
+            print(json.dumps(probabilities))
     else:
         print(json.dumps(gptc.pack(args.model, True)[0]))
 
diff --git a/gptc/classifier.py b/gptc/classifier.py
index de9e0a8..f2e2bf4 100755
--- a/gptc/classifier.py
+++ b/gptc/classifier.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
-import gptc.tokenizer, gptc.compiler, gptc.exceptions, gptc.weighting
-import warnings
-from typing import Dict, Union, cast, List
+import gptc.model
+from typing import Dict, Union
 
 
 class Classifier:
@@ -45,29 +44,7 @@ class Classifier:
             matching any categories in the model were found
 
         """
-
-        model = self.model.weights
-
-        tokens = gptc.tokenizer.tokenize(text, self.max_ngram_length)
-        numbered_probs: Dict[int, float] = {}
-        for word in tokens:
-            try:
-                weighted_numbers = gptc.weighting.weight(
-                    [i / 65535 for i in cast(List[float], model[word])]
-                )
-                for category, value in enumerate(weighted_numbers):
-                    try:
-                        numbered_probs[category] += value
-                    except KeyError:
-                        numbered_probs[category] = value
-            except KeyError:
-                pass
-        total = sum(numbered_probs.values())
-        probs: Dict[str, float] = {
-            self.model.names[category]: value / total
-            for category, value in numbered_probs.items()
-        }
-        return probs
+        return self.model.confidence(text, self.max_ngram_length)
 
     def classify(self, text: str) -> Union[str, None]:
         """Classify text.
diff --git a/gptc/model.py b/gptc/model.py
index 014189b..e105674 100644
--- a/gptc/model.py
+++ b/gptc/model.py
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 import gptc.tokenizer
 from gptc.exceptions import InvalidModelError
-from typing import Iterable, Mapping, List, Dict, Union
+import gptc.weighting
+from typing import Iterable, Mapping, List, Dict, Union, cast
 import json
 
 
@@ -17,6 +18,50 @@ class Model:
         self.names = names
         self.max_ngram_length = max_ngram_length
 
+    def confidence(self, text: str, max_ngram_length: int) -> Dict[str, float]:
+        """Classify text with confidence.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        text : str
+            The text to classify
+
+        max_ngram_length : int
+            The maximum ngram length to use in classifying
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        dict
+            {category:probability, category:probability...} or {} if no words
+            matching any categories in the model were found
+
+        """
+
+        model = self.weights
+
+        tokens = gptc.tokenizer.tokenize(
+            text, min(max_ngram_length, self.max_ngram_length)
+        )
+        numbered_probs: Dict[int, float] = {}
+        for word in tokens:
+            try:
+                weighted_numbers = gptc.weighting.weight(
+                    [i / 65535 for i in cast(List[float], model[word])]
+                )
+                for category, value in enumerate(weighted_numbers):
+                    try:
+                        numbered_probs[category] += value
+                    except KeyError:
+                        numbered_probs[category] = value
+            except KeyError:
+                pass
+        total = sum(numbered_probs.values())
+        probs: Dict[str, float] = {
+            self.names[category]: value / total
+            for category, value in numbered_probs.items()
+        }
+        return probs
+
     def serialize(self) -> bytes:
         out = b"GPTC model v4\n"
         out += (