diff --git a/fmt/format.h b/fmt/format.h
index d0a01468..e6f01725 100644
--- a/fmt/format.h
+++ b/fmt/format.h
@@ -1535,6 +1535,13 @@ typedef basic_format_args<basic_format_context<wchar_t>> wformat_args;
 
 #define FMT_DISPATCH(call) static_cast<Impl*>(this)->call
 
+/**
+  \rst
+  Visits an argument dispatching to the appropriate visit method based on
+  the argument type. For example, if the argument type is ``double`` then
+  ``vis(value)`` will be called with the value of type ``double``.
+  \endrst
+ */
 template <typename Visitor>
 typename std::result_of<Visitor(int)>::type visit(Visitor &&vis,
                                                   format_arg arg) {
@@ -1738,18 +1745,6 @@ class ArgVisitor {
   Result operator()(format_arg::CustomValue value) {
     return FMT_DISPATCH(visit_custom(value));
   }
-
-  /**
-    \rst
-    Visits an argument dispatching to the appropriate visit method based on
-    the argument type. For example, if the argument type is ``double`` then
-    the `~fmt::ArgVisitor::operator()(double)` method of the *Impl* class will
-    be called.
-    \endrst
-   */
-  Result visit(const format_arg &arg) {
-    return fmt::visit(*static_cast<Impl*>(this), arg);
-  }
 };
 
 enum Alignment {
@@ -3683,7 +3678,7 @@ void do_format_arg(BasicWriter<Char> &writer, const internal::Arg &arg,
     FMT_THROW(format_error("missing '}' in format string"));
 
   // Format argument.
-  ArgFormatter(writer, ctx, spec).visit(arg);
+  visit(ArgFormatter(writer, ctx, spec), arg);
 }
 
 /** Formats arguments and writes the output to the writer. */
diff --git a/fmt/printf.h b/fmt/printf.h
index 8f9278fe..c8d7b3dc 100644
--- a/fmt/printf.h
+++ b/fmt/printf.h
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ unsigned printf_context<Char, AF>::parse_header(
     spec.width_ = internal::parse_nonnegative_int(s);
   } else if (*s == '*') {
     ++s;
-    spec.width_ = internal::WidthHandler(spec).visit(get_arg(s));
+    spec.width_ = visit(internal::WidthHandler(spec), get_arg(s));
   }
   return arg_index;
 }
@@ -420,13 +420,13 @@ void printf_context<Char, AF>::format(BasicWriter<Char> &writer) {
         spec.precision_ = static_cast<int>(internal::parse_nonnegative_int(s));
       } else if (*s == '*') {
         ++s;
-        spec.precision_ = internal::PrecisionHandler().visit(get_arg(s));
+        spec.precision_ = visit(internal::PrecisionHandler(), get_arg(s));
       }
     }
 
     using internal::Arg;
     Arg arg = get_arg(s, arg_index);
-    if (spec.flag(HASH_FLAG) && internal::IsZeroInt().visit(arg))
+    if (spec.flag(HASH_FLAG) && visit(internal::IsZeroInt(), arg))
       spec.flags_ &= ~internal::to_unsigned<int>(HASH_FLAG);
     if (spec.fill_ == '0') {
       if (arg.type <= Arg::LAST_NUMERIC_TYPE)
@@ -440,24 +440,24 @@ void printf_context<Char, AF>::format(BasicWriter<Char> &writer) {
     switch (*s++) {
     case 'h':
       if (*s == 'h')
-        ArgConverter<signed char>(arg, *++s).visit(arg);
+        visit(ArgConverter<signed char>(arg, *++s), arg);
       else
-        ArgConverter<short>(arg, *s).visit(arg);
+        visit(ArgConverter<short>(arg, *s), arg);
       break;
     case 'l':
       if (*s == 'l')
-        ArgConverter<fmt::LongLong>(arg, *++s).visit(arg);
+        visit(ArgConverter<fmt::LongLong>(arg, *++s), arg);
       else
-        ArgConverter<long>(arg, *s).visit(arg);
+        visit(ArgConverter<long>(arg, *s), arg);
       break;
     case 'j':
-      ArgConverter<intmax_t>(arg, *s).visit(arg);
+      visit(ArgConverter<intmax_t>(arg, *s), arg);
       break;
     case 'z':
-      ArgConverter<std::size_t>(arg, *s).visit(arg);
+      visit(ArgConverter<std::size_t>(arg, *s), arg);
       break;
     case 't':
-      ArgConverter<std::ptrdiff_t>(arg, *s).visit(arg);
+      visit(ArgConverter<std::ptrdiff_t>(arg, *s), arg);
       break;
     case 'L':
       // printf produces garbage when 'L' is omitted for long double, no
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ void printf_context<Char, AF>::format(BasicWriter<Char> &writer) {
       break;
     default:
       --s;
-      ArgConverter<void>(arg, *s).visit(arg);
+      visit(ArgConverter<void>(arg, *s), arg);
     }
 
     // Parse type.
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ void printf_context<Char, AF>::format(BasicWriter<Char> &writer) {
         break;
       case 'c':
         // TODO: handle wchar_t
-        internal::CharConverter(arg).visit(arg);
+        visit(internal::CharConverter(arg), arg);
         break;
       }
     }
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ void printf_context<Char, AF>::format(BasicWriter<Char> &writer) {
     start = s;
 
     // Format argument.
-    AF(writer, spec).visit(arg);
+    visit(AF(writer, spec), arg);
   }
   internal::write(writer, start, s);
 }
diff --git a/test/format-impl-test.cc b/test/format-impl-test.cc
index e29a6fe6..4ad2bccf 100644
--- a/test/format-impl-test.cc
+++ b/test/format-impl-test.cc
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ TEST(FormatTest, ArgConverter) {
   Arg arg = Arg();
   arg.type = Arg::LONG_LONG;
   arg.long_long_value = std::numeric_limits<fmt::LongLong>::max();
-  fmt::internal::ArgConverter<fmt::LongLong>(arg, 'd').visit(arg);
+  visit(fmt::internal::ArgConverter<fmt::LongLong>(arg, 'd'), arg);
   EXPECT_EQ(Arg::LONG_LONG, arg.type);
 }
 
diff --git a/test/ostream-test.cc b/test/ostream-test.cc
index 2d1ace63..d600714c 100644
--- a/test/ostream-test.cc
+++ b/test/ostream-test.cc
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ TEST(OStreamTest, CustomArg) {
   fmt::format_context ctx("}", fmt::format_args());
   fmt::FormatSpec spec;
   TestArgFormatter af(writer, ctx, spec);
-  af.visit(fmt::internal::MakeArg<fmt::format_context>(TestEnum()));
+  visit(af, fmt::internal::MakeArg<fmt::format_context>(TestEnum()));
   EXPECT_EQ("TestEnum", writer.str());
 }
 
diff --git a/test/util-test.cc b/test/util-test.cc
index b553427c..7bca57e4 100644
--- a/test/util-test.cc
+++ b/test/util-test.cc
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ struct TestVisitor : fmt::ArgVisitor<TestVisitor, Result> {
 
 #define EXPECT_RESULT_(Char, type_code, value) { \
   Arg arg = make_arg<Char>(value); \
-  Result result = TestVisitor().visit(arg); \
+  Result result = fmt::visit(TestVisitor(), arg); \
   EXPECT_EQ(Arg::type_code, result.arg.type); \
   EXPECT_EQ(value, ArgInfo<Arg::type_code>::get(result.arg)); \
 }
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ TEST(ArgVisitorTest, VisitAll) {
   const void *p = STR;
   EXPECT_RESULT(POINTER, p);
   ::Test t;
-  Result result = TestVisitor().visit(make_arg<char>(t));
+  Result result = visit(TestVisitor(), make_arg<char>(t));
   EXPECT_EQ(Arg::CUSTOM, result.arg.type);
   EXPECT_EQ(&t, result.arg.custom.value);
 }
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ struct TestAnyVisitor : fmt::ArgVisitor<TestAnyVisitor, Result> {
 
 #undef EXPECT_RESULT
 #define EXPECT_RESULT(type_code, value) { \
-  Result result = TestAnyVisitor().visit(make_arg<char>(value)); \
+  Result result = visit(TestAnyVisitor(), make_arg<char>(value)); \
   EXPECT_EQ(Arg::type_code, result.arg.type); \
   EXPECT_EQ(value, ArgInfo<Arg::type_code>::get(result.arg)); \
 }
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ struct TestUnhandledVisitor :
 };
 
 #define EXPECT_UNHANDLED(value) \
-  EXPECT_STREQ("test", TestUnhandledVisitor().visit(make_arg<wchar_t>(value)));
+  EXPECT_STREQ("test", visit(TestUnhandledVisitor(), make_arg<wchar_t>(value)));
 
 TEST(ArgVisitorTest, VisitUnhandledArg) {
   EXPECT_UNHANDLED(42);
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ TEST(ArgVisitorTest, VisitUnhandledArg) {
 TEST(ArgVisitorTest, VisitInvalidArg) {
   Arg arg = Arg();
   arg.type = static_cast<Arg::Type>(Arg::NONE);
-  EXPECT_ASSERT(TestVisitor().visit(arg), "invalid argument type");
+  EXPECT_ASSERT(visit(TestVisitor(), arg), "invalid argument type");
 }
 
 // Tests fmt::internal::count_digits for integer type Int.