diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/reactive/server/DefaultWebTestClient.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/reactive/server/DefaultWebTestClient.java
index e1fc6bb3d44..6e04636749e 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/reactive/server/DefaultWebTestClient.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/reactive/server/DefaultWebTestClient.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
-import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
 import org.reactivestreams.Publisher;
@@ -291,7 +290,7 @@ class DefaultWebTestClient implements WebTestClient {
 
 		public <T> FluxExchangeResult<T> decodeBody(ResolvableType elementType) {
 			Flux<T> body = this.response.body(toFlux(elementType));
-			return new FluxExchangeResult<>(this, body);
+			return new FluxExchangeResult<>(this, body, getTimeout());
 		}
 
 		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
@@ -340,17 +339,6 @@ class DefaultWebTestClient implements WebTestClient {
 		public BodySpec expectBody() {
 			return new DefaultBodySpec(this.result);
 		}
-
-		@Override
-		public ResponseSpec consumeWith(Consumer<ExchangeResult> consumer) {
-			this.result.assertWithDiagnostics(() -> consumer.accept(this.result));
-			return this;
-		}
-
-		@Override
-		public ExchangeResult returnResult() {
-			return this.result;
-		}
 	}
 
 	private class DefaultTypeBodySpec implements TypeBodySpec {
diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/reactive/server/EntityExchangeResult.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/reactive/server/EntityExchangeResult.java
index c0becbe21c4..1a7abd2894b 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/reactive/server/EntityExchangeResult.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/reactive/server/EntityExchangeResult.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public class EntityExchangeResult<T> extends ExchangeResult {
 
 
 	/**
-	 * Return the body extracted from the response.
+	 * Return the entity extracted from the response body.
 	 */
 	public T getResponseBody() {
 		return this.body;
diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/reactive/server/ExchangeResult.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/reactive/server/ExchangeResult.java
index 8f03f4e9680..0f13ff3b943 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/reactive/server/ExchangeResult.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/reactive/server/ExchangeResult.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.springframework.test.web.reactive.server;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -29,20 +30,18 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseCookie;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
 
 /**
- * Provides access to request and response details from an exchange performed
- * through the {@link WebTestClient}.
+ * Container for request and response details for exchanges performed through
+ * {@link WebTestClient}.
  *
- * <p>When an {@code ExchangeResult} is first created it has the status and the
- * headers of the response ready. Later when the response body is extracted,
- * the {@code ExchangeResult} is re-created as {@link EntityExchangeResult} or
- * {@link FluxExchangeResult} also exposing the extracted entities.
- *
- * <p>Serialized request and response content may also be accessed through the
- * methods {@link #getRequestContent()} and {@link #getResponseContent()} after
- * that content has been fully read or written.
+ * <p>Note that a decoded response body is not exposed at this level since the
+ * body may not have been decoded and consumed yet. Sub-types
+ * {@link EntityExchangeResult} and {@link FluxExchangeResult} provide access
+ * to a decoded response entity and a decoded (but not consumed) response body
+ * respectively.
  *
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  * @since 5.0
@@ -53,8 +52,8 @@ import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
 public class ExchangeResult {
 
 	private static final List<MediaType> PRINTABLE_MEDIA_TYPES = Arrays.asList(
-			MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON, MediaType.APPLICATION_XML, MediaType.parseMediaType("text/*"),
-			MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED);
+			MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON, MediaType.APPLICATION_XML,
+			MediaType.parseMediaType("text/*"), MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED);
 
 
 	private final WiretapClientHttpRequest request;
@@ -101,12 +100,16 @@ public class ExchangeResult {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Return a "promise" for the raw request body content once completed.
+	 * Return the raw request body content written as a {@code byte[]}.
+	 * @throws IllegalStateException if the request body is not fully written yet.
 	 */
-	public MonoProcessor<byte[]> getRequestContent() {
-		return this.request.getBodyContent();
+	public byte[] getRequestBodyContent() {
+		MonoProcessor<byte[]> body = this.request.getRecordedContent();
+		Assert.isTrue(body.isTerminated(), "Request body incomplete.");
+		return body.block(Duration.ZERO);
 	}
 
+
 	/**
 	 * Return the status of the executed request.
 	 */
@@ -129,10 +132,13 @@ public class ExchangeResult {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Return a "promise" for the raw response body content once completed.
+	 * Return the raw request body content written as a {@code byte[]}.
+	 * @throws IllegalStateException if the response is not fully read yet.
 	 */
-	public MonoProcessor<byte[]> getResponseContent() {
-		return this.response.getBodyContent();
+	public byte[] getResponseBodyContent() {
+		MonoProcessor<byte[]> body = this.response.getRecordedContent();
+		Assert.state(body.isTerminated(), "Response body incomplete.");
+		return body.block(Duration.ZERO);
 	}
 
 
@@ -157,12 +163,12 @@ public class ExchangeResult {
 				"> " + getMethod() + " " + getUrl() + "\n" +
 				"> " + formatHeaders(getRequestHeaders(), "\n> ") + "\n" +
 				"\n" +
-				formatBody(getRequestHeaders().getContentType(), getRequestContent()) + "\n" +
+				formatBody(getRequestHeaders().getContentType(), this.request.getRecordedContent()) + "\n" +
 				"\n" +
 				"< " + getStatus() + " " + getStatusReason() + "\n" +
 				"< " + formatHeaders(getResponseHeaders(), "\n< ") + "\n" +
 				"\n" +
-				formatBody(getResponseHeaders().getContentType(), getResponseContent()) + "\n\n";
+				formatBody(getResponseHeaders().getContentType(), this.response.getRecordedContent()) + "\n\n";
 	}
 
 	private String getStatusReason() {
diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/reactive/server/FluxExchangeResult.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/reactive/server/FluxExchangeResult.java
index c44371a5474..f57fde83f87 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/reactive/server/FluxExchangeResult.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/reactive/server/FluxExchangeResult.java
@@ -15,10 +15,14 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.test.web.reactive.server;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
+
 import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
+import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 
 /**
- * {@code ExchangeResult} variant with the response body as a {@code Flux<T>}.
+ * {@code ExchangeResult} variant with the response body decoded as
+ * {@code Flux<T>} but not yet consumed.
  *
  * @param <T> the type of elements in the response body
  *
@@ -28,20 +32,65 @@ import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
  */
 public class FluxExchangeResult<T> extends ExchangeResult {
 
+	private static final IllegalStateException TIMEOUT_ERROR =
+			new IllegalStateException("Response timeout: for infinite streams " +
+					"use getResponseBody() first with explicit cancellation, e.g. via take(n).");
+
+
 	private final Flux<T> body;
 
+	private final Duration timeout;
+
 
-	FluxExchangeResult(ExchangeResult result, Flux<T> body) {
+	FluxExchangeResult(ExchangeResult result, Flux<T> body, Duration timeout) {
 		super(result);
 		this.body = body;
+		this.timeout = timeout;
 	}
 
 
 	/**
-	 * Return the {@code Flux} of elements decoded from the response body.
+	 * Return the response body as a {@code Flux<T>} of decoded elements.
+	 *
+	 * <p>The response body stream can then be consumed further with the
+	 * "reactor-test" {@code StepVerifier} and cancelled when enough elements have been
+	 * consumed from the (possibly infinite) stream:
+	 *
+	 * <pre>
+	 * FluxExchangeResult<Person> result = this.client.get()
+	 * 	.uri("/persons")
+	 * 	.accept(TEXT_EVENT_STREAM)
+	 * 	.exchange()
+	 * 	.expectStatus().isOk()
+	 * 	.expectHeader().contentType(TEXT_EVENT_STREAM)
+	 * 	.expectBody(Person.class)
+	 * 	.returnResult();
+	 *
+	 * StepVerifier.create(result.getResponseBody())
+	 * 	.expectNext(new Person("Jane"), new Person("Jason"))
+	 * 	.expectNextCount(4)
+	 * 	.expectNext(new Person("Jay"))
+	 * 	.thenCancel()
+	 * 	.verify();
+	 * </pre>
 	 */
 	public Flux<T> getResponseBody() {
 		return this.body;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * {@inheritDoc}
+	 * <p><strong>Note:</strong> this method should typically be called after
+	 * the response has been consumed in full via {@link #getResponseBody()}.
+	 * Calling it first will cause the response {@code Flux<T>} to be consumed
+	 * via {@code getResponseBody.ignoreElements()}.
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public byte[] getResponseBodyContent() {
+		return this.body.ignoreElements()
+				.timeout(this.timeout, Mono.error(TIMEOUT_ERROR))
+				.then(() -> Mono.just(super.getResponseBodyContent()))
+				.block();
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/reactive/server/WebTestClient.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/reactive/server/WebTestClient.java
index c0c1a04423b..dd5907bfe19 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/reactive/server/WebTestClient.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/reactive/server/WebTestClient.java
@@ -483,19 +483,6 @@ public interface WebTestClient {
 		 */
 		BodySpec expectBody();
 
-		/**
-		 * Consume request and response details of the exchange. Only status
-		 * response headers are available at this stage before one of the
-		 * {@code expectBody} methods is used.
-		 */
-		ResponseSpec consumeWith(Consumer<ExchangeResult> consumer);
-
-		/**
-		 * Return the request and response details of the exchange. Only status
-		 * and response headers are available at this stage before one of the
-		 * {@code expectBody} methods is used.
-		 */
-		ExchangeResult returnResult();
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/reactive/server/WiretapClientHttpRequest.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/reactive/server/WiretapClientHttpRequest.java
index 28f73845d59..b65c0c75a42 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/reactive/server/WiretapClientHttpRequest.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/reactive/server/WiretapClientHttpRequest.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class WiretapClientHttpRequest extends ClientHttpRequestDecorator {
 	/**
 	 * Return a "promise" with the request body content written to the server.
 	 */
-	public MonoProcessor<byte[]> getBodyContent() {
+	public MonoProcessor<byte[]> getRecordedContent() {
 		return this.body;
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/reactive/server/WiretapClientHttpResponse.java b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/reactive/server/WiretapClientHttpResponse.java
index 61e2a0dd16e..f9ea21fe1ce 100644
--- a/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/reactive/server/WiretapClientHttpResponse.java
+++ b/spring-test/src/main/java/org/springframework/test/web/reactive/server/WiretapClientHttpResponse.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class WiretapClientHttpResponse extends ClientHttpResponseDecorator {
 	/**
 	 * Return a "promise" with the response body content read from the server.
 	 */
-	public MonoProcessor<byte[]> getBodyContent() {
+	public MonoProcessor<byte[]> getRecordedContent() {
 		return this.body;
 	}