diff --git a/actionpack/CHANGELOG b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
index d23d46e2bb..9a7759cb23 100644
--- a/actionpack/CHANGELOG
+++ b/actionpack/CHANGELOG
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     page.select('p.welcome b').first      # => $$('p.welcome b').first();
     page.select('p.welcome b').first.hide # => $$('p.welcome b').first().hide();
 
-* Add JavaScriptGenerator#replace_element for replacing an element's "outer HTML". #3246 [tom@craz8.com, Sam Stephenson]
+* Add JavaScriptGenerator#replace for replacing an element's "outer HTML". #3246 [tom@craz8.com, Sam Stephenson]
 
 * Remove over-engineered form_for code for a leaner implementation. [Nicholas Seckar]
 
diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/prototype_helper.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/prototype_helper.rb
index ae68e21624..a953eab659 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/prototype_helper.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/prototype_helper.rb
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ module ActionView
         #   replace_html 'person-45', :partial => 'person', :object => @person
         #
         # This allows the same partial that is used for the +insert_html+ to
-        # be also used for the input to +replace_element+ without resorting to
+        # be also used for the input to +replace+ without resorting to
         # the use of wrapper elements.
         #
         # Examples:
diff --git a/actionpack/test/template/prototype_helper_test.rb b/actionpack/test/template/prototype_helper_test.rb
index 6ce8380a69..fc8961f02a 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/template/prototype_helper_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/template/prototype_helper_test.rb
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class JavaScriptGeneratorTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   
   def test_replace_element_with_string
     assert_equal 'Element.replace("element", "<div id=\"element\"><p>This is a test</p></div>");',
-      @generator.replace_element('element', '<div id="element"><p>This is a test</p></div>')
+      @generator.replace('element', '<div id="element"><p>This is a test</p></div>')
   end
   
   def test_remove