diff --git a/ext/psych/lib/psych.rb b/ext/psych/lib/psych.rb
index 42cd8877be..58c77f40fd 100644
--- a/ext/psych/lib/psych.rb
+++ b/ext/psych/lib/psych.rb
@@ -191,21 +191,12 @@ module Psych
   # Load multiple documents given in +yaml+.  Returns the parsed documents
   # as a list.  For example:
   #
-  #   Psych.load_documents("--- foo\n...\n--- bar\n...") # => ['foo', 'bar']
+  #   Psych.load_stream("--- foo\n...\n--- bar\n...") # => ['foo', 'bar']
   #
   def self.load_stream yaml
     parse_stream(yaml).children.map { |child| child.to_ruby }
   end
 
-  def self.load_documents yaml, &block
-    if $VERBOSE
-      warn "#{caller[0]}: load_documents is deprecated, use load_stream"
-    end
-    list = load_stream yaml
-    return list unless block_given?
-    list.each(&block)
-  end
-
   ###
   # Load the document contained in +filename+.  Returns the yaml contained in
   # +filename+ as a ruby object
diff --git a/ext/psych/lib/psych/deprecated.rb b/ext/psych/lib/psych/deprecated.rb
index 26e431dd81..093f145302 100644
--- a/ext/psych/lib/psych/deprecated.rb
+++ b/ext/psych/lib/psych/deprecated.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ module Psych
     end
     target.psych_to_yaml unless opts[:nodump]
   end
+
+  def self.load_documents yaml, &block
+    if $VERBOSE
+      warn "#{caller[0]}: load_documents is deprecated, use load_stream"
+    end
+    list = load_stream yaml
+    return list unless block_given?
+    list.each(&block)
+  end
+
 end
 
 class Object