diff --git a/Modules/Setup.in b/Modules/Setup.in
index 6540a7d..312ac2e 100644
--- a/Modules/Setup.in
+++ b/Modules/Setup.in
@@ -314,12 +314,12 @@
 #syslog syslogmodule.c		# syslog daemon interface
 
 
-# Lance's curses module.  This requires the System V version of
-# curses, sometimes known as ncurses (e.g. on Linux, link with
-# -lncurses instead of -lcurses; on SunOS 4.1.3, insert -I/usr/5include
+# Curses support, requring the System V version of curses, often
+# provided by the ncurses library.  e.g. on Linux, link with -lncurses
+# instead of -lcurses; on SunOS 4.1.3, insert -I/usr/5include
 # -L/usr/5lib before -lcurses).
 
-#curses cursesmodule.c -lcurses -ltermcap
+#_curses _cursesmodule.c -lcurses -ltermcap
 
 
 
diff --git a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
index 8796aaf..3c1dd08 100644
--- a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
@@ -2163,19 +2163,19 @@
 /* Initialization function for the module */
 
 void
-initcurses()
+init_curses()
 {
 	PyObject *m, *d, *v;
 
 	/* Create the module and add the functions */
-	m = Py_InitModule("curses", PyCurses_methods);
+	m = Py_InitModule("_curses", PyCurses_methods);
 
 	/* Add some symbolic constants to the module */
 	d = PyModule_GetDict(m);
 	ModDict = d; /* For PyCurses_InitScr */
 
 	/* For exception curses.error */
-	PyCursesError = PyString_FromString("curses.error");
+	PyCursesError = PyString_FromString("_curses.error");
 	PyDict_SetItemString(d, "error", PyCursesError);
 
 	/* Make the version available */
@@ -2251,5 +2251,5 @@
 
 	/* Check for errors */
 	if (PyErr_Occurred())
-		Py_FatalError("can't initialize module curses");
+		Py_FatalError("can't initialize module _curses");
 }