diff --git a/Lib/decimal.py b/Lib/decimal.py
index a61025a..e1d69fd 100644
--- a/Lib/decimal.py
+++ b/Lib/decimal.py
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@
 
 # The getcontext() and setcontext() function manage access to a thread-local
 # current context.  Py2.4 offers direct support for thread locals.  If that
-# is not available, use threading.currentThread() which is slower but will
+# is not available, use threading.current_thread() which is slower but will
 # work for older Pythons.  If threads are not part of the build, create a
 # mock threading object with threading.local() returning the module namespace.
 
@@ -405,15 +405,15 @@
 
     # To fix reloading, force it to create a new context
     # Old contexts have different exceptions in their dicts, making problems.
-    if hasattr(threading.currentThread(), '__decimal_context__'):
-        del threading.currentThread().__decimal_context__
+    if hasattr(threading.current_thread(), '__decimal_context__'):
+        del threading.current_thread().__decimal_context__
 
     def setcontext(context):
         """Set this thread's context to context."""
         if context in (DefaultContext, BasicContext, ExtendedContext):
             context = context.copy()
             context.clear_flags()
-        threading.currentThread().__decimal_context__ = context
+        threading.current_thread().__decimal_context__ = context
 
     def getcontext():
         """Returns this thread's context.
@@ -423,10 +423,10 @@
         New contexts are copies of DefaultContext.
         """
         try:
-            return threading.currentThread().__decimal_context__
+            return threading.current_thread().__decimal_context__
         except AttributeError:
             context = Context()
-            threading.currentThread().__decimal_context__ = context
+            threading.current_thread().__decimal_context__ = context
             return context
 
 else: