diff --git a/Lib/contextlib.py b/Lib/contextlib.py
index 868fa6c..41ff9cc 100644
--- a/Lib/contextlib.py
+++ b/Lib/contextlib.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from functools import wraps
 
 __all__ = ["contextmanager", "closing", "ContextDecorator", "ExitStack",
-           "ignored", "redirect_stdout"]
+           "ignore", "redirect_stdout"]
 
 
 class ContextDecorator(object):
@@ -179,10 +179,10 @@
         sys.stdout = self.old_target
 
 @contextmanager
-def ignored(*exceptions):
+def ignore(*exceptions):
     """Context manager to ignore specified exceptions
 
-         with ignored(OSError):
+         with ignore(OSError):
              os.remove(somefile)
 
     """
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_contextlib.py b/Lib/test/test_contextlib.py
index d8a0530..48f8fa9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_contextlib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_contextlib.py
@@ -632,26 +632,26 @@
         stack.push(cm)
         self.assertIs(stack._exit_callbacks[-1], cm)
 
-class TestIgnored(unittest.TestCase):
+class TestIgnore(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_no_exception(self):
 
-        with ignored(ValueError):
+        with ignore(ValueError):
             self.assertEqual(pow(2, 5), 32)
 
     def test_exact_exception(self):
 
-        with ignored(TypeError):
+        with ignore(TypeError):
             len(5)
 
     def test_multiple_exception_args(self):
 
-        with ignored(ZeroDivisionError, TypeError):
+        with ignore(ZeroDivisionError, TypeError):
             len(5)
 
     def test_exception_hierarchy(self):
 
-        with ignored(LookupError):
+        with ignore(LookupError):
             'Hello'[50]
 
 class TestRedirectStdout(unittest.TestCase):