diff --git a/Doc/library/unittest.rst b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
index f437c8d..4f321dc 100644
--- a/Doc/library/unittest.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/unittest.rst
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@
       instance.
 
 
-   .. method:: skip(reason)
+   .. method:: skipTest(reason)
 
       Calling this during the a test method or :meth:`setUp` skips the current
       test.  See :ref:`unittest-skipping` for more information.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_unittest.py b/Lib/test/test_unittest.py
index cd8f967..b0b86be 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_unittest.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_unittest.py
@@ -2294,7 +2294,7 @@
     def test_skipping(self):
         class Foo(unittest.TestCase):
             def test_skip_me(self):
-                self.skip("skip")
+                self.skipTest("skip")
         events = []
         result = LoggingResult(events)
         test = Foo("test_skip_me")
@@ -2305,7 +2305,7 @@
         # Try letting setUp skip the test now.
         class Foo(unittest.TestCase):
             def setUp(self):
-                self.skip("testing")
+                self.skipTest("testing")
             def test_nothing(self): pass
         events = []
         result = LoggingResult(events)
diff --git a/Lib/unittest.py b/Lib/unittest.py
index a55a7d8..10b68ed 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest.py
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@
         getattr(self, self._testMethodName)()
         self.tearDown()
 
-    def skip(self, reason):
+    def skipTest(self, reason):
         """Skip this test."""
         raise SkipTest(reason)