diff --git a/Doc/library/basehttpserver.rst b/Doc/library/basehttpserver.rst
index 14f32e7..52a3866 100644
--- a/Doc/library/basehttpserver.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/basehttpserver.rst
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 functioning Web servers. See the :mod:`SimpleHTTPServer` and
 :mod:`CGIHTTPServer` modules.
 
-The first class, :class:`HTTPServer`, is a :class:`SocketServer.TCPServer`
+The first class, :class:`HTTPServer`, is a :class:`socketserver.TCPServer`
 subclass.  It creates and listens at the HTTP socket, dispatching the requests
 to a handler.  Code to create and run the server looks like this::
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/logging.rst b/Doc/library/logging.rst
index bbedab6..365776a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/logging.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/logging.rst
@@ -1274,17 +1274,17 @@
    logger2.warning('Jail zesty vixen who grabbed pay from quack.')
    logger2.error('The five boxing wizards jump quickly.')
 
-At the receiving end, you can set up a receiver using the :mod:`SocketServer`
+At the receiving end, you can set up a receiver using the :mod:`socketserver`
 module. Here is a basic working example::
 
    import cPickle
    import logging
    import logging.handlers
-   import SocketServer
+   import socketserver
    import struct
 
 
-   class LogRecordStreamHandler(SocketServer.StreamRequestHandler):
+   class LogRecordStreamHandler(socketserver.StreamRequestHandler):
        """Handler for a streaming logging request.
 
        This basically logs the record using whatever logging policy is
@@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@
            # cycles and network bandwidth!
            logger.handle(record)
 
-   class LogRecordSocketReceiver(SocketServer.ThreadingTCPServer):
+   class LogRecordSocketReceiver(socketserver.ThreadingTCPServer):
        """simple TCP socket-based logging receiver suitable for testing.
        """
 
@@ -1335,7 +1335,7 @@
        def __init__(self, host='localhost',
                     port=logging.handlers.DEFAULT_TCP_LOGGING_PORT,
                     handler=LogRecordStreamHandler):
-           SocketServer.ThreadingTCPServer.__init__(self, (host, port), handler)
+           socketserver.ThreadingTCPServer.__init__(self, (host, port), handler)
            self.abort = 0
            self.timeout = 1
            self.logname = None
diff --git a/Doc/library/simplexmlrpcserver.rst b/Doc/library/simplexmlrpcserver.rst
index c736e2a..f6b64b3 100644
--- a/Doc/library/simplexmlrpcserver.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/simplexmlrpcserver.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
    functions that can be called by the XML-RPC protocol.  The *requestHandler*
    parameter should be a factory for request handler instances; it defaults to
    :class:`SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler`.  The *addr* and *requestHandler* parameters
-   are passed to the :class:`SocketServer.TCPServer` constructor.  If *logRequests*
+   are passed to the :class:`socketserver.TCPServer` constructor.  If *logRequests*
    is true (the default), requests will be logged; setting this parameter to false
    will turn off logging.   The *allow_none* and *encoding* parameters are passed
    on to  :mod:`xmlrpclib` and control the XML-RPC responses that will be returned
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 --------------------------
 
 The :class:`SimpleXMLRPCServer` class is based on
-:class:`SocketServer.TCPServer` and provides a means of creating simple, stand
+:class:`socketserver.TCPServer` and provides a means of creating simple, stand
 alone XML-RPC servers.
 
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst
index 5640919..a55ae70 100644
--- a/Doc/library/socket.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socket.rst
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@
 
 .. seealso::
 
-   Module :mod:`SocketServer`
+   Module :mod:`socketserver`
       Classes that simplify writing network servers.
 
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
index a8eb953..b7ce818 100644
--- a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 
-:mod:`SocketServer` --- A framework for network servers
+:mod:`socketserver` --- A framework for network servers
 =======================================================
 
-.. module:: SocketServer
+.. module:: socketserver
    :synopsis: A framework for network servers.
 
-
-The :mod:`SocketServer` module simplifies the task of writing network servers.
+The :mod:`socketserver` module simplifies the task of writing network servers.
 
 There are four basic server classes: :class:`TCPServer` uses the Internet TCP
 protocol, which provides for continuous streams of data between the client and
@@ -213,7 +212,7 @@
 users of the server object.
 
 .. XXX should the default implementations of these be documented, or should
-   it be assumed that the user will look at SocketServer.py?
+   it be assumed that the user will look at socketserver.py?
 
 
 .. function:: finish_request()
diff --git a/Lib/BaseHTTPServer.py b/Lib/BaseHTTPServer.py
index fbb8108..8a099fe 100644
--- a/Lib/BaseHTTPServer.py
+++ b/Lib/BaseHTTPServer.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 import time
 import socket # For gethostbyaddr()
 import mimetools
-import SocketServer
+import socketserver
 
 # Default error message template
 DEFAULT_ERROR_MESSAGE = """\
@@ -95,19 +95,19 @@
 def _quote_html(html):
     return html.replace("&", "&amp;").replace("<", "&lt;").replace(">", "&gt;")
 
-class HTTPServer(SocketServer.TCPServer):
+class HTTPServer(socketserver.TCPServer):
 
     allow_reuse_address = 1    # Seems to make sense in testing environment
 
     def server_bind(self):
         """Override server_bind to store the server name."""
-        SocketServer.TCPServer.server_bind(self)
+        socketserver.TCPServer.server_bind(self)
         host, port = self.socket.getsockname()[:2]
         self.server_name = socket.getfqdn(host)
         self.server_port = port
 
 
-class BaseHTTPRequestHandler(SocketServer.StreamRequestHandler):
+class BaseHTTPRequestHandler(socketserver.StreamRequestHandler):
 
     """HTTP request handler base class.
 
diff --git a/Lib/SimpleXMLRPCServer.py b/Lib/SimpleXMLRPCServer.py
index 5736258..a985153 100644
--- a/Lib/SimpleXMLRPCServer.py
+++ b/Lib/SimpleXMLRPCServer.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 
 import xmlrpclib
 from xmlrpclib import Fault
-import SocketServer
+import socketserver
 import BaseHTTPServer
 import sys
 import os
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@
         if self.server.logRequests:
             BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.log_request(self, code, size)
 
-class SimpleXMLRPCServer(SocketServer.TCPServer,
+class SimpleXMLRPCServer(socketserver.TCPServer,
                          SimpleXMLRPCDispatcher):
     """Simple XML-RPC server.
 
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@
         self.logRequests = logRequests
 
         SimpleXMLRPCDispatcher.__init__(self, allow_none, encoding)
-        SocketServer.TCPServer.__init__(self, addr, requestHandler, bind_and_activate)
+        socketserver.TCPServer.__init__(self, addr, requestHandler, bind_and_activate)
 
         # [Bug #1222790] If possible, set close-on-exec flag; if a
         # method spawns a subprocess, the subprocess shouldn't have
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/rpc.py b/Lib/idlelib/rpc.py
index 13ef372..e555ffb 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/rpc.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/rpc.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 has only one client per server, this was not a limitation.
 
    +---------------------------------+ +-------------+
-   | SocketServer.BaseRequestHandler | | SocketIO    |
+   | socketserver.BaseRequestHandler | | SocketIO    |
    +---------------------------------+ +-------------+
                    ^                   | register()  |
                    |                   | unregister()|
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 import os
 import socket
 import select
-import SocketServer
+import socketserver
 import struct
 import pickle
 import threading
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@
 BUFSIZE = 8*1024
 LOCALHOST = '127.0.0.1'
 
-class RPCServer(SocketServer.TCPServer):
+class RPCServer(socketserver.TCPServer):
 
     def __init__(self, addr, handlerclass=None):
         if handlerclass is None:
             handlerclass = RPCHandler
-        SocketServer.TCPServer.__init__(self, addr, handlerclass)
+        socketserver.TCPServer.__init__(self, addr, handlerclass)
 
     def server_bind(self):
         "Override TCPServer method, no bind() phase for connecting entity"
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@
     def __init__(self, oid):
         self.oid = oid
 
-class RPCHandler(SocketServer.BaseRequestHandler, SocketIO):
+class RPCHandler(socketserver.BaseRequestHandler, SocketIO):
 
     debugging = False
     location = "#S"  # Server
@@ -500,10 +500,10 @@
     def __init__(self, sock, addr, svr):
         svr.current_handler = self ## cgt xxx
         SocketIO.__init__(self, sock)
-        SocketServer.BaseRequestHandler.__init__(self, sock, addr, svr)
+        socketserver.BaseRequestHandler.__init__(self, sock, addr, svr)
 
     def handle(self):
-        "handle() method required by SocketServer"
+        "handle() method required by socketserver"
         self.mainloop()
 
     def get_remote_proxy(self, oid):
diff --git a/Lib/logging/config.py b/Lib/logging/config.py
index fd6caaa..172f069 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/config.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/config.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 except ImportError:
     thread = None
 
-from SocketServer import ThreadingTCPServer, StreamRequestHandler
+from socketserver import ThreadingTCPServer, StreamRequestHandler
 
 
 DEFAULT_LOGGING_CONFIG_PORT = 9030
diff --git a/Lib/SocketServer.py b/Lib/socketserver.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Lib/SocketServer.py
rename to Lib/socketserver.py
diff --git a/Lib/test/test___all__.py b/Lib/test/test___all__.py
index 57d89e0..ab8480f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test___all__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test___all__.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         self.check_all("Cookie")
         self.check_all("Queue")
         self.check_all("SimpleHTTPServer")
-        self.check_all("SocketServer")
+        self.check_all("socketserver")
         self.check_all("aifc")
         self.check_all("base64")
         self.check_all("bdb")
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_logging.py b/Lib/test/test_logging.py
index 6f5af15..b6da0ae 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_logging.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_logging.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 import re
 import select
 import socket
-from SocketServer import ThreadingTCPServer, StreamRequestHandler
+from socketserver import ThreadingTCPServer, StreamRequestHandler
 import string
 import struct
 import sys
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_socketserver.py b/Lib/test/test_socketserver.py
index 3946078..b6bb0f7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_socketserver.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socketserver.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 """
-Test suite for SocketServer.py.
+Test suite for socketserver.
 """
 
 import contextlib
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 import threading
 import time
 import unittest
-import SocketServer
+import socketserver
 
 import test.test_support
 from test.test_support import reap_children, verbose, TestSkipped
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@
         raise RuntimeError("timed out on %r" % (sock,))
 
 if HAVE_UNIX_SOCKETS:
-    class ForkingUnixStreamServer(SocketServer.ForkingMixIn,
-                                  SocketServer.UnixStreamServer):
+    class ForkingUnixStreamServer(socketserver.ForkingMixIn,
+                                  socketserver.UnixStreamServer):
         pass
 
-    class ForkingUnixDatagramServer(SocketServer.ForkingMixIn,
-                                    SocketServer.UnixDatagramServer):
+    class ForkingUnixDatagramServer(socketserver.ForkingMixIn,
+                                    socketserver.UnixDatagramServer):
         pass
 
 
@@ -172,55 +172,55 @@
         s.close()
 
     def test_TCPServer(self):
-        self.run_server(SocketServer.TCPServer,
-                        SocketServer.StreamRequestHandler,
+        self.run_server(socketserver.TCPServer,
+                        socketserver.StreamRequestHandler,
                         self.stream_examine)
 
     def test_ThreadingTCPServer(self):
-        self.run_server(SocketServer.ThreadingTCPServer,
-                        SocketServer.StreamRequestHandler,
+        self.run_server(socketserver.ThreadingTCPServer,
+                        socketserver.StreamRequestHandler,
                         self.stream_examine)
 
     if HAVE_FORKING:
         def test_ForkingTCPServer(self):
             with simple_subprocess(self):
-                self.run_server(SocketServer.ForkingTCPServer,
-                                SocketServer.StreamRequestHandler,
+                self.run_server(socketserver.ForkingTCPServer,
+                                socketserver.StreamRequestHandler,
                                 self.stream_examine)
 
     if HAVE_UNIX_SOCKETS:
         def test_UnixStreamServer(self):
-            self.run_server(SocketServer.UnixStreamServer,
-                            SocketServer.StreamRequestHandler,
+            self.run_server(socketserver.UnixStreamServer,
+                            socketserver.StreamRequestHandler,
                             self.stream_examine)
 
         def test_ThreadingUnixStreamServer(self):
-            self.run_server(SocketServer.ThreadingUnixStreamServer,
-                            SocketServer.StreamRequestHandler,
+            self.run_server(socketserver.ThreadingUnixStreamServer,
+                            socketserver.StreamRequestHandler,
                             self.stream_examine)
 
         if HAVE_FORKING:
             def test_ForkingUnixStreamServer(self):
                 with simple_subprocess(self):
                     self.run_server(ForkingUnixStreamServer,
-                                    SocketServer.StreamRequestHandler,
+                                    socketserver.StreamRequestHandler,
                                     self.stream_examine)
 
     def test_UDPServer(self):
-        self.run_server(SocketServer.UDPServer,
-                        SocketServer.DatagramRequestHandler,
+        self.run_server(socketserver.UDPServer,
+                        socketserver.DatagramRequestHandler,
                         self.dgram_examine)
 
     def test_ThreadingUDPServer(self):
-        self.run_server(SocketServer.ThreadingUDPServer,
-                        SocketServer.DatagramRequestHandler,
+        self.run_server(socketserver.ThreadingUDPServer,
+                        socketserver.DatagramRequestHandler,
                         self.dgram_examine)
 
     if HAVE_FORKING:
         def test_ForkingUDPServer(self):
             with simple_subprocess(self):
-                self.run_server(SocketServer.ForkingUDPServer,
-                                SocketServer.DatagramRequestHandler,
+                self.run_server(socketserver.ForkingUDPServer,
+                                socketserver.DatagramRequestHandler,
                                 self.dgram_examine)
 
     # Alas, on Linux (at least) recvfrom() doesn't return a meaningful
@@ -228,19 +228,19 @@
 
     # if HAVE_UNIX_SOCKETS:
     #     def test_UnixDatagramServer(self):
-    #         self.run_server(SocketServer.UnixDatagramServer,
-    #                         SocketServer.DatagramRequestHandler,
+    #         self.run_server(socketserver.UnixDatagramServer,
+    #                         socketserver.DatagramRequestHandler,
     #                         self.dgram_examine)
     #
     #     def test_ThreadingUnixDatagramServer(self):
-    #         self.run_server(SocketServer.ThreadingUnixDatagramServer,
-    #                         SocketServer.DatagramRequestHandler,
+    #         self.run_server(socketserver.ThreadingUnixDatagramServer,
+    #                         socketserver.DatagramRequestHandler,
     #                         self.dgram_examine)
     #
     #     if HAVE_FORKING:
     #         def test_ForkingUnixDatagramServer(self):
-    #             self.run_server(SocketServer.ForkingUnixDatagramServer,
-    #                             SocketServer.DatagramRequestHandler,
+    #             self.run_server(socketserver.ForkingUnixDatagramServer,
+    #                             socketserver.DatagramRequestHandler,
     #                             self.dgram_examine)
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_wsgiref.py b/Lib/test/test_wsgiref.py
index c02f0af..a5e0b27 100755
--- a/Lib/test/test_wsgiref.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_wsgiref.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from wsgiref.simple_server import WSGIServer, WSGIRequestHandler, demo_app
 from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server
 from io import StringIO, BytesIO, BufferedReader
-from SocketServer import BaseServer
+from socketserver import BaseServer
 import re, sys
 
 from test import test_support
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 50a24e8..cfd3770 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- The SocketServer module has been renamed to socketserver.
+
 - Fix the __all__ setting on 'collections' to include UserList and UserString.
 
 - The sre module has been removed.
diff --git a/Misc/cheatsheet b/Misc/cheatsheet
index cc56036..d81897f 100644
--- a/Misc/cheatsheet
+++ b/Misc/cheatsheet
@@ -1919,7 +1919,7 @@
                  sys.path.
 smtplib          SMTP Client class (RFC 821)
 sndhdr           Several routines that help recognizing sound.
-SocketServer     Generic socket server classes.
+socketserver     Generic socket server classes.
 stat             Constants and functions for interpreting stat/lstat struct.
 statvfs          Constants for interpreting statvfs struct as returned by
                  os.statvfs()and os.fstatvfs() (if they exist).
@@ -2211,5 +2211,3 @@
 after editing, any remembered breakpoints are likely to be wrong.
 
 Always single-steps through top-most stack frame. That is, "c" acts like "n".
-
-