diff --git a/Doc/library/rational.rst b/Doc/library/fractions.rst
similarity index 60%
rename from Doc/library/rational.rst
rename to Doc/library/fractions.rst
index 8ed702f..af6ed76 100644
--- a/Doc/library/rational.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/fractions.rst
@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
 
-:mod:`rational` --- Rational numbers
+:mod:`fractions` --- Rational numbers
 ====================================
 
-.. module:: rational
+.. module:: fractions
    :synopsis: Rational numbers.
 .. moduleauthor:: Jeffrey Yasskin <jyasskin at gmail.com>
 .. sectionauthor:: Jeffrey Yasskin <jyasskin at gmail.com>
 .. versionadded:: 2.6
 
 
-The :mod:`rational` module defines an immutable, infinite-precision
-Rational number class.
+The :mod:`fractions` module defines an immutable, infinite-precision
+Fraction number class.
 
 
-.. class:: Rational(numerator=0, denominator=1)
-           Rational(other_rational)
-           Rational(string)
+.. class:: Fraction(numerator=0, denominator=1)
+           Fraction(other_fraction)
+           Fraction(string)
 
    The first version requires that *numerator* and *denominator* are
    instances of :class:`numbers.Integral` and returns a new
-   ``Rational`` representing ``numerator/denominator``. If
+   ``Fraction`` representing ``numerator/denominator``. If
    *denominator* is :const:`0`, raises a :exc:`ZeroDivisionError`. The
-   second version requires that *other_rational* is an instance of
+   second version requires that *other_fraction* is an instance of
    :class:`numbers.Rational` and returns an instance of
-   :class:`Rational` with the same value. The third version expects a
+   :class:`Fraction` with the same value. The third version expects a
    string of the form ``[-+]?[0-9]+(/[0-9]+)?``, optionally surrounded
    by spaces.
 
@@ -31,39 +31,39 @@
    :class:`numbers.Rational` and is immutable and hashable.
 
 
-.. method:: Rational.from_float(flt)
+.. method:: Fraction.from_float(flt)
 
-   This classmethod constructs a :class:`Rational` representing the
+   This classmethod constructs a :class:`Fraction` representing the
    exact value of *flt*, which must be a :class:`float`. Beware that
-   ``Rational.from_float(0.3)`` is not the same value as ``Rational(3,
+   ``Fraction.from_float(0.3)`` is not the same value as ``Fraction(3,
    10)``
 
 
-.. method:: Rational.from_decimal(dec)
+.. method:: Fraction.from_decimal(dec)
 
-   This classmethod constructs a :class:`Rational` representing the
+   This classmethod constructs a :class:`Fraction` representing the
    exact value of *dec*, which must be a
    :class:`decimal.Decimal`.
 
 
-.. method:: Rational.__floor__()
+.. method:: Fraction.__floor__()
 
    Returns the greatest :class:`int` ``<= self``. Will be accessible
    through :func:`math.floor` in Py3k.
 
 
-.. method:: Rational.__ceil__()
+.. method:: Fraction.__ceil__()
 
    Returns the least :class:`int` ``>= self``. Will be accessible
    through :func:`math.ceil` in Py3k.
 
 
-.. method:: Rational.__round__()
-            Rational.__round__(ndigits)
+.. method:: Fraction.__round__()
+            Fraction.__round__(ndigits)
 
    The first version returns the nearest :class:`int` to ``self``,
    rounding half to even. The second version rounds ``self`` to the
-   nearest multiple of ``Rational(1, 10**ndigits)`` (logically, if
+   nearest multiple of ``Fraction(1, 10**ndigits)`` (logically, if
    ``ndigits`` is negative), again rounding half toward even. Will be
    accessible through :func:`round` in Py3k.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/numbers.rst b/Doc/library/numbers.rst
index 6ee8f27..7a5f105 100644
--- a/Doc/library/numbers.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/numbers.rst
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 
 Implementors should be careful to make equal numbers equal and hash
 them to the same values. This may be subtle if there are two different
-extensions of the real numbers. For example, :class:`rational.Rational`
+extensions of the real numbers. For example, :class:`fractions.Fraction`
 implements :func:`hash` as follows::
 
     def __hash__(self):
@@ -201,11 +201,11 @@
 Because most of the operations on any given type will be very similar,
 it can be useful to define a helper function which generates the
 forward and reverse instances of any given operator. For example,
-:class:`rational.Rational` uses::
+:class:`fractions.Fraction` uses::
 
     def _operator_fallbacks(monomorphic_operator, fallback_operator):
         def forward(a, b):
-            if isinstance(b, (int, long, Rational)):
+            if isinstance(b, (int, long, Fraction)):
                 return monomorphic_operator(a, b)
             elif isinstance(b, float):
                 return fallback_operator(float(a), b)
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
         forward.__doc__ = monomorphic_operator.__doc__
 
         def reverse(b, a):
-            if isinstance(a, RationalAbc):
+            if isinstance(a, Rational):
                 # Includes ints.
                 return monomorphic_operator(a, b)
             elif isinstance(a, numbers.Real):
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
 
     def _add(a, b):
         """a + b"""
-        return Rational(a.numerator * b.denominator +
+        return Fraction(a.numerator * b.denominator +
                         b.numerator * a.denominator,
                         a.denominator * b.denominator)
 
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
index cbc8b8f..83cca99 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
@@ -578,8 +578,8 @@
 
 :class:`Rational` numbers derive from :class:`Real`, have
 :attr:`numerator` and :attr:`denominator` properties, and can be
-converted to floats.  Python 2.6 adds a simple rational-number class
-in the :mod:`rational` module.
+converted to floats.  Python 2.6 adds a simple rational-number class,
+:class:`Fraction`, in the :mod:`fractions` module.
 
 :class:`Integral` numbers derive from :class:`Rational`, and
 can be shifted left and right with ``<<`` and ``>>``, 
@@ -598,29 +598,29 @@
 
   
 
-The Rational Module
+The Fraction Module
 --------------------------------------------------
 
 To fill out the hierarchy of numeric types, a rational-number class
-has been added as the :mod:`rational` module.  Rational numbers are
+has been added as the :mod:`fractions` module.  Rational numbers are
 represented as a fraction; rational numbers can exactly represent
 numbers such as two-thirds that floating-point numbers can only
 approximate.
 
-The :class:`Rational` constructor takes two :class:`Integral` values
+The :class:`Fraction` constructor takes two :class:`Integral` values
 that will be the numerator and denominator of the resulting fraction. ::
 
-    >>> from rational import Rational
-    >>> a = Rational(2, 3)
-    >>> b = Rational(2, 5)
+    >>> from fractions import Fraction
+    >>> a = Fraction(2, 3)
+    >>> b = Fraction(2, 5)
     >>> float(a), float(b)
     (0.66666666666666663, 0.40000000000000002)
     >>> a+b
-    rational.Rational(16,15)
+    Fraction(16,15)
     >>> a/b
-    rational.Rational(5,3)
+    Fraction(5,3)
 
-The :mod:`rational` module is based upon an implementation by Sjoerd
+The :mod:`fractions` module is based upon an implementation by Sjoerd
 Mullender that was in Python's :file:`Demo/classes/` directory for a
 long time.  This implementation was significantly updated by Jeffrey
 Yaskin.