diff --git a/src/Error/Debugger.php b/src/Error/Debugger.php
index 86cbc65df96..591fd5c1eef 100644
--- a/src/Error/Debugger.php
+++ b/src/Error/Debugger.php
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ public static function getType($var)
      *    data in a browser-friendly way.
      * @return void
      */
-    public static function print($var, $location = [], $showHtml = null)
+    public static function printVar($var, $location = [], $showHtml = null)
     {
         $location += ['file' => null, 'line' => null];
         $file = $location['file'];
diff --git a/src/basics.php b/src/basics.php
index 2bfc1e39a0e..2bd9e0b8e2b 100644
--- a/src/basics.php
+++ b/src/basics.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ function debug($var, $showHtml = null, $showFrom = true)
             ];
         }
 
-        Debugger::print($var, $location, $showHtml);
+        Debugger::printVar($var, $location, $showHtml);
 
         return $var;
     }
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ function dd($var, $showHtml = null)
             'file' => $trace[0]['file']
         ];
 
-        Debugger::print($var, $location);
+        Debugger::printVar($var, $location);
         die(1);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/Error/DebuggerTest.php b/tests/TestCase/Error/DebuggerTest.php
index 776dcb7eeac..792eec99a9e 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/Error/DebuggerTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/Error/DebuggerTest.php
@@ -587,14 +587,14 @@ public function testDebugInfo()
     }
 
     /**
-     * test testPrint()
+     * test testPrintVar()
      *
      * @return void
      */
-    public function testPrint()
+    public function testPrintVar()
     {
         ob_start();
-        Debugger::print('this-is-a-test', ['file' => __FILE__, 'line' => __LINE__], false);
+        Debugger::printVar('this-is-a-test', ['file' => __FILE__, 'line' => __LINE__], false);
         $result = ob_get_clean();
         $expectedText = <<<EXPECTED
 %s (line %d)
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ public function testPrint()
 
         ob_start();
         $value = '<div>this-is-a-test</div>';
-        Debugger::print($value, ['file' => __FILE__, 'line' => __LINE__], true);
+        Debugger::printVar($value, ['file' => __FILE__, 'line' => __LINE__], true);
         $result = ob_get_clean();
         $expectedHtml = <<<EXPECTED
 <div class="cake-debug-output">
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ public function testPrint()
         $this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 
         ob_start();
-        Debugger::print('<div>this-is-a-test</div>', ['file' => __FILE__, 'line' => __LINE__], true);
+        Debugger::printVar('<div>this-is-a-test</div>', ['file' => __FILE__, 'line' => __LINE__], true);
         $result = ob_get_clean();
         $expected = <<<EXPECTED
 <div class="cake-debug-output">
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ public function testPrint()
         $this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 
         ob_start();
-        Debugger::print('<div>this-is-a-test</div>', [], true);
+        Debugger::printVar('<div>this-is-a-test</div>', [], true);
         $result = ob_get_clean();
         $expected = <<<EXPECTED
 <div class="cake-debug-output">
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ public function testPrint()
         $this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 
         ob_start();
-        Debugger::print('<div>this-is-a-test</div>', ['file' => __FILE__, 'line' => __LINE__]);
+        Debugger::printVar('<div>this-is-a-test</div>', ['file' => __FILE__, 'line' => __LINE__]);
         $result = ob_get_clean();
         $expectedHtml = <<<EXPECTED
 <div class="cake-debug-output">
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ public function testPrint()
         $this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 
         ob_start();
-        Debugger::print('<div>this-is-a-test</div>');
+        Debugger::printVar('<div>this-is-a-test</div>');
         $result = ob_get_clean();
         $expectedHtml = <<<EXPECTED
 <div class="cake-debug-output">
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ public function testPrint()
         $this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 
         ob_start();
-        Debugger::print('<div>this-is-a-test</div>', ['file' => __FILE__, 'line' => __LINE__], false);
+        Debugger::printVar('<div>this-is-a-test</div>', ['file' => __FILE__, 'line' => __LINE__], false);
         $result = ob_get_clean();
         $expected = <<<EXPECTED
 %s (line %d)
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ public function testPrint()
         $this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 
         ob_start();
-        Debugger::print('<div>this-is-a-test</div>', ['file' => __FILE__, 'line' => __LINE__], false);
+        Debugger::printVar('<div>this-is-a-test</div>', ['file' => __FILE__, 'line' => __LINE__], false);
         $result = ob_get_clean();
         $expected = <<<EXPECTED
 %s (line %d)
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ public function testPrint()
         $this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 
         ob_start();
-        Debugger::print('<div>this-is-a-test</div>', [], false);
+        Debugger::printVar('<div>this-is-a-test</div>', [], false);
         $result = ob_get_clean();
         $expected = <<<EXPECTED
 
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ public function testPrint()
         $this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 
         ob_start();
-        Debugger::print(false, [], false);
+        Debugger::printVar(false, [], false);
         $result = ob_get_clean();
         $expected = <<<EXPECTED