diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e55e6598..24b18d7a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -133,14 +133,14 @@ at the Julia command line (**important**: not in IJulia).
 
 You can also install additional Julia kernels, for example to
 pass alternative command-line arguments to the `julia` executable,
-by using the `IJulia.addkernel` function.  See the help for this
-function (`? IJulia.addkernel` in Julia) for complete details.
+by using the `IJulia.installkernel` function.  See the help for this
+function (`? IJulia.installkernel` in Julia) for complete details.
 
 For example, if you want to run Julia with all deprecation warnings
 disabled, you can do:
 ```julia
 using IJulia
-IJulia.addkernel("Julia nodeps", "--depwarn=no")
+IJulia.installkernel("Julia nodeps", "--depwarn=no")
 ```
 and a kernel called `Julia nodeps 0.6` (if you are using Julia 0.6)
 will be installed (will show up in your main Jupyter kernel menu) that
diff --git a/deps/build.jl b/deps/build.jl
index 744107b0..c9d018b6 100644
--- a/deps/build.jl
+++ b/deps/build.jl
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ end
 # Install Jupyter kernel-spec file.
 
 include("kspec.jl")
-kspec_cmd, = addkernel("Julia")
+kspec_cmd, = installkernel("Julia")
 
 # figure out the notebook command by replacing (only!) the last occurrence of
 # "kernelspec" with "notebook":
diff --git a/src/IJulia.jl b/src/IJulia.jl
index d7d27762..51dd161d 100644
--- a/src/IJulia.jl
+++ b/src/IJulia.jl
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ The `IJulia` module is used in three ways:
   to the Jupyter server.
 """
 module IJulia
-export notebook, addkernel
+export notebook, installkernel
 
 using ZMQ, JSON, Compat
 import Compat.invokelatest