diff --git a/base/broadcast.jl b/base/broadcast.jl
index 65ee317c5632f..57428d34a9951 100644
--- a/base/broadcast.jl
+++ b/base/broadcast.jl
@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@ module Broadcast
 using .Base.Cartesian
 using .Base: Indices, OneTo, tail, to_shape, isoperator, promote_typejoin,
              _msk_end, unsafe_bitgetindex, bitcache_chunks, bitcache_size, dumpbitcache, unalias
-import .Base: copy, copyto!
+import .Base: copy, copyto!, axes
 export broadcast, broadcast!, BroadcastStyle, broadcast_axes, broadcastable, dotview, @__dot__
 
+## Computing the result's axes: deprecated name
+const broadcast_axes = axes
+
 ### Objects with customized broadcasting behavior should declare a BroadcastStyle
 
 """
@@ -200,16 +203,6 @@ Base.similar(bc::Broadcasted{ArrayConflict}, ::Type{ElType}) where ElType =
 Base.similar(bc::Broadcasted{ArrayConflict}, ::Type{Bool}) =
     similar(BitArray, axes(bc))
 
-## Computing the result's axes. Most types probably won't need to specialize this.
-"""
-    Base.broadcast_axes(A)
-
-Compute the axes for `A`.
-
-This should only be specialized for objects that do not define [`axes`](@ref) but want to participate in broadcasting.
-"""
-@inline broadcast_axes(A) = axes(A)
-
 @inline Base.axes(bc::Broadcasted) = _axes(bc, bc.axes)
 _axes(::Broadcasted, axes::Tuple) = axes
 @inline _axes(bc::Broadcasted, ::Nothing)  = combine_axes(bc.args...)
@@ -425,8 +418,8 @@ One of these should be undefined (and thus return Broadcast.Unknown).""")
 end
 
 # Indices utilities
-@inline combine_axes(A, B...) = broadcast_shape(broadcast_axes(A), combine_axes(B...))
-combine_axes(A) = broadcast_axes(A)
+@inline combine_axes(A, B...) = broadcast_shape(axes(A), combine_axes(B...))
+combine_axes(A) = axes(A)
 
 # shape (i.e., tuple-of-indices) inputs
 broadcast_shape(shape::Tuple) = shape
@@ -458,7 +451,7 @@ function check_broadcast_shape(shp, Ashp::Tuple)
     _bcsm(shp[1], Ashp[1]) || throw(DimensionMismatch("array could not be broadcast to match destination"))
     check_broadcast_shape(tail(shp), tail(Ashp))
 end
-check_broadcast_axes(shp, A) = check_broadcast_shape(shp, broadcast_axes(A))
+check_broadcast_axes(shp, A) = check_broadcast_shape(shp, axes(A))
 # comparing many inputs
 @inline function check_broadcast_axes(shp, A, As...)
     check_broadcast_axes(shp, A)
@@ -482,8 +475,8 @@ an `Int`.
     Any remaining indices in `I` beyond the length of the `keep` tuple are truncated. The `keep` and `default`
     tuples may be created by `newindexer(argument)`.
 """
-Base.@propagate_inbounds newindex(arg, I::CartesianIndex) = CartesianIndex(_newindex(broadcast_axes(arg), I.I))
-Base.@propagate_inbounds newindex(arg, I::Integer) = CartesianIndex(_newindex(broadcast_axes(arg), (I,)))
+Base.@propagate_inbounds newindex(arg, I::CartesianIndex) = CartesianIndex(_newindex(axes(arg), I.I))
+Base.@propagate_inbounds newindex(arg, I::Integer) = CartesianIndex(_newindex(axes(arg), (I,)))
 Base.@propagate_inbounds _newindex(ax::Tuple, I::Tuple) = (ifelse(Base.unsafe_length(ax[1])==1, ax[1][1], I[1]), _newindex(tail(ax), tail(I))...)
 Base.@propagate_inbounds _newindex(ax::Tuple{}, I::Tuple) = ()
 Base.@propagate_inbounds _newindex(ax::Tuple, I::Tuple{}) = (ax[1][1], _newindex(tail(ax), ())...)
@@ -499,7 +492,7 @@ Base.@propagate_inbounds _newindex(ax::Tuple{}, I::Tuple{}) = ()
 
 # newindexer(A) generates `keep` and `Idefault` (for use by `newindex` above)
 # for a particular array `A`; `shapeindexer` does so for its axes.
-@inline newindexer(A) = shapeindexer(broadcast_axes(A))
+@inline newindexer(A) = shapeindexer(axes(A))
 @inline shapeindexer(ax) = _newindexer(ax)
 @inline _newindexer(indsA::Tuple{}) = (), ()
 @inline function _newindexer(indsA::Tuple)
@@ -542,7 +535,7 @@ struct Extruded{T, K, D}
     keeps::K    # A tuple of booleans, specifying which indices should be passed normally
     defaults::D # A tuple of integers, specifying the index to use when keeps[i] is false (as defaults[i])
 end
-@inline broadcast_axes(b::Extruded) = broadcast_axes(b.x)
+@inline axes(b::Extruded) = axes(b.x)
 Base.@propagate_inbounds _broadcast_getindex(b::Extruded, i) = b.x[newindex(i, b.keeps, b.defaults)]
 extrude(x::AbstractArray) = Extruded(x, newindexer(x)...)
 extrude(x) = x
@@ -948,10 +941,10 @@ end
 ## Tuple methods
 
 @inline function copy(bc::Broadcasted{Style{Tuple}})
-    axes = broadcast_axes(bc)
-    length(axes) == 1 || throw(DimensionMismatch("tuple only supports one dimension"))
-    N = Val(length(axes[1]))
-    return ntuple(k -> @inbounds(_broadcast_getindex(bc, k)), N)
+    dim = axes(bc)
+    length(dim) == 1 || throw(DimensionMismatch("tuple only supports one dimension"))
+    N = length(dim[1])
+    return ntuple(k -> @inbounds(_broadcast_getindex(bc, k)), Val(N))
 end
 
 ## scalar-range broadcast operations ##
diff --git a/doc/src/base/arrays.md b/doc/src/base/arrays.md
index 260649a3a36cf..6cad1e62b8e3a 100644
--- a/doc/src/base/arrays.md
+++ b/doc/src/base/arrays.md
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ Base.@__dot__
 For specializing broadcast on custom types, see
 ```@docs
 Base.BroadcastStyle
-Base.broadcast_axes
 Base.Broadcast.AbstractArrayStyle
 Base.Broadcast.ArrayStyle
 Base.Broadcast.DefaultArrayStyle
diff --git a/doc/src/manual/interfaces.md b/doc/src/manual/interfaces.md
index e4c2bb072e034..d5a53e93d6843 100644
--- a/doc/src/manual/interfaces.md
+++ b/doc/src/manual/interfaces.md
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ V = view(A, [1,2,4], :)   # is not strided, as the spacing between rows is not f
 | `Base.similar(bc::Broadcasted{DestStyle}, ::Type{ElType})` | Allocation of output container |
 | **Optional methods** | | |
 | `Base.BroadcastStyle(::Style1, ::Style2) = Style12()` | Precedence rules for mixing styles |
-| `Base.broadcast_axes(x)` | Declaration of the indices of `x` for broadcasting purposes (defaults to [`axes(x)`](@ref)) |
+| `Base.axes(x)` | Declaration of the indices of `x`, as per [`axes(x)`](@ref). |
 | `Base.broadcastable(x)` | Convert `x` to an object that has `axes` and supports indexing |
 | **Bypassing default machinery** | |
 | `Base.copy(bc::Broadcasted{DestStyle})` | Custom implementation of `broadcast` |
diff --git a/test/broadcast.jl b/test/broadcast.jl
index c92c48ad8bee8..a8de5518f3724 100644
--- a/test/broadcast.jl
+++ b/test/broadcast.jl
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ struct T22053
     t
 end
 Broadcast.BroadcastStyle(::Type{T22053}) = Broadcast.Style{T22053}()
-Broadcast.broadcast_axes(::T22053) = ()
+Broadcast.axes(::T22053) = ()
 Broadcast.broadcastable(t::T22053) = t
 function Base.copy(bc::Broadcast.Broadcasted{Broadcast.Style{T22053}})
     all(x->isa(x, T22053), bc.args) && return 1