diff --git a/lib/Cake/Network/CakeRequest.php b/lib/Cake/Network/CakeRequest.php
index 89f830f8520..87249331611 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Network/CakeRequest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Network/CakeRequest.php
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ public function data($name) {
  * @return The decoded/processed request data.
  */
 	public function input($callback = null) {
-		$input = $this->_readStdin();
+		$input = $this->_readInput();
 		$args = func_get_args();
 		if (!empty($args)) {
 			$callback = array_shift($args);
@@ -746,9 +746,9 @@ public function input($callback = null) {
 /**
  * Read data from php://input, mocked in tests.
  *
- * @return string contents of stdin
+ * @return string contents of php://input
  */
-	protected function _readStdin() {
+	protected function _readInput() {
 		if (empty($this->_input)) {
 			$fh = fopen('php://input', 'r');
 			$content = stream_get_contents($fh);
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/RequestHandlerComponentTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/RequestHandlerComponentTest.php
index f6ff3eb941d..1d0303785d3 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/RequestHandlerComponentTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Controller/Component/RequestHandlerComponentTest.php
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ public function testAutoAjaxLayout() {
 	public function testStartupCallback() {
 		$_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'PUT';
 		$_SERVER['CONTENT_TYPE'] = 'application/xml';
-		$this->Controller->request = $this->getMock('CakeRequest', array('_readStdin'));
+		$this->Controller->request = $this->getMock('CakeRequest', array('_readInput'));
 		$this->RequestHandler->startup($this->Controller);
 		$this->assertTrue(is_array($this->Controller->data));
 		$this->assertFalse(is_object($this->Controller->data));
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ public function testStartupCallback() {
 	public function testStartupCallbackCharset() {
 		$_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'PUT';
 		$_SERVER['CONTENT_TYPE'] = 'application/xml; charset=UTF-8';
-		$this->Controller->request = $this->getMock('CakeRequest', array('_readStdin'));
+		$this->Controller->request = $this->getMock('CakeRequest', array('_readInput'));
 		$this->RequestHandler->startup($this->Controller);
 		$this->assertTrue(is_array($this->Controller->data));
 		$this->assertFalse(is_object($this->Controller->data));
@@ -287,9 +287,9 @@ public function testStartupCustomTypeProcess() {
 		}
 		$_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'POST';
 		$_SERVER['CONTENT_TYPE'] = 'text/csv';
-		$this->Controller->request = $this->getMock('CakeRequest', array('_readStdin'));
+		$this->Controller->request = $this->getMock('CakeRequest', array('_readInput'));
 		$this->Controller->request->expects($this->once())
-			->method('_readStdin')
+			->method('_readInput')
 			->will($this->returnValue('"A","csv","string"'));
 		$this->RequestHandler->addInputType('csv', array('str_getcsv'));
 		$this->RequestHandler->startup($this->Controller);
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/CakeRequestTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/CakeRequestTest.php
index 05c07601b92..acd0ba2a23f 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/CakeRequestTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Network/CakeRequestTest.php
@@ -1518,8 +1518,8 @@ public function testHere() {
  * @return void
  */
 	public function testInput() {
-		$request = $this->getMock('CakeRequest', array('_readStdin'));
-		$request->expects($this->once())->method('_readStdin')
+		$request = $this->getMock('CakeRequest', array('_readInput'));
+		$request->expects($this->once())->method('_readInput')
 			->will($this->returnValue('I came from stdin'));
 		
 		$result = $request->input();
@@ -1532,8 +1532,8 @@ public function testInput() {
  * @return void
  */
 	public function testInputDecode() {
-		$request = $this->getMock('CakeRequest', array('_readStdin'));
-		$request->expects($this->once())->method('_readStdin')
+		$request = $this->getMock('CakeRequest', array('_readInput'));
+		$request->expects($this->once())->method('_readInput')
 			->will($this->returnValue('{"name":"value"}'));
 
 		$result = $request->input('json_decode');
@@ -1553,8 +1553,8 @@ public function testInputDecodeExtraParams() {
 </post>
 XML;
 
-		$request = $this->getMock('CakeRequest', array('_readStdin'));
-		$request->expects($this->once())->method('_readStdin')
+		$request = $this->getMock('CakeRequest', array('_readInput'));
+		$request->expects($this->once())->method('_readInput')
 			->will($this->returnValue($xml));
 
 		$result = $request->input('Xml::build', array('return' => 'domdocument'));