diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f7a286de7..d609cde0e 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ install:
     fi
 
 script:
-  lsb_release -a && $EMACS --version && make test EMACS=$EMACS
+  lsb_release -a && $EMACS --version && make EMACS=$EMACS check
 
 notifications:
   email: false
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 778b9738f..08c454e3f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ all: compile $(AUTOLOADS)
 
 compile: $(ELCFILES)
 
-test: # TODO: activate 'byte-compile-error-on-warn' when we have fixed most warnings
+check: # TODO: activate 'byte-compile-error-on-warn' when we have fixed most warnings
 	$(BATCH) --eval "(byte-compile-disable-warning 'cl-functions)" \
          -f batch-byte-compile $(ELFILES)
 	@$(RM) $(ELCFILES)