diff --git a/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/StreamingContext.scala b/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/StreamingContext.scala
index 7b2a7d52112d7a533abb4781fdc5ea682a857b45..ee83ae902be11adff1aef4999e85f29877415615 100644
--- a/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/StreamingContext.scala
+++ b/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/StreamingContext.scala
@@ -434,16 +434,16 @@ class StreamingContext private[streaming] (
    * Wait for the execution to stop. Any exceptions that occurs during the execution
    * will be thrown in this thread.
    */
-  def waitForStop() {
+  def awaitTermination() {
     waiter.waitForStopOrError()
   }
 
   /**
    * Wait for the execution to stop. Any exceptions that occurs during the execution
    * will be thrown in this thread.
-   * @param timeout time to wait
+   * @param timeout time to wait in milliseconds
    */
-  def waitForStop(timeout: Long) {
+  def awaitTermination(timeout: Long) {
     waiter.waitForStopOrError(timeout)
   }
 
diff --git a/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/api/java/JavaStreamingContext.scala b/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/api/java/JavaStreamingContext.scala
index ea7f7da6f34a2b8f78c35d9f10fe25b98f43767e..b4c46f5e506ac1403efc0efe93eb30988cd1b40d 100644
--- a/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/api/java/JavaStreamingContext.scala
+++ b/streaming/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/api/java/JavaStreamingContext.scala
@@ -486,14 +486,14 @@ class JavaStreamingContext(val ssc: StreamingContext) {
    * Wait for the execution to stop. Any exceptions that occurs during the execution
    * will be thrown in this thread.
    */
-  def waitForStop() = ssc.waitForStop()
+  def awaitTermination() = ssc.awaitTermination()
 
   /**
    * Wait for the execution to stop. Any exceptions that occurs during the execution
    * will be thrown in this thread.
-   * @param timeout time to wait
+   * @param timeout time to wait in milliseconds
    */
-  def waitForStop(timeout: Long) = ssc.waitForStop(timeout)
+  def awaitTermination(timeout: Long) = ssc.awaitTermination(timeout)
 
   /**
    * Stop the execution of the streams. Will stop the associated JavaSparkContext as well.
diff --git a/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/StreamingContextSuite.scala b/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/StreamingContextSuite.scala
index 10c18a7f7e2e59c26b88e8c5796ba163e661e04d..a477d200c91e37ce97ce0e6fe731df2f6899e9b9 100644
--- a/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/StreamingContextSuite.scala
+++ b/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/StreamingContextSuite.scala
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class StreamingContextSuite extends FunSuite with BeforeAndAfter with Timeouts {
     ssc = new StreamingContext(sc, batchDuration)
   }
 
-  test("waitForStop") {
+  test("awaitTermination") {
     ssc = new StreamingContext(master, appName, batchDuration)
     val inputStream = addInputStream(ssc)
     inputStream.map(x => x).register
@@ -158,13 +158,13 @@ class StreamingContextSuite extends FunSuite with BeforeAndAfter with Timeouts {
 
     // test whether waitForStop() exits after give amount of time
     failAfter(1000 millis) {
-      ssc.waitForStop(500)
+      ssc.awaitTermination(500)
     }
 
     // test whether waitForStop() does not exit if not time is given
     val exception = intercept[Exception] {
       failAfter(1000 millis) {
-        ssc.waitForStop()
+        ssc.awaitTermination()
         throw new Exception("Did not wait for stop")
       }
     }
@@ -178,11 +178,11 @@ class StreamingContextSuite extends FunSuite with BeforeAndAfter with Timeouts {
           ssc.stop()
         }
       }.start()
-      ssc.waitForStop()
+      ssc.awaitTermination()
     }
   }
 
-  test("waitForStop with error in task") {
+  test("awaitTermination with error in task") {
     ssc = new StreamingContext(master, appName, batchDuration)
     val inputStream = addInputStream(ssc)
     inputStream.map(x => { throw new TestException("error in map task"); x})
@@ -190,19 +190,19 @@ class StreamingContextSuite extends FunSuite with BeforeAndAfter with Timeouts {
 
     val exception = intercept[Exception] {
       ssc.start()
-      ssc.waitForStop(5000)
+      ssc.awaitTermination(5000)
     }
     assert(exception.getMessage.contains("map task"), "Expected exception not thrown")
   }
 
-  test("waitForStop with error in job generation") {
+  test("awaitTermination with error in job generation") {
     ssc = new StreamingContext(master, appName, batchDuration)
     val inputStream = addInputStream(ssc)
 
     inputStream.transform(rdd => { throw new TestException("error in transform"); rdd }).register
     val exception = intercept[TestException] {
       ssc.start()
-      ssc.waitForStop(5000)
+      ssc.awaitTermination(5000)
     }
     assert(exception.getMessage.contains("transform"), "Expected exception not thrown")
   }
diff --git a/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/TestSuiteBase.scala b/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/TestSuiteBase.scala
index a8ff444109e8b5891e1a1be7eefc202e019ee6de..63a07cfbdfa5aaf66f75ee84bbbb9808e380f500 100644
--- a/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/TestSuiteBase.scala
+++ b/streaming/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/streaming/TestSuiteBase.scala
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ trait TestSuiteBase extends FunSuite with BeforeAndAfter with Logging {
       val startTime = System.currentTimeMillis()
       while (output.size < numExpectedOutput && System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime < maxWaitTimeMillis) {
         logInfo("output.size = " + output.size + ", numExpectedOutput = " + numExpectedOutput)
-        ssc.waitForStop(50)
+        ssc.awaitTermination(50)
       }
       val timeTaken = System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime
       logInfo("Output generated in " + timeTaken + " milliseconds")