diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/doc/html/manual/source_code_style.html b/libstdc++-v3/doc/html/manual/source_code_style.html
index 680e9e70829..669f16d165f 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/doc/html/manual/source_code_style.html
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/doc/html/manual/source_code_style.html
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 <br />
       MS adds:<br />
       _T<br />
+			__deref<br />
 <br />
       BSD adds:<br />
       __used<br />
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/appendix_contributing.xml b/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/appendix_contributing.xml
index 00991128525..4380cbbe3f1 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/appendix_contributing.xml
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/doc/xml/manual/appendix_contributing.xml
@@ -412,8 +412,9 @@ indicate a place that may require attention for multi-thread safety.
   
   <para>
   </para>
-  <section xml:id="coding_style.bad_identifiers"><info><title>Bad Identifiers</title></info>
-    
+
+  <section xml:id="coding_style.bad_identifiers"><info><title>Bad Identifiers</title></info> <!-- BADNAMES -->
+
     <para>
       Identifiers that conflict and should be avoided.
     </para>
@@ -445,6 +446,7 @@ indicate a place that may require attention for multi-thread safety.
 
       MS adds:
       _T
+			__deref
 
       BSD adds:
       __used
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/debug/functions.h b/libstdc++-v3/include/debug/functions.h
index aaccc8dfe07..942d35f358d 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/debug/functions.h
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/debug/functions.h
@@ -421,10 +421,10 @@ namespace __gnu_debug
   {
     template<typename _It>
       static typename std::iterator_traits<_It>::reference
-      __deref();
+      __ref();
 
     template<typename _It,
-	     typename = decltype(__deref<_It>() < __deref<_It>())>
+	     typename = decltype(__ref<_It>() < __ref<_It>())>
       _GLIBCXX20_CONSTEXPR
       static bool
       _S_is_valid(_It __it)
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ namespace __gnu_debug
       { return true; }
 
     template<typename _It, typename _Pred, typename
-	= decltype(std::declval<_Pred>()(__deref<_It>(), __deref<_It>()))>
+	= decltype(std::declval<_Pred>()(__ref<_It>(), __ref<_It>()))>
       _GLIBCXX20_CONSTEXPR
       static bool
       _S_is_valid_pred(_It __it, _Pred __pred)
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/17_intro/badnames.cc b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/17_intro/badnames.cc
index c69b8c45d81..a6b98db26f2 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/17_intro/badnames.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/17_intro/badnames.cc
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 
 // MS adds:
 #define _T		_T is a BADNAME
+#define __deref		__deref is a BADNAME
 
 // BSD adds:
 #define __used		__used is a BADNAME