diff --git a/src/rustdoc/attr_parser.rs b/src/rustdoc/attr_parser.rs
index eefb9d827bf..2e8a48c5ee1 100644
--- a/src/rustdoc/attr_parser.rs
+++ b/src/rustdoc/attr_parser.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export parse_compound_fndoc;
+export parse_fn;
 
 #[doc(
   brief = "Parses function docs from a complex #[doc] attribute.",
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export parse_compound_fndoc;
   args(items = "Doc attribute contents"),
   return = "Parsed function docs."
 )]
-fn parse_compound_fndoc(items: [@ast::meta_item]) -> doc::fndoc {
+fn parse_fn(items: [@ast::meta_item]) -> doc::fndoc {
     let brief = none;
     let desc = none;
     let return = none;
diff --git a/src/rustdoc/rustdoc.rs b/src/rustdoc/rustdoc.rs
index 596a5a419d8..94488841119 100755
--- a/src/rustdoc/rustdoc.rs
+++ b/src/rustdoc/rustdoc.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ fn doc_item(rd: rustdoc, item: @ast::item) {
             }
             ast::meta_list("doc", docs) {
                 _fndoc = some(
-                    attr_parser::parse_compound_fndoc(docs));
+                    attr_parser::parse_fn(docs));
             }
         }
     }