diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/ViewTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/ViewTest.php
index e87e8950b..cff2ebcc1 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/ViewTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/View/ViewTest.php
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ class ViewTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		echo 'Block content';
 		$this->View->end();
 
-		$result = $this->View->getBlock('test');
+		$result = $this->View->fetch('test');
 		$this->assertEquals('Block content', $result);
 	}
 
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ class ViewTest extends CakeTestCase {
 		echo ' content';
 		$this->View->end();
 
-		$result = $this->View->getBlock('test');
+		$result = $this->View->fetch('test');
 		$this->assertEquals('Block content', $result);
 	}
 
@@ -965,8 +965,8 @@ class ViewTest extends CakeTestCase {
  * @return void
  */
 	public function testBlockSet() {
-		$this->View->setBlock('test', 'Block content');
-		$result = $this->View->getBlock('test');
+		$this->View->assign('test', 'Block content');
+		$result = $this->View->fetch('test');
 		$this->assertEquals('Block content', $result);
 	}
 
@@ -976,10 +976,10 @@ class ViewTest extends CakeTestCase {
  * @return void
  */
 	public function testBlockAppend() {
-		$this->View->setBlock('test', 'Block');
+		$this->View->assign('test', 'Block');
 		$this->View->append('test', ' content');
 
-		$result = $this->View->getBlock('test');
+		$result = $this->View->fetch('test');
 		$this->assertEquals('Block content', $result);
 	}
 
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ class ViewTest extends CakeTestCase {
  */
 	public function testBlockAppendUndefined() {
 		$this->View->append('test', 'Unknown');
-		$result = $this->View->getBlock('test');
+		$result = $this->View->fetch('test');
 		$this->assertEquals('Unknown', $result);
 	}
 
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ class ViewTest extends CakeTestCase {
  * @return void
  */
 	public function testBlockSetArrayException() {
-		$this->View->setBlock('test', array(1, 2, 3));
+		$this->View->assign('test', array(1, 2, 3));
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@ class ViewTest extends CakeTestCase {
  */
 	public function testBlocks() {
 		$this->View->append('test', 'one');
-		$this->View->setBlock('test1', 'one');
+		$this->View->assign('test1', 'one');
 
 		$this->assertEquals(array('test', 'test1'), $this->View->blocks());
 	}
diff --git a/lib/Cake/View/View.php b/lib/Cake/View/View.php
index 691d0a390..a3a223a1b 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/View/View.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/View/View.php
@@ -568,20 +568,20 @@ class View extends Object {
  * @return void
  * @throws CakeException when you use non-string values.
  */
-	public function setBlock($name, $value) {
+	public function assign($name, $value) {
 		if (!is_string($value)) {
-			throw new CakeException(__d('cake_dev', 'You can only append strings.'));
+			throw new CakeException(__d('cake_dev', 'Blocks can only contain strings.'));
 		}
 		$this->_blocks[$name] = $value;
 	}
 
 /**
- * Get the content for a block.
+ * Fetch the content for a block.
  *
  * @param string $name Name of the block
  * @return The block content or '' if the block does not exist.
  */
-	public function getBlock($name) {
+	public function fetch($name) {
 		if (!isset($this->_blocks[$name])) {
 			return '';
 		}