diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/io/PrintStream.java b/src/share/classes/java/io/PrintStream.java
index 9ed3ff6f910d1fc64fca37b39cc0de2368b68920..f29b5407abf18a2773a48fe345165bd43d8b94da 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/io/PrintStream.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/io/PrintStream.java
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ public class PrintStream extends FilterOutputStream
     private OutputStreamWriter charOut;
 
     /**
-     * nonNull is explicitly declared here so as not to create an extra
-     * dependency on java.util.Objects.nonNull. PrintStream is loaded
+     * requireNonNull is explicitly declared here so as not to create an extra
+     * dependency on java.util.Objects.requireNonNull. PrintStream is loaded
      * early during system initialization.
      */
-    private static <T> T nonNull(T obj, String message) {
+    private static <T> T requireNonNull(T obj, String message) {
         if (obj == null)
             throw new NullPointerException(message);
         return obj;
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public class PrintStream extends FilterOutputStream
     private static Charset toCharset(String csn)
         throws UnsupportedEncodingException
     {
-        nonNull(csn, "charsetName");
+        requireNonNull(csn, "charsetName");
         try {
             return Charset.forName(csn);
         } catch (IllegalCharsetNameException|UnsupportedCharsetException unused) {
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public class PrintStream extends FilterOutputStream
      * @see java.io.PrintWriter#PrintWriter(java.io.OutputStream, boolean)
      */
     public PrintStream(OutputStream out, boolean autoFlush) {
-        this(autoFlush, nonNull(out, "Null output stream"));
+        this(autoFlush, requireNonNull(out, "Null output stream"));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public class PrintStream extends FilterOutputStream
         throws UnsupportedEncodingException
     {
         this(autoFlush,
-             nonNull(out, "Null output stream"),
+             requireNonNull(out, "Null output stream"),
              toCharset(encoding));
     }
 
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/io/PrintWriter.java b/src/share/classes/java/io/PrintWriter.java
index 16044567065b4433e3e245ce572e9dd169bfc10f..0e9ea8f5688bd1febcd636eb4e1323dfa43f5e85 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/io/PrintWriter.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/io/PrintWriter.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class PrintWriter extends Writer {
     private static Charset toCharset(String csn)
         throws UnsupportedEncodingException
     {
-        Objects.nonNull(csn, "charsetName");
+        Objects.requireNonNull(csn, "charsetName");
         try {
             return Charset.forName(csn);
         } catch (IllegalCharsetNameException|UnsupportedCharsetException unused) {
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/lang/StackTraceElement.java b/src/share/classes/java/lang/StackTraceElement.java
index b95587d71850fff19924f59799e25a89ac8351a1..3bd8ed433c000454473534d16eb33c5e19705189 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/StackTraceElement.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/StackTraceElement.java
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ public final class StackTraceElement implements java.io.Serializable {
      */
     public StackTraceElement(String declaringClass, String methodName,
                              String fileName, int lineNumber) {
-        this.declaringClass = Objects.nonNull(declaringClass, "Declaring class is null");
-        this.methodName     = Objects.nonNull(methodName, "Method name is null");
+        this.declaringClass = Objects.requireNonNull(declaringClass, "Declaring class is null");
+        this.methodName     = Objects.requireNonNull(methodName, "Method name is null");
         this.fileName       = fileName;
         this.lineNumber     = lineNumber;
     }
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/DirectoryIteratorException.java b/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/DirectoryIteratorException.java
index 729c84a77cda1ad973c34bdff4495135055a66b6..a74369c5a221a36bc460eaea44ee75d0c649496d 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/DirectoryIteratorException.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/DirectoryIteratorException.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public final class DirectoryIteratorException
      *          if the cause is {@code null}
      */
     public DirectoryIteratorException(IOException cause) {
-        super(Objects.nonNull(cause));
+        super(Objects.requireNonNull(cause));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/FileTreeWalker.java b/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/FileTreeWalker.java
index fb3995315ccb853ba1cb0e58fbedd748e5540c3e..4c0896f70c161b6ec5c85019597f2aa1f4d1d7a5 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/FileTreeWalker.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/FileTreeWalker.java
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ class FileTreeWalker {
         FileVisitResult result = walk(start,
                                       0,
                                       new ArrayList<AncestorDirectory>());
-        if (result == null)
-            throw new NullPointerException("FileVisitor returned null");
+        Objects.requireNonNull(result, "FileVisitor returned null");
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/Files.java b/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/Files.java
index cb1fde29685aaa99bebbc33cbb7c82b4212af558..357529ac9cf065deaa7301b2d11a167702874537 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/Files.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/Files.java
@@ -2779,7 +2779,7 @@ public final class Files {
         throws IOException
     {
         // ensure not null before opening file
-        Objects.nonNull(in);
+        Objects.requireNonNull(in);
 
         // check for REPLACE_EXISTING
         boolean replaceExisting = false;
@@ -2861,7 +2861,7 @@ public final class Files {
      */
     public static long copy(Path source, OutputStream out) throws IOException {
         // ensure not null before opening file
-        Objects.nonNull(out);
+        Objects.requireNonNull(out);
 
         try (InputStream in = newInputStream(source)) {
             return copy(in, out);
@@ -3035,7 +3035,7 @@ public final class Files {
         throws IOException
     {
         // ensure bytes is not null before opening file
-        Objects.nonNull(bytes);
+        Objects.requireNonNull(bytes);
 
         try (OutputStream out = Files.newOutputStream(path, options)) {
             int len = bytes.length;
@@ -3094,7 +3094,7 @@ public final class Files {
         throws IOException
     {
         // ensure lines is not null before opening file
-        Objects.nonNull(lines);
+        Objects.requireNonNull(lines);
         CharsetEncoder encoder = cs.newEncoder();
         OutputStream out = newOutputStream(path, options);
         try (BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(out, encoder))) {
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/SimpleFileVisitor.java b/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/SimpleFileVisitor.java
index 5b0a4602b4e992c6318c255630973552b36d73c2..8bedbd4c9b3146c8fecd3ec8b1b24b82c61bed5e 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/SimpleFileVisitor.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/nio/file/SimpleFileVisitor.java
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ public class SimpleFileVisitor<T> implements FileVisitor<T> {
     public FileVisitResult preVisitDirectory(T dir, BasicFileAttributes attrs)
         throws IOException
     {
-        Objects.nonNull(dir);
-        Objects.nonNull(attrs);
+        Objects.requireNonNull(dir);
+        Objects.requireNonNull(attrs);
         return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
     }
 
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ public class SimpleFileVisitor<T> implements FileVisitor<T> {
     public FileVisitResult visitFile(T file, BasicFileAttributes attrs)
         throws IOException
     {
-        Objects.nonNull(file);
-        Objects.nonNull(attrs);
+        Objects.requireNonNull(file);
+        Objects.requireNonNull(attrs);
         return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
     }
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class SimpleFileVisitor<T> implements FileVisitor<T> {
     public FileVisitResult visitFileFailed(T file, IOException exc)
         throws IOException
     {
-        Objects.nonNull(file);
+        Objects.requireNonNull(file);
         throw exc;
     }
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class SimpleFileVisitor<T> implements FileVisitor<T> {
     public FileVisitResult postVisitDirectory(T dir, IOException exc)
         throws IOException
     {
-        Objects.nonNull(dir);
+        Objects.requireNonNull(dir);
         if (exc != null)
             throw exc;
         return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/util/Formatter.java b/src/share/classes/java/util/Formatter.java
index 6c9ead3b7f03ef29cfbf3a0bcb32a1bd5e8bd4da..797b9e2f8aaf3cea5e3d85b33ddad437a21bc131 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/util/Formatter.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/util/Formatter.java
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ import java.text.DateFormatSymbols;
 import java.text.DecimalFormat;
 import java.text.DecimalFormatSymbols;
 import java.text.NumberFormat;
-import java.util.Calendar;
-import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
@@ -1859,7 +1856,7 @@ public final class Formatter implements Closeable, Flushable {
     private static Charset toCharset(String csn)
         throws UnsupportedEncodingException
     {
-        Objects.nonNull(csn, "charsetName");
+        Objects.requireNonNull(csn, "charsetName");
         try {
             return Charset.forName(csn);
         } catch (IllegalCharsetNameException|UnsupportedCharsetException unused) {
@@ -2179,7 +2176,7 @@ public final class Formatter implements Closeable, Flushable {
      */
     public Formatter(PrintStream ps) {
         this(Locale.getDefault(Locale.Category.FORMAT),
-             (Appendable)Objects.nonNull(ps));
+             (Appendable)Objects.requireNonNull(ps));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/util/Objects.java b/src/share/classes/java/util/Objects.java
index e6212235f45a81748f6c732c0a4796fc1a948bfc..e3d5ad415f2207b5fa489daea4bbdec40a654167 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/util/Objects.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/util/Objects.java
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ public final class Objects {
      * and constructors, as demonstrated below:
      * <blockquote><pre>
      * public Foo(Bar bar) {
-     *     this.bar = Objects.nonNull(bar);
+     *     this.bar = Objects.requireNonNull(bar);
      * }
      * </pre></blockquote>
      *
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ public final class Objects {
      * @return {@code obj} if not {@code null}
      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code obj} is {@code null}
      */
-    public static <T> T nonNull(T obj) {
+    public static <T> T requireNonNull(T obj) {
         if (obj == null)
             throw new NullPointerException();
         return obj;
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ public final class Objects {
      * constructors with multiple parameters, as demonstrated below:
      * <blockquote><pre>
      * public Foo(Bar bar, Baz baz) {
-     *     this.bar = Objects.nonNull(bar, "bar must not be null");
-     *     this.baz = Objects.nonNull(baz, "baz must not be null");
+     *     this.bar = Objects.requireNonNull(bar, "bar must not be null");
+     *     this.baz = Objects.requireNonNull(baz, "baz must not be null");
      * }
      * </pre></blockquote>
      *
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ public final class Objects {
      * @return {@code obj} if not {@code null}
      * @throws NullPointerException if {@code obj} is {@code null}
      */
-    public static <T> T nonNull(T obj, String message) {
+    public static <T> T requireNonNull(T obj, String message) {
         if (obj == null)
             throw new NullPointerException(message);
         return obj;
diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/util/Scanner.java b/src/share/classes/java/util/Scanner.java
index 4aa5c9fb8c58c35d7498ec446be6bc805bbb9b2d..e80b27a393b99bad82649d2adc4896d7cde66a79 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/util/Scanner.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/util/Scanner.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import java.nio.channels.*;
 import java.nio.charset.*;
 import java.text.*;
 import java.util.Locale;
+
 import sun.misc.LRUCache;
 
 /**
@@ -592,7 +593,7 @@ public final class Scanner implements Iterator<String>, Closeable {
      *         interface
      */
     public Scanner(Readable source) {
-        this(Objects.nonNull(source, "source"), WHITESPACE_PATTERN);
+        this(Objects.requireNonNull(source, "source"), WHITESPACE_PATTERN);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -619,7 +620,7 @@ public final class Scanner implements Iterator<String>, Closeable {
      *         does not exist
      */
     public Scanner(InputStream source, String charsetName) {
-        this(makeReadable(Objects.nonNull(source, "source"), toCharset(charsetName)),
+        this(makeReadable(Objects.requireNonNull(source, "source"), toCharset(charsetName)),
              WHITESPACE_PATTERN);
     }
 
@@ -629,7 +630,7 @@ public final class Scanner implements Iterator<String>, Closeable {
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException      if the charset is not supported
      */
     private static Charset toCharset(String csn) {
-        Objects.nonNull(csn, "charsetName");
+        Objects.requireNonNull(csn, "charsetName");
         try {
             return Charset.forName(csn);
         } catch (IllegalCharsetNameException|UnsupportedCharsetException e) {
@@ -670,7 +671,7 @@ public final class Scanner implements Iterator<String>, Closeable {
     public Scanner(File source, String charsetName)
         throws FileNotFoundException
     {
-        this(Objects.nonNull(source), toDecoder(charsetName));
+        this(Objects.requireNonNull(source), toDecoder(charsetName));
     }
 
     private Scanner(File source, CharsetDecoder dec)
@@ -680,7 +681,7 @@ public final class Scanner implements Iterator<String>, Closeable {
     }
 
     private static CharsetDecoder toDecoder(String charsetName) {
-        Objects.nonNull(charsetName, "charsetName");
+        Objects.requireNonNull(charsetName, "charsetName");
         try {
             return Charset.forName(charsetName).newDecoder();
         } catch (IllegalCharsetNameException|UnsupportedCharsetException unused) {
@@ -729,7 +730,7 @@ public final class Scanner implements Iterator<String>, Closeable {
      * @since   1.7
      */
     public Scanner(Path source, String charsetName) throws IOException {
-        this(Objects.nonNull(source), toCharset(charsetName));
+        this(Objects.requireNonNull(source), toCharset(charsetName));
     }
 
     private Scanner(Path source, Charset charset)  throws IOException {
@@ -755,7 +756,7 @@ public final class Scanner implements Iterator<String>, Closeable {
      * @param  source A channel to scan
      */
     public Scanner(ReadableByteChannel source) {
-        this(makeReadable(Objects.nonNull(source, "source")),
+        this(makeReadable(Objects.requireNonNull(source, "source")),
              WHITESPACE_PATTERN);
     }
 
@@ -775,7 +776,7 @@ public final class Scanner implements Iterator<String>, Closeable {
      *         does not exist
      */
     public Scanner(ReadableByteChannel source, String charsetName) {
-        this(makeReadable(Objects.nonNull(source, "source"), toDecoder(charsetName)),
+        this(makeReadable(Objects.requireNonNull(source, "source"), toDecoder(charsetName)),
              WHITESPACE_PATTERN);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/share/classes/sun/security/krb5/KrbAsRep.java b/src/share/classes/sun/security/krb5/KrbAsRep.java
index c05d8bd08bfbde4cf9d2b3caaadbf3519fc8af9b..140d5981b5eb9edb9b9f82ea6f636d5de7a8c687 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/sun/security/krb5/KrbAsRep.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/sun/security/krb5/KrbAsRep.java
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class KrbAsRep extends KrbKdcRep {
     }
 
     Credentials getCreds() {
-        return Objects.nonNull(creds, "Creds not available yet.");
+        return Objects.requireNonNull(creds, "Creds not available yet.");
     }
 
     sun.security.krb5.internal.ccache.Credentials getCCreds() {
diff --git a/test/java/util/Objects/BasicObjectsTest.java b/test/java/util/Objects/BasicObjectsTest.java
index 7584d2cffc267678bda7022043fdf845b226beda..bf025a8ad2c7f07a62820513fbd2f829774a5882 100644
--- a/test/java/util/Objects/BasicObjectsTest.java
+++ b/test/java/util/Objects/BasicObjectsTest.java
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ public class BasicObjectsTest {
 
         // Test 1-arg variant
         try {
-            s = Objects.nonNull("pants");
+            s = Objects.requireNonNull("pants");
             if (s != "pants") {
                 System.err.printf("1-arg non-null failed to return its arg");
                 errors++;
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ public class BasicObjectsTest {
         }
 
         try {
-            s = Objects.nonNull(null);
+            s = Objects.requireNonNull(null);
             System.err.printf("1-arg nonNull failed to throw NPE");
             errors++;
         } catch (NullPointerException e) {
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ public class BasicObjectsTest {
 
         // Test 2-arg variant
         try {
-            s = Objects.nonNull("pants", "trousers");
+            s = Objects.requireNonNull("pants", "trousers");
             if (s != "pants") {
                 System.err.printf("2-arg nonNull failed to return its arg");
                 errors++;
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ public class BasicObjectsTest {
         }
 
         try {
-            s = Objects.nonNull(null, "pantaloons");
+            s = Objects.requireNonNull(null, "pantaloons");
             System.err.printf("2-arg nonNull failed to throw NPE");
             errors++;
         } catch (NullPointerException e) {