diff --git a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/caching/actions.rb b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/caching/actions.rb
index 0238135bc143e273941ee7b974b9a6a118815130..eb3aa05a259e750852cc87896b54572adf03bad9 100644
--- a/actionpack/lib/action_controller/caching/actions.rb
+++ b/actionpack/lib/action_controller/caching/actions.rb
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ def initialize(options, &block)
             options.values_at(:cache_path, :store_options, :layout)
         end
 
-        def filter(controller)
+        def around(controller)
           cache_layout = @cache_layout.respond_to?(:call) ? @cache_layout.call(controller) : @cache_layout
 
           path_options = if @cache_path.respond_to?(:call)
diff --git a/actionpack/test/controller/filters_test.rb b/actionpack/test/controller/filters_test.rb
index afc00a3c9d22d19475a391d12941203a8d87920a..d203601771dfad5c38884a91ebb6bbc63a063fc7 100644
--- a/actionpack/test/controller/filters_test.rb
+++ b/actionpack/test/controller/filters_test.rb
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ class ExceptConditionProcController < ConditionalFilterController
   end
 
   class ConditionalClassFilter
-    def self.filter(controller) controller.instance_variable_set(:"@ran_class_filter", true) end
+    def self.before(controller) controller.instance_variable_set(:"@ran_class_filter", true) end
   end
 
   class OnlyConditionClassController < ConditionalFilterController
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ class ImplicitProcController < PrependingController
   end
 
   class AuditFilter
-    def self.filter(controller)
+    def self.before(controller)
       controller.instance_variable_set(:"@was_audited", true)
     end
   end
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ def show
   class ErrorToRescue < Exception; end
 
   class RescuingAroundFilterWithBlock
-    def filter(controller)
+    def around(controller)
       begin
         yield
       rescue ErrorToRescue => ex
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ def without_exception
 
 class ControllerWithFilterClass < PostsController
   class YieldingFilter < DefaultFilter
-    def self.filter(controller)
+    def self.around(controller)
       yield
       raise After
     end
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ def self.filter(controller)
 
 class ControllerWithFilterInstance < PostsController
   class YieldingFilter < DefaultFilter
-    def filter(controller)
+    def around(controller)
       yield
       raise After
     end
@@ -916,13 +916,13 @@ def filter(controller)
 
 class ControllerWithFilterMethod < PostsController
   class YieldingFilter < DefaultFilter
-    def filter(controller)
+    def around(controller)
       yield
       raise After
     end
   end
 
-  around_filter YieldingFilter.new.method(:filter), :only => :raises_after
+  around_filter YieldingFilter.new.method(:around), :only => :raises_after
 end
 
 class ControllerWithProcFilter < PostsController
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb
index a55f68497cc59739bae0941e6fe2f76714e87201..7166c212687a012667cc93b3fb820c72061154db 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/callbacks.rb
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ def #{method_name}(&blk)
 
       def _normalize_legacy_filter(kind, filter)
         if !filter.respond_to?(kind) && filter.respond_to?(:filter)
+          ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn("Filter object with #filter method is deprecated. Define method corresponding to filter type (#before, #after or #around).")
           filter.singleton_class.class_eval <<-RUBY_EVAL, __FILE__, __LINE__ + 1
             def #{kind}(context, &block) filter(context, &block) end
           RUBY_EVAL