diff --git a/src/math/Plane.js b/src/math/Plane.js
index 9caee8a62677e683641e99e574138e32f4a1c555..9f40151792f8dcc57ca16be561afd3b3e9bc8894 100644
--- a/src/math/Plane.js
+++ b/src/math/Plane.js
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ THREE.Plane.prototype = {
 
 	},
 
-	flip: function () {
+	negate: function () {
 
 		this.constant *= -1;
 		this.normal.negate();
diff --git a/test/unit/math/Plane.js b/test/unit/math/Plane.js
index 844053b36e2313d6f4c9672134fb66bee3cd4565..13f908eebe1c3f66f6ce2145b5be9b139fe991c4 100644
--- a/test/unit/math/Plane.js
+++ b/test/unit/math/Plane.js
@@ -94,14 +94,14 @@ test( "normalize", function() {
 	ok( a.constant == 1, "Passed!" );
 });
 
-test( "flip/distanceToPoint", function() {
+test( "negate/distanceToPoint", function() {
 	var a = new THREE.Plane( new THREE.Vector3( 2, 0, 0 ), -2 );
 	
 	a.normalize();
 	ok( a.distanceToPoint( new THREE.Vector3( 4, 0, 0 ) ) === 3, "Passed!" );
 	ok( a.distanceToPoint( new THREE.Vector3( 1, 0, 0 ) ) === 0, "Passed!" );
 
-	a.flip();
+	a.negate();
 	ok( a.distanceToPoint( new THREE.Vector3( 4, 0, 0 ) ) === -3, "Passed!" );
 	ok( a.distanceToPoint( new THREE.Vector3( 1, 0, 0 ) ) === 0, "Passed!" );
 });