diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/java/JavaRDDLike.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/java/JavaRDDLike.scala
index 619bfd75be8e..938246850344 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/java/JavaRDDLike.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/api/java/JavaRDDLike.scala
@@ -43,8 +43,11 @@ trait JavaRDDLike[T, This <: JavaRDDLike[T, This]] extends Serializable {
 
   def rdd: RDD[T]
 
-  /** Set of partitions in this RDD. */
+  @deprecated("Use partitions instead.", "1.0.1") 
   def splits: JList[Partition] = new java.util.ArrayList(rdd.partitions.toSeq)
+  
+  /** Set of partitions in this RDD. */
+  def partitions: JList[Partition] = new java.util.ArrayList(rdd.partitions.toSeq)
 
   /** The [[org.apache.spark.SparkContext]] that this RDD was created on. */
   def context: SparkContext = rdd.context
diff --git a/python/pyspark/context.py b/python/pyspark/context.py
index 9ae9305d4f02..0327e9fda673 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/context.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/context.py
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ def runJob(self, rdd, partitionFunc, partitions = None, allowLocal = False):
         [0, 1, 16, 25]
         """
         if partitions == None:
-            partitions = range(rdd._jrdd.splits().size())
+            partitions = range(rdd._jrdd.partitions().size())
         javaPartitions = ListConverter().convert(partitions, self._gateway._gateway_client)
 
         # Implementation note: This is implemented as a mapPartitions followed
diff --git a/python/pyspark/rdd.py b/python/pyspark/rdd.py
index f3b1f1a665e5..abde3bdec6cc 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/rdd.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/rdd.py
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ def take(self, num):
         [91, 92, 93]
         """
         items = []
-        totalParts = self._jrdd.splits().size()
+        totalParts = self._jrdd.partitions().size()
         partsScanned = 0
 
         while len(items) < num and partsScanned < totalParts: