diff --git a/_pytest/doctest.py b/_pytest/doctest.py
index 737ffe011..6753e5040 100644
--- a/_pytest/doctest.py
+++ b/_pytest/doctest.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class DoctestTextfile(DoctestItem, pytest.File):
         failed, tot = doctest.testfile(
             str(self.fspath), module_relative=False,
             optionflags=doctest.ELLIPSIS,
-            extraglobs=dict(get_fixture=fixture_request.getfuncargvalue),
+            extraglobs=dict(getfixture=fixture_request.getfuncargvalue),
             raise_on_error=True, verbose=0)
 
 class DoctestModule(DoctestItem, pytest.File):
@@ -94,5 +94,5 @@ class DoctestModule(DoctestItem, pytest.File):
         fixture_request = FixtureRequest(self)
         failed, tot = doctest.testmod(
             module, raise_on_error=True, verbose=0,
-            extraglobs=dict(get_fixture=fixture_request.getfuncargvalue),
+            extraglobs=dict(getfixture=fixture_request.getfuncargvalue),
             optionflags=doctest.ELLIPSIS)
diff --git a/doc/en/doctest.txt b/doc/en/doctest.txt
index c27247ceb..9f8b8a9db 100644
--- a/doc/en/doctest.txt
+++ b/doc/en/doctest.txt
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ then you can just invoke ``py.test`` without command line options::
     
     ========================= 1 passed in 0.02 seconds =========================
 
-It is possible to use fixtures using the ``get_fixture`` helper::
+It is possible to use fixtures using the ``getfixture`` helper::
 
     # content of example.rst
-    >>> tmp = get_fixture('tmpdir')
+    >>> tmp = getfixture('tmpdir')
     >>> ...
diff --git a/doc/ja/doctest.txt b/doc/ja/doctest.txt
index a1064a398..00c9001d2 100644
--- a/doc/ja/doctest.txt
+++ b/doc/ja/doctest.txt
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ Python モジュール (通常 python テストモジュールを含む) の doc
     ========================= 1 passed in 0.02 seconds =========================
 
 ..
-    It is possible to use fixtures using the ``get_fixture`` helper::
+    It is possible to use fixtures using the ``getfixture`` helper::
 
-それは ``get_fixture`` ヘルパーを使ってフィクスチャを使用することが可能である::
+それは ``getfixture`` ヘルパーを使ってフィクスチャを使用することが可能である::
 
     # content of example.rst
-    >>> tmp = get_fixture('tmpdir')
+    >>> tmp = getfixture('tmpdir')
     >>> ...
diff --git a/testing/test_doctest.py b/testing/test_doctest.py
index d95bd2fc9..7b22e906c 100644
--- a/testing/test_doctest.py
+++ b/testing/test_doctest.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class TestDoctests:
 
     def test_txtfile_with_fixtures(self, testdir):
         p = testdir.maketxtfile("""
-            >>> dir = get_fixture('tmpdir')
+            >>> dir = getfixture('tmpdir')
             >>> type(dir).__name__
             'LocalPath'
         """)
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class TestDoctests:
     def test_doctestmodule_with_fixtures(self, testdir):
         p = testdir.makepyfile("""
             '''
-                >>> dir = get_fixture('tmpdir')
+                >>> dir = getfixture('tmpdir')
                 >>> type(dir).__name__
                 'LocalPath'
             '''