diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5722b534..c1a3ce7e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ ERRATA
   on the same element without emitting errors.
 - Iconv uses set_error_handler instead of shut-up operator
 - Add protection against imagecrash attack with CSS height/width
+- HTMLPurifier::getInstance() renamed to HTMLPurifier::instance() for consistency
 
 2.1.3, released 2007-11-05
 ! tests/multitest.php allows you to test multiple versions by running
diff --git a/library/HTMLPurifier.php b/library/HTMLPurifier.php
index e9dfe5f4..2f622c79 100644
--- a/library/HTMLPurifier.php
+++ b/library/HTMLPurifier.php
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ class HTMLPurifier
      * @param $prototype Optional prototype HTMLPurifier instance to
      *                   overload singleton with.
      */
-    function &getInstance($prototype = null) {
+    function &instance($prototype = null) {
         static $htmlpurifier;
         if (!$htmlpurifier || $prototype) {
             if (is_a($prototype, 'HTMLPurifier')) {
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ class HTMLPurifier
         return $htmlpurifier;
     }
     
+    function &getInstance($prototype = null) {
+        return HTMLPurifier::instance($prototype);
+    }
     
 }