diff --git a/src/etc/vim/syntax/rust.vim b/src/etc/vim/syntax/rust.vim
index b98680ae3ae3..47ac383e38c5 100644
--- a/src/etc/vim/syntax/rust.vim
+++ b/src/etc/vim/syntax/rust.vim
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ syn keyword rustTrait SendStr SendStrOwned SendStrStatic IntoSendStr
 syn keyword rustTrait Str StrVector StrSlice OwnedStr
 syn keyword rustTrait IterBytes
 syn keyword rustTrait ToStr IntoStr
-syn keyword rustTrait CopyableTuple ImmutableTuple
+syn keyword rustTrait CloneableTuple ImmutableTuple
 syn keyword rustTrait Tuple1 Tuple2 Tuple3 Tuple4
 syn keyword rustTrait Tuple5 Tuple6 Tuple7 Tuple8
 syn keyword rustTrait Tuple9 Tuple10 Tuple11 Tuple12
diff --git a/src/libstd/prelude.rs b/src/libstd/prelude.rs
index ee0bee058b6b..c71dde3a101d 100644
--- a/src/libstd/prelude.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/prelude.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ pub use send_str::{SendStr, SendStrOwned, SendStrStatic, IntoSendStr};
 pub use str::{Str, StrVector, StrSlice, OwnedStr};
 pub use to_bytes::IterBytes;
 pub use to_str::{ToStr, IntoStr};
-pub use tuple::{CopyableTuple, ImmutableTuple};
+pub use tuple::{CloneableTuple, ImmutableTuple};
 pub use tuple::{ImmutableTuple1, ImmutableTuple2, ImmutableTuple3, ImmutableTuple4};
 pub use tuple::{ImmutableTuple5, ImmutableTuple6, ImmutableTuple7, ImmutableTuple8};
 pub use tuple::{ImmutableTuple9, ImmutableTuple10, ImmutableTuple11, ImmutableTuple12};
diff --git a/src/libstd/str.rs b/src/libstd/str.rs
index 21aa627b7c6d..9cc9799d0c01 100644
--- a/src/libstd/str.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/str.rs
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ impl<'a> Iterator<&'a str> for StrSplits<'a> {
 // Helper functions used for Unicode normalization
 fn canonical_sort(comb: &mut [(char, u8)]) {
     use iter::range;
-    use tuple::CopyableTuple;
+    use tuple::CloneableTuple;
 
     let len = comb.len();
     for i in range(0, len) {
diff --git a/src/libstd/tuple.rs b/src/libstd/tuple.rs
index 8e278aeb2eab..33d23df242ce 100644
--- a/src/libstd/tuple.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/tuple.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use clone::Clone;
 #[cfg(not(test))] use default::Default;
 
 /// Method extensions to pairs where both types satisfy the `Clone` bound
-pub trait CopyableTuple<T, U> {
+pub trait CloneableTuple<T, U> {
     /// Return the first element of self
     fn first(&self) -> T;
     /// Return the second element of self
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pub trait CopyableTuple<T, U> {
     fn swap(&self) -> (U, T);
 }
 
-impl<T:Clone,U:Clone> CopyableTuple<T, U> for (T, U) {
+impl<T:Clone,U:Clone> CloneableTuple<T, U> for (T, U) {
     /// Return the first element of self
     #[inline]
     fn first(&self) -> T {