diff --git a/lib/Predis/Connection/ConnectionParameters.php b/lib/Predis/Connection/ConnectionParameters.php
index 38413bfa..065938f8 100644
--- a/lib/Predis/Connection/ConnectionParameters.php
+++ b/lib/Predis/Connection/ConnectionParameters.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class ConnectionParameters implements ConnectionParametersInterface
     public function __construct($parameters = null)
     {
         if (is_string($parameters)) {
-            $parameters = self::parseURI($parameters);
+            $parameters = self::parse($parameters);
         }
 
         $this->parameters = $this->filter($parameters ?: array()) + $this->getDefaults();
@@ -101,12 +101,12 @@ class ConnectionParameters implements ConnectionParametersInterface
     }
 
     /**
-     * Parses an URI string and returns an array of connection parameters.
+     * Parses an URI string returning an array of connection parameters.
      *
-     * @param string $uri Connection string.
+     * @param string $uri URI string.
      * @return array
      */
-    public static function parseURI($uri)
+    public static function parse($uri)
     {
         if (stripos($uri, 'unix') === 0) {
             // Hack to support URIs for UNIX sockets with minimal effort.
diff --git a/tests/Predis/Connection/ConnectionParametersTest.php b/tests/Predis/Connection/ConnectionParametersTest.php
index 15c25cfb..514f1959 100644
--- a/tests/Predis/Connection/ConnectionParametersTest.php
+++ b/tests/Predis/Connection/ConnectionParametersTest.php
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class ParametersTest extends StandardTestCase
             'persistent' => '1',
         );
 
-        $this->assertSame($expected, ConnectionParameters::parseURI($uri));
+        $this->assertSame($expected, ConnectionParameters::parse($uri));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class ParametersTest extends StandardTestCase
             'persistent' => '1',
         );
 
-        $this->assertSame($expected, ConnectionParameters::parseURI($uri));
+        $this->assertSame($expected, ConnectionParameters::parse($uri));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class ParametersTest extends StandardTestCase
      */
     public function testParsingURIThrowOnInvalidURI()
     {
-        ConnectionParameters::parseURI('tcp://invalid:uri');
+        ConnectionParameters::parse('tcp://invalid:uri');
     }
 
     // ******************************************************************** //