diff --git a/contrib/py-bindings/example.rst b/contrib/py-bindings/example.rst
index 4ee3623fc..4d3c015c0 100644
--- a/contrib/py-bindings/example.rst
+++ b/contrib/py-bindings/example.rst
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Notice that parsing returns a list of gf trees.
 Let's save it and linearize it in Spanish:
 
 >>> t = pgf.parse(eng, "is 42 prime")
->>> pgf.lin(spa, t[0])
+>>> pgf.linearize(spa, t[0])
 '42 es primo'
 
 (which is not, but there is a '?' lacking at the end, remember?)
diff --git a/contrib/py-bindings/gfmodule.c b/contrib/py-bindings/gfmodule.c
index dc8f583a7..931baf072 100644
--- a/contrib/py-bindings/gfmodule.c
+++ b/contrib/py-bindings/gfmodule.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ completions(PGF *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kws)
 
 static PyMethodDef pgf_methods[] = {
   {"parse", (PyCFunction)parse, METH_VARARGS|METH_KEYWORDS, "Parse a string."},
-  {"lin", (PyCFunction)linearize, METH_VARARGS,"Linearize tree."},
+  {"linearize", (PyCFunction)linearize, METH_VARARGS,"Linearize tree."},
   {"lang_code", (PyCFunction)languageCode, METH_VARARGS,"Get the language code."},
   {"print_name", (PyCFunction)printName, METH_VARARGS,"Get the print name for a id."},
   {"fun_type", (PyCFunction)functiontype, METH_VARARGS,"Get the type of a fun expression."},