diff --git a/svgpathtools/__init__.py b/svgpathtools/__init__.py
index 91f1afb..7e5da65 100644
--- a/svgpathtools/__init__.py
+++ b/svgpathtools/__init__.py
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ from .document import (Document, CONVERSIONS, CONVERT_ONLY_PATHS,
 from .svg_io_sax import SaxDocument
 
 try:
-    from .svg_to_paths import svg2paths, svg2paths2, svg_string2paths, svg_string2paths2
+    from .svg_to_paths import svg2paths, svg2paths2, svgstr2paths
 except ImportError:
     pass
diff --git a/svgpathtools/svg_to_paths.py b/svgpathtools/svg_to_paths.py
index d8c9a4b..dec0e44 100644
--- a/svgpathtools/svg_to_paths.py
+++ b/svgpathtools/svg_to_paths.py
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ def svg2paths2(svg_file_location,
                      convert_rectangles_to_paths=convert_rectangles_to_paths)
 
 
-def svg_string2paths(svg_string,
+def svgstr2paths(svg_string,
                return_svg_attributes=False,
                convert_circles_to_paths=True,
                convert_ellipses_to_paths=True,
diff --git a/test/test_svg2paths.py b/test/test_svg2paths.py
index faeccc1..67a5751 100644
--- a/test/test_svg2paths.py
+++ b/test/test_svg2paths.py
@@ -94,6 +94,6 @@ class TestSVG2Paths(unittest.TestCase):
             # read entire file into string
             file_content = file.read()
 
-            paths, _ = svg_string2paths(file_content)
+            paths, _ = svgstr2paths(file_content)
 
             self.assertEqual(len(paths), 2)