diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 6c6da9acc..1a437a8ab 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 Release 0.6.3 (in development)
 ==============================
 
+* #201: Make ``centered`` directive work in LaTeX output.
+
 * #206: Refuse to overwrite an existing master document in
   sphinx-quickstart.
 
diff --git a/sphinx/writers/latex.py b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
index 3ebdb3df2..6a12a2167 100644
--- a/sphinx/writers/latex.py
+++ b/sphinx/writers/latex.py
@@ -784,9 +784,9 @@ class LaTeXTranslator(nodes.NodeVisitor):
         self.body.append('\n')
 
     def visit_centered(self, node):
-        self.body.append('\n\\begin{centering}')
+        self.body.append('\n\\begin{center}')
     def depart_centered(self, node):
-        self.body.append('\n\\end{centering}')
+        self.body.append('\n\\end{center}')
 
     def visit_hlist(self, node):
         # for now, we don't support a more compact list format