diff --git a/sphinx/websupport/__init__.py b/sphinx/websupport/__init__.py
index 373622eb1..8bc2a0b8b 100644
--- a/sphinx/websupport/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/websupport/__init__.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ class WebSupport(object):
         document['title'] = 'Search Results'
         return document
 
-    def get_comments(self, node_id, username=None, moderator=False):
+    def get_data(self, node_id, username=None, moderator=False):
         """Get the comments and source associated with `node_id`. If 
         `user_id` is given vote information will be included with the 
         returned comments. The default CommentBackend returns dict with
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ class WebSupport(object):
         :param node_id: the id of the node to get comments for.
         :param user_id: the id of the user viewing the comments.
         """
-        return self.storage.get_comments(node_id, username, moderator)
+        return self.storage.get_data(node_id, username, moderator)
 
     def add_comment(self, text, node_id='', parent_id='', displayed=True, 
                     username=None, rating=0, time=None, proposal=None,
diff --git a/sphinx/websupport/comments/sqlalchemystorage.py b/sphinx/websupport/comments/sqlalchemystorage.py
index 63db1550e..085913fdf 100644
--- a/sphinx/websupport/comments/sqlalchemystorage.py
+++ b/sphinx/websupport/comments/sqlalchemystorage.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class SQLAlchemyStorage(StorageBackend):
         session.close()
         return comment
 
-    def get_comments(self, node_id, username, moderator):
+    def get_data(self, node_id, username, moderator):
         session = Session()
         node = session.query(Node).filter(Node.id == node_id).one()
         session.close()
diff --git a/tests/test_websupport.py b/tests/test_websupport.py
index 464c8c74b..8f701cd2a 100644
--- a/tests/test_websupport.py
+++ b/tests/test_websupport.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def test_comments(support):
                         node_id=str(second_node.id))
     
     # Access the comments as a moderator.
-    data = support.get_comments(str(first_node.id), moderator=True)
+    data = support.get_data(str(first_node.id), moderator=True)
     comments = data['comments']
     children = comments[0]['children']
     assert len(comments) == 2
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def test_comments(support):
     assert children[1]['text'] == 'Hidden child test comment'
 
     # Access the comments without being a moderator.
-    data = support.get_comments(str(first_node.id))
+    data = support.get_data(str(first_node.id))
     comments = data['comments']
     children = comments[0]['children']
     assert len(comments) == 1
@@ -115,10 +115,10 @@ def test_voting(support):
     nodes = session.query(Node).all()
     node = nodes[0]
 
-    comment = support.get_comments(str(node.id))['comments'][0]
+    comment = support.get_data(str(node.id))['comments'][0]
 
     def check_rating(val):
-        data = support.get_comments(str(node.id))
+        data = support.get_data(str(node.id))
         comment = data['comments'][0]
         assert comment['rating'] == val, '%s != %s' % (comment['rating'], val)
         
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ def test_voting(support):
 
     # Make sure past voting data is associated with comments when they are
     # fetched.
-    data = support.get_comments(str(node.id), username='user_two')
+    data = support.get_data(str(node.id), username='user_two')
     comment = data['comments'][0]
     assert comment['vote'] == 1, '%s != 1' % comment['vote']
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ def test_proposals(support):
     nodes = session.query(Node).all()
     node = nodes[0]
 
-    data = support.get_comments(str(node.id))
+    data = support.get_data(str(node.id))
 
     source = data['source']
     proposal = source[:5] + source[10:15] + 'asdf' + source[15:]