diff --git a/spec/config-spec.coffee b/spec/config-spec.coffee
index 1e2c14d8b..4d2db8667 100644
--- a/spec/config-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/config-spec.coffee
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ describe "Config", ->
 
         atom.config.setSchema('foo.bar.anInt', schema)
         expect(atom.config.get("foo.bar.anInt")).toBe 12
-        expect(atom.config.schemaForKeyPath('foo.bar.anInt')).toEqual
+        expect(atom.config.getSchema('foo.bar.anInt')).toEqual
           type: 'integer'
           default: 12
 
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ describe "Config", ->
                       type: 'integer'
                       default: 12
 
-    describe '.schemaForKeyPath(keyPath)', ->
+    describe '.getSchema(keyPath)', ->
       schema =
         type: 'object'
         properties:
@@ -475,14 +475,14 @@ describe "Config", ->
 
       atom.config.setSchema('foo.bar', schema)
 
-      expect(atom.config.schemaForKeyPath('foo.bar')).toEqual
+      expect(atom.config.getSchema('foo.bar')).toEqual
         type: 'object'
         properties:
           anInt:
             type: 'integer'
             default: 12
 
-      expect(atom.config.schemaForKeyPath('foo.bar.anInt')).toEqual
+      expect(atom.config.getSchema('foo.bar.anInt')).toEqual
         type: 'integer'
         default: 12
 
diff --git a/src/config.coffee b/src/config.coffee
index 688074992..8b26ad2f4 100644
--- a/src/config.coffee
+++ b/src/config.coffee
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class Config
   isDefault: (keyPath) ->
     not _.valueForKeyPath(@settings, keyPath)?
 
-  schemaForKeyPath: (keyPath) ->
+  getSchema: (keyPath) ->
     keys = keyPath.split('.')
     schema = @schema
     for key in keys
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ class Config
       defaults
 
   scrubValue: (keyPath, value) ->
-    value = @constructor.executeSchemaValidators(value, schema) if schema = @schemaForKeyPath(keyPath)
+    value = @constructor.executeSchemaValidators(value, schema) if schema = @getSchema(keyPath)
     value
 
 Config.addSchemaValidators