diff --git a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
index b12b3fea2b..f377e8fda9 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
@@ -520,9 +520,9 @@ void WebContents::DidNavigateMainFrame(
 void WebContents::TitleWasSet(content::NavigationEntry* entry,
                               bool explicit_set) {
   if (entry)
-    Emit("-page-title-set", entry->GetTitle(), explicit_set);
+    Emit("-page-title-updated", entry->GetTitle(), explicit_set);
   else
-    Emit("-page-title-set", "", explicit_set);
+    Emit("-page-title-updated", "", explicit_set);
 }
 
 void WebContents::DidUpdateFaviconURL(
diff --git a/atom/browser/api/lib/browser-window.coffee b/atom/browser/api/lib/browser-window.coffee
index 84c7690867..07b4191d7c 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/lib/browser-window.coffee
+++ b/atom/browser/api/lib/browser-window.coffee
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ BrowserWindow::_init = ->
     @emit 'crashed'
 
   # Change window title to page title.
-  @webContents.on 'page-title-set', (event, title, explicitSet) =>
+  @webContents.on 'page-title-updated', (event, title, explicitSet) =>
     @emit 'page-title-updated', event, title
     @setTitle title unless event.defaultPrevented
 
diff --git a/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee b/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee
index dbc9a15fc2..dacbc919d6 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee
+++ b/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee
@@ -76,13 +76,15 @@ wrapWebContents = (webContents) ->
     # until next tick.
     setImmediate => @emit 'did-fail-load', args...
 
-  # Delays the page-title-set event to next tick.
-  webContents.on '-page-title-set', (args...) ->
-    setImmediate => @emit 'page-title-set', args...
+  # Delays the page-title-updated event to next tick.
+  webContents.on '-page-title-updated', (args...) ->
+    setImmediate => @emit 'page-title-updated', args...
 
   # Deprecated.
   deprecate.rename webContents, 'loadUrl', 'loadURL'
   deprecate.rename webContents, 'getUrl', 'getURL'
+  deprecate.event webContents, 'page-title-set', 'page-title-updated', (args...) ->
+    @emit 'page-title-set', args...
 
   webContents.printToPDF = (options, callback) ->
     printingSetting =
diff --git a/atom/browser/lib/guest-view-manager.coffee b/atom/browser/lib/guest-view-manager.coffee
index e6be05a907..d4bf55158f 100644
--- a/atom/browser/lib/guest-view-manager.coffee
+++ b/atom/browser/lib/guest-view-manager.coffee
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ supportedWebViewEvents = [
   'gpu-crashed'
   'plugin-crashed'
   'destroyed'
-  'page-title-set'
+  'page-title-updated'
   'page-favicon-updated'
   'enter-html-full-screen'
   'leave-html-full-screen'
diff --git a/atom/renderer/lib/web-view/guest-view-internal.coffee b/atom/renderer/lib/web-view/guest-view-internal.coffee
index 61a93d8cb6..b28fec23ed 100644
--- a/atom/renderer/lib/web-view/guest-view-internal.coffee
+++ b/atom/renderer/lib/web-view/guest-view-internal.coffee
@@ -21,23 +21,27 @@ WEB_VIEW_EVENTS =
   'gpu-crashed': []
   'plugin-crashed': ['name', 'version']
   'destroyed': []
-  'page-title-set': ['title', 'explicitSet']
+  'page-title-updated': ['title', 'explicitSet']
   'page-favicon-updated': ['favicons']
   'enter-html-full-screen': []
   'leave-html-full-screen': []
 
-dispatchEvent = (webView, event, args...) ->
-  throw new Error("Unknown event #{event}") unless WEB_VIEW_EVENTS[event]?
-  domEvent = new Event(event)
-  for f, i in WEB_VIEW_EVENTS[event]
+DEPRECATED_EVENTS =
+  'page-title-updated': 'page-title-set'
+
+dispatchEvent = (webView, eventName, eventKey, args...) ->
+  if DEPRECATED_EVENTS[eventName]?
+    dispatchEvent webView, DEPRECATED_EVENTS[eventName], eventKey, args...
+  domEvent = new Event(eventName)
+  for f, i in WEB_VIEW_EVENTS[eventKey]
     domEvent[f] = args[i]
   webView.dispatchEvent domEvent
-  webView.onLoadCommit domEvent if event == 'load-commit'
+  webView.onLoadCommit domEvent if eventName is 'load-commit'
 
 module.exports =
   registerEvents: (webView, viewInstanceId) ->
-    ipcRenderer.on "ATOM_SHELL_GUEST_VIEW_INTERNAL_DISPATCH_EVENT-#{viewInstanceId}", (event, domEvent, args...) ->
-      dispatchEvent webView, domEvent, args...
+    ipcRenderer.on "ATOM_SHELL_GUEST_VIEW_INTERNAL_DISPATCH_EVENT-#{viewInstanceId}", (event, eventName, args...) ->
+      dispatchEvent webView, eventName, eventName, args...
 
     ipcRenderer.on "ATOM_SHELL_GUEST_VIEW_INTERNAL_IPC_MESSAGE-#{viewInstanceId}", (event, channel, args...) ->
       domEvent = new Event('ipc-message')
diff --git a/docs/api/web-view-tag.md b/docs/api/web-view-tag.md
index 47a3050a04..56909a52e3 100644
--- a/docs/api/web-view-tag.md
+++ b/docs/api/web-view-tag.md
@@ -452,15 +452,15 @@ Fired when a redirect was received while requesting a resource.
 
 Fired when document in the given frame is loaded.
 
-### Event: 'page-title-set'
+### Event: 'page-title-updated'
 
 Returns:
 
 * `title` String
 * `explicitSet` Boolean
 
-Fired when page title is set during navigation. `explicitSet` is false when title is synthesised from file
-url.
+Fired when page title is set during navigation. `explicitSet` is false when
+title is synthesised from file url.
 
 ### Event: 'page-favicon-updated'