diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
index 6ffde9e529..054d495a92 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.121 2002/09/11 02:56:46 momjian Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v 1.122 2002/09/12 00:21:24 momjian Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
 -->
 
@@ -1899,14 +1899,14 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
       </row>
 
       <row>
-       <entry><function>split</function>(<parameter>string</parameter> <type>text</type>,
+       <entry><function>split_part</function>(<parameter>string</parameter> <type>text</type>,
        <parameter>delimiter</parameter> <type>text</type>,
        <parameter>column</parameter> <type>integer</type>)</entry>
        <entry><type>text</type></entry>
        <entry>Split <parameter>string</parameter> on <parameter>delimiter</parameter>
         returning the resulting (one based) <parameter>column</parameter> number.
        </entry>
-       <entry><literal>split('abc~@~def~@~ghi','~@~',2)</literal></entry>
+       <entry><literal>split_part('abc~@~def~@~ghi','~@~',2)</literal></entry>
        <entry><literal>def</literal></entry>
       </row>
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.h b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.h
index 6e351df041..ff2200d2cc 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.h
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2002, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $Id: pg_proc.h,v 1.270 2002/09/04 20:31:38 momjian Exp $
+ * $Id: pg_proc.h,v 1.271 2002/09/12 00:21:24 momjian Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *	  The script catalog/genbki.sh reads this file and generates .bki
@@ -2130,7 +2130,7 @@ DATA(insert OID =  937 (  substring    PGNSP PGUID 12 f f t f i 2 25 "25 23"	tex
 DESCR("return portion of string");
 DATA(insert OID =  2087 ( replace	   PGNSP PGUID 12 f f t f i 3 25 "25 25 25"  replace_text - _null_ ));
 DESCR("replace all occurrences of old_substr with new_substr in string");
-DATA(insert OID =  2088 ( split		   PGNSP PGUID 12 f f t f i 3 25 "25 25 23"  split_text - _null_ ));
+DATA(insert OID =  2088 ( split_part   PGNSP PGUID 12 f f t f i 3 25 "25 25 23"  split_text - _null_ ));
 DESCR("split string by field_sep and return field_num");
 DATA(insert OID =  2089 ( to_hex	   PGNSP PGUID 12 f f t f i 1 25 "23"  to_hex32 - _null_ ));
 DESCR("convert int32 number to hex");
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/strings.out b/src/test/regress/expected/strings.out
index ae0b48590c..ce81969936 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/strings.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/strings.out
@@ -719,29 +719,29 @@ SELECT replace('yabadoo', 'bad', '') AS "yaoo";
 (1 row)
 
 --
--- test split
+-- test split_part
 --
-select split('joeuser@mydatabase','@',0) AS "an error";
+select split_part('joeuser@mydatabase','@',0) AS "an error";
 ERROR:  field position must be > 0
-select split('joeuser@mydatabase','@',1) AS "joeuser";
+select split_part('joeuser@mydatabase','@',1) AS "joeuser";
  joeuser 
 ---------
  joeuser
 (1 row)
 
-select split('joeuser@mydatabase','@',2) AS "mydatabase";
+select split_part('joeuser@mydatabase','@',2) AS "mydatabase";
  mydatabase 
 ------------
  mydatabase
 (1 row)
 
-select split('joeuser@mydatabase','@',3) AS "empty string";
+select split_part('joeuser@mydatabase','@',3) AS "empty string";
  empty string 
 --------------
  
 (1 row)
 
-select split('@joeuser@mydatabase@','@',2) AS "joeuser";
+select split_part('@joeuser@mydatabase@','@',2) AS "joeuser";
  joeuser 
 ---------
  joeuser
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/strings.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/strings.sql
index 2095848a39..692233793d 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/strings.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/strings.sql
@@ -288,17 +288,17 @@ SELECT replace('yabadabadoo', 'ba', '123') AS "ya123da123doo";
 SELECT replace('yabadoo', 'bad', '') AS "yaoo";
 
 --
--- test split
+-- test split_part
 --
-select split('joeuser@mydatabase','@',0) AS "an error";
+select split_part('joeuser@mydatabase','@',0) AS "an error";
 
-select split('joeuser@mydatabase','@',1) AS "joeuser";
+select split_part('joeuser@mydatabase','@',1) AS "joeuser";
 
-select split('joeuser@mydatabase','@',2) AS "mydatabase";
+select split_part('joeuser@mydatabase','@',2) AS "mydatabase";
 
-select split('joeuser@mydatabase','@',3) AS "empty string";
+select split_part('joeuser@mydatabase','@',3) AS "empty string";
 
-select split('@joeuser@mydatabase@','@',2) AS "joeuser";
+select split_part('@joeuser@mydatabase@','@',2) AS "joeuser";
 
 --
 -- test to_hex