diff --git a/db/column_family_test.cc b/db/column_family_test.cc
index 539f70127..dbf8148d4 100644
--- a/db/column_family_test.cc
+++ b/db/column_family_test.cc
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ class ColumnFamilyTest {
       column_families.push_back(
           ColumnFamilyDescriptor(x, column_family_options_));
     }
-    return DB::OpenWithColumnFamilies(db_options_, dbname_, column_families,
-                                      &handles_, &db_);
+    return DB::Open(db_options_, dbname_, column_families, &handles_, &db_);
   }
 
   void Destroy() {
diff --git a/db/db_impl.cc b/db/db_impl.cc
index 379a63d96..afc425b59 100644
--- a/db/db_impl.cc
+++ b/db/db_impl.cc
@@ -3732,14 +3732,12 @@ Status DB::Open(const Options& options, const std::string& dbname, DB** dbptr) {
   column_families.push_back(
       ColumnFamilyDescriptor(default_column_family_name, cf_options));
   std::vector<ColumnFamilyHandle> handles;
-  return DB::OpenWithColumnFamilies(db_options, dbname, column_families,
-                                    &handles, dbptr);
+  return DB::Open(db_options, dbname, column_families, &handles, dbptr);
 }
 
-Status DB::OpenWithColumnFamilies(
-    const DBOptions& db_options, const std::string& dbname,
-    const std::vector<ColumnFamilyDescriptor>& column_families,
-    std::vector<ColumnFamilyHandle>* handles, DB** dbptr) {
+Status DB::Open(const DBOptions& db_options, const std::string& dbname,
+                const std::vector<ColumnFamilyDescriptor>& column_families,
+                std::vector<ColumnFamilyHandle>* handles, DB** dbptr) {
   *dbptr = nullptr;
   EnvOptions soptions;
 
diff --git a/include/rocksdb/db.h b/include/rocksdb/db.h
index 871cf015a..b963a66c0 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/db.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/db.h
@@ -104,10 +104,9 @@ class DB {
   // If everything is OK, handles will on return be the same size
   // as column_families --- handles[i] will be a handle that you
   // will use to operate on column family column_family[i]
-  static Status OpenWithColumnFamilies(
-      const DBOptions& db_options, const std::string& name,
-      const std::vector<ColumnFamilyDescriptor>& column_families,
-      std::vector<ColumnFamilyHandle>* handles, DB** dbptr);
+  static Status Open(const DBOptions& db_options, const std::string& name,
+                     const std::vector<ColumnFamilyDescriptor>& column_families,
+                     std::vector<ColumnFamilyHandle>* handles, DB** dbptr);
 
   // ListColumnFamilies will open the DB specified by argument name
   // and return the list of all column families in that DB