diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SchemaRDD.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SchemaRDD.scala
index a62cb8aa1321f..1e58a17737013 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SchemaRDD.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/SchemaRDD.scala
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ class SchemaRDD(
   def join(
       otherPlan: SchemaRDD,
       joinType: JoinType = Inner,
-      condition: Option[Expression] = None): SchemaRDD =
-    new SchemaRDD(sqlContext, Join(logicalPlan, otherPlan.logicalPlan, joinType, condition))
+      on: Option[Expression] = None): SchemaRDD =
+    new SchemaRDD(sqlContext, Join(logicalPlan, otherPlan.logicalPlan, joinType, on))
 
   /**
    * Sorts the results by the given expressions.
@@ -195,14 +195,14 @@ class SchemaRDD(
    * with the same name, for example, when peforming self-joins.
    *
    * {{{
-   *   val x = schemaRDD.where('a === 1).subquery('x)
-   *   val y = schemaRDD.where('a === 2).subquery('y)
+   *   val x = schemaRDD.where('a === 1).as('x)
+   *   val y = schemaRDD.where('a === 2).as('y)
    *   x.join(y).where("x.a".attr === "y.a".attr),
    * }}}
    *
    * @group Query
    */
-  def subquery(alias: Symbol) =
+  def as(alias: Symbol) =
     new SchemaRDD(sqlContext, Subquery(alias.name, logicalPlan))
 
   /**
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DslQuerySuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DslQuerySuite.scala
index 2524a37cbac13..be0f4a4c73b36 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DslQuerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/DslQuerySuite.scala
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ class DslQuerySuite extends QueryTest {
   }
 
   test("inner join, where, multiple matches") {
-    val x = testData2.where('a === 1).subquery('x)
-    val y = testData2.where('a === 1).subquery('y)
+    val x = testData2.where('a === 1).as('x)
+    val y = testData2.where('a === 1).as('y)
     checkAnswer(
       x.join(y).where("x.a".attr === "y.a".attr),
       (1,1,1,1) ::
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ class DslQuerySuite extends QueryTest {
   }
 
   test("inner join, no matches") {
-    val x = testData2.where('a === 1).subquery('x)
-    val y = testData2.where('a === 2).subquery('y)
+    val x = testData2.where('a === 1).as('x)
+    val y = testData2.where('a === 2).as('y)
     checkAnswer(
       x.join(y).where("x.a".attr === "y.a".attr),
       Nil)
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ class DslQuerySuite extends QueryTest {
 
   test("big inner join, 4 matches per row") {
     val bigData = testData.unionAll(testData).unionAll(testData).unionAll(testData)
-    val bigDataX = bigData.subquery('x)
-    val bigDataY = bigData.subquery('y)
+    val bigDataX = bigData.as('x)
+    val bigDataY = bigData.as('y)
 
     checkAnswer(
       bigDataX.join(bigDataY).where("x.key".attr === "y.key".attr),
@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@ class DslQuerySuite extends QueryTest {
   }
 
   test("full outer join") {
-    val left = upperCaseData.where('N <= 4).subquery('left)
-    val right = upperCaseData.where('N >= 3).subquery('right)
+    val left = upperCaseData.where('N <= 4).as('left)
+    val right = upperCaseData.where('N >= 3).as('right)
 
     checkAnswer(
       left.join(right, FullOuter, Some("left.N".attr === "right.N".attr)),
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parquet/ParquetQuerySuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parquet/ParquetQuerySuite.scala
index a62a3c4d02354..fc68d6c5620d3 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parquet/ParquetQuerySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/parquet/ParquetQuerySuite.scala
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ class ParquetQuerySuite extends FunSuite with BeforeAndAfterAll {
   }
 
   test("self-join parquet files") {
-    val x = ParquetTestData.testData.subquery('x)
-    val y = ParquetTestData.testData.subquery('y)
+    val x = ParquetTestData.testData.as('x)
+    val y = ParquetTestData.testData.as('y)
     val query = x.join(y).where("x.myint".attr === "y.myint".attr)
 
     // Check to make sure that the attributes from either side of the join have unique expression