diff --git a/lib/url.js b/lib/url.js
index 49c2e69a868..ce2a5508e04 100644
--- a/lib/url.js
+++ b/lib/url.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-exports.parse = url_parse;
-exports.resolve = url_resolve;
-exports.resolveObject = url_resolveObject;
-exports.format = url_format;
+exports.parse = urlParse;
+exports.resolve = urlResolve;
+exports.resolveObject = urlResolveObject;
+exports.format = urlFormat;
 
 // define these here so at least they only have to be compiled once on the first module load.
 var protocolPattern = /^([a-z0-9]+:)/,
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ var protocolPattern = /^([a-z0-9]+:)/,
   path = require("path"), // internal module, guaranteed to be loaded already.
   querystring = require('querystring');
 
-function url_parse (url, parseQueryString) {
+function urlParse (url, parseQueryString) {
   if (url && typeof(url) === "object" && url.href) return url;
   
   var out = { href : url },
@@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ function url_parse (url, parseQueryString) {
 };
 
 // format a parsed object into a url string
-function url_format (obj) {
+function urlFormat (obj) {
   // ensure it's an object, and not a string url. If it's an obj, this is a no-op.
   // this way, you can call url_format() on strings to clean up potentially wonky urls.
-  if (typeof(obj) === "string") obj = url_parse(obj);
+  if (typeof(obj) === "string") obj = urlParse(obj);
   
   var protocol = obj.protocol || "",
     host = (obj.host !== undefined) ? obj.host
@@ -122,15 +122,15 @@ function url_format (obj) {
   return protocol + host + pathname + search + hash;
 };
 
-function url_resolve (source, relative) {
-  return url_format(url_resolveObject(source, relative));
+function urlResolve (source, relative) {
+  return urlFormat(urlResolveObject(source, relative));
 };
 
-function url_resolveObject (source, relative) {
+function urlResolveObject (source, relative) {
   if (!source) return relative;
   
-  source = url_parse(url_format(source));
-  relative = url_parse(url_format(relative));
+  source = urlParse(urlFormat(source));
+  relative = urlParse(urlFormat(relative));
 
   // hash is always overridden, no matter what.
   source.hash = relative.hash;