diff --git a/lib/geocoder/lookup.rb b/lib/geocoder/lookup.rb
index a81d4dfc1f06ffeda84400efa3055d211fbe1393..40e0654a66fcfa653f9b4aa4491efcc049efe7dd 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/lookup.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder/lookup.rb
@@ -47,16 +47,16 @@ module Geocoder
     # Returns nil if non-200 HTTP response, timeout, or other error.
     #
     def parsed_response(query, reverse = false)
-      if doc = raw_response(query, reverse)
+      if doc = fetch_data(query, reverse)
         doc = ActiveSupport::JSON.decode(doc)
         doc && doc['status'] == "OK" ? doc : nil
       end
     end
 
     ##
-    # Returns a raw Google geocoder search result (JSON).
+    # Fetches a raw Google geocoder search result (JSON string).
     #
-    def raw_response(query, reverse = false)
+    def fetch_data(query, reverse = false)
       return nil if query.blank?
       url = query_url(query, reverse)
       begin
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index 8c24d887d3e9898d2c399eca7734117f9b888175..7d2813614a052a85224e9a924d84713ec0e0552b 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ module Geocoder
   module Lookup
     extend self
     private #-----------------------------------------------------------------
-    def raw_response(query, reverse = false)
+    def fetch_data(query, reverse = false)
       File.read(File.join("test", "fixtures", "madison_square_garden.json"))
     end
   end