diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php
index 9226c12a58fff..a66831ecab1e2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Process.php
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ public function getIncrementalOutput()
      *
      * @return Process
      */
-    public function flushOutput()
+    public function clearOutput()
     {
         $this->stdout = '';
         $this->incrementalOutputOffset = 0;
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ public function getIncrementalErrorOutput()
      *
      * @return Process
      */
-    public function flushErrorOutput()
+    public function clearErrorOutput()
     {
         $this->stderr = '';
         $this->incrementalErrorOutputOffset = 0;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/AbstractProcessTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/AbstractProcessTest.php
index 633ab46f1f59a..98767e7f853f1 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/AbstractProcessTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Process/Tests/AbstractProcessTest.php
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ public function testFlushErrorOutput()
         $p = new Process(sprintf('php -r %s', escapeshellarg('$n = 0; while ($n < 3) { file_put_contents(\'php://stderr\', \'ERROR\'); $n++; }')));
 
         $p->run();
-        $p->flushErrorOutput();
+        $p->clearErrorOutput();
         $this->assertEmpty($p->getErrorOutput());
     }
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ public function testFlushOutput()
         $p = new Process(sprintf('php -r %s', escapeshellarg('$n=0;while ($n<3) {echo \' foo \';$n++;}')));
 
         $p->run();
-        $p->flushOutput();
+        $p->clearOutput();
         $this->assertEmpty($p->getOutput());
     }