diff --git a/src/blob.c b/src/blob.c
index 1d41a22..83c7ece 100644
--- a/src/blob.c
+++ b/src/blob.c
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ Blob_size__get__(Blob *self)
 }
 
 
-PyDoc_STRVAR(Blob_binary__doc__, "Binary.");
+PyDoc_STRVAR(Blob_is_binary__doc__, "True if binary data, False if not.");
 
 PyObject *
-Blob_binary__get__(Blob *self)
+Blob_is_binary__get__(Blob *self)
 {
     if (git_blob_is_binary(self->blob))
         Py_RETURN_TRUE;
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(Blob_data__doc__,
 
 PyGetSetDef Blob_getseters[] = {
     GETTER(Blob, size),
-    GETTER(Blob, binary),
+    GETTER(Blob, is_binary),
     {"data", (getter)Object_read_raw, NULL, Blob_data__doc__, NULL},
     {NULL}
 };
diff --git a/test/test_blob.py b/test/test_blob.py
index d1a6897..4e7a6cd 100644
--- a/test/test_blob.py
+++ b/test/test_blob.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class BlobTest(utils.RepoTestCase):
         sha = blob.oid.hex
         self.assertEqual(sha, BLOB_SHA)
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(blob, pygit2.Blob))
-        self.assertFalse(blob.binary)
+        self.assertFalse(blob.is_binary)
         self.assertEqual(pygit2.GIT_OBJ_BLOB, blob.type)
         self.assertEqual(BLOB_CONTENT, blob.data)
         self.assertEqual(len(BLOB_CONTENT), blob.size)