diff --git a/src/pugixml.cpp b/src/pugixml.cpp
index 6f230dd..99cdfc0 100644
--- a/src/pugixml.cpp
+++ b/src/pugixml.cpp
@@ -11152,13 +11152,13 @@ namespace pugi
 		return !_impl;
 	}
 
-	PUGI__FN xpath_node xml_node::select_single_node(const char_t* query, xpath_variable_set* variables) const
+	PUGI__FN xpath_node xml_node::select_node(const char_t* query, xpath_variable_set* variables) const
 	{
 		xpath_query q(query, variables);
-		return select_single_node(q);
+		return select_node(q);
 	}
 
-	PUGI__FN xpath_node xml_node::select_single_node(const xpath_query& query) const
+	PUGI__FN xpath_node xml_node::select_node(const xpath_query& query) const
 	{
 		return query.evaluate_node(*this);
 	}
@@ -11173,6 +11173,17 @@ namespace pugi
 	{
 		return query.evaluate_node_set(*this);
 	}
+
+	PUGI__FN xpath_node xml_node::select_single_node(const char_t* query, xpath_variable_set* variables) const
+	{
+		xpath_query q(query, variables);
+		return select_single_node(q);
+	}
+
+	PUGI__FN xpath_node xml_node::select_single_node(const xpath_query& query) const
+	{
+		return query.evaluate_node(*this);
+	}
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/pugixml.hpp b/src/pugixml.hpp
index 2947bf4..e252e16 100644
--- a/src/pugixml.hpp
+++ b/src/pugixml.hpp
@@ -585,12 +585,17 @@ namespace pugi
 	
 	#ifndef PUGIXML_NO_XPATH
 		// Select single node by evaluating XPath query. Returns first node from the resulting node set.
-		xpath_node select_single_node(const char_t* query, xpath_variable_set* variables = 0) const;
-		xpath_node select_single_node(const xpath_query& query) const;
+		xpath_node select_node(const char_t* query, xpath_variable_set* variables = 0) const;
+		xpath_node select_node(const xpath_query& query) const;
 
 		// Select node set by evaluating XPath query
 		xpath_node_set select_nodes(const char_t* query, xpath_variable_set* variables = 0) const;
 		xpath_node_set select_nodes(const xpath_query& query) const;
+
+		// (deprecated: use select_node instead) Select single node by evaluating XPath query.
+		xpath_node select_single_node(const char_t* query, xpath_variable_set* variables = 0) const;
+		xpath_node select_single_node(const xpath_query& query) const;
+
 	#endif
 		
 		// Print subtree using a writer object
diff --git a/tests/test_xpath_api.cpp b/tests/test_xpath_api.cpp
index 8ec5694..270f6aa 100644
--- a/tests/test_xpath_api.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_xpath_api.cpp
@@ -19,22 +19,22 @@ TEST_XML(xpath_api_select_nodes, "<node><head/><foo/><foo/><tail/></node>")
 	xpath_node_set_tester(ns2, "ns2") % 4 % 5;
 }
 
-TEST_XML(xpath_api_select_single_node, "<node><head/><foo id='1'/><foo/><tail/></node>")
+TEST_XML(xpath_api_select_node, "<node><head/><foo id='1'/><foo/><tail/></node>")
 {
-	xpath_node n1 = doc.select_single_node(STR("node/foo"));
+	xpath_node n1 = doc.select_node(STR("node/foo"));
 
 	xpath_query q(STR("node/foo"));
-	xpath_node n2 = doc.select_single_node(q);
+	xpath_node n2 = doc.select_node(q);
 
 	CHECK(n1.node().attribute(STR("id")).as_int() == 1);
 	CHECK(n2.node().attribute(STR("id")).as_int() == 1);
 
-	xpath_node n3 = doc.select_single_node(STR("node/bar"));
+	xpath_node n3 = doc.select_node(STR("node/bar"));
 	
 	CHECK(!n3);
 
-	xpath_node n4 = doc.select_single_node(STR("node/head/following-sibling::foo"));
-	xpath_node n5 = doc.select_single_node(STR("node/tail/preceding-sibling::foo"));
+	xpath_node n4 = doc.select_node(STR("node/head/following-sibling::foo"));
+	xpath_node n5 = doc.select_node(STR("node/tail/preceding-sibling::foo"));
 	
 	CHECK(n4.node().attribute(STR("id")).as_int() == 1);
 	CHECK(n5.node().attribute(STR("id")).as_int() == 1);
@@ -42,20 +42,20 @@ TEST_XML(xpath_api_select_single_node, "<node><head/><foo id='1'/><foo/><tail/><
 
 TEST_XML(xpath_api_node_bool_ops, "<node attr='value'/>")
 {
-	generic_bool_ops_test(doc.select_single_node(STR("node")));
-	generic_bool_ops_test(doc.select_single_node(STR("node/@attr")));
+	generic_bool_ops_test(doc.select_node(STR("node")));
+	generic_bool_ops_test(doc.select_node(STR("node/@attr")));
 }
 
 TEST_XML(xpath_api_node_eq_ops, "<node attr='value'/>")
 {
-	generic_eq_ops_test(doc.select_single_node(STR("node")), doc.select_single_node(STR("node/@attr")));
+	generic_eq_ops_test(doc.select_node(STR("node")), doc.select_node(STR("node/@attr")));
 }
 
 TEST_XML(xpath_api_node_accessors, "<node attr='value'/>")
 {
 	xpath_node null;
-	xpath_node node = doc.select_single_node(STR("node"));
-	xpath_node attr = doc.select_single_node(STR("node/@attr"));
+	xpath_node node = doc.select_node(STR("node"));
+	xpath_node attr = doc.select_node(STR("node/@attr"));
 
 	CHECK(!null.node());
 	CHECK(!null.attribute());
@@ -411,4 +411,14 @@ TEST_XML(xpath_api_node_set_assign_out_of_memory_preserve, "<node><a/><b/></node
 }
 #endif
 
+TEST_XML(xpath_api_deprecated_select_single_node, "<node><head/><foo id='1'/><foo/><tail/></node>")
+{
+	xpath_node n1 = doc.select_single_node(STR("node/foo"));
+
+	xpath_query q(STR("node/foo"));
+	xpath_node n2 = doc.select_single_node(q);
+
+	CHECK(n1.node().attribute(STR("id")).as_int() == 1);
+	CHECK(n2.node().attribute(STR("id")).as_int() == 1);
+}
 #endif
diff --git a/tests/test_xpath_variables.cpp b/tests/test_xpath_variables.cpp
index 785a504..70bb4ea 100644
--- a/tests/test_xpath_variables.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_xpath_variables.cpp
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ TEST_XML(xpath_variables_select, "<node attr='1'/><node attr='2'/>")
 	xpath_node_set ns = doc.select_nodes(STR("node[@attr=$one+1]"), &set);
 	CHECK(ns.size() == 1 && ns[0].node() == doc.last_child());
 
-	xpath_node n = doc.select_single_node(STR("node[@attr=$one+1]"), &set);
+	xpath_node n = doc.select_node(STR("node[@attr=$one+1]"), &set);
 	CHECK(n == ns[0]);
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/test_xpath_xalan_3.cpp b/tests/test_xpath_xalan_3.cpp
index 54b8a62..d2df3e5 100644
--- a/tests/test_xpath_xalan_3.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_xpath_xalan_3.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 TEST_XML(xpath_xalan_axes_1, "<far-north><north-north-west1/><north-north-west2/><north><near-north><far-west/><west/><near-west/><center center-attr-1='c1' center-attr-2='c2' center-attr-3='c3'><near-south-west/><near-south><south><far-south/></south></near-south><near-south-east/></center><near-east/><east/><far-east/></near-north></north><north-north-east1/><north-north-east2/></far-north>")
 {
-	xml_node center = doc.select_single_node(STR("//center")).node();
+	xml_node center = doc.select_node(STR("//center")).node();
 
 	CHECK_XPATH_NODESET(center, STR("self::*[near-south]")) % 10;
 	CHECK_XPATH_NODESET(center, STR("self::*[@center-attr-2]")) % 10;
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ TEST_XML(xpath_xalan_axes_1, "<far-north><north-north-west1/><north-north-west2/
 
 TEST_XML_FLAGS(xpath_xalan_axes_2, "<far-north> Level-1<north-north-west1/><north-north-west2/><!-- Comment-2 --> Level-2<?a-pi pi-2?><north><!-- Comment-3 --> Level-3<?a-pi pi-3?><near-north><far-west/><west/><near-west/><!-- Comment-4 --> Level-4<?a-pi pi-4?><center center-attr-1='c1' center-attr-2='c2' center-attr-3='c3'><near-south-west/><!--Comment-5-->   Level-5<?a-pi pi-5?><near-south><!--Comment-6-->   Level-6<?a-pi pi-6?><south attr1='First' attr2='Last'> <far-south/></south></near-south><near-south-east/></center><near-east/><east/><far-east/></near-north></north><north-north-east1/><north-north-east2/></far-north>", parse_default | parse_comments | parse_pi)
 {
-	xml_node center = doc.select_single_node(STR("//center")).node();
+	xml_node center = doc.select_node(STR("//center")).node();
 
 	CHECK_XPATH_NODESET(center, STR("@*")) % 21 % 22 % 23;
 	CHECK_XPATH_NODESET(center, STR("@*/child::*"));
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ TEST_XML_FLAGS(xpath_xalan_axes_2, "<far-north> Level-1<north-north-west1/><nort
 
 TEST_XML(xpath_xalan_axes_3, "<far-north><north><near-north><far-west/><west/><near-west/><center><near-south><south><far-south/></south></near-south></center><near-east/><east/><far-east/></near-north></north></far-north>")
 {
-	xml_node center = doc.select_single_node(STR("//center")).node();
+	xml_node center = doc.select_node(STR("//center")).node();
 
 	CHECK_XPATH_NODESET(center, STR("ancestor-or-self::*")) % 8 % 4 % 3 % 2;
 	CHECK_XPATH_NODESET(center, STR("ancestor::*[3]")) % 2;
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ TEST_XML(xpath_xalan_axes_3, "<far-north><north><near-north><far-west/><west/><n
 
 TEST_XML(xpath_xalan_axes_4, "<far-north><north><near-north><far-west/><west/><near-west/><center><near-south><south><far-south/></south></near-south></center><near-east/><east/><far-east/></near-north></north></far-north>")
 {
-	xml_node north = doc.select_single_node(STR("//north")).node();
+	xml_node north = doc.select_node(STR("//north")).node();
 
 	CHECK_XPATH_STRING(north, STR("name(/descendant-or-self::north)"), STR("north"));
 	CHECK_XPATH_STRING(north, STR("name(/descendant::near-north)"), STR("near-north"));
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ TEST_XML(xpath_xalan_axes_6, "<doc><T>Test for source tree depth</T><a><T>A</T><
 
 TEST_XML(xpath_xalan_axes_7, "<far-north><north><near-north><far-west/><west/><near-west/><center center-attr-1='c1' center-attr-2='c2' center-attr-3='c3'><near-south><south><far-south/></south></near-south></center><near-east/><east/><far-east/></near-north></north></far-north>")
 {
-	xml_node center = doc.select_single_node(STR("//center")).node();
+	xml_node center = doc.select_node(STR("//center")).node();
 
 	CHECK_XPATH_NODESET(center, STR("attribute::*[2]")) % 10;
 	CHECK_XPATH_NODESET(center, STR("@*")) % 9 % 10 % 11;
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ TEST_XML(xpath_xalan_axes_7, "<far-north><north><near-north><far-west/><west/><n
 
 TEST_XML(xpath_xalan_axes_8, "<far-north><north><near-north><far-west/><west/><near-west/><center center-attr-1='c1' center-attr-2='c2' center-attr-3='c3'><near-south-east/><near-south><south><far-south/></south></near-south><near-south-west/></center><near-east/><east/><far-east/></near-north></north></far-north>")
 {
-	xml_node near_north = doc.select_single_node(STR("//near-north")).node();
+	xml_node near_north = doc.select_node(STR("//near-north")).node();
 
 	CHECK_XPATH_NODESET(near_north, STR("center//child::*")) % 12 % 13 % 14 % 15 % 16;
 	CHECK_XPATH_NODESET(near_north, STR("center//descendant::*")) % 12 % 13 % 14 % 15 % 16;
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ TEST_XML(xpath_xalan_axes_8, "<far-north><north><near-north><far-west/><west/><n
 
 TEST_XML(xpath_xalan_axes_9, "<doc><foo att1='c'><foo att1='b'><foo att1='a'><baz/></foo></foo></foo><bar/></doc>")
 {
-	xml_node baz = doc.select_single_node(STR("//baz")).node();
+	xml_node baz = doc.select_node(STR("//baz")).node();
 
 	CHECK_XPATH_NODESET(baz, STR("ancestor-or-self::*[@att1][1]/@att1")) % 8;
     CHECK_XPATH_NODESET(baz, STR("(ancestor-or-self::*)[@att1][1]/@att1")) % 4;
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ TEST_XML_FLAGS(xpath_xalan_axes_12, "<far-north><north>north-text1<near-north><f
 TEST_XML(xpath_xalan_axes_13, "<doc att1='e'><foo att1='d'><foo att1='c'><foo att1='b'><baz att1='a'/></foo></foo></foo></doc>")
 {
 	xml_node d = doc.child(STR("doc"));
-	xml_node baz = doc.select_single_node(STR("//baz")).node();
+	xml_node baz = doc.select_node(STR("//baz")).node();
 
 	CHECK_XPATH_NUMBER(d, STR("count(descendant-or-self::*/@att1)"), 5);
 	CHECK_XPATH_NODESET(d, STR("descendant-or-self::*/@att1[last()]")) % 3 % 5 % 7 % 9 % 11;