diff --git a/Lib/unittest/case.py b/Lib/unittest/case.py
index 227879cb6d4..0ad78571b25 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest/case.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest/case.py
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ def assertRegex(self, text, expected_regex, msg=None):
             msg = '%s: %r not found in %r' % (msg, expected_regex.pattern, text)
             raise self.failureException(msg)
 
-    def assertNotRegexMatches(self, text, unexpected_regex, msg=None):
+    def assertNotRegex(self, text, unexpected_regex, msg=None):
         """Fail the test if the text matches the regular expression."""
         if isinstance(unexpected_regex, (str, bytes)):
             unexpected_regex = re.compile(unexpected_regex)
diff --git a/Lib/unittest/test/test_assertions.py b/Lib/unittest/test/test_assertions.py
index 69572eee190..df2e89ead26 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest/test/test_assertions.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest/test/test_assertions.py
@@ -92,15 +92,15 @@ def _raise(e):
         else:
             self.fail("assertRaises() didn't let exception pass through")
 
-    def testAssertNotRegexMatches(self):
-        self.assertNotRegexMatches('Ala ma kota', r'r+')
+    def testAssertNotRegex(self):
+        self.assertNotRegex('Ala ma kota', r'r+')
         try:
-            self.assertNotRegexMatches('Ala ma kota', r'k.t', 'Message')
+            self.assertNotRegex('Ala ma kota', r'k.t', 'Message')
         except self.failureException as e:
             self.assertIn("'kot'", e.args[0])
             self.assertIn('Message', e.args[0])
         else:
-            self.fail('assertNotRegexMatches should have failed.')
+            self.fail('assertNotRegex should have failed.')
 
 
 class TestLongMessage(unittest.TestCase):