diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1fa2f8252b..b49269aaa8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ var App = React.createClass({
           <li><Link to="users">Users</Link></li>
           <li><Link to="user" userId="123">User 123</Link></li>
         </ul>
-        <this.props.activeRoute/>
+        <this.props.activeRouteHandler/>
       </div>
     );
   }
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ var Users = React.createClass({
     return (
       <div>
         <h2>Users</h2>
-        <this.props.activeRoute/>
+        <this.props.activeRouteHandler/>
       </div>
     );
   }
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ var User = React.createClass({
 });
 ```
 
-To better understand what is happening with `activeRoute` perhaps an
+To better understand what is happening with `activeRouteHandler` perhaps an
 example without the router will help. Lets take the scenario where
 `/users/2` has been matched. Your render method, without this router,
 might look something like this:
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ might look something like this:
 ```js
 render: function() {
   var user = <User params={{userId: 2}}/>;
-  var users = <User activeRoute={user}/>;
-  return <App activeRoute={users}/>;
+  var users = <User activeRouteHandler={user}/>;
+  return <App activeRouteHandler={users}/>;
 }
 ```
 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ routes do not inherit the path of their parent.
 
 Routes can be nested. When a child route matches, the parent route's
 handler will have an instance of the child route's handler available as
-`this.props.activeRoute()`. You can then render it in the parent
+`this.props.activeRouteHandler()`. You can then render it in the parent
 passing in any additional props as needed.
 
 #### Examples
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ props and static methods available to these components.
 
 #### Props
 
-**this.props.activeRoute(extraProps)** - The active child route handler.
+**this.props.activeRouteHandler(extraProps)** - The active child route handler.
 Use it in your render method to render the child route, passing in
 additional properties as needed.
 
diff --git a/examples/auth-flow/app.js b/examples/auth-flow/app.js
index 91b17166c9..5ce0edcdb4 100644
--- a/examples/auth-flow/app.js
+++ b/examples/auth-flow/app.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ var App = React.createClass({
           <li><Link to="about">About</Link></li>
           <li><Link to="dashboard">Dashboard</Link> (authenticated)</li>
         </ul>
-        {this.props.activeRoute()}
+        {this.props.activeRouteHandler()()}
       </div>
     );
   }
diff --git a/examples/data-flow/app.js b/examples/data-flow/app.js
index becfeba2ca..d87ebdb955 100644
--- a/examples/data-flow/app.js
+++ b/examples/data-flow/app.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ var App = React.createClass({
           {links}
         </ul>
         <div className="Detail">
-          {this.props.activeRoute({onRemoveTaco: this.handleRemoveTaco})}
+          {this.props.activeRouteHandler({onRemoveTaco: this.handleRemoveTaco})}
         </div>
       </div>
     );
diff --git a/examples/dynamic-segments/app.js b/examples/dynamic-segments/app.js
index 447542fa68..5906e82b66 100644
--- a/examples/dynamic-segments/app.js
+++ b/examples/dynamic-segments/app.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var App = React.createClass({
           <li><Link to="user" userId="123">Bob</Link></li>
           <li><Link to="user" userId="abc">Sally</Link></li>
         </ul>
-        {this.props.activeRoute()}
+        {this.props.activeRouteHandler()}
       </div>
     );
   }
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ var User = React.createClass({
           <li><Link to="task" userId={this.props.params.userId} taskId="foo">foo task</Link></li>
           <li><Link to="task" userId={this.props.params.userId} taskId="bar">bar task</Link></li>
         </ul>
-        {this.props.activeRoute()}
+        {this.props.activeRouteHandler()}
       </div>
     );
   }
diff --git a/examples/master-detail/app.js b/examples/master-detail/app.js
index d87c46f850..15d2a302dc 100644
--- a/examples/master-detail/app.js
+++ b/examples/master-detail/app.js
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ var App = React.createClass({
           </ul>
         </div>
         <div className="Content">
-          {this.props.activeRoute() || this.indexTemplate()}
+          {this.props.activeRouteHandler() || this.indexTemplate()}
         </div>
       </div>
     );
diff --git a/examples/partial-app-loading/app.js b/examples/partial-app-loading/app.js
index a796396430..c8051c8ea7 100644
--- a/examples/partial-app-loading/app.js
+++ b/examples/partial-app-loading/app.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ var App = React.createClass({
         <ul>
           <li><Link to="dashboard">Dashboard</Link></li>
         </ul>
-        {this.props.activeRoute()}
+        {this.props.activeRouteHandler()}
       </div>
     );
   }
diff --git a/examples/partial-app-loading/dashboard.js b/examples/partial-app-loading/dashboard.js
index e77c123e86..f910cd6ea5 100644
--- a/examples/partial-app-loading/dashboard.js
+++ b/examples/partial-app-loading/dashboard.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ var Dashboard = React.createClass({
         <ul>
           <li><Link to="inbox">Inbox</Link></li>
         </ul>
-        {this.props.activeRoute()}
+        {this.props.activeRouteHandler()}
       </div>
     );
   }
diff --git a/examples/query-params/app.js b/examples/query-params/app.js
index 613e6c3517..353c1c1498 100644
--- a/examples/query-params/app.js
+++ b/examples/query-params/app.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ var App = React.createClass({
           <li><Link to="user" userId="123" query={{showAge: true}}>Bob With Query Params</Link></li>
           <li><Link to="user" userId="abc">Sally</Link></li>
         </ul>
-        {this.props.activeRoute()}
+        {this.props.activeRouteHandler()}
       </div>
     );
   }
diff --git a/examples/shared-root/app.js b/examples/shared-root/app.js
index b969f24155..38451321ba 100644
--- a/examples/shared-root/app.js
+++ b/examples/shared-root/app.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ var App = React.createClass({
           <li><Link to="signin">Sign in</Link></li>
           <li><Link to="forgot-password">Forgot Password</Link></li>
         </ol>
-        {this.props.activeRoute()}
+        {this.props.activeRouteHandler()}
       </div>
     );
   }
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ var SignedIn = React.createClass({
     return (
       <div>
         <h2>Signed In</h2>
-        {this.props.activeRoute()}
+        {this.props.activeRouteHandler()}
       </div>
     );
   }
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ var SignedOut = React.createClass({
     return (
       <div>
         <h2>Signed Out</h2>
-        {this.props.activeRoute()}
+        {this.props.activeRouteHandler()}
       </div>
     );
   }
diff --git a/examples/simple-master-detail/app.js b/examples/simple-master-detail/app.js
index adfbb19b89..d320afe4dc 100644
--- a/examples/simple-master-detail/app.js
+++ b/examples/simple-master-detail/app.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ var App = React.createClass({
           {links}
         </ul>
         <div className="Detail">
-          {this.props.activeRoute() || this.indexTemplate()}
+          {this.props.activeRouteHandler() || this.indexTemplate()}
         </div>
       </div>
     );
diff --git a/examples/transitions/app.js b/examples/transitions/app.js
index fca1ee4f95..c14c7b1cfb 100644
--- a/examples/transitions/app.js
+++ b/examples/transitions/app.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var App = React.createClass({
           <li><Link to="dashboard">Dashboard</Link></li>
           <li><Link to="form">Form</Link></li>
         </ul>
-        {this.props.activeRoute() || <h1>Home</h1>}
+        {this.props.activeRouteHandler() || <h1>Home</h1>}
       </div>
     );
   }
diff --git a/modules/components/Route.js b/modules/components/Route.js
index 08b946807c..1b075e60dd 100644
--- a/modules/components/Route.js
+++ b/modules/components/Route.js
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ var REF_NAME = '__activeRoute__';
  *   ), document.body);
  *
  * Handlers for Route components that contain children can render their active
- * child route using the activeRoute prop.
+ * child route using the activeRouteHandler prop.
  *
  *   var App = React.createClass({
  *     render: function () {
  *       return (
  *         <div class="application">
- *           {this.props.activeRoute()}
+ *           {this.props.activeRouteHandler()}
  *         </div>
  *       );
  *     }
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ function computeHandlerProps(matches, query) {
     key: null,
     params: null,
     query: null,
-    activeRoute: emptyFunction.thatReturnsNull
+    activeRouteHandler: emptyFunction.thatReturnsNull
   };
 
   var childHandler;
@@ -460,9 +460,9 @@ function computeHandlerProps(matches, query) {
     props.query = query;
 
     if (childHandler) {
-      props.activeRoute = childHandler;
+      props.activeRouteHandler = childHandler;
     } else {
-      props.activeRoute = emptyFunction.thatReturnsNull;
+      props.activeRouteHandler = emptyFunction.thatReturnsNull;
     }
 
     childHandler = function (props, addedProps) {
diff --git a/specs/Route.spec.js b/specs/Route.spec.js
index abf20b8f1c..b6517e4371 100644
--- a/specs/Route.spec.js
+++ b/specs/Route.spec.js
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ describe('a child route', function() {
 //     var dataStore = 'goodbye';
 //     var Layout = React.createClass({
 //       render: function() {
-//         return React.DOM.article(null, this.props.activeRoute());
+//         return React.DOM.article(null, this.props.activeRouteHandler());
 //       }
 //     });
 //     var AsyncApp = React.createClass({