diff --git a/docs/_templates/overrides/metpy.calc.rst b/docs/_templates/overrides/metpy.calc.rst
index fe5c8effd1a..11d1310c745 100644
--- a/docs/_templates/overrides/metpy.calc.rst
+++ b/docs/_templates/overrides/metpy.calc.rst
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Soundings
       storm_relative_helicity
       supercell_composite
       surface_based_cape_cin
-      down_cape
+      downdraft_cape
       sweat_index
       total_totals_index
       vertical_totals
diff --git a/src/metpy/calc/thermo.py b/src/metpy/calc/thermo.py
index ac8bf5e7e74..6f1867c8520 100644
--- a/src/metpy/calc/thermo.py
+++ b/src/metpy/calc/thermo.py
@@ -3030,7 +3030,7 @@ def mixed_layer_cape_cin(pressure, temperature, dewpoint, **kwargs):
 
 @exporter.export
 @preprocess_and_wrap()
-def down_cape(pressure, temperature, dewpoint):
+def downdraft_cape(pressure, temperature, dewpoint):
     r"""Calculate downward CAPE (DCAPE).
 
     Calculate the downward convective available potential energy (DCAPE) of a given upper air
@@ -3062,7 +3062,7 @@ def down_cape(pressure, temperature, dewpoint):
 
     Examples
     --------
-    >>> from metpy.calc import dewpoint_from_relative_humidity, down_cape
+    >>> from metpy.calc import dewpoint_from_relative_humidity, downdraft_cape
     >>> from metpy.units import units
     >>> # pressure
     >>> p = [1008., 1000., 950., 900., 850., 800., 750., 700., 650., 600.,
@@ -3080,7 +3080,7 @@ def down_cape(pressure, temperature, dewpoint):
     ...       .56, .88, .39, .67, .15, .04, .94, .35] * units.dimensionless
     >>> # calculate dewpoint
     >>> Td = dewpoint_from_relative_humidity(T, rh)
-    >>> down_cape(p, T, Td)
+    >>> downdraft_cape(p, T, Td)
     (<Quantity(1222.67968, 'joule / kilogram')>, <Quantity([1008. 1000.  950.
     900.  850.  800.  750.  700.  650.  600.], 'hectopascal')>, <Quantity([17.50959548
     17.20643425 15.237249 13.12607097 10.85045704 8.38243809 5.68671014 2.71808363
diff --git a/tests/calc/test_thermo.py b/tests/calc/test_thermo.py
index 97c374e1520..1c6b869f327 100644
--- a/tests/calc/test_thermo.py
+++ b/tests/calc/test_thermo.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from metpy.calc import (brunt_vaisala_frequency, brunt_vaisala_frequency_squared,
                         brunt_vaisala_period, cape_cin, ccl, cross_totals, density, dewpoint,
                         dewpoint_from_relative_humidity, dewpoint_from_specific_humidity,
-                        down_cape, dry_lapse, dry_static_energy, el,
+                        downdraft_cape, dry_lapse, dry_static_energy, el,
                         equivalent_potential_temperature, exner_function,
                         gradient_richardson_number, InvalidSoundingError,
                         isentropic_interpolation, isentropic_interpolation_as_dataset, k_index,
@@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@ def test_dcape():
                 -16.6, -9.2, -9.9, -14.6, -32.8, -51.2, -32.7, -42.6, -58.9,
                 -69.5, -71.7, -75.9, -79.3, -79.7, -72.5, -73.3, -64.3, -70.6,
                 -75.8, -51.2, -56.4] * units.degC
-    dcape, down_press, down_t = down_cape(pressure, temperature, dewpoint)
+    dcape, down_press, down_t = downdraft_cape(pressure, temperature, dewpoint)
     assert_almost_equal(dcape, 1222 * units('joule / kilogram'), 0)
     assert_array_almost_equal(down_press, pressure[:10], 0)
     assert_almost_equal(down_t, [17.5, 17.2, 15.2, 13.1, 10.9, 8.4,