4 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/interfaces.py b/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/interfaces.py
index 49ccda18..a43621a7 100644
--- a/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/interfaces.py
+++ b/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/interfaces.py
@@ -281,9 +281,9 @@ class X509Backend(object):
         """
 
     @abc.abstractmethod
-    def sign_x509_certificate(self, builder, private_key, algorithm):
+    def create_x509_certificate(self, builder, private_key, algorithm):
         """
-        Sign an X.509 Certificate from a CertificateBuilder object.
+        Create and sign an X.509 certificate from a CertificateBuilder object.
         """
 
 
diff --git a/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/multibackend.py b/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/multibackend.py
index 8008989e..9db32aa5 100644
--- a/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/multibackend.py
+++ b/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/multibackend.py
@@ -352,9 +352,9 @@ class MultiBackend(object):
             _Reasons.UNSUPPORTED_X509
         )
 
-    def sign_x509_certificate(self, builder, private_key, algorithm):
+    def create_x509_certificate(self, builder, private_key, algorithm):
         for b in self._filtered_backends(X509Backend):
-            return b.sign_x509_certificate(builder, private_key, algorithm)
+            return b.create_x509_certificate(builder, private_key, algorithm)
 
         raise UnsupportedAlgorithm(
             "This backend does not support X.509.",
diff --git a/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/openssl/backend.py b/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/openssl/backend.py
index cf294c01..0cbea1f0 100644
--- a/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/openssl/backend.py
+++ b/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/openssl/backend.py
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ class Backend(object):
 
         return _CertificateSigningRequest(self, x509_req)
 
-    def sign_x509_certificate(self, builder, private_key, algorithm):
+    def create_x509_certificate(self, builder, private_key, algorithm):
         if not isinstance(builder, x509.CertificateBuilder):
             raise TypeError('Builder type mismatch.')
         if not isinstance(algorithm, hashes.HashAlgorithm):
diff --git a/src/cryptography/x509.py b/src/cryptography/x509.py
index 0ddff728..02e938a7 100644
--- a/src/cryptography/x509.py
+++ b/src/cryptography/x509.py
@@ -1770,4 +1770,4 @@ class CertificateBuilder(object):
         if self._public_key is None:
             raise ValueError("A certificate must have a public key")
 
-        return backend.sign_x509_certificate(self, private_key, algorithm)
+        return backend.create_x509_certificate(self, private_key, algorithm)