diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
index 9cccbc7c789..57f8427e33d 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet.go
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ func (kl *Kubelet) statsFromContainerPath(containerPath string, req *info.Contai
 }
 
 // GetContainerStats returns stats (from Cadvisor) for a container.
-func (kl *Kubelet) GetContainerStats(podID, containerName string, req *info.ContainerInfoRequest) (*info.ContainerInfo, error) {
+func (kl *Kubelet) GetContainerInfo(podID, containerName string, req *info.ContainerInfoRequest) (*info.ContainerInfo, error) {
 	if kl.CadvisorClient == nil {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_server.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_server.go
index 3f71679b660..2bd33c5046c 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_server.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_server.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ type KubeletServer struct {
 // kubeletInterface contains all the kubelet methods required by the server.
 // For testablitiy.
 type kubeletInterface interface {
-	GetContainerStats(podID, containerName string, req *info.ContainerInfoRequest) (*info.ContainerInfo, error)
+	GetContainerInfo(podID, containerName string, req *info.ContainerInfoRequest) (*info.ContainerInfo, error)
 	GetMachineStats(req *info.ContainerInfoRequest) (*info.ContainerInfo, error)
 	GetPodInfo(name string) (api.PodInfo, error)
 }
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func (s *KubeletServer) serveStats(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		// TODO(monnand) Implement this
 		errors.New("pod level status currently unimplemented")
 	case 3:
-		stats, err = s.Kubelet.GetContainerStats(components[1], components[2], &query)
+		stats, err = s.Kubelet.GetContainerInfo(components[1], components[2], &query)
 	default:
 		http.Error(w, "unknown resource.", http.StatusNotFound)
 		return
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_server_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_server_test.go
index 7c832f337b0..fce6913be8e 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_server_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_server_test.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func (fk *fakeKubelet) GetPodInfo(name string) (api.PodInfo, error) {
 	return fk.infoFunc(name)
 }
 
-func (fk *fakeKubelet) GetContainerStats(podID, containerName string, req *info.ContainerInfoRequest) (*info.ContainerInfo, error) {
+func (fk *fakeKubelet) GetContainerInfo(podID, containerName string, req *info.ContainerInfoRequest) (*info.ContainerInfo, error) {
 	return fk.containerStatsFunc(podID, containerName, req)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
index 9e0945dd1a1..06a482edb7b 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/kubelet_test.go
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ func TestGetContainerStats(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	stats, err := kubelet.GetContainerStats("qux", "foo", req)
+	stats, err := kubelet.GetContainerInfo("qux", "foo", req)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ func TestGetContainerStatsWithoutCadvisor(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	stats, _ := kubelet.GetContainerStats("qux", "foo", nil)
+	stats, _ := kubelet.GetContainerInfo("qux", "foo", nil)
 	// When there's no cAdvisor, the stats should be either nil or empty
 	if stats == nil {
 		return
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ func TestGetContainerStatsWhenCadvisorFailed(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 
-	stats, err := kubelet.GetContainerStats("qux", "foo", req)
+	stats, err := kubelet.GetContainerInfo("qux", "foo", req)
 	if stats != nil {
 		t.Errorf("non-nil stats on error")
 	}
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ func TestGetContainerStatsOnNonExistContainer(t *testing.T) {
 	kubelet.CadvisorClient = mockCadvisor
 	fakeDocker.containerList = []docker.APIContainers{}
 
-	stats, _ := kubelet.GetContainerStats("qux", "foo", nil)
+	stats, _ := kubelet.GetContainerInfo("qux", "foo", nil)
 	if stats != nil {
 		t.Errorf("non-nil stats on non exist container")
 	}