diff --git a/doc/examples/plot_segmentations.py b/doc/examples/plot_segmentations.py
index 31dc38e7..418a0903 100644
--- a/doc/examples/plot_segmentations.py
+++ b/doc/examples/plot_segmentations.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ import numpy as np
 
 from skimage.data import lena
 from skimage.segmentation import felzenszwalb, slic, quickshift
-from skimage.segmentation import highlight_boundaries
+from skimage.segmentation import mark_boundaries
 from skimage.util import img_as_float
 
 img = img_as_float(lena()[::2, ::2])
@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@ fig, ax = plt.subplots(1, 3)
 fig.set_size_inches(8, 3, forward=True)
 plt.subplots_adjust(0.05, 0.05, 0.95, 0.95, 0.05, 0.05)
 
-ax[0].imshow(highlight_boundaries(img, segments_fz))
+ax[0].imshow(mark_boundaries(img, segments_fz))
 ax[0].set_title("Felzenszwalbs's method")
-ax[1].imshow(highlight_boundaries(img, segments_slic))
+ax[1].imshow(mark_boundaries(img, segments_slic))
 ax[1].set_title("SLIC")
-ax[2].imshow(highlight_boundaries(img, segments_quick))
+ax[2].imshow(mark_boundaries(img, segments_quick))
 ax[2].set_title("Quickshift")
 for a in ax:
     a.set_xticks(())
diff --git a/skimage/segmentation/__init__.py b/skimage/segmentation/__init__.py
index ce0bfd84..7bd37026 100644
--- a/skimage/segmentation/__init__.py
+++ b/skimage/segmentation/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,5 @@ from .random_walker_segmentation import random_walker
 from ._felzenszwalb import felzenszwalb
 from ._slic import slic
 from ._quickshift import quickshift
-from .boundaries import (find_boundaries, visualize_boundaries,
-                         highlight_boundaries)
+from .boundaries import find_boundaries, visualize_boundaries, mark_boundaries
 from ._clear_border import clear_border
diff --git a/skimage/segmentation/boundaries.py b/skimage/segmentation/boundaries.py
index d30a8627..25656a9b 100644
--- a/skimage/segmentation/boundaries.py
+++ b/skimage/segmentation/boundaries.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ def find_boundaries(label_img):
     return boundaries
 
 
-def highlight_boundaries(image, label_img, color=(1, 1, 0), outline_color=None):
+def mark_boundaries(image, label_img, color=(1, 1, 0), outline_color=None):
     """Return image with boundaries between labeled regions highlighted.
 
     Parameters
@@ -40,6 +40,6 @@ def highlight_boundaries(image, label_img, color=(1, 1, 0), outline_color=None):
     return image
 
 
-@deprecated('highlight_boundaries')
+@deprecated('mark_boundaries')
 def visualize_boundaries(*args, **kwargs):
-    return highlight_boundaries(*args, **kwargs)
+    return mark_boundaries(*args, **kwargs)