diff -r f7992397e98d Lib/logging/__init__.py
--- a/Lib/logging/__init__.py	Thu May 23 05:28:34 2013 -0700
+++ b/Lib/logging/__init__.py	Thu May 23 17:54:22 2013 -0700
@@ -123,20 +123,22 @@
 DEBUG = 10
 NOTSET = 0
 
-_levelNames = {
-    CRITICAL : 'CRITICAL',
-    ERROR : 'ERROR',
-    WARNING : 'WARNING',
-    INFO : 'INFO',
-    DEBUG : 'DEBUG',
-    NOTSET : 'NOTSET',
-    'CRITICAL' : CRITICAL,
-    'ERROR' : ERROR,
-    'WARN' : WARNING,
-    'WARNING' : WARNING,
-    'INFO' : INFO,
-    'DEBUG' : DEBUG,
-    'NOTSET' : NOTSET,
+_levelToName = {
+    CRITICAL: 'CRITICAL',
+    ERROR: 'ERROR',
+    WARNING: 'WARNING',
+    INFO: 'INFO',
+    DEBUG: 'DEBUG',
+    NOTSET: 'NOTSET',
+}
+_nameToLevel = {
+    'CRITICAL': CRITICAL,
+    'ERROR': ERROR,
+    'WARN': WARNING,
+    'WARNING': WARNING,
+    'INFO': INFO,
+    'DEBUG': DEBUG,
+    'NOTSET': NOTSET,
 }
 
 def getLevelName(level):
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@
 
     Otherwise, the string "Level %s" % level is returned.
     """
-    return _levelNames.get(level, ("Level %s" % level))
+    return _levelToName.get(level, ("Level %s" % level))
 
 def addLevelName(level, levelName):
     """
@@ -163,8 +165,8 @@
     """
     _acquireLock()
     try:    #unlikely to cause an exception, but you never know...
-        _levelNames[level] = levelName
-        _levelNames[levelName] = level
+        _levelToName[level] = levelName
+        _nameToLevel[levelName] = level
     finally:
         _releaseLock()
 
@@ -172,9 +174,9 @@
     if isinstance(level, int):
         rv = level
     elif str(level) == level:
-        if level not in _levelNames:
+        if level not in _nameToLevel:
             raise ValueError("Unknown level: %r" % level)
-        rv = _levelNames[level]
+        rv = _nameToLevel[level]
     else:
         raise TypeError("Level not an integer or a valid string: %r" % level)
     return rv
diff -r f7992397e98d Lib/logging/config.py
--- a/Lib/logging/config.py	Thu May 23 05:28:34 2013 -0700
+++ b/Lib/logging/config.py	Thu May 23 17:54:22 2013 -0700
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
         h = klass(*args)
         if "level" in section:
             level = section["level"]
-            h.setLevel(logging._levelNames[level])
+            h.setLevel(level)
         if len(fmt):
             h.setFormatter(formatters[fmt])
         if issubclass(klass, logging.handlers.MemoryHandler):
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
     log = root
     if "level" in section:
         level = section["level"]
-        log.setLevel(logging._levelNames[level])
+        log.setLevel(level)
     for h in root.handlers[:]:
         root.removeHandler(h)
     hlist = section["handlers"]
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
             existing.remove(qn)
         if "level" in section:
             level = section["level"]
-            logger.setLevel(logging._levelNames[level])
+            logger.setLevel(level)
         for h in logger.handlers[:]:
             logger.removeHandler(h)
         logger.propagate = propagate
diff -r f7992397e98d Lib/test/test_logging.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_logging.py	Thu May 23 05:28:34 2013 -0700
+++ b/Lib/test/test_logging.py	Thu May 23 17:54:22 2013 -0700
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@
             self.saved_handlers = logging._handlers.copy()
             self.saved_handler_list = logging._handlerList[:]
             self.saved_loggers = saved_loggers = logger_dict.copy()
-            self.saved_level_names = logging._levelNames.copy()
+            self.saved_name_to_level = logging._nameToLevel.copy()
+            self.saved_level_to_name = logging._levelToName.copy()
             self.logger_states = logger_states = {}
             for name in saved_loggers:
                 logger_states[name] = getattr(saved_loggers[name],
@@ -136,8 +137,10 @@
         self.root_logger.setLevel(self.original_logging_level)
         logging._acquireLock()
         try:
-            logging._levelNames.clear()
-            logging._levelNames.update(self.saved_level_names)
+            logging._levelToName.clear()
+            logging._levelToName.update(self.saved_level_to_name)
+            logging._nameToLevel.clear()
+            logging._nameToLevel.update(self.saved_name_to_level)
             logging._handlers.clear()
             logging._handlers.update(self.saved_handlers)
             logging._handlerList[:] = self.saved_handler_list