diff -r 484ce82b7873 Doc/library/contextlib.rst
--- a/Doc/library/contextlib.rst	Tue Oct 15 12:05:57 2013 +0300
+++ b/Doc/library/contextlib.rst	Tue Oct 15 10:13:45 2013 -0300
@@ -95,20 +95,21 @@
    ``page.close()`` will be called when the :keyword:`with` block is exited.
 
 
-.. function:: ignore(*exceptions)
+.. function:: suppress(*exceptions)
 
-   Return a context manager that ignores the specified exceptions if they
-   occur in the body of a with-statement.
+   Return a context manager that suppresses any one of the specified exceptions
+   if it occurs in the body of a with-statement (and then immediately exits the
+   with-statement).
 
-   As with any other mechanism that completely suppresses exceptions, it
-   should only be used to cover very specific errors where silently
-   ignoring the exception is known to be the right thing to do.
+   As with any other mechanism that completely suppresses exceptions, it should
+   only be used to cover very specific errors where silently continuing with
+   program execution is known to be the right thing to do.
 
    For example::
 
-       from contextlib import ignore
+       from contextlib import suppress
 
-       with ignore(FileNotFoundError):
+       with suppress(FileNotFoundError):
            os.remove('somefile.tmp')
 
    This code is equivalent to::
diff -r 484ce82b7873 Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst	Tue Oct 15 12:05:57 2013 +0300
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst	Tue Oct 15 10:13:45 2013 -0300
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@
 contextlib
 ----------
 
-The new :class:`contextlib.ignore` context manager helps to clarify the
-intent of code that deliberately ignores failures from a particular
+The new :class:`contextlib.suppress` context manager helps to clarify the
+intent of code that deliberately suppresses exceptions from a particular
 operation.
 
 The new :class:`contextlib.redirect_stdio` context manager makes it easier
diff -r 484ce82b7873 Lib/contextlib.py
--- a/Lib/contextlib.py	Tue Oct 15 12:05:57 2013 +0300
+++ b/Lib/contextlib.py	Tue Oct 15 10:13:45 2013 -0300
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from functools import wraps
 
 __all__ = ["contextmanager", "closing", "ContextDecorator", "ExitStack",
-           "ignore", "redirect_stdout"]
+           "redirect_stdout", "suppress"]
 
 
 class ContextDecorator(object):
@@ -179,10 +179,10 @@
         sys.stdout = self.old_target
 
 @contextmanager
-def ignore(*exceptions):
-    """Context manager to ignore specified exceptions
+def suppress(*exceptions):
+    """Context manager to suppress specified exceptions
 
-         with ignore(OSError):
+         with suppress(OSError):
              os.remove(somefile)
 
     """
diff -r 484ce82b7873 Lib/test/test_contextlib.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_contextlib.py	Tue Oct 15 12:05:57 2013 +0300
+++ b/Lib/test/test_contextlib.py	Tue Oct 15 10:13:45 2013 -0300
@@ -632,28 +632,6 @@
         stack.push(cm)
         self.assertIs(stack._exit_callbacks[-1], cm)
 
-class TestIgnore(unittest.TestCase):
-
-    def test_no_exception(self):
-
-        with ignore(ValueError):
-            self.assertEqual(pow(2, 5), 32)
-
-    def test_exact_exception(self):
-
-        with ignore(TypeError):
-            len(5)
-
-    def test_multiple_exception_args(self):
-
-        with ignore(ZeroDivisionError, TypeError):
-            len(5)
-
-    def test_exception_hierarchy(self):
-
-        with ignore(LookupError):
-            'Hello'[50]
-
 class TestRedirectStdout(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_redirect_to_string_io(self):
@@ -663,5 +641,27 @@
         s = f.getvalue()
         self.assertIn('pow', s)
 
+class TestSuppress(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_no_exception(self):
+
+        with suppress(ValueError):
+            self.assertEqual(pow(2, 5), 32)
+
+    def test_exact_exception(self):
+
+        with suppress(TypeError):
+            len(5)
+
+    def test_multiple_exception_args(self):
+
+        with suppress(ZeroDivisionError, TypeError):
+            len(5)
+
+    def test_exception_hierarchy(self):
+
+        with suppress(LookupError):
+            'Hello'[50]
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()