diff --git a/openmc/geometry.py b/openmc/geometry.py
index ce7d47d9e..2ed030dc2 100644
--- a/openmc/geometry.py
+++ b/openmc/geometry.py
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ class Geometry(object):
         surfaces = OrderedDict()
         
         for cell in self.get_all_cells().values():
-            surfaces = cell.region.get_surfaces(surfaces)
+            surfaces = cell.region.update_surfaces(surfaces)
         return surfaces
                 
     def get_materials_by_name(self, name, case_sensitive=False, matching=False):
diff --git a/openmc/region.py b/openmc/region.py
index 9bf61becf..667cee5e0 100644
--- a/openmc/region.py
+++ b/openmc/region.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class Region(object):
     def __ne__(self, other):
         return not self == other
 
-    def get_surfaces(self, surfaces=None):
+    def update_surfaces(self, surfaces=None):
         """
         Recursively find all the surfaces referenced by a region and return them
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class Region(object):
         if not surfaces:
             surfaces = OrderedDict()
         for region in self:
-            surfaces = region.get_surfaces(surfaces)
+            surfaces = region.update_surfaces(surfaces)
         return surfaces
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ class Complement(Region):
             temp_region = ~self.node
         return temp_region.bounding_box
 
-    def get_surfaces(self, surfaces=None):
+    def update_surfaces(self, surfaces=None):
         """
         Recursively find and return all the surfaces referenced by the node
 
@@ -471,5 +471,5 @@ class Complement(Region):
         if not surfaces:
             surfaces = OrderedDict()
         for region in self.node:
-            surfaces = region.get_surfaces(surfaces)
+            surfaces = region.update_surfaces(surfaces)
         return surfaces
diff --git a/openmc/surface.py b/openmc/surface.py
index 7c117124e..25ab4519f 100644
--- a/openmc/surface.py
+++ b/openmc/surface.py
@@ -1881,7 +1881,7 @@ class Halfspace(Region):
         return '-' + str(self.surface.id) if self.side == '-' \
             else str(self.surface.id)
     
-    def get_surfaces(self, surfaces=None):
+    def update_surfaces(self, surfaces=None):
         """
         Returns the surface that this is a halfspace of.