diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/edit_handlers.py b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/edit_handlers.py
index 2b4006610..a15440016 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/edit_handlers.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/edit_handlers.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy
 
 from wagtail.wagtailcore.models import Page
-from wagtail.wagtailcore.util import camelcase_to_underscore
+from wagtail.wagtailcore.utils import camelcase_to_underscore
 from wagtail.wagtailcore.fields import RichTextArea
 
 
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templatetags/wagtailadmin_tags.py b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templatetags/wagtailadmin_tags.py
index 2d85c355e..9f03c7b63 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templatetags/wagtailadmin_tags.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/templatetags/wagtailadmin_tags.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from wagtail.wagtailadmin import hooks
 from wagtail.wagtailadmin.menu import MenuItem
 
 from wagtail.wagtailcore.models import get_navigation_menu_items, UserPagePermissionsProxy
-from wagtail.wagtailcore.util import camelcase_to_underscore
+from wagtail.wagtailcore.utils import camelcase_to_underscore
 
 
 register = template.Library()
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailcore/models.py b/wagtail/wagtailcore/models.py
index 5c3f9d1c5..1f0c98d83 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailcore/models.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailcore/models.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 from treebeard.mp_tree import MP_Node
 
-from wagtail.wagtailcore.util import camelcase_to_underscore
+from wagtail.wagtailcore.utils import camelcase_to_underscore
 from wagtail.wagtailcore.query import PageQuerySet
 
 from wagtail.wagtailsearch import Indexed, get_search_backend
@@ -126,56 +126,56 @@ def get_navigable_page_content_type_ids():
 
 
 class PageManager(models.Manager):
-    def get_query_set(self):
+    def get_queryset(self):
         return PageQuerySet(self.model).order_by('path')
 
     def live(self):
-        return self.get_query_set().live()
+        return self.get_queryset().live()
 
     def not_live(self):
-        return self.get_query_set().not_live()
+        return self.get_queryset().not_live()
 
     def page(self, other):
-        return self.get_query_set().page(other)
+        return self.get_queryset().page(other)
 
     def not_page(self, other):
-        return self.get_query_set().not_page(other)
+        return self.get_queryset().not_page(other)
 
     def descendant_of(self, other, inclusive=False):
-        return self.get_query_set().descendant_of(other, inclusive)
+        return self.get_queryset().descendant_of(other, inclusive)
 
     def not_descendant_of(self, other, inclusive=False):
-        return self.get_query_set().not_descendant_of(other, inclusive)
+        return self.get_queryset().not_descendant_of(other, inclusive)
 
     def child_of(self, other):
-        return self.get_query_set().child_of(other)
+        return self.get_queryset().child_of(other)
 
     def not_child_of(self, other):
-        return self.get_query_set().not_child_of(other)
+        return self.get_queryset().not_child_of(other)
 
     def ancestor_of(self, other, inclusive=False):
-        return self.get_query_set().ancestor_of(other, inclusive)
+        return self.get_queryset().ancestor_of(other, inclusive)
 
     def not_ancestor_of(self, other, inclusive=False):
-        return self.get_query_set().not_ancestor_of(other, inclusive)
+        return self.get_queryset().not_ancestor_of(other, inclusive)
 
     def parent_of(self, other):
-        return self.get_query_set().parent_of(other)
+        return self.get_queryset().parent_of(other)
 
     def not_parent_of(self, other):
-        return self.get_query_set().not_parent_of(other)
+        return self.get_queryset().not_parent_of(other)
 
     def sibling_of(self, other, inclusive=False):
-        return self.get_query_set().sibling_of(other, inclusive)
+        return self.get_queryset().sibling_of(other, inclusive)
 
     def not_sibling_of(self, other, inclusive=False):
-        return self.get_query_set().not_sibling_of(other, inclusive)
+        return self.get_queryset().not_sibling_of(other, inclusive)
 
     def type(self, model):
-        return self.get_query_set().type(model)
+        return self.get_queryset().type(model)
 
     def not_type(self, model):
-        return self.get_query_set().not_type(model)
+        return self.get_queryset().not_type(model)
 
 
 class PageBase(models.base.ModelBase):
@@ -697,8 +697,8 @@ class Orderable(models.Model):
 
 
 class SubmittedRevisionsManager(models.Manager):
-    def get_query_set(self):
-        return super(SubmittedRevisionsManager, self).get_query_set().filter(submitted_for_moderation=True)
+    def get_queryset(self):
+        return super(SubmittedRevisionsManager, self).get_queryset().filter(submitted_for_moderation=True)
 
 
 class PageRevision(models.Model):
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailcore/util.py b/wagtail/wagtailcore/util.py
index c5ad7ea8d..842fe24fa 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailcore/util.py
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailcore/util.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import re
+import warnings
 
+warnings.warn(
+    "The wagtail.wagtailcore.util module has been renamed. "
+    "Use wagtail.wagtailcore.utils instead.", DeprecationWarning)
 
-def camelcase_to_underscore(str):
-    # http://djangosnippets.org/snippets/585/
-    return re.sub('(((?<=[a-z])[A-Z])|([A-Z](?![A-Z]|$)))', '_\\1', str).lower().strip('_')
+from .utils import *
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailcore/utils.py b/wagtail/wagtailcore/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c5ad7ea8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailcore/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import re
+
+
+def camelcase_to_underscore(str):
+    # http://djangosnippets.org/snippets/585/
+    return re.sub('(((?<=[a-z])[A-Z])|([A-Z](?![A-Z]|$)))', '_\\1', str).lower().strip('_')