diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Configuration.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Configuration.php
index 102ab90df..75b66453e 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Configuration.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Configuration.php
@@ -464,26 +464,25 @@ class Configuration extends \Doctrine\DBAL\Configuration
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get a custom hydrator class name if it exists or return null if it
-     * does not.
+     * Get the hydrator class for the given hydration mode name.
      *
-     * @param string $name
-     * @return string $className
+     * @param string $modeName The hydration mode name.
+     * @return string $hydrator The hydrator class name.
      */
-    public function getHydrator($name)
+    public function getCustomHydrationMode($modeName)
     {
-        return isset($this->_attributes['customHydrators'][$name]) ?
-            $this->_attributes['customHydrators'][$name] : null;
+        return isset($this->_attributes['customHydrationModes'][$modeName]) ?
+            $this->_attributes['customHydrationModes'][$modeName] : null;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Add a hydrator class associated with a hydration mode name.
+     * Add a custom hydration mode.
      *
-     * @param string $name The name of the hydration mode.
-     * @param string $class The class name associated with the name.
+     * @param string $modeName The hydration mode name.
+     * @param string $hydrator The hydrator class name.
      */
-    public function addHydrator($name, $class)
+    public function addCustomHydrationMode($modeName, $hydrator)
     {
-        $this->_attributes['customHydrators'][$name] = $class;
+        $this->_attributes['customHydrationModes'][$modeName] = $hydrator;
     }
 }
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diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/EntityManager.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/EntityManager.php
index 660e10ba9..566c353c2 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/EntityManager.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/EntityManager.php
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ class EntityManager
                 $hydrator = new Internal\Hydration\SingleScalarHydrator($this);
                 break;
             default:
-                if ($class = $this->_config->getHydrator($hydrationMode)) {
+                if ($class = $this->_config->getCustomHydrationMode($hydrationMode)) {
                     $hydrator = new $class($this);
                     break;
                 }
diff --git a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Hydration/CustomHydratorTest.php b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Hydration/CustomHydratorTest.php
index a7ef599ea..6b5e45149 100644
--- a/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Hydration/CustomHydratorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Doctrine/Tests/ORM/Hydration/CustomHydratorTest.php
@@ -8,21 +8,22 @@ require_once __DIR__ . '/../../TestInit.php';
 
 class CustomHydratorTest extends HydrationTestCase
 {
-	public function testCustomHydrator()
-	{
-		$em = $this->_getTestEntityManager();
-		$config = $em->getConfiguration();
-		$config->addHydrator('CustomHydrator', 'Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Hydration\CustomHydrator');
-		
-		$hydrator = $em->newHydrator('CustomHydrator');
-		$this->assertTrue($hydrator instanceof \Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Hydration\CustomHydrator);
-	}
+    public function testCustomHydrator()
+    {
+        $em = $this->_getTestEntityManager();
+        $config = $em->getConfiguration();
+        $config->addCustomHydrationMode('CustomHydrator', 'Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Hydration\CustomHydrator');
+
+        $hydrator = $em->newHydrator('CustomHydrator');
+        $this->assertTrue($hydrator instanceof \Doctrine\Tests\ORM\Hydration\CustomHydrator);
+        $this->assertNull($config->getCustomHydrationMode('does not exist'));
+    }
 }
 
 class CustomHydrator extends AbstractHydrator
 {
-	protected function _hydrateAll()
+    protected function _hydrateAll()
     {
-		return $this->_stmt->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
-	}
+        return $this->_stmt->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+    }
 }
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