diff --git a/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/bootstrap/AbstractJobLauncher.java b/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/bootstrap/AbstractJobLauncher.java
index 23b6c376e..94d1ccd0d 100644
--- a/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/bootstrap/AbstractJobLauncher.java
+++ b/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/bootstrap/AbstractJobLauncher.java
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractJobLauncher implements JobLauncher,
 	 *            the {@link JobIdentifier} to start the launcher with.
 	 * @throws NoSuchJobConfigurationException
 	 */
-	protected abstract void doStart(JobIdentifier jobIdentifier)
+	protected abstract void doRun(JobIdentifier jobIdentifier)
 			throws NoSuchJobConfigurationException;
 
 	/**
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractJobLauncher implements JobLauncher,
 		}
 
 		register(jobIdentifier);
-		doStart(jobIdentifier);
+		doRun(jobIdentifier);
 
 		/*
 		 * Subclasses have to take care of unregistering the runtimeInformation -
diff --git a/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/bootstrap/TaskExecutorJobLauncher.java b/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/bootstrap/TaskExecutorJobLauncher.java
index f8d59fd05..1b047353b 100644
--- a/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/bootstrap/TaskExecutorJobLauncher.java
+++ b/execution/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/execution/bootstrap/TaskExecutorJobLauncher.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public class TaskExecutorJobLauncher extends AbstractJobLauncher implements Appl
 	 * 
 	 * @throws IllegalStateException if JobConfiguration is null.
 	 */
-	protected void doStart(final JobIdentifier runtimeInformation) {
+	protected void doRun(final JobIdentifier runtimeInformation) {
 
 		Assert.state(taskExecutor != null, "TaskExecutor must be provided");