diff --git a/mercurial/commands.py b/mercurial/commands.py
--- a/mercurial/commands.py
+++ b/mercurial/commands.py
@@ -4992,12 +4992,12 @@
         ui.status(_('phases: %s\n') % ', '.join(t))
 
     if obsolete.isenabled(repo, obsolete.createmarkersopt):
-        for trouble in ("orphan", "divergent", "bumped"):
+        for trouble in ("orphan", "contentdivergent", "bumped"):
             numtrouble = len(repo.revs(trouble + "()"))
             # We write all the possibilities to ease translation
             troublemsg = {
                "orphan": _("orphan: %d changesets"),
-               "divergent": _("content-divergent: %d changesets"),
+               "contentdivergent": _("content-divergent: %d changesets"),
                "bumped": _("phase-divergent: %d changesets"),
             }
             if numtrouble > 0:
diff --git a/mercurial/revset.py b/mercurial/revset.py
--- a/mercurial/revset.py
+++ b/mercurial/revset.py
@@ -711,11 +711,19 @@
 
 @predicate('divergent()', safe=True)
 def divergent(repo, subset, x):
+    msg = ("'divergent()' is deprecated, "
+           "use 'contentdivergent()'")
+    repo.ui.deprecwarn(msg, '4.4')
+
+    return contentdivergent(repo, subset, x)
+
+@predicate('contentdivergent()', safe=True)
+def contentdivergent(repo, subset, x):
     """
     Final successors of changesets with an alternative set of final successors.
     """
-    # i18n: "divergent" is a keyword
-    getargs(x, 0, 0, _("divergent takes no arguments"))
+    # i18n: "contentdivergent" is a keyword
+    getargs(x, 0, 0, _("contentdivergent takes no arguments"))
     divergent = obsmod.getrevs(repo, 'divergent')
     return subset & divergent
 
diff --git a/tests/test-obsolete-divergent.t b/tests/test-obsolete-divergent.t
--- a/tests/test-obsolete-divergent.t
+++ b/tests/test-obsolete-divergent.t
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
       82623d38b9ba
   392fd25390da
       392fd25390da
-  $ hg log -r 'divergent()'
+  $ hg log -r 'contentdivergent()'
   2:82623d38b9ba A_1
   3:392fd25390da A_2
   $ hg debugsuccessorssets 'all()' --closest
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
       01f36c5a8fda
   01f36c5a8fda
       01f36c5a8fda
-  $ hg log -r 'divergent()'
+  $ hg log -r 'contentdivergent()'
   2:82623d38b9ba A_1
   4:01f36c5a8fda A_3
   $ hg debugsuccessorssets 'all()' --closest
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
       82623d38b9ba
   392fd25390da
       392fd25390da
-  $ hg log -r 'divergent()'
+  $ hg log -r 'contentdivergent()'
   2:82623d38b9ba A_1
   3:392fd25390da A_2
   $ hg debugsuccessorssets 'all()' --closest
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
       01f36c5a8fda
   01f36c5a8fda
       01f36c5a8fda
-  $ hg log -r 'divergent()'
+  $ hg log -r 'contentdivergent()'
   $ hg debugsuccessorssets 'all()' --closest
   d20a80d4def3
       d20a80d4def3
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@
       82623d38b9ba
   392fd25390da
       392fd25390da
-  $ hg log -r 'divergent()'
+  $ hg log -r 'contentdivergent()'
   $ hg debugsuccessorssets 'all()' --closest
   d20a80d4def3
       d20a80d4def3
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@
       e442cfc57690
   e442cfc57690
       e442cfc57690
-  $ hg log -r 'divergent()'
+  $ hg log -r 'contentdivergent()'
 
 Check more complex obsolescence graft (with divergence)
 
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@
       14608b260df8
   bed64f5d2f5a
       bed64f5d2f5a
-  $ hg log -r 'divergent()'
+  $ hg log -r 'contentdivergent()'
   4:01f36c5a8fda A_3
   8:7ae126973a96 A_7
   9:14608b260df8 A_8
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@
       a139f71be9da
   a139f71be9da
       a139f71be9da
-  $ hg log -r 'divergent()'
+  $ hg log -r 'contentdivergent()'
 
   $ cd ..
 
diff --git a/tests/test-rebase-obsolete.t b/tests/test-rebase-obsolete.t
--- a/tests/test-rebase-obsolete.t
+++ b/tests/test-rebase-obsolete.t
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
   08483444fef91d6224f6655ee586a65d263ad34c 4596109a6a4328c398bde3a4a3b6737cfade3003 0 (*) {'user': 'test'} (glob)
   8877864f1edb05d0e07dc4ba77b67a80a7b86672 462a34d07e599b87ea08676a449373fe4e2e1347 0 (*) {'user': 'test'} (glob)
   5ae4c968c6aca831df823664e706c9d4aa34473d 98f6af4ee9539e14da4465128f894c274900b6e5 0 (*) {'user': 'test'} (glob)
-  $ hg log --rev 'divergent()'
+  $ hg log --rev 'contentdivergent()'
   $ hg log -G
   o  13:98f6af4ee953 C
   |
diff --git a/tests/test-revset.t b/tests/test-revset.t
--- a/tests/test-revset.t
+++ b/tests/test-revset.t
@@ -4504,10 +4504,10 @@
   E
   G
 
-  $ hg log -r 'successors(B+A)-divergent()' -T '{desc}\n'
+  $ hg log -r 'successors(B+A)-contentdivergent()' -T '{desc}\n'
   A
   Z
   B
 
-  $ hg log -r 'successors(B+A)-divergent()-obsolete()' -T '{desc}\n'
+  $ hg log -r 'successors(B+A)-contentdivergent()-obsolete()' -T '{desc}\n'
   Z