diff --git a/src/org/apache/xml/serialize/BaseMarkupSerializer.java b/src/org/apache/xml/serialize/BaseMarkupSerializer.java
index 43df5c1bb3..33a6bd6460 100644
--- a/src/org/apache/xml/serialize/BaseMarkupSerializer.java
+++ b/src/org/apache/xml/serialize/BaseMarkupSerializer.java
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ protected void prepare()
             _writer = _encodingInfo.getWriter(_output);
         }
 
-        if ( _format.getIndenting() ) {
+        if ( _format.isIndenting() ) {
             _indenting = true;
             _printer = new IndentPrinter( _writer, _format );
         } else {
diff --git a/src/org/apache/xml/serialize/IndentPrinter.java b/src/org/apache/xml/serialize/IndentPrinter.java
index 104fac0192..2e86d84ae0 100644
--- a/src/org/apache/xml/serialize/IndentPrinter.java
+++ b/src/org/apache/xml/serialize/IndentPrinter.java
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ public void flushLine( boolean preserveSpace )
         if ( _line.length() > 0 ) {
             try {
                 
-                if ( _format.getIndenting() && ! preserveSpace ) {
+                if ( _format.isIndenting() && ! preserveSpace ) {
                     // Make sure the indentation does not blow us away.
                     indent = _thisIndent;
                     if ( ( 2 * indent ) > _format.getLineWidth() && _format.getLineWidth() > 0 )
diff --git a/src/org/apache/xml/serialize/OutputFormat.java b/src/org/apache/xml/serialize/OutputFormat.java
index 6b7892e8ab..43b42e32ae 100644
--- a/src/org/apache/xml/serialize/OutputFormat.java
+++ b/src/org/apache/xml/serialize/OutputFormat.java
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ public int getIndent()
     /**
      * Returns true if indentation was specified.
      */
-    public boolean getIndenting()
+    public boolean isIndenting()
     {
         return ( _indent > 0 );
     }