diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 15d2aaa2..7ce23298 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ Many updates, min julia 1.0
 - add `reset_defaults()` function to reset plot defaults
 - update syntax to 0.6
 - make `fill = true` fill to 0 rather than to 1
-- use new `@df` syntax in StatPlots examples
+- use new `@df` syntax in StatsPlots examples
 - allow changing the color of legend box
 - implement `title_location` for gr
 - add `hline` marker to pgfplots - fixes errorbars
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ Many updates, min julia 1.0
 - added dependency on PlotThemes
 - set_theme --> theme
 - remove Compat from REQUIRE
-- warning for DataFrames without StatPlots
+- warning for DataFrames without StatsPlots
 - closeall exported and implemented for gr/pyplot
 - fix DateTime recipe
 - reset theme with theme(:none)
@@ -456,8 +456,8 @@ Many updates, min julia 1.0
 #### 0.8.0
 
 - added dependency on PlotUtils
-- BREAKING: removed DataFrames support (now in StatPlots.jl)
-- BREAKING: removed boxplot/violin/density recipes (now in StatPlots.jl)
+- BREAKING: removed DataFrames support (now in StatsPlots.jl)
+- BREAKING: removed boxplot/violin/density recipes (now in StatsPlots.jl)
 - GR:
     - inline iterm2 support
     - trisurface support
diff --git a/src/args.jl b/src/args.jl
index 1065f12e..3285571b 100644
--- a/src/args.jl
+++ b/src/args.jl
@@ -1050,8 +1050,8 @@ function preprocessArgs!(plotattributes::KW)
 
     # warnings for moved recipes
     st = get(plotattributes, :seriestype, :path)
-    if st in (:boxplot, :violin, :density) && !isdefined(Main, :StatPlots)
-        @warn("seriestype $st has been moved to StatPlots.  To use: \`Pkg.add(\"StatPlots\"); using StatPlots\`")
+    if st in (:boxplot, :violin, :density) && !isdefined(Main, :StatsPlots)
+        @warn("seriestype $st has been moved to StatsPlots.  To use: \`Pkg.add(\"StatsPlots\"); using StatsPlots\`")
     end
 
     return
diff --git a/src/plot.jl b/src/plot.jl
index 7ac78601..2c2ecd48 100644
--- a/src/plot.jl
+++ b/src/plot.jl
@@ -166,9 +166,9 @@ end
 function _plot!(plt::Plot, plotattributes::KW, args::Tuple)
     plotattributes[:plot_object] = plt
 
-    if !isempty(args) && !isdefined(Main, :StatPlots) &&
+    if !isempty(args) && !isdefined(Main, :StatsPlots) &&
             first(split(string(typeof(args[1])), ".")) == "DataFrames"
-        @warn("You're trying to plot a DataFrame, but this functionality is provided by StatPlots")
+        @warn("You're trying to plot a DataFrame, but this functionality is provided by StatsPlots")
     end
 
     # --------------------------------
diff --git a/src/recipes.jl b/src/recipes.jl
index 63a069c9..ff3090c0 100644
--- a/src/recipes.jl
+++ b/src/recipes.jl
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ end
 end
 Plots.@deps stepbins path
 
-wand_edges(x...) = (@warn("Load the StatPlots package in order to use :wand bins. Defaulting to :auto", once = true); :auto)
+wand_edges(x...) = (@warn("Load the StatsPlots package in order to use :wand bins. Defaulting to :auto", once = true); :auto)
 
 function _auto_binning_nbins(vs::NTuple{N,AbstractVector}, dim::Integer; mode::Symbol = :auto) where N
     _cl(x) = ceil(Int, max(x, one(x)))
diff --git a/src/shorthands.jl b/src/shorthands.jl
index 7c5d7003..5d240482 100644
--- a/src/shorthands.jl
+++ b/src/shorthands.jl
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ Make a line plot of a kernel density estimate of x.
 
 # Example
 ```julia-repl 
-julia> using StatPlots
+julia> using StatsPlots
 julia> density(randn(100_000))
 ```
 """
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ Make a box and whisker plot.
 
 # Example
 ```julia-repl 
-julia> using StatPlots
+julia> using StatsPlots
 julia> boxplot(repeat([1,2,3],outer=100),randn(300))
 ```
 """
diff --git a/test/REQUIRE b/test/REQUIRE
index a11706d9..06f37166 100644
--- a/test/REQUIRE
+++ b/test/REQUIRE
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-StatPlots
+StatsPlots
 Images
 ImageMagick
 @osx QuartzImageIO
diff --git a/test/imgcomp.jl b/test/imgcomp.jl
index 526d695e..6d7dd457 100644
--- a/test/imgcomp.jl
+++ b/test/imgcomp.jl
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ end
 
 
 using Plots
-# using StatPlots
+# using StatsPlots
 import PlotReferenceImages
 using Random
 using Test