diff --git a/pip/index.py b/pip/index.py
index 2615c9fe8..5aed41c99 100644
--- a/pip/index.py
+++ b/pip/index.py
@@ -347,8 +347,8 @@ class PackageFinder(object):
 
         return [mkurl_pypi_url(url) for url in self.index_urls]
 
-    def _find_all_versions(self, project_name):
-        """Find all available versions for project_name
+    def find_all_candidates(self, project_name):
+        """Find all available InstallationCandidate for project_name
 
         This checks index_urls, find_links and dependency_links.
         All versions found are returned as an InstallationCandidate list.
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ class PackageFinder(object):
         Returns a Link if found,
         Raises DistributionNotFound or BestVersionAlreadyInstalled otherwise
         """
-        all_candidates = self._find_all_versions(req.name)
+        all_candidates = self.find_all_candidates(req.name)
 
         # Filter out anything which doesn't match our specifier
         _versions = set(
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_finder.py b/tests/unit/test_finder.py
index 1b8d83278..e5b582d5e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_finder.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_finder.py
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ def test_finder_priority_file_over_page(data):
         ["http://pypi.python.org/simple"],
         session=PipSession(),
     )
-    all_versions = finder._find_all_versions(req.name)
+    all_versions = finder.find_all_candidates(req.name)
     # 1 file InstallationCandidate followed by all https ones
     assert all_versions[0].location.scheme == 'file'
     assert all(version.location.scheme == 'https'
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ def test_finder_priority_page_over_deplink():
     )
     finder.add_dependency_links([
         'https://warehouse.python.org/packages/source/p/pip/pip-1.5.6.tar.gz'])
-    all_versions = finder._find_all_versions(req.name)
+    all_versions = finder.find_all_candidates(req.name)
     # Check that the dependency_link is last
     assert all_versions[-1].location.url.startswith('https://warehouse')
     link = finder.find_requirement(req, False)
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ def test_finder_priority_nonegg_over_eggfragments():
     finder = PackageFinder(links, [], session=PipSession())
 
     with patch.object(finder, "_get_pages", lambda x, y: []):
-        all_versions = finder._find_all_versions(req.name)
+        all_versions = finder.find_all_candidates(req.name)
         assert all_versions[0].location.url.endswith('tar.gz')
         assert all_versions[1].location.url.endswith('#egg=bar-1.0')
 
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ def test_finder_priority_nonegg_over_eggfragments():
     finder = PackageFinder(links, [], session=PipSession())
 
     with patch.object(finder, "_get_pages", lambda x, y: []):
-        all_versions = finder._find_all_versions(req.name)
+        all_versions = finder.find_all_candidates(req.name)
         assert all_versions[0].location.url.endswith('tar.gz')
         assert all_versions[1].location.url.endswith('#egg=bar-1.0')
         link = finder.find_requirement(req, False)
@@ -512,30 +512,30 @@ def test_get_index_urls_locations():
                          'file://index2/complex-name/']
 
 
-def test_find_all_versions_nothing(data):
+def test_find_all_candidates_nothing(data):
     """Find nothing without anything"""
     finder = PackageFinder([], [], session=PipSession())
-    assert not finder._find_all_versions('pip')
+    assert not finder.find_all_candidates('pip')
 
 
-def test_find_all_versions_find_links(data):
+def test_find_all_candidates_find_links(data):
     finder = PackageFinder(
         [data.find_links], [], session=PipSession())
-    versions = finder._find_all_versions('simple')
+    versions = finder.find_all_candidates('simple')
     assert [str(v.version) for v in versions] == ['3.0', '2.0', '1.0']
 
 
-def test_find_all_versions_index(data):
+def test_find_all_candidates_index(data):
     finder = PackageFinder(
         [], [data.index_url('simple')], session=PipSession())
-    versions = finder._find_all_versions('simple')
+    versions = finder.find_all_candidates('simple')
     assert [str(v.version) for v in versions] == ['1.0']
 
 
-def test_find_all_versions_find_links_and_index(data):
+def test_find_all_candidates_find_links_and_index(data):
     finder = PackageFinder(
         [data.find_links], [data.index_url('simple')], session=PipSession())
-    versions = finder._find_all_versions('simple')
+    versions = finder.find_all_candidates('simple')
     # first the find-links versions then the page versions
     assert [str(v.version) for v in versions] == ['3.0', '2.0', '1.0', '1.0']