diff --git a/pymc/__init__.py b/pymc/__init__.py
index 0ca5cdaa2f..cec6bcf4f2 100644
--- a/pymc/__init__.py
+++ b/pymc/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from .math import *
 
 from .trace import *
-from .sample import *
+from .sampling import *
 from .step_methods import *
 from .tuning import *
 
diff --git a/pymc/sample.py b/pymc/sampling.py
similarity index 100%
rename from pymc/sample.py
rename to pymc/sampling.py