diff --git a/modules/simpletest/tests/taxonomy_test.module b/modules/simpletest/tests/taxonomy_test.module
index 7f5b6f4df50..2bbcf24531e 100644
--- a/modules/simpletest/tests/taxonomy_test.module
+++ b/modules/simpletest/tests/taxonomy_test.module
@@ -14,19 +14,27 @@ function taxonomy_test_taxonomy_term_load($term) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Implementation of hook_taxonomy_term_save().
+ * Implementation of hook_taxonomy_term_insert().
  */
-function taxonomy_test_taxonomy_term_save($term) {
+function taxonomy_test_taxonomy_term_insert($term) {
+  if (!empty($term->antonyms)) {
+    foreach (explode ("\n", str_replace("\r", '', $term->antonyms)) as $antonym) {
+      if ($antonym) {
+        db_insert('term_antonym')->fields(array('tid' => $term->tid, 'name' => rtrim($antonym)))->execute();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of hook_taxonomy_term_update().
+ */
+function taxonomy_test_taxonomy_term_update($term) {
   taxonomy_test_taxonomy_term_delete($term);
   if (!empty($term->antonyms)) {
     foreach (explode ("\n", str_replace("\r", '', $term->antonyms)) as $antonym) {
       if ($antonym) {
-        db_insert('term_antonym')
-        ->fields(array(
-          'tid' => $term->tid,
-          'name' => rtrim($antonym),
-        ))
-        ->execute();
+        db_insert('term_antonym')->fields(array('tid' => $term->tid, 'name' => rtrim($antonym)))->execute();
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module b/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
index 86feae168c5..44c4c575fef 100644
--- a/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
+++ b/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ function taxonomy_save_term(&$form_values) {
 
   if (!empty($form_values['tid']) && $form_values['name']) {
     $status = drupal_write_record('term_data', $form_values, 'tid');
-    module_invoke_all('taxonomy_term_save', $term);
+    module_invoke_all('taxonomy_term_insert', $term);
   }
   elseif (!empty($form_values['tid'])) {
     return taxonomy_del_term($form_values['tid']);
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ function taxonomy_save_term(&$form_values) {
   else {
     $status = drupal_write_record('term_data', $form_values);
     $term->tid = $form_values['tid'];
-    module_invoke_all('taxonomy_term_save', $term);
+    module_invoke_all('taxonomy_term_update', $term);
   }
 
   db_query('DELETE FROM {term_relation} WHERE tid1 = %d OR tid2 = %d', $form_values['tid'], $form_values['tid']);