--- a/rspec/CHANGES
+++ b/rspec/CHANGES
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Note: we've removed the metaclass method from Object. There were some generated
 used it, and they will now break. Just replace the metaclass call with (class << self; self; end)
 and all will be well.
 
+* alias :context :describe in example_group_methods. Closes #312.
 * Applied patch from Ben Mabey to make the Story runner exit with a non-0 exit code on failing stories. Closes #228.
 * Added #helper and #assigns to helper specs.
 * Applied patch from Bryan Helmkamp to tweak format of generated spec.opts to be more obvious. Closes #162.

--- a/rspec/lib/spec/example/example_group_methods.rb
+++ b/rspec/lib/spec/example/example_group_methods.rb
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ module Spec
           self
         end
       end
+      alias :context :describe
 
       # Use this to pull in examples from shared example groups.
       # See Spec::Runner for information about shared example groups.

--- a/rspec/spec/spec/example/example_group_methods_spec.rb
+++ b/rspec/spec/spec/example/example_group_methods_spec.rb
@@ -24,51 +24,53 @@ module Spec
         ExampleGroup.reset
       end
 
-      describe "#describe" do
-        describe "when creating an ExampleGroup" do
-          attr_reader :child_example_group
-          before do
-            @child_example_group = @example_group.describe("Another ExampleGroup") do
-              it "should pass" do
-                true.should be_true
+      ["describe","context"].each do |method|
+        describe "#{method}" do
+          describe "when creating an ExampleGroup" do
+            attr_reader :child_example_group
+            before do
+              @child_example_group = @example_group.send method, "Another ExampleGroup" do
+                it "should pass" do
+                  true.should be_true
+                end
               end
             end
-          end
 
-          it "should create a subclass of the ExampleGroup when passed a block" do
-            child_example_group.superclass.should == @example_group
-            @options.example_groups.should include(child_example_group)
-          end
+            it "should create a subclass of the ExampleGroup when passed a block" do
+              child_example_group.superclass.should == @example_group
+              @options.example_groups.should include(child_example_group)
+            end
 
-          it "should not inherit examples" do
-            child_example_group.examples.length.should == 1
+            it "should not inherit examples" do
+              child_example_group.examples.length.should == 1
+            end
           end
-        end
 
-        describe "when creating a SharedExampleGroup" do
-          attr_reader :name, :shared_example_group
-          before do
-            @name = "A Shared ExampleGroup"
-            @shared_example_group = @example_group.describe(name, :shared => true) do
-              it "should pass" do
-                true.should be_true
+          describe "when creating a SharedExampleGroup" do
+            attr_reader :name, :shared_example_group
+            before do
+              @name = "A Shared ExampleGroup"
+              @shared_example_group = @example_group.send method, name, :shared => true do
+                it "should pass" do
+                  true.should be_true
+                end
               end
             end
-          end
 
-          after do
-            SharedExampleGroup.shared_example_groups.delete_if do |registered_shared_example_group|
-              registered_shared_example_group == shared_example_group
+            after do
+              SharedExampleGroup.shared_example_groups.delete_if do |registered_shared_example_group|
+                registered_shared_example_group == shared_example_group
+              end
             end
-          end
 
-          it "should create a SharedExampleGroup" do
-            SharedExampleGroup.find_shared_example_group(name).should == shared_example_group
+            it "should create a SharedExampleGroup" do
+              SharedExampleGroup.find_shared_example_group(name).should == shared_example_group
+            end
           end
-        end
 
+        end
       end
-
+    
       describe "#it" do
         it "should should create an example instance" do
           lambda {