diff --git a/python/pyspark/streaming/dstream.py b/python/pyspark/streaming/dstream.py
index c18c68dfe5a32..d98afc3e5a294 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/streaming/dstream.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/streaming/dstream.py
@@ -164,13 +164,13 @@ def takeAndPrint(timestamp, rdd):
 
         self.foreachRDD(takeAndPrint)
 
-    def first(self):
+    def _first(self):
         """
         Return the first RDD in the stream.
         """
-        return self.take(1)[0]
+        return self._take(1)[0]
 
-    def take(self, n):
+    def _take(self, n):
         """
         Return the first `n` RDDs in the stream (will start and stop).
         """
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def take(_, rdd):
         self._ssc.stop(False, True)
         return results
 
-    def collect(self):
+    def _collect(self):
         """
         Collect each RDDs into the returned list.
 
diff --git a/python/pyspark/streaming/tests.py b/python/pyspark/streaming/tests.py
index 342afde3bffd2..7ffdb145c104e 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/streaming/tests.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/streaming/tests.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def _test_func(self, input, func, expected, sort=False, input2=None):
         else:
             stream = func(input_stream)
 
-        result = stream.collect()
+        result = stream._collect()
         self.ssc.start()
 
         start_time = time.time()
@@ -86,12 +86,12 @@ class TestBasicOperations(PySparkStreamingTestCase):
     def test_take(self):
         input = [range(i) for i in range(3)]
         dstream = self.ssc.queueStream(input)
-        self.assertEqual([0, 0, 1], dstream.take(3))
+        self.assertEqual([0, 0, 1], dstream._take(3))
 
     def test_first(self):
         input = [range(10)]
         dstream = self.ssc.queueStream(input)
-        self.assertEqual(0, dstream.first())
+        self.assertEqual(0, dstream._first())
 
     def test_map(self):
         """Basic operation test for DStream.map."""
@@ -415,17 +415,17 @@ def _addInputStream(self):
         # Make sure each length of input is over 3
         inputs = map(lambda x: range(1, x), range(5, 101))
         stream = self.ssc.queueStream(inputs)
-        stream.collect()
+        stream._collect()
 
     def test_queueStream(self):
         input = [range(i) for i in range(3)]
         dstream = self.ssc.queueStream(input)
-        result = dstream.collect()
+        result = dstream._collect()
         self.ssc.start()
         time.sleep(1)
         self.assertEqual(input, result[:3])
 
-    # TODO: test textFileStream
+    # TODO: fix this test
     # def test_textFileStream(self):
     #     input = [range(i) for i in range(3)]
     #     dstream = self.ssc.queueStream(input)
@@ -433,8 +433,13 @@ def test_queueStream(self):
     #     if not os.path.exists(d):
     #         os.makedirs(d)
     #     dstream.saveAsTextFiles(os.path.join(d, 'test'))
+    #     self.ssc.start()
+    #     time.sleep(1)
+    #     self.ssc.stop(False, True)
+    #
+    #     self.ssc = StreamingContext(self.sc, self.batachDuration)
     #     dstream2 = self.ssc.textFileStream(d)
-    #     result = dstream2.collect()
+    #     result = dstream2._collect()
     #     self.ssc.start()
     #     time.sleep(2)
     #     self.assertEqual(input, result[:3])
@@ -444,7 +449,7 @@ def test_union(self):
         dstream = self.ssc.queueStream(input)
         dstream2 = self.ssc.queueStream(input)
         dstream3 = self.ssc.union(dstream, dstream2)
-        result = dstream3.collect()
+        result = dstream3._collect()
         self.ssc.start()
         time.sleep(1)
         expected = [i * 2 for i in input]
@@ -461,7 +466,7 @@ def func(rdds):
 
         dstream = self.ssc.transform([dstream1, dstream2, dstream3], func)
 
-        self.assertEqual([2, 3, 1], dstream.take(3))
+        self.assertEqual([2, 3, 1], dstream._take(3))
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":