diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5a31fcfac69..183a8a303e2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 ### Bugfixes
 - [#2084](https://github.com/influxdb/influxdb/pull/2084): Allowing leading underscores in identifiers.
 - [#2080](https://github.com/influxdb/influxdb/pull/2080): Graphite logs in seconds, not milliseconds.
+- [#2101](https://github.com/influxdb/influxdb/pull/2101): SHOW DATABASES should name returned series "databases".
 
 ## v0.9.0-rc16 [2015-03-24]
 
diff --git a/cmd/influxd/server_integration_test.go b/cmd/influxd/server_integration_test.go
index 6a862ca4c09..61b3b37feaf 100644
--- a/cmd/influxd/server_integration_test.go
+++ b/cmd/influxd/server_integration_test.go
@@ -991,6 +991,11 @@ func runTestsData(t *testing.T, testName string, nodes Cluster, database, retent
 			queryOne: true,
 			expected: `{"results":[{}]}`,
 		},
+		{
+			name:     "show databases",
+			query:    `SHOW DATABASES`,
+			expected: `{"results":[{"series":[{"name":"databases","columns":["name"],"values":[["mydatabase"],["mydb"]]}]}]}`,
+		},
 		{
 			name:     "Check for default retention policy",
 			query:    `SHOW RETENTION POLICIES mydatabase`,
@@ -1499,7 +1504,7 @@ func Test_ServerSingleGraphiteIntegration_NoDatabase(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Need to wait for the database to be created
-	expected := `{"results":[{"series":[{"columns":["name"],"values":[["graphite"]]}]}]}`
+	expected := `{"results":[{"series":[{"name":"databases","columns":["name"],"values":[["graphite"]]}]}]}`
 	got, ok := queryAndWait(t, nodes, "graphite", `show databases`, expected, 2*time.Second)
 	if !ok {
 		t.Errorf(`Test "%s" failed, expected: %s, got: %s`, testName, expected, got)
diff --git a/httpd/handler_test.go b/httpd/handler_test.go
index aa0e8c3a463..ba3ad147bd4 100644
--- a/httpd/handler_test.go
+++ b/httpd/handler_test.go
@@ -162,60 +162,6 @@ func TestHandler_ShowMeasurementsNotFound(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestHandler_Databases(t *testing.T) {
-	c := test.NewMessagingClient()
-	defer c.Close()
-	srvr := OpenAuthlessServer(c)
-	srvr.CreateDatabase("foo")
-	srvr.CreateDatabase("bar")
-	s := NewHTTPServer(srvr)
-	defer s.Close()
-
-	status, body := MustHTTP("GET", s.URL+`/query`, map[string]string{"q": "SHOW DATABASES"}, nil, "")
-	if status != http.StatusOK {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected status: %d", status)
-	} else if body != `{"results":[{"series":[{"columns":["name"],"values":[["bar"],["foo"]]}]}]}` {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected body: %s", body)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestHandler_DatabasesPrettyPrinted(t *testing.T) {
-	c := test.NewMessagingClient()
-	defer c.Close()
-	srvr := OpenAuthlessServer(c)
-	srvr.CreateDatabase("foo")
-	srvr.CreateDatabase("bar")
-	s := NewHTTPServer(srvr)
-	defer s.Close()
-
-	status, body := MustHTTP("GET", s.URL+`/query`, map[string]string{"q": "SHOW DATABASES", "pretty": "true"}, nil, "")
-	if status != http.StatusOK {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected status: %d", status)
-	} else if body != `{
-    "results": [
-        {
-            "series": [
-                {
-                    "columns": [
-                        "name"
-                    ],
-                    "values": [
-                        [
-                            "bar"
-                        ],
-                        [
-                            "foo"
-                        ]
-                    ]
-                }
-            ]
-        }
-    ]
-}` {
-		t.Fatalf("unexpected body: %s", body)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestHandler_CreateDatabase(t *testing.T) {
 	c := test.NewMessagingClient()
 	defer c.Close()
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 98c431d5647..60eac6034b4 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -2308,7 +2308,7 @@ func (s *Server) executeDropDatabaseStatement(q *influxql.DropDatabaseStatement,
 }
 
 func (s *Server) executeShowDatabasesStatement(q *influxql.ShowDatabasesStatement, user *User) *Result {
-	row := &influxql.Row{Columns: []string{"name"}}
+	row := &influxql.Row{Name: "databases", Columns: []string{"name"}}
 	for _, name := range s.Databases() {
 		row.Values = append(row.Values, []interface{}{name})
 	}