diff --git a/src/cmd/godoc/codewalk.go b/src/cmd/godoc/codewalk.go
index 74178ce..50043e2 100644
--- a/src/cmd/godoc/codewalk.go
+++ b/src/cmd/godoc/codewalk.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
 		cw.File[i] = f
 		i++
 	}
-	sort.SortStrings(cw.File)
+	sort.Strings(cw.File)
 
 	return cw, nil
 }
diff --git a/src/cmd/godoc/index.go b/src/cmd/godoc/index.go
index 91bd905..e0c89e7 100644
--- a/src/cmd/godoc/index.go
+++ b/src/cmd/godoc/index.go
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@
 
 // unique returns the list sorted and with duplicate entries removed
 func unique(list []int) []int {
-	sort.SortInts(list)
+	sort.Ints(list)
 	var last int
 	i := 0
 	for _, x := range list {
diff --git a/src/cmd/godoc/mapping.go b/src/cmd/godoc/mapping.go
index 83f3481..92614e8 100644
--- a/src/cmd/godoc/mapping.go
+++ b/src/cmd/godoc/mapping.go
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 		}
 
 		// sort the list and remove duplicate entries
-		sort.SortStrings(list)
+		sort.Strings(list)
 		i := 0
 		prev := ""
 		for _, path := range list {
diff --git a/src/cmd/godoc/utils.go b/src/cmd/godoc/utils.go
index 660bf6d..e2637ab 100644
--- a/src/cmd/godoc/utils.go
+++ b/src/cmd/godoc/utils.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 	list = list[0:i]
 
 	// sort the list and remove duplicate entries
-	sort.SortStrings(list)
+	sort.Strings(list)
 	i = 0
 	prev := ""
 	for _, path := range list {
diff --git a/src/cmd/gofix/Makefile b/src/cmd/gofix/Makefile
index e74b639..7ce21e8 100644
--- a/src/cmd/gofix/Makefile
+++ b/src/cmd/gofix/Makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 	procattr.go\
 	reflect.go\
 	signal.go\
+	sorthelpers.go\
 	sortslice.go\
 	stringssplit.go\
 	typecheck.go\
diff --git a/src/cmd/gofix/sorthelpers.go b/src/cmd/gofix/sorthelpers.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d0bee6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/gofix/sorthelpers.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors.  All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"go/ast"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	register(fix{
+		"sorthelpers",
+		sorthelpers,
+		`Adapt code from sort.Sort[Ints|Float64s|Strings] to sort.[Ints|Float64s|Strings].
+`,
+	})
+}
+
+
+func sorthelpers(f *ast.File) (fixed bool) {
+	if !imports(f, "sort") {
+		return
+	}
+
+	walk(f, func(n interface{}) {
+		s, ok := n.(*ast.SelectorExpr)
+		if !ok || !isTopName(s.X, "sort") {
+			return
+		}
+
+		switch s.Sel.String() {
+		case "SortFloat64s":
+			s.Sel.Name = "Float64s"
+		case "SortInts":
+			s.Sel.Name = "Ints"
+		case "SortStrings":
+			s.Sel.Name = "Strings"
+		default:
+			return
+		}
+
+		fixed = true
+	})
+
+	return
+}
diff --git a/src/cmd/gofix/sorthelpers_test.go b/src/cmd/gofix/sorthelpers_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c37858
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/gofix/sorthelpers_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors.  All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+func init() {
+	addTestCases(sorthelpersTests)
+}
+
+var sorthelpersTests = []testCase{
+	{
+		Name: "sortslice.0",
+		In: `package main
+
+import (
+	"sort"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	var s []string
+	sort.SortStrings(s)
+	var i []ints
+	sort.SortInts(i)
+	var f []float64
+	sort.SortFloat64s(f)
+}
+`,
+		Out: `package main
+
+import (
+	"sort"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	var s []string
+	sort.Strings(s)
+	var i []ints
+	sort.Ints(i)
+	var f []float64
+	sort.Float64s(f)
+}
+`,
+	},
+}
diff --git a/src/cmd/hgpatch/main.go b/src/cmd/hgpatch/main.go
index 6a197bd..4f7aec2 100644
--- a/src/cmd/hgpatch/main.go
+++ b/src/cmd/hgpatch/main.go
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 		list[i] = f
 		i++
 	}
-	sort.SortStrings(list)
+	sort.Strings(list)
 	for _, f := range list {
 		fmt.Printf("%s\n", f)
 	}
diff --git a/src/pkg/exp/template/exec_test.go b/src/pkg/exp/template/exec_test.go
index 8992299..86b958e 100644
--- a/src/pkg/exp/template/exec_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/exp/template/exec_test.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 		keys[i] = k
 		i++
 	}
-	sort.SortStrings(keys)
+	sort.Strings(keys)
 	return keys
 }
 
diff --git a/src/pkg/go/doc/doc.go b/src/pkg/go/doc/doc.go
index a7a7e0a..b26cd2b 100644
--- a/src/pkg/go/doc/doc.go
+++ b/src/pkg/go/doc/doc.go
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@
 	p := new(PackageDoc)
 	p.PackageName = doc.pkgName
 	p.ImportPath = importpath
-	sort.SortStrings(filenames)
+	sort.Strings(filenames)
 	p.Filenames = filenames
 	p.Doc = CommentText(doc.doc)
 	// makeTypeDocs may extend the list of doc.values and
diff --git a/src/pkg/http/header.go b/src/pkg/http/header.go
index 95a25a8..08b0771 100644
--- a/src/pkg/http/header.go
+++ b/src/pkg/http/header.go
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 			keys = append(keys, k)
 		}
 	}
-	sort.SortStrings(keys)
+	sort.Strings(keys)
 	for _, k := range keys {
 		for _, v := range h[k] {
 			v = strings.Replace(v, "\n", " ", -1)
diff --git a/src/pkg/index/suffixarray/suffixarray.go b/src/pkg/index/suffixarray/suffixarray.go
index 079b7d8..9d4e932 100644
--- a/src/pkg/index/suffixarray/suffixarray.go
+++ b/src/pkg/index/suffixarray/suffixarray.go
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 			if len(indices) == 0 {
 				return
 			}
-			sort.SortInts(indices)
+			sort.Ints(indices)
 			pairs := make([]int, 2*len(indices))
 			result = make([][]int, len(indices))
 			count := 0
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
 		if len(indices) == 0 {
 			return
 		}
-		sort.SortInts(indices)
+		sort.Ints(indices)
 		result = result[0:0]
 		prev := 0
 		for _, i := range indices {
diff --git a/src/pkg/index/suffixarray/suffixarray_test.go b/src/pkg/index/suffixarray/suffixarray_test.go
index b1499027..385ff0e 100644
--- a/src/pkg/index/suffixarray/suffixarray_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/index/suffixarray/suffixarray_test.go
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
 	// we cannot simply check that the res and exp lists are equal
 
 	// check that each result is in fact a correct match and there are no duplicates
-	sort.SortInts(res)
+	sort.Ints(res)
 	for i, r := range res {
 		if r < 0 || len(tc.source) <= r {
 			t.Errorf("test %q, lookup %q, result %d (n = %d): index %d out of range [0, %d[", tc.name, s, i, n, r, len(tc.source))
diff --git a/src/pkg/net/hosts_test.go b/src/pkg/net/hosts_test.go
index e5793ee..1bd0054 100644
--- a/src/pkg/net/hosts_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/net/hosts_test.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 	// duplicate addresses (a common bug due to the way
 	// getaddrinfo works).
 	addrs, _ := LookupHost("localhost")
-	sort.SortStrings(addrs)
+	sort.Strings(addrs)
 	for i := 0; i+1 < len(addrs); i++ {
 		if addrs[i] == addrs[i+1] {
 			t.Fatalf("LookupHost(\"localhost\") = %v, has duplicate addresses", addrs)
diff --git a/src/pkg/path/filepath/match.go b/src/pkg/path/filepath/match.go
index 9c34430..7fcc214 100644
--- a/src/pkg/path/filepath/match.go
+++ b/src/pkg/path/filepath/match.go
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
-	sort.SortStrings(names)
+	sort.Strings(names)
 
 	for _, n := range names {
 		matched, err := Match(pattern, n)
diff --git a/src/pkg/sort/sort.go b/src/pkg/sort/sort.go
index b707579..daed61e 100644
--- a/src/pkg/sort/sort.go
+++ b/src/pkg/sort/sort.go
@@ -190,12 +190,12 @@
 
 // Convenience wrappers for common cases
 
-// SortInts sorts a slice of ints in increasing order.
-func SortInts(a []int) { Sort(IntSlice(a)) }
-// SortFloat64s sorts a slice of float64s in increasing order.
-func SortFloat64s(a []float64) { Sort(Float64Slice(a)) }
-// SortStrings sorts a slice of strings in increasing order.
-func SortStrings(a []string) { Sort(StringSlice(a)) }
+// Ints sorts a slice of ints in increasing order.
+func Ints(a []int) { Sort(IntSlice(a)) }
+// Float64s sorts a slice of float64s in increasing order.
+func Float64s(a []float64) { Sort(Float64Slice(a)) }
+// Strings sorts a slice of strings in increasing order.
+func Strings(a []string) { Sort(StringSlice(a)) }
 
 
 // IntsAreSorted tests whether a slice of ints is sorted in increasing order.
diff --git a/src/pkg/sort/sort_test.go b/src/pkg/sort/sort_test.go
index 29359c8..4da2626 100644
--- a/src/pkg/sort/sort_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/sort/sort_test.go
@@ -46,27 +46,27 @@
 	}
 }
 
-func TestSortInts(t *testing.T) {
+func TestInts(t *testing.T) {
 	data := ints
-	SortInts(data[0:])
+	Ints(data[0:])
 	if !IntsAreSorted(data[0:]) {
 		t.Errorf("sorted %v", ints)
 		t.Errorf("   got %v", data)
 	}
 }
 
-func TestSortFloat64s(t *testing.T) {
+func TestFloat64s(t *testing.T) {
 	data := float64s
-	SortFloat64s(data[0:])
+	Float64s(data[0:])
 	if !Float64sAreSorted(data[0:]) {
 		t.Errorf("sorted %v", float64s)
 		t.Errorf("   got %v", data)
 	}
 }
 
-func TestSortStrings(t *testing.T) {
+func TestStrings(t *testing.T) {
 	data := strings
-	SortStrings(data[0:])
+	Strings(data[0:])
 	if !StringsAreSorted(data[0:]) {
 		t.Errorf("sorted %v", strings)
 		t.Errorf("   got %v", data)
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 	if IntsAreSorted(data) {
 		t.Fatalf("terrible rand.rand")
 	}
-	SortInts(data)
+	Ints(data)
 	if !IntsAreSorted(data) {
 		t.Errorf("sort didn't sort - 1M ints")
 	}
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 			data[i] = strconv.Itoa(i ^ 0x2cc)
 		}
 		b.StartTimer()
-		SortStrings(data)
+		Strings(data)
 		b.StopTimer()
 	}
 }
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 			data[i] = i ^ 0x2cc
 		}
 		b.StartTimer()
-		SortInts(data)
+		Ints(data)
 		b.StopTimer()
 	}
 }
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 			data[i] = i ^ 0xcccc
 		}
 		b.StartTimer()
-		SortInts(data)
+		Ints(data)
 		b.StopTimer()
 	}
 }
@@ -241,9 +241,9 @@
 						for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
 							mdata[i] = data[i]
 						}
-						// SortInts is known to be correct
+						// Ints is known to be correct
 						// because mode Sort runs after mode _Copy.
-						SortInts(mdata)
+						Ints(mdata)
 					case _Dither:
 						for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
 							mdata[i] = data[i] + i%5
diff --git a/src/pkg/time/sleep_test.go b/src/pkg/time/sleep_test.go
index 25e79f9..a4a1a42 100644
--- a/src/pkg/time/sleep_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/time/sleep_test.go
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
 	for _, slot := range slots {
 		go await(slot, result, After(int64(slot)*Delta))
 	}
-	sort.SortInts(slots)
+	sort.Ints(slots)
 	for _, slot := range slots {
 		r := <-result
 		if r.slot != slot {
diff --git a/src/pkg/unicode/maketables.go b/src/pkg/unicode/maketables.go
index 97fa8e3..07b931d 100644
--- a/src/pkg/unicode/maketables.go
+++ b/src/pkg/unicode/maketables.go
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@
 		if orb == nil {
 			continue
 		}
-		sort.SortInts(orb)
+		sort.Ints(orb)
 		c := orb[len(orb)-1]
 		for _, d := range orb {
 			chars[c].caseOrbit = d