diff --git a/_py/test/plugin/pytest_figleaf.py b/_py/test/plugin/pytest_figleaf.py
index ed4d7bb7c..4af711001 100644
--- a/_py/test/plugin/pytest_figleaf.py
+++ b/_py/test/plugin/pytest_figleaf.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ py.test.importorskip("figleaf.annotate_html")
 import figleaf
 
 def pytest_addoption(parser):
-    group = parser.addgroup('figleaf options')
+    group = parser.getgroup('figleaf options')
     group.addoption('-F', action='store_true', default=False,
             dest = 'figleaf',
             help=('trace python coverage with figleaf and write HTML '
diff --git a/_py/test/plugin/pytest_pylint.py b/_py/test/plugin/pytest_pylint.py
index 698828af3..b2656ff7e 100644
--- a/_py/test/plugin/pytest_pylint.py
+++ b/_py/test/plugin/pytest_pylint.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import py
 pylint = py.test.importorskip("pylint.lint") 
 
 def pytest_addoption(parser):
-    group = parser.addgroup('pylint options')
+    group = parser.getgroup('pylint options')
     group.addoption('--pylint', action='store_true',
                     default=False, dest='pylint',
                     help='run pylint on python files.')
diff --git a/_py/test/plugin/pytest_restdoc.py b/_py/test/plugin/pytest_restdoc.py
index 2013b8dc5..296ca95e7 100644
--- a/_py/test/plugin/pytest_restdoc.py
+++ b/_py/test/plugin/pytest_restdoc.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import py
 import sys
 
 def pytest_addoption(parser):
-    group = parser.addgroup("ReST", "ReST documentation check options")
+    group = parser.getgroup("ReST", "ReST documentation check options")
     group.addoption('-R', '--urlcheck',
            action="store_true", dest="urlcheck", default=False, 
            help="urlopen() remote links found in ReST text files.") 
diff --git a/_py/test/plugin/pytest_resultlog.py b/_py/test/plugin/pytest_resultlog.py
index 5a981bda0..abbf92a4d 100644
--- a/_py/test/plugin/pytest_resultlog.py
+++ b/_py/test/plugin/pytest_resultlog.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import py
 from py.builtin import print_
 
 def pytest_addoption(parser):
-    group = parser.addgroup("resultlog", "resultlog plugin options")
+    group = parser.getgroup("resultlog", "resultlog plugin options")
     group.addoption('--resultlog', action="store", dest="resultlog", metavar="path", default=None,
            help="path for machine-readable result log.")
 
diff --git a/example/funcarg/urloption/conftest.py b/example/funcarg/urloption/conftest.py
index 439bcf569..5f7bc846e 100644
--- a/example/funcarg/urloption/conftest.py
+++ b/example/funcarg/urloption/conftest.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import py
 
 
 def pytest_addoption(parser):
-    grp = parser.addgroup("testserver options") 
+    grp = parser.getgroup("testserver options") 
     grp.addoption("--url", action="store", default=None,
         help="url for testserver") 
 
diff --git a/testing/pytest/test_config.py b/testing/pytest/test_config.py
index c5142a420..4793ba310 100644
--- a/testing/pytest/test_config.py
+++ b/testing/pytest/test_config.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class TestConfigCmdlineParsing:
     def test_parser_addoption_default_env(self, testdir, monkeypatch):
         import os
         config = testdir.Config()
-        group = config._parser.addgroup("hello")
+        group = config._parser.getgroup("hello")
 
         monkeypatch.setitem(os.environ, 'PYTEST_OPTION_OPTION1', 'True')
         group.addoption("--option1", action="store_true")
diff --git a/testing/pytest/test_pickling.py b/testing/pytest/test_pickling.py
index 64dc479e8..08392ae0a 100644
--- a/testing/pytest/test_pickling.py
+++ b/testing/pytest/test_pickling.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class TestConfigPickling:
     def test_config_pickling_customoption(self, testdir):
         testdir.makeconftest("""
             def pytest_addoption(parser):
-                group = parser.addgroup("testing group")
+                group = parser.getgroup("testing group")
                 group.addoption('-G', '--glong', action="store", default=42, 
                     type="int", dest="gdest", help="g value.")
         """)
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class TestConfigPickling:
         tmp.ensure("__init__.py")
         tmp.join("conftest.py").write(py.code.Source("""
             def pytest_addoption(parser):
-                group = parser.addgroup("testing group")
+                group = parser.getgroup("testing group")
                 group.addoption('-G', '--glong', action="store", default=42, 
                     type="int", dest="gdest", help="g value.")
         """))