diff --git a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_app.cc b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_app.cc
index 46402d7f9b28..9d0aa792e607 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_app.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_app.cc
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ int ImportIntoCertStore(
   base::string16 password;
   net::CertificateList imported_certs;
   int rv = -1;
-  options.GetString("clientCertificate", &cert_path);
+  options.GetString("certificate", &cert_path);
   options.GetString("password", &password);
 
   if (!cert_path.empty()) {
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ bool App::MakeSingleInstance(
 }
 
 #if defined(USE_NSS_CERTS)
-void App::ImportClientCertificate(
+void App::ImportCertificate(
     const base::DictionaryValue& options,
     const net::CompletionCallback& callback) {
   auto browser_context = AtomBrowserMainParts::Get()->browser_context();
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ mate::ObjectTemplateBuilder App::GetObjectTemplateBuilder(
                  &App::AllowNTLMCredentialsForAllDomains)
       .SetMethod("getLocale", &App::GetLocale)
 #if defined(USE_NSS_CERTS)
-      .SetMethod("importClientCertificate", &App::ImportClientCertificate)
+      .SetMethod("importCertificate", &App::ImportCertificate)
 #endif
       .SetMethod("makeSingleInstance", &App::MakeSingleInstance);
 }
diff --git a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_app.h b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_app.h
index acaa64a3437e..d4102521c0b4 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_app.h
+++ b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_app.h
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ class App : public AtomBrowserClient::Delegate,
   std::string GetLocale();
 
 #if defined(USE_NSS_CERTS)
-  void ImportClientCertificate(const base::DictionaryValue& options,
-                               const net::CompletionCallback& callback);
+  void ImportCertificate(const base::DictionaryValue& options,
+                         const net::CompletionCallback& callback);
 #endif
 
 #if defined(OS_WIN)
diff --git a/docs/api/app.md b/docs/api/app.md
index 84eeed51d6cc..c8ddb47bd315 100644
--- a/docs/api/app.md
+++ b/docs/api/app.md
@@ -514,6 +514,18 @@ if (browserOptions.transparent) {
 
 This method returns `true` if the system is in Dark Mode, and `false` otherwise.
 
+### `app.importCertificate(options, callback)` _LINUX_
+
+* `options` Object
+  * `certificate` String - Path for the pkcs12 file.
+  * `password` String - Passphrase for the certificate.
+* `callback` Function
+  * `result` Integer - Result of import.
+
+Imports the certificate in pkcs12 format into the platform certificate store.
+`callback` is called with the `result` of import operation, a value of `0` indicates
+success while any other value indicates failure according to chromium [net_error_list](https://code.google.com/p/chromium/codesearch#chromium/src/net/base/net_error_list.h).
+
 ### `app.commandLine.appendSwitch(switch[, value])`
 
 Append a switch (with optional `value`) to Chromium's command line.
diff --git a/spec/api-app-spec.js b/spec/api-app-spec.js
index 8923d2d214fa..1c20ef8e4523 100644
--- a/spec/api-app-spec.js
+++ b/spec/api-app-spec.js
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ describe('app module', function () {
     })
   })
 
-  describe('app.importClientCertificate', function () {
+  describe('app.importCertificate', function () {
     if (process.platform !== 'linux')
       return
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ describe('app module', function () {
 
     it('can import certificate into platform cert store', function (done) {
       let options = {
-        clientCertificate: path.join(certPath, 'client.p12'),
+        certificate: path.join(certPath, 'client.p12'),
         password: 'electron'
       }
 
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ describe('app module', function () {
         callback(list[0])
       })
 
-      app.importClientCertificate(options, function (result) {
+      app.importCertificate(options, function (result) {
         assert(!result)
         server.listen(0, '127.0.0.1', function () {
           var port = server.address().port