diff --git a/mercurial/templatekw.py b/mercurial/templatekw.py
--- a/mercurial/templatekw.py
+++ b/mercurial/templatekw.py
@@ -221,8 +221,14 @@ def showchildren(**args):
     childrevs = ['%d:%s' % (cctx, cctx) for cctx in ctx.children()]
     return showlist('children', childrevs, element='child', **args)
 
+# Deprecated, but kept alive for help generation a purpose.
 def showcurrentbookmark(**args):
     """:currentbookmark: String. The active bookmark, if it is
+    associated with the changeset (DEPRECATED)"""
+    return showactivebookmark(**args)
+
+def showactivebookmark(**args):
+    """:activetbookmark: String. The active bookmark, if it is
     associated with the changeset"""
     import bookmarks as bookmarks # to avoid circular import issues
     repo = args['repo']
@@ -418,12 +424,14 @@ def showtags(**args):
 # cache - a cache dictionary for the whole templater run
 # revcache - a cache dictionary for the current revision
 keywords = {
+    'activebookmark': showactivebookmark,
     'author': showauthor,
     'bisect': showbisect,
     'branch': showbranch,
     'branches': showbranches,
     'bookmarks': showbookmarks,
     'children': showchildren,
+    # currentbookmark is deprecated
     'currentbookmark': showcurrentbookmark,
     'date': showdate,
     'desc': showdescription,