diff --git a/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java b/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
index f576cf2d8..6f27e110c 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
@@ -7860,9 +7860,9 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
    * formatted vertex information.
    * @param v vertex parameters, as a float array of length VERTEX_FIELD_COUNT
    */
-  public void vertex(float[] v) {
-    if (recorder != null) recorder.vertex(v);
-    g.vertex(v);
+  public void vertexFields(float[] v) {
+    if (recorder != null) recorder.vertexFields(v);
+    g.vertexFields(v);
   }
 
 
@@ -10225,15 +10225,9 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
   }
 
 
-  public void vertex(float x, float y, float... uv) {
-    if (recorder != null) recorder.vertex(x, y, uv);
-    g.vertex(x, y, uv);
-  }
-
-
-  public void vertex(float x, float y, float z, float... uv) {
-    if (recorder != null) recorder.vertex(x, y, z, uv);
-    g.vertex(x, y, z, uv);
+  public void vertex(float... values) {
+    if (recorder != null) recorder.vertex(values);
+    g.vertex(values);
   }
 
 
diff --git a/core/src/processing/core/PGraphics.java b/core/src/processing/core/PGraphics.java
index 9fcebcb6e..0bc283b3b 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/core/PGraphics.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/core/PGraphics.java
@@ -1166,14 +1166,14 @@ public class PGraphics extends PImage implements PConstants {
    * formatted vertex information.
    * @param v vertex parameters, as a float array of length VERTEX_FIELD_COUNT
    */
-  public void vertex(float[] v) {
+  public void vertexFields(float[] v) {
     vertexCheck();
     curveVertexCount = 0;
     float[] vertex = vertices[vertexCount];
     System.arraycopy(v, 0, vertex, 0, VERTEX_FIELD_COUNT);
     vertexCount++;
   }
-
+  
 
   public void vertex(float x, float y, float u, float v) {
     vertexTexture(u, v);
@@ -6007,13 +6007,7 @@ public class PGraphics extends PImage implements PConstants {
     showMissingWarning("texture");    
   }
 
-  
-  public void vertex(float x, float y, float... uv) {
+  public void vertex(float... values) {
     showMissingWarning("vertex");    
-  }
- 
-  
-  public void vertex(float x, float y, float z, float... uv) {
-    showMissingWarning("vertex");    
-  }    
+  }   
 }