diff --git a/gio/gappinfo.c b/gio/gappinfo.c
index 411f7ea55..6e9f878da 100644
--- a/gio/gappinfo.c
+++ b/gio/gappinfo.c
@@ -536,11 +536,11 @@ g_app_info_get_icon (GAppInfo *appinfo)
  * g_app_info_launch:
  * @appinfo: a #GAppInfo
  * @files: (nullable) (element-type GFile): a #GList of #GFile objects
- * @launch_context: (nullable): a #GAppLaunchContext or %NULL
+ * @context: (nullable): a #GAppLaunchContext or %NULL
  * @error: a #GError
  * 
  * Launches the application. Passes @files to the launched application
- * as arguments, using the optional @launch_context to get information
+ * as arguments, using the optional @context to get information
  * about the details of the launcher (like what screen it is on).
  * On error, @error will be set accordingly.
  *
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ g_app_info_get_icon (GAppInfo *appinfo)
  * process. This can be used to ignore `GIO_LAUNCHED_DESKTOP_FILE`,
  * should it be inherited by further processes. The `DISPLAY` and
  * `DESKTOP_STARTUP_ID` environment variables are also set, based
- * on information provided in @launch_context.
+ * on information provided in @context.
  *
  * Returns: %TRUE on successful launch, %FALSE otherwise.
  **/
@@ -631,11 +631,11 @@ g_app_info_supports_files (GAppInfo *appinfo)
  * g_app_info_launch_uris:
  * @appinfo: a #GAppInfo
  * @uris: (nullable) (element-type utf8): a #GList containing URIs to launch.
- * @launch_context: (nullable): a #GAppLaunchContext or %NULL
+ * @context: (nullable): a #GAppLaunchContext or %NULL
  * @error: a #GError
  * 
  * Launches the application. This passes the @uris to the launched application
- * as arguments, using the optional @launch_context to get information
+ * as arguments, using the optional @context to get information
  * about the details of the launcher (like what screen it is on).
  * On error, @error will be set accordingly.
  *
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ launch_default_for_uri (const char         *uri,
 /**
  * g_app_info_launch_default_for_uri:
  * @uri: the uri to show
- * @launch_context: (nullable): an optional #GAppLaunchContext
+ * @context: (nullable): an optional #GAppLaunchContext
  * @error: (nullable): return location for an error, or %NULL
  *
  * Utility function that launches the default application
diff --git a/gio/gappinfo.h b/gio/gappinfo.h
index 18f012689..4889be923 100644
--- a/gio/gappinfo.h
+++ b/gio/gappinfo.h
@@ -99,13 +99,13 @@ struct _GAppInfoIface
   GIcon *      (* get_icon)                     (GAppInfo           *appinfo);
   gboolean     (* launch)                       (GAppInfo           *appinfo,
                                                  GList              *files,
-                                                 GAppLaunchContext  *launch_context,
+                                                 GAppLaunchContext  *context,
                                                  GError            **error);
   gboolean     (* supports_uris)                (GAppInfo           *appinfo);
   gboolean     (* supports_files)               (GAppInfo           *appinfo);
   gboolean     (* launch_uris)                  (GAppInfo           *appinfo,
                                                  GList              *uris,
-                                                 GAppLaunchContext  *launch_context,
+                                                 GAppLaunchContext  *context,
                                                  GError            **error);
   gboolean     (* should_show)                  (GAppInfo           *appinfo);
 
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ GIcon *     g_app_info_get_icon                     (GAppInfo             *appin
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 gboolean    g_app_info_launch                       (GAppInfo             *appinfo,
                                                      GList                *files,
-                                                     GAppLaunchContext    *launch_context,
+                                                     GAppLaunchContext    *context,
                                                      GError              **error);
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 gboolean    g_app_info_supports_uris                (GAppInfo             *appinfo);
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ gboolean    g_app_info_supports_files               (GAppInfo             *appin
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 gboolean    g_app_info_launch_uris                  (GAppInfo             *appinfo,
                                                      GList                *uris,
-                                                     GAppLaunchContext    *launch_context,
+                                                     GAppLaunchContext    *context,
                                                      GError              **error);
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 gboolean    g_app_info_should_show                  (GAppInfo             *appinfo);
@@ -226,12 +226,12 @@ GAppInfo *g_app_info_get_default_for_uri_scheme  (const char  *uri_scheme);
 
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 gboolean  g_app_info_launch_default_for_uri      (const char              *uri,
-                                                  GAppLaunchContext       *launch_context,
+                                                  GAppLaunchContext       *context,
                                                   GError                 **error);
 
 GLIB_AVAILABLE_IN_2_50
 void      g_app_info_launch_default_for_uri_async  (const char           *uri,
-                                                    GAppLaunchContext    *launch_context,
+                                                    GAppLaunchContext    *context,
                                                     GCancellable         *cancellable,
                                                     GAsyncReadyCallback   callback,
                                                     gpointer              user_data);