diff --git a/girepository/giarginfo.c b/girepository/giarginfo.c
index 11302d416..8728fd0d6 100644
--- a/girepository/giarginfo.c
+++ b/girepository/giarginfo.c
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ gi_arg_info_get_type_info (GIArgInfo *info)
 }
 
 /**
- * gi_arg_info_load_type:
+ * gi_arg_info_load_type_info:
  * @info: a #GIArgInfo
  * @type: (out caller-allocates): Initialized with information about type of @info
  *
@@ -360,8 +360,8 @@ gi_arg_info_get_type_info (GIArgInfo *info)
  * Since: 2.80
  */
 void
-gi_arg_info_load_type (GIArgInfo  *info,
-                       GITypeInfo *type)
+gi_arg_info_load_type_info (GIArgInfo  *info,
+                            GITypeInfo *type)
 {
   GIRealInfo *rinfo = (GIRealInfo*) info;
 
diff --git a/girepository/giarginfo.h b/girepository/giarginfo.h
index 5223f2517..e7a61b1dd 100644
--- a/girepository/giarginfo.h
+++ b/girepository/giarginfo.h
@@ -95,6 +95,6 @@ GI_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
 GITypeInfo *           gi_arg_info_get_type_info          (GIArgInfo *info);
 
 GI_AVAILABLE_IN_ALL
-void                   gi_arg_info_load_type              (GIArgInfo *info,
+void                   gi_arg_info_load_type_info         (GIArgInfo *info,
                                                            GITypeInfo *type);
 G_END_DECLS
diff --git a/girepository/girepository-private.h b/girepository/girepository-private.h
index 6e48e1ee4..b33c70149 100644
--- a/girepository/girepository-private.h
+++ b/girepository/girepository-private.h
@@ -211,7 +211,8 @@ void gi_arg_info_class_init (gpointer g_class,
                              gpointer class_data);
 
 /* GITypeInfo is stack-allocatable so it can be used with
- * gi_arg_info_load_type(), so its definition is actually public in gitypes.h. */
+ * gi_arg_info_load_type_info(), so its definition is actually public in
+ * gitypes.h. */
 
 void gi_type_info_class_init (gpointer g_class,
                               gpointer class_data);
diff --git a/girepository/girffi.c b/girepository/girffi.c
index 852358e0c..4040b32b2 100644
--- a/girepository/girffi.c
+++ b/girepository/girffi.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ gi_callable_info_get_ffi_arg_types (GICallableInfo *callable_info,
         GITypeInfo arg_type;
 
         gi_callable_info_load_arg (callable_info, i, &arg_info);
-        gi_arg_info_load_type (&arg_info, &arg_type);
+        gi_arg_info_load_type_info (&arg_info, &arg_type);
         switch (gi_arg_info_get_direction (&arg_info))
           {
             case GI_DIRECTION_IN:
diff --git a/girepository/tests/repository.c b/girepository/tests/repository.c
index 822eb2ff9..7870c6242 100644
--- a/girepository/tests/repository.c
+++ b/girepository/tests/repository.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ test_repository_arg_info (RepositoryFixture *fx,
   g_assert_true (gi_type_info_is_pointer (type_info));
   g_assert_cmpint (gi_type_info_get_tag (type_info), ==, GI_TYPE_TAG_UTF8);
 
-  gi_arg_info_load_type (arg_info, &type_info_stack);
+  gi_arg_info_load_type_info (arg_info, &type_info_stack);
   g_assert_true (gi_type_info_is_pointer (&type_info_stack) == gi_type_info_is_pointer (type_info));
   g_assert_cmpint (gi_type_info_get_tag (&type_info_stack), ==, gi_type_info_get_tag (type_info));