diff --git a/docs/reference/gio/gio-sections.txt b/docs/reference/gio/gio-sections.txt
index d4c8962b4..155a86892 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gio/gio-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/reference/gio/gio-sections.txt
@@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@ g_socket_bind
 g_socket_listen
 g_socket_accept
 g_socket_connect
-g_socket_check_pending_error
+g_socket_check_connect_result
 g_socket_receive
 g_socket_receive_from
 g_socket_receive_message
diff --git a/gio/gio.symbols b/gio/gio.symbols
index 48561b661..454440b7f 100644
--- a/gio/gio.symbols
+++ b/gio/gio.symbols
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ g_initable_new_valist
 g_socket_get_type G_GNUC_CONST
 g_socket_accept
 g_socket_bind
-g_socket_check_pending_error
+g_socket_check_connect_result
 g_socket_close
 g_socket_condition_check
 g_socket_condition_wait
diff --git a/gio/gsocket.c b/gio/gsocket.c
index b17f09f45..d7e6ea2b6 100644
--- a/gio/gsocket.c
+++ b/gio/gsocket.c
@@ -1472,7 +1472,7 @@ g_socket_accept (GSocket       *socket,
  * non-blocking I/O is enabled. Then %G_IO_ERROR_PENDING is returned
  * and the user can be notified of the connection finishing by waiting
  * for the G_IO_OUT condition. The result of the connection can then be
- * checked with g_socket_check_pending_error().
+ * checked with g_socket_check_connect_result().
  *
  * Returns: %TRUE if connected, %FALSE on error.
  *
@@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@ g_socket_connect (GSocket         *socket,
 	      if (socket->priv->blocking)
 		{
 		  g_socket_condition_wait (socket, G_IO_OUT, NULL, NULL);
-		  if (g_socket_check_pending_error (socket, error))
+		  if (g_socket_check_connect_result (socket, error))
 		    break;
 		  else
 		    g_prefix_error (error, _("Error connecting: "));
@@ -1544,11 +1544,11 @@ g_socket_connect (GSocket         *socket,
 }
 
 /**
- * g_socket_check_pending_error:
+ * g_socket_check_connect_result:
  * @socket: a #GSocket
  * @error: #GError for error reporting, or %NULL to ignore.
  *
- * Checks and resets the pending error for the socket. This is typically
+ * Checks and resets the pending connect error for the socket. This is
  * used to check for errors when g_socket_connect() is used in non-blocking mode.
  *
  * Returns: %TRUE if no error, %FALSE otherwise, setting @error to the error
@@ -1556,8 +1556,8 @@ g_socket_connect (GSocket         *socket,
  * Since: 2.22
  **/
 gboolean
-g_socket_check_pending_error (GSocket  *socket,
-			      GError  **error)
+g_socket_check_connect_result (GSocket  *socket,
+			       GError  **error)
 {
   guint optlen;
   int value;
diff --git a/gio/gsocket.h b/gio/gsocket.h
index b43167d1c..207f1689d 100644
--- a/gio/gsocket.h
+++ b/gio/gsocket.h
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ gboolean               g_socket_bind                    (GSocket
 gboolean               g_socket_connect                 (GSocket                 *socket,
 							 GSocketAddress          *address,
 							 GError                 **error);
-gboolean               g_socket_check_pending_error     (GSocket                 *socket,
+gboolean               g_socket_check_connect_result    (GSocket                 *socket,
 							 GError                 **error);
 GIOCondition           g_socket_condition_check         (GSocket                 *socket,
 							 GIOCondition             condition);
diff --git a/gio/gsocketclient.c b/gio/gsocketclient.c
index ddb13839a..922479347 100644
--- a/gio/gsocketclient.c
+++ b/gio/gsocketclient.c
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ g_socket_client_socket_callback (GSocket *socket,
   else
     {
       /* socket is ready for writing means connect done, did it succeed? */
-      if (!g_socket_check_pending_error (data->current_socket, &error))
+      if (!g_socket_check_connect_result (data->current_socket, &error))
 	{
 	  set_last_error (data, error);