diff --git a/src/filesystem.cpp b/src/filesystem.cpp
index 05da2b5ce7ee..85e9974efe6d 100644
--- a/src/filesystem.cpp
+++ b/src/filesystem.cpp
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ bool file_exists(const std::string& name)
 #endif
 }
 
-time_t file_create_time(const std::string& fname)
+time_t file_modified_time(const std::string& fname)
 {
 	struct stat buf;
 	if(::stat(fname.c_str(),&buf) == -1)
diff --git a/src/filesystem.hpp b/src/filesystem.hpp
index 5e454688a79c..72ef781ae916 100644
--- a/src/filesystem.hpp
+++ b/src/filesystem.hpp
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ bool is_directory(const std::string& fname);
 /** Returns true if a file or directory with such name already exists. */
 bool file_exists(const std::string& name);
 
-/** Get the creation time of a file. */
-time_t file_create_time(const std::string& fname);
+/** Get the modification time of a file. */
+time_t file_modified_time(const std::string& fname);
 
 /** Returns true if the file ends with '.gz'. */
 bool is_gzip_file(const std::string& filename);
diff --git a/src/savegame.cpp b/src/savegame.cpp
index b3f3496459b9..a8b1f5ec9e46 100644
--- a/src/savegame.cpp
+++ b/src/savegame.cpp
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class save_index_class
 	void rebuild(const std::string& name) {
 		std::string filename = name;
 		replace_space2underbar(filename);
-		time_t modified = filesystem::file_create_time(filesystem::get_saves_dir() + "/" + filename);
+		time_t modified = filesystem::file_modified_time(filesystem::get_saves_dir() + "/" + filename);
 		rebuild(name, modified);
 	}
 	void rebuild(const std::string& name, const time_t& modified) {
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ class create_save_info {
 	save_info operator()(const std::string& filename) const {
 		std::string name = filename;
 		replace_underbar2space(name);
-		time_t modified = filesystem::file_create_time(dir + "/" + filename);
+		time_t modified = filesystem::file_modified_time(dir + "/" + filename);
 		save_index_manager.set_modified(name, modified);
 		return save_info(name, modified);
 	}