diff --git a/src/font/text_formatting.cpp b/src/font/text_formatting.cpp
index 405d4b3efeec..a2b30d87839c 100644
--- a/src/font/text_formatting.cpp
+++ b/src/font/text_formatting.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 namespace font {
 
-std::string rgb2highlight_pango(uint32_t rgb)
+std::string unit32_to_pango_color(uint32_t rgb)
 {
 	std::ostringstream h;
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ std::string get_pango_color_from_id(const std::string& id)
 {
 	const auto color = game_config::team_rgb_colors.find(id);
 	if(color != game_config::team_rgb_colors.end()) {
-		return rgb2highlight_pango(color->second[0]);
+		return unit32_to_pango_color(color->second[0]);
 	}
 
 	return "";
diff --git a/src/font/text_formatting.hpp b/src/font/text_formatting.hpp
index 6ea3915e76eb..d338c5c1414d 100644
--- a/src/font/text_formatting.hpp
+++ b/src/font/text_formatting.hpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ namespace font {
  * @param color        The 32 byte color to convert to hex format.
  *                     For example, 0x00CC00CC becomes "#CC00CC".
  */
-std::string rgb2highlight_pango(uint32_t rgb);
+std::string unit32_to_pango_color(uint32_t rgb);
 
 /**
  * Returns a hex color string from a SDL_Color object. The '#' prefix is not prepended.
diff --git a/src/team.cpp b/src/team.cpp
index 9ffed7292a56..9110b8a6fc00 100644
--- a/src/team.cpp
+++ b/src/team.cpp
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ std::string team::get_side_color_index(int side)
 
 std::string team::get_side_highlight_pango(int side)
 {
-	return font::rgb2highlight_pango(get_side_color_range(side+1).mid());
+	return font::unit32_to_pango_color(get_side_color_range(side+1).mid());
 }
 
 void team::log_recruitable() const {