diff --git a/web/src/compose_closed_ui.js b/web/src/compose_closed_ui.js
index 4105581420..92def3f3d1 100644
--- a/web/src/compose_closed_ui.js
+++ b/web/src/compose_closed_ui.js
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ export function update_buttons_for_stream() {
     update_buttons(text_stream);
 }
 
-export function update_buttons_for_recent_topics() {
+export function update_buttons_for_recent_view() {
     const text_stream = $t({defaultMessage: "New stream message"});
     $("#left_bar_compose_stream_button_big").attr(
         "data-tooltip-template-id",
diff --git a/web/src/recent_view_ui.js b/web/src/recent_view_ui.js
index b81458f0c7..58da1552bb 100644
--- a/web/src/recent_view_ui.js
+++ b/web/src/recent_view_ui.js
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ export function show() {
     // We want to show `new stream message` instead of
     // `new topic`, which we are already doing in this
     // function. So, we reuse it here.
-    compose_closed_ui.update_buttons_for_recent_topics();
+    compose_closed_ui.update_buttons_for_recent_view();
 
     narrow_state.reset_current_filter();
     narrow.update_narrow_title(narrow_state.filter());
diff --git a/web/tests/recent_topics.test.js b/web/tests/recent_topics.test.js
index 87c7f9e17c..5b8f7cfc50 100644
--- a/web/tests/recent_topics.test.js
+++ b/web/tests/recent_topics.test.js
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ const ListWidget = mock_esm("../src/list_widget", {
 
 mock_esm("../src/compose_closed_ui", {
     set_standard_text_for_reply_button: noop,
-    update_buttons_for_recent_topics: noop,
+    update_buttons_for_recent_view: noop,
 });
 mock_esm("../src/hash_util", {
     by_stream_url: test_url,