diff --git a/web/src/compose_closed_ui.ts b/web/src/compose_closed_ui.ts
index 41976e7626..83f5c8c43c 100644
--- a/web/src/compose_closed_ui.ts
+++ b/web/src/compose_closed_ui.ts
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ export function set_standard_text_for_reply_button(): void {
     set_reply_button_label($t({defaultMessage: "Compose message"}));
 }
 
-export function update_reply_recipient_label(message?: ComposeClosedMessage): void {
+export function update_recipient_text_for_reply_button(message?: ComposeClosedMessage): void {
     const recipient_label = get_recipient_label(message);
     if (recipient_label !== undefined) {
         const empty_string_topic_display_name = util.get_final_topic_display_name("");
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ export function initialize(): void {
             // message_selected events can occur with Recent Conversations
             // open due to the combined feed view loading in the background,
             // so we only update if message feed is visible.
-            update_reply_recipient_label();
+            update_recipient_text_for_reply_button();
 
             // Disable compose reply button if the selected message is a stream
             // message and the user is not allowed to post in the stream the message
diff --git a/web/src/inbox_ui.ts b/web/src/inbox_ui.ts
index 034f76b13c..e3ef674840 100644
--- a/web/src/inbox_ui.ts
+++ b/web/src/inbox_ui.ts
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ function update_closed_compose_text($row: JQuery, is_header_row: boolean): void
             topic: $row.find(".inbox-topic-name a").text(),
         };
     }
-    compose_closed_ui.update_reply_recipient_label(message);
+    compose_closed_ui.update_recipient_text_for_reply_button(message);
 }
 
 export function get_focused_row_message(): {message?: Message | undefined} & (
diff --git a/web/src/message_view.ts b/web/src/message_view.ts
index 9126c7193f..14b436ec93 100644
--- a/web/src/message_view.ts
+++ b/web/src/message_view.ts
@@ -1495,7 +1495,7 @@ function handle_post_view_change(
     } else {
         compose_closed_ui.update_buttons_for_non_specific_views();
     }
-    compose_closed_ui.update_reply_recipient_label();
+    compose_closed_ui.update_recipient_text_for_reply_button();
 
     message_view_header.render_title_area();
 
diff --git a/web/src/recent_view_ui.ts b/web/src/recent_view_ui.ts
index ba8cb6e730..ff76fbad11 100644
--- a/web/src/recent_view_ui.ts
+++ b/web/src/recent_view_ui.ts
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ function set_table_focus(row: number, col: number, using_keyboard = false): bool
             topic: $topic_row.find(".recent_topic_name a").text(),
         };
     }
-    compose_closed_ui.update_reply_recipient_label(message);
+    compose_closed_ui.update_recipient_text_for_reply_button(message);
     return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/web/tests/compose_closed_ui.test.cjs b/web/tests/compose_closed_ui.test.cjs
index ac7ca6805b..92aa436c0b 100644
--- a/web/tests/compose_closed_ui.test.cjs
+++ b/web/tests/compose_closed_ui.test.cjs
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ run_test("test_custom_message_input", () => {
         stream_id: 10,
     };
     stream_data.add_sub(stream);
-    compose_closed_ui.update_reply_recipient_label({
+    compose_closed_ui.update_recipient_text_for_reply_button({
         stream_id: stream.stream_id,
         topic: "topic test",
     });
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ run_test("test_custom_message_input", () => {
 
 run_test("empty_narrow", () => {
     message_lists.current.visibly_empty = () => true;
-    compose_closed_ui.update_reply_recipient_label();
+    compose_closed_ui.update_recipient_text_for_reply_button();
     const label = $("#left_bar_compose_reply_button_big").text();
     assert.equal(label, "translated: Compose message");
 });