diff --git a/static/js/hash_util.js b/static/js/hash_util.js
index d7960cc63a..4d2a628fd3 100644
--- a/static/js/hash_util.js
+++ b/static/js/hash_util.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ exports.by_stream_uri = function (stream) {
     return "#narrow/stream/" + exports.encode_stream_name(stream);
 };
 
-exports.by_stream_subject_uri = function (stream, subject) {
+exports.by_stream_topic_uri = function (stream, subject) {
     return "#narrow/stream/" + exports.encode_stream_name(stream) +
            "/subject/" + exports.encodeHashComponent(subject);
 };
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ exports.by_conversation_and_time_uri = function (message) {
 
     if (message.type === "stream") {
         return absolute_url +
-            exports.by_stream_subject_uri(message.stream, message.subject) +
+            exports.by_stream_topic_uri(message.stream, message.subject) +
             suffix;
     }
 
diff --git a/static/js/message_list_view.js b/static/js/message_list_view.js
index 247354750a..faef83bdee 100644
--- a/static/js/message_list_view.js
+++ b/static/js/message_list_view.js
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ MessageListView.prototype = {
                     message_container.stream_url =
                         hash_util.by_stream_uri(message_container.msg.stream);
                     message_container.topic_url =
-                        hash_util.by_stream_subject_uri(
+                        hash_util.by_stream_topic_uri(
                             message_container.msg.stream,
                             message_container.msg.subject);
                 } else {
diff --git a/static/js/topic_list.js b/static/js/topic_list.js
index 688f3ba288..6e61bcd73c 100644
--- a/static/js/topic_list.js
+++ b/static/js/topic_list.js
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ exports.widget = function (parent_elem, my_stream_id) {
                 unread: num_unread,
                 is_zero: num_unread === 0,
                 is_muted: muting.is_topic_muted(my_stream_name, topic_name),
-                url: hash_util.by_stream_subject_uri(my_stream_name, topic_name),
+                url: hash_util.by_stream_topic_uri(my_stream_name, topic_name),
             };
             var li = $(templates.render('topic_list_item', topic_info));
             self.topic_items.set(topic_name, li);