diff --git a/frontend_tests/node_tests/message_list_data.js b/frontend_tests/node_tests/message_list_data.js
index 656f9d0457..200ea2f191 100644
--- a/frontend_tests/node_tests/message_list_data.js
+++ b/frontend_tests/node_tests/message_list_data.js
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ run_test("basics", () => {
     mld.remove([50]);
     assert_contents(mld, [10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 60, 70]);
 
-    mld.update_items_for_topic_muting();
+    mld.update_items_for_muting();
     assert_contents(mld, [10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 60, 70]);
 
     mld.reset_select_to_closest();
diff --git a/static/js/message_events.js b/static/js/message_events.js
index 226f31e205..93430c74b2 100644
--- a/static/js/message_events.js
+++ b/static/js/message_events.js
@@ -411,18 +411,18 @@ export function update_messages(events) {
     // propagated edits to be updated (since the topic edits can have
     // changed the correct grouping of messages).
     if (topic_edited || stream_changed) {
-        message_lists.home.update_topic_muting_and_rerender();
+        message_lists.home.update_muting_and_rerender();
         // However, we don't need to rerender message_list.narrowed if
         // we just changed the narrow earlier in this function.
         //
         // TODO: We can potentially optimize this logic to avoid
-        // calling `update_topic_muting_and_rerender` if the muted
+        // calling `update_muting_and_rerender` if the muted
         // messages would not match the view before or after this
         // edit.  Doing so could save significant work, since most
         // topic edits will not match the current topic narrow in
         // large organizations.
         if (!changed_narrow && message_lists.current === message_list.narrowed) {
-            message_list.narrowed.update_topic_muting_and_rerender();
+            message_list.narrowed.update_muting_and_rerender();
         }
     } else {
         // If the content of the message was edited, we do a special animation.
diff --git a/static/js/message_list.js b/static/js/message_list.js
index 825b628c5e..594729ed56 100644
--- a/static/js/message_list.js
+++ b/static/js/message_list.js
@@ -383,8 +383,8 @@ export class MessageList {
         }
     }
 
-    update_topic_muting_and_rerender() {
-        this.data.update_items_for_topic_muting();
+    update_muting_and_rerender() {
+        this.data.update_items_for_muting();
         // We need to rerender whether or not the narrow hides muted
         // topics, because we need to update recipient bars for topics
         // we've muted when we are displaying those topics.
diff --git a/static/js/message_list_data.js b/static/js/message_list_data.js
index e490e7f1e1..58fce13be4 100644
--- a/static/js/message_list_data.js
+++ b/static/js/message_list_data.js
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ export class MessageListData {
         return this.messages_filtered_for_topic_mutes(messages);
     }
 
-    update_items_for_topic_muting() {
+    update_items_for_muting() {
         if (!this.excludes_muted_topics) {
             return;
         }
diff --git a/static/js/muting_ui.js b/static/js/muting_ui.js
index d68462e9e7..5edc156a0b 100644
--- a/static/js/muting_ui.js
+++ b/static/js/muting_ui.js
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ import * as unread_ui from "./unread_ui";
 
 export function rerender_for_muted_topic(old_muted_topics) {
     stream_list.update_streams_sidebar();
-    message_lists.current.update_topic_muting_and_rerender();
+    message_lists.current.update_muting_and_rerender();
     if (message_lists.current !== message_lists.home) {
-        message_lists.home.update_topic_muting_and_rerender();
+        message_lists.home.update_muting_and_rerender();
     }
     if (overlays.settings_open() && settings_muted_topics.loaded) {
         settings_muted_topics.populate_list();