diff --git a/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp b/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
index e27c5d38f..96a5dc736 100644
--- a/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
+++ b/cli/cmdlineparser.cpp
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ bool CmdLineParser::ParseFromArgs(int argc, const char* const argv[])
                     _settings->platform(Settings::Native);
                 else if (platform == "unspecified")
                     _settings->platform(Settings::Unspecified);
-                else if (!_settings->platformFile(argv[0], platform)) {
+                else if (!_settings->loadPlatformFile(argv[0], platform)) {
                     std::string message("cppcheck: error: unrecognized platform: \"");
                     message += platform;
                     message += "\".";
diff --git a/lib/platform.cpp b/lib/platform.cpp
index 3722142e9..42d294fc2 100644
--- a/lib/platform.cpp
+++ b/lib/platform.cpp
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ bool cppcheck::Platform::platform(cppcheck::Platform::PlatformType type)
     return false;
 }
 
-bool cppcheck::Platform::platformFile(const char exename[], const std::string &filename)
+bool cppcheck::Platform::loadPlatformFile(const char exename[], const std::string &filename)
 {
     // open file..
     tinyxml2::XMLDocument doc;
diff --git a/lib/platform.h b/lib/platform.h
index b84422552..4970f5f58 100644
--- a/lib/platform.h
+++ b/lib/platform.h
@@ -100,8 +100,13 @@ namespace cppcheck {
         /** set the platform type for predefined platforms */
         bool platform(PlatformType type);
 
-        /** set the platform type for user specified platforms */
-        bool platformFile(const char exename[], const std::string &filename);
+        /**
+         * load platform file
+         * @param exename application path
+         * @param filename platform filename
+         * @return returns true if file was loaded successfully
+         */
+        bool loadPlatformFile(const char exename[], const std::string &filename);
 
         /** load platform from xml document, primarily for testing */
         bool loadFromXmlDocument(const tinyxml2::XMLDocument *doc);