diff --git a/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp b/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
index 88db78051..193ed1c68 100644
--- a/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
+++ b/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
@@ -108,6 +108,6 @@ void CppCheckExecutor::reportErr(const ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage &msg)
     }
     else
     {
-        reportErr(msg.toText(_settings._outputFormat));
+        reportErr(msg.toString(_settings._outputFormat));
     }
 }
diff --git a/cli/threadexecutor.cpp b/cli/threadexecutor.cpp
index c4403b75e..635faf03f 100644
--- a/cli/threadexecutor.cpp
+++ b/cli/threadexecutor.cpp
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ int ThreadExecutor::handleRead(unsigned int &result)
         msg.deserialize(buf);
 
         // Alert only about unique errors
-        std::string errmsg = msg.toText();
+        std::string errmsg = msg.toString();
         if (std::find(_errorList.begin(), _errorList.end(), errmsg) == _errorList.end())
         {
             _errorList.push_back(errmsg);
diff --git a/lib/cppcheck.cpp b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
index 415beaadd..293409795 100644
--- a/lib/cppcheck.cpp
+++ b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ Settings CppCheck::settings() const
 
 void CppCheck::reportErr(const ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage &msg)
 {
-    std::string errmsg = msg.toText();
+    std::string errmsg = msg.toString();
 
     // Alert only about unique errors
     if (std::find(_errorList.begin(), _errorList.end(), errmsg) != _errorList.end())
diff --git a/lib/errorlogger.cpp b/lib/errorlogger.cpp
index 2ec429c15..b4215b588 100644
--- a/lib/errorlogger.cpp
+++ b/lib/errorlogger.cpp
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ void ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::findAndReplace(std::string &source, const std::s
     }
 }
 
-std::string ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::toText(const std::string &outputFormat) const
+std::string ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage::toString(const std::string &outputFormat) const
 {
     if (outputFormat.length() == 0)
     {
diff --git a/lib/errorlogger.h b/lib/errorlogger.h
index c5d39bf59..81664c5b1 100644
--- a/lib/errorlogger.h
+++ b/lib/errorlogger.h
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public:
          * @param outputFormat Empty string to use default output format
          * or template to be used. E.g. "{file}:{line},{severity},{id},{message}"
          */
-        std::string toText(const std::string &outputFormat = "") const;
+        std::string toString(const std::string &outputFormat = "") const;
 
         /**
          * Replace all occurances of searchFor with replaceWith in the
diff --git a/test/testcppcheck.cpp b/test/testcppcheck.cpp
index bde51f028..cc9f1fdd0 100644
--- a/test/testcppcheck.cpp
+++ b/test/testcppcheck.cpp
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ private:
         loc.file = "ab/cd/../ef.h";
         errorMessage._callStack.push_back(loc);
         ASSERT_EQUALS("<error file=\"ab/ef.h\" line=\"0\" id=\"\" severity=\"\" msg=\"\"/>", errorMessage.toXML());
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("[ab/ef.h:0]: ", errorMessage.toText());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[ab/ef.h:0]: ", errorMessage.toString());
     }
 
     void templateFormat()
@@ -399,8 +399,8 @@ private:
         errorMessage._severity = "testSeverity";
         errorMessage._msg = "long testMessage";
         ASSERT_EQUALS("<error file=\"some/{file}file.cpp\" line=\"10\" id=\"testId\" severity=\"testSeverity\" msg=\"long testMessage\"/>", errorMessage.toXML());
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("[some/{file}file.cpp:10]: (testSeverity) long testMessage", errorMessage.toText());
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("testId-some/{file}file.cpp,testSeverity.10?{long testMessage}", errorMessage.toText("{id}-{file},{severity}.{line}?{{message}}"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[some/{file}file.cpp:10]: (testSeverity) long testMessage", errorMessage.toString());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("testId-some/{file}file.cpp,testSeverity.10?{long testMessage}", errorMessage.toString("{id}-{file},{severity}.{line}?{{message}}"));
     }
 
     void getErrorMessages()
diff --git a/test/testsuite.cpp b/test/testsuite.cpp
index 7307073d4..8407e8d04 100644
--- a/test/testsuite.cpp
+++ b/test/testsuite.cpp
@@ -223,5 +223,5 @@ void TestFixture::reportOut(const std::string & outmsg)
 
 void TestFixture::reportErr(const ErrorLogger::ErrorMessage &msg)
 {
-    errout << msg.toText() << std::endl;
+    errout << msg.toString() << std::endl;
 }