diff --git a/client/pk-generate-pack.c b/client/pk-generate-pack.c
index fbd3b8929..b0e4cd39b 100644
--- a/client/pk-generate-pack.c
+++ b/client/pk-generate-pack.c
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ pk_generate_pack_main (const gchar *pack_filename, const gchar *directory, const
 		}
 
 		/* convert to list of package_ids */
-		package_ids = pk_package_list_to_argv (list);
+		package_ids = pk_package_list_to_strv (list);
 		ret = pk_generate_pack_download_only (client, package_ids, directory);
 		g_strfreev (package_ids);
 	}
diff --git a/libpackagekit/pk-package-list.c b/libpackagekit/pk-package-list.c
index 352b7fe8c..5cb8fa6cf 100644
--- a/libpackagekit/pk-package-list.c
+++ b/libpackagekit/pk-package-list.c
@@ -162,10 +162,10 @@ pk_package_list_to_string (const PkPackageList *plist)
 }
 
 /**
- * pk_package_list_to_argv:
+ * pk_package_list_to_strv:
  **/
 gchar **
-pk_package_list_to_argv (const PkPackageList *plist)
+pk_package_list_to_strv (const PkPackageList *plist)
 {
 	PkPackageObj *obj;
 	GPtrArray *array;
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ pk_package_list_test (EggTest *test)
 
 	/************************************************************/
 	egg_test_title (test, "make sure argv is correct");
-	argv = pk_package_list_to_argv (plist);
+	argv = pk_package_list_to_strv (plist);
 	if (argv != NULL &&
 	    egg_strequal (argv[0], "gnome;1.23;i386;data") &&
 	    argv[1] == NULL)
diff --git a/libpackagekit/pk-package-list.h b/libpackagekit/pk-package-list.h
index 0d593df92..a44fd6414 100644
--- a/libpackagekit/pk-package-list.h
+++ b/libpackagekit/pk-package-list.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ gboolean		 pk_package_list_contains_obj	(const PkPackageList	*plist,
 							 const PkPackageObj	*obj);
 gchar			*pk_package_list_to_string	(const PkPackageList	*plist)
 							 G_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
-gchar			**pk_package_list_to_argv	(const PkPackageList	*plist)
+gchar			**pk_package_list_to_strv	(const PkPackageList	*plist)
 							 G_GNUC_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
 guint			 pk_package_list_get_size	(const PkPackageList	*plist);
 gboolean		 pk_package_list_sort		(PkPackageList		*plist);