diff --git a/src/global.c b/src/global.c
index dffa3a68..9130dff8 100644
--- a/src/global.c
+++ b/src/global.c
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ void shortcut_init(void)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
-	add_to_funcs(do_wordlinechar_count, MMAIN,
+	add_to_funcs(count_lines_words_and_characters, MMAIN,
 		N_("Word Count"), WITHORSANS(wordcount_gist), TOGETHER, VIEW);
 #endif
 
@@ -1334,7 +1334,7 @@ void shortcut_init(void)
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
 	add_to_sclist(MMAIN, "M-T", 0, cut_till_eof, 0);
 	add_to_sclist(MEXECUTE, "^V", 0, cut_till_eof, 0);
-	add_to_sclist(MMAIN, "M-D", 0, do_wordlinechar_count, 0);
+	add_to_sclist(MMAIN, "M-D", 0, count_lines_words_and_characters, 0);
 #else
 	add_to_sclist(MMAIN, "M-H", 0, do_help, 0);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/prototypes.h b/src/prototypes.h
index 529f2fa9..75ee9b8e 100644
--- a/src/prototypes.h
+++ b/src/prototypes.h
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ void do_linter(void);
 void do_formatter(void);
 #endif
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
-void do_wordlinechar_count(void);
+void count_lines_words_and_characters(void);
 #endif
 void do_verbatim_input(void);
 void complete_a_word(void);
diff --git a/src/rcfile.c b/src/rcfile.c
index dc05e230..137157ec 100644
--- a/src/rcfile.c
+++ b/src/rcfile.c
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ keystruct *strtosc(const char *input)
 	else if (!strcmp(input, "findbracket"))
 		s->func = do_find_bracket;
 	else if (!strcmp(input, "wordcount"))
-		s->func = do_wordlinechar_count;
+		s->func = count_lines_words_and_characters;
 	else if (!strcmp(input, "recordmacro"))
 		s->func = record_macro;
 	else if (!strcmp(input, "runmacro"))
diff --git a/src/text.c b/src/text.c
index fc110936..5b2cc782 100644
--- a/src/text.c
+++ b/src/text.c
@@ -2919,9 +2919,9 @@ void do_formatter(void)
 #endif /* ENABLE_COLOR */
 
 #ifndef NANO_TINY
-/* Our own version of "wc".  Note that its character counts are in
+/* Our own version of "wc".  Note that the character count is in
  * multibyte characters instead of single-byte characters. */
-void do_wordlinechar_count(void)
+void count_lines_words_and_characters(void)
 {
 	linestruct *was_current = openfile->current;
 	size_t was_x = openfile->current_x;