diff --git a/src/components/ModListUpdateBanner.vue b/src/components/ModListUpdateBanner.vue
index b87d0e142..8b90d12d9 100644
--- a/src/components/ModListUpdateBanner.vue
+++ b/src/components/ModListUpdateBanner.vue
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export default class ModListUpdateBanner extends mixins(UtilityMixin) {
     }
 
     get isUpdateInProgress(): boolean {
-        return this.$store.state.tsMods.isBackgroundUpdateInProgress;
+        return this.$store.state.tsMods.isThunderstoreModListUpdateInProgress;
     }
 
     @Watch('isUpdateInProgress')
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export default class ModListUpdateBanner extends mixins(UtilityMixin) {
             return;
         }
 
-        this.$store.commit('tsMods/startBackgroundUpdate');
+        this.$store.commit('tsMods/startThunderstoreModListUpdate');
         this.updateError = '';
 
         try {
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export default class ModListUpdateBanner extends mixins(UtilityMixin) {
         } catch (e) {
             this.updateError = `${e}`;
         } finally {
-            this.$store.commit('tsMods/finishBackgroundUpdate');
+            this.$store.commit('tsMods/finishThunderstoreModListUpdate');
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/mixins/UtilityMixin.vue b/src/components/mixins/UtilityMixin.vue
index f4d023a6a..00bac8e53 100644
--- a/src/components/mixins/UtilityMixin.vue
+++ b/src/components/mixins/UtilityMixin.vue
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ export default class UtilityMixin extends Vue {
             return;
         }
 
-        if (this.$store.state.tsMods.isBackgroundUpdateInProgress) {
+        if (this.$store.state.tsMods.isThunderstoreModListUpdateInProgress) {
             return;
         }
 
         try {
-            this.$store.commit("tsMods/startBackgroundUpdate");
+            this.$store.commit("tsMods/startThunderstoreModListUpdate");
             await this.refreshThunderstoreModList();
         } catch (e) {
             if (this.tsBackgroundRefreshFailed) {
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export default class UtilityMixin extends Vue {
             this.tsBackgroundRefreshFailed = true;
             return;
         } finally {
-            this.$store.commit("tsMods/finishBackgroundUpdate");
+            this.$store.commit("tsMods/finishThunderstoreModListUpdate");
         }
 
         this.tsBackgroundRefreshFailed = false;
diff --git a/src/components/settings-components/SettingsView.vue b/src/components/settings-components/SettingsView.vue
index 7e776ec2b..48ad9f642 100644
--- a/src/components/settings-components/SettingsView.vue
+++ b/src/components/settings-components/SettingsView.vue
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ import CdnProvider from '../../providers/generic/connection/CdnProvider';
                 'Refresh online mod list',
                 'Check for any new mod releases.',
                 async () => {
-                        if (this.$store.state.tsMods.isBackgroundUpdateInProgress) {
+                        if (this.$store.state.tsMods.isThunderstoreModListUpdateInProgress) {
                             return "Checking for new releases";
                         }
                         if (this.$store.state.tsMods.connectionError.length > 0) {
@@ -312,11 +312,11 @@ import CdnProvider from '../../providers/generic/connection/CdnProvider';
                     },
                 'fa-exchange-alt',
                 async () => {
-                    if (this.$store.state.tsMods.isBackgroundUpdateInProgress) {
+                    if (this.$store.state.tsMods.isThunderstoreModListUpdateInProgress) {
                         return;
                     }
 
-                    this.$store.commit("tsMods/startBackgroundUpdate");
+                    this.$store.commit("tsMods/startThunderstoreModListUpdate");
                     this.$store.commit("tsMods/setConnectionError", "");
 
                     try {
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ import CdnProvider from '../../providers/generic/connection/CdnProvider';
                     } catch (e) {
                         this.$store.commit("tsMods/setConnectionError", e);
                     } finally {
-                        this.$store.commit("tsMods/finishBackgroundUpdate");
+                        this.$store.commit("tsMods/finishThunderstoreModListUpdate");
                     }
                 }
             ),
diff --git a/src/store/modules/TsModsModule.ts b/src/store/modules/TsModsModule.ts
index 754e0bb47..1b0c6321c 100644
--- a/src/store/modules/TsModsModule.ts
+++ b/src/store/modules/TsModsModule.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ interface State {
     connectionError: string;
     deprecated: Map<string, boolean>;
     exclusions?: string[];
-    isBackgroundUpdateInProgress: boolean;
+    isThunderstoreModListUpdateInProgress: boolean;
     mods: ThunderstoreMod[];
     modsLastUpdated?: Date;
 }
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ export const TsModsModule = {
         deprecated: new Map<string, boolean>(),
         /*** Packages available through API that should be ignored by the manager */
         exclusions: undefined,
-        /*** Mod list is automatically and periodically updated in the background */
-        isBackgroundUpdateInProgress: false,
+        /*** Mod list is updated from the API automatically and by user action */
+        isThunderstoreModListUpdateInProgress: false,
         /*** All mods available through API for the current active game */
         mods: [],
         /*** When was the mod list last refreshed from the API? */
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ export const TsModsModule = {
         clearModCache(state) {
             state.cache.clear();
         },
-        finishBackgroundUpdate(state) {
-            state.isBackgroundUpdateInProgress = false;
+        finishThunderstoreModListUpdate(state) {
+            state.isThunderstoreModListUpdateInProgress = false;
         },
         setConnectionError(state, error: string|unknown) {
             if (typeof error === 'string') {
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ export const TsModsModule = {
         setExclusions(state, payload: string[]) {
             state.exclusions = payload;
         },
-        startBackgroundUpdate(state) {
-            state.isBackgroundUpdateInProgress = true;
+        startThunderstoreModListUpdate(state) {
+            state.isThunderstoreModListUpdateInProgress = true;
         },
         updateDeprecated(state, allMods: ThunderstoreMod[]) {
             state.deprecated = Deprecations.getDeprecatedPackageMap(allMods);