diff --git a/internal/buffer/backup.go b/internal/buffer/backup.go
index 03bd52901d..6799ebcc1a 100644
--- a/internal/buffer/backup.go
+++ b/internal/buffer/backup.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func (b *Buffer) Backup() error {
 
 	name := filepath.Join(backupdir, util.EscapePath(b.AbsPath))
 
-	err = file.OverwriteFile(name, func(file io.Writer) (e error) {
+	err = file.Overwrite(name, func(file io.Writer) (e error) {
 		b.Lock()
 		defer b.Unlock()
 
diff --git a/internal/buffer/save.go b/internal/buffer/save.go
index ffdb59adb9..f937fae063 100644
--- a/internal/buffer/save.go
+++ b/internal/buffer/save.go
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ func (b *Buffer) saveToFile(filename string, withSudo bool, autoSave bool) error
 	}
 
 	optSteps := file.OptionalWriteSteps{PreWrite: preWrite, PostWrite: postWrite}
-	if err = file.OverwriteFile(absFilename, write, optSteps); err != nil {
+	if err = file.Overwrite(absFilename, write, optSteps); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/buffer/serialize.go b/internal/buffer/serialize.go
index 7ac86b3bfa..1b6f0e0cdd 100644
--- a/internal/buffer/serialize.go
+++ b/internal/buffer/serialize.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func (b *Buffer) Serialize() error {
 
 	name := filepath.Join(config.ConfigDir, "buffers", util.EscapePath(b.AbsPath))
 
-	return file.OverwriteFile(name, func(file io.Writer) error {
+	return file.Overwrite(name, func(file io.Writer) error {
 		err := gob.NewEncoder(file).Encode(SerializedBuffer{
 			b.EventHandler,
 			b.GetActiveCursor().Loc,
diff --git a/internal/file/file.go b/internal/file/file.go
index 962abe432b..48d7da7f03 100644
--- a/internal/file/file.go
+++ b/internal/file/file.go
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ type OptionalWriteSteps struct {
 	PostWrite func() error
 }
 
-// OverwriteFile opens the given file for writing, truncating if one exists, and then calls
+// Overwrite opens the given file for writing, truncating if one exists, and then calls
 // the supplied function with the file as io.Writer object, also making sure the file is
 // closed afterwards.
-func OverwriteFile(name string, write func(io.Writer) error, optSteps ...OptionalWriteSteps) (err error) {
+func Overwrite(name string, write func(io.Writer) error, optSteps ...OptionalWriteSteps) (err error) {
 	var writeCloser io.WriteCloser
 	enc := encoding.Nop
 	for _, optional := range optSteps {