diff --git a/compositor/main.c b/compositor/main.c
index e802badf..a0e54eed 100644
--- a/compositor/main.c
+++ b/compositor/main.c
@@ -3156,7 +3156,7 @@ wet_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 	}
 
-	log_ctx = weston_log_ctx_compositor_create();
+	log_ctx = weston_log_ctx_create();
 	if (!log_ctx) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to initialize weston debug framework.\n");
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/toc/libweston/log.rst b/doc/sphinx/toc/libweston/log.rst
index c8bba7fb..edc8ef27 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/toc/libweston/log.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/toc/libweston/log.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ instance can be brought up much more later, but in the same time logging can
 take place much earlier without the need of a compositor instance.
 
 Instantiation of the :type:`weston_log_context` object takes place using
-:func:`weston_log_ctx_compositor_create()` and clean-up/destroy with
+:func:`weston_log_ctx_create()` and clean-up/destroy with
 :func:`weston_log_ctx_compositor_destroy()`.
 
 Log scopes
diff --git a/include/libweston/libweston.h b/include/libweston/libweston.h
index ab2be42d..84fd1e06 100644
--- a/include/libweston/libweston.h
+++ b/include/libweston/libweston.h
@@ -2042,7 +2042,7 @@ weston_compositor_enable_touch_calibrator(struct weston_compositor *compositor,
 				weston_touch_calibration_save_func save);
 
 struct weston_log_context *
-weston_log_ctx_compositor_create(void);
+weston_log_ctx_create(void);
 
 void
 weston_log_ctx_compositor_destroy(struct weston_compositor *compositor);
diff --git a/libweston/weston-log.c b/libweston/weston-log.c
index 2c5da4ac..4cba0e83 100644
--- a/libweston/weston-log.c
+++ b/libweston/weston-log.c
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ weston_debug_protocol_advertise_scopes(struct weston_log_context *log_ctx,
  *
  */
 WL_EXPORT struct weston_log_context *
-weston_log_ctx_compositor_create(void)
+weston_log_ctx_create(void)
 {
 	struct weston_log_context *log_ctx;