diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageBitmapTexture.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageBitmapTexture.cpp
index 0b58b84ecc..05f2bf96be 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageBitmapTexture.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageBitmapTexture.cpp
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ void RageBitmapTexture::Create()
 
 	if( actualID.iGrayscaleBits != -1 && DISPLAY->SupportsTextureFormat(RageDisplay::FMT_PAL) )
 	{
-		RageSurface *dst = RageSurfaceUtils::Palettize( img, actualID.iGrayscaleBits, actualID.iAlphaBits );
+		RageSurface *dst = RageSurfaceUtils::PalettizeToGrayscale( img, actualID.iGrayscaleBits, actualID.iAlphaBits );
 
 		delete img;
 		img = dst;
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageSurfaceUtils.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageSurfaceUtils.cpp
index f3131ad8f0..c6e49a4541 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageSurfaceUtils.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageSurfaceUtils.cpp
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ RageSurface *RageSurfaceUtils::LoadSurface( CString file )
  *
  * This gives us a generic way to handle arbitrary 8-bit texture formats.
  */
-RageSurface *RageSurfaceUtils::Palettize( const RageSurface *src_surf, int GrayBits, int AlphaBits )
+RageSurface *RageSurfaceUtils::PalettizeToGrayscale( const RageSurface *src_surf, int GrayBits, int AlphaBits )
 {
 	AlphaBits = min( AlphaBits, 8-src_surf->format->Aloss );
 	
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageSurfaceUtils.h b/stepmania/src/RageSurfaceUtils.h
index a587400d1e..80378765a4 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageSurfaceUtils.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageSurfaceUtils.h
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ namespace RageSurfaceUtils
 	bool SaveSurface( const RageSurface *img, CString file );
 	RageSurface *LoadSurface( CString file );
 
-	RageSurface *Palettize( const RageSurface *src_surf, int GrayBits, int AlphaBits );
+	/* Quickly palettize to an gray/alpha texture. */
+	RageSurface *PalettizeToGrayscale( const RageSurface *src_surf, int GrayBits, int AlphaBits );
 
 	RageSurface *MakeDummySurface( int height, int width );