diff --git a/glib/demo/utils.c b/glib/demo/utils.c
index eae3e89..9c66c7f 100644
--- a/glib/demo/utils.c
+++ b/glib/demo/utils.c
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@
 	pgd_table_add_property (GTK_GRID (table), "<b>Show Controls:</b>", poppler_movie_show_controls (movie) ? "Yes" : "No", &row);
         enum_value = g_enum_get_value ((GEnumClass *) g_type_class_ref (POPPLER_TYPE_MOVIE_PLAY_MODE), poppler_movie_get_play_mode (movie));
         pgd_table_add_property (GTK_GRID (table), "<b>Play Mode:</b>", enum_value->value_name, &row);
-	pgd_table_add_property (GTK_GRID (table), "<b>Synchronous Play:</b>", poppler_movie_synchronous_play (movie) ? "Yes" : "No", &row);
+	pgd_table_add_property (GTK_GRID (table), "<b>Synchronous Play:</b>", poppler_movie_is_synchronous (movie) ? "Yes" : "No", &row);
 	pgd_table_add_property (GTK_GRID (table), "<b>Volume:</b>", g_strdup_printf("%i", poppler_movie_get_volume (movie)), &row);
 	pgd_table_add_property (GTK_GRID (table), "<b>Rate:</b>", g_strdup_printf("%g", poppler_movie_get_rate (movie)), &row);
         poppler_movie_get_start (movie, &start);
diff --git a/glib/poppler-movie.cc b/glib/poppler-movie.cc
index 538c703..f9ee8dc 100644
--- a/glib/poppler-movie.cc
+++ b/glib/poppler-movie.cc
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * poppler_movie_synchronous_play:
+ * poppler_movie_is_synchronous:
  * @poppler_movie: a #PopplerMovie
  *
  * Returns whether the user must wait for the movie to be finished before
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
  * Since: 0.80
  */
 gboolean
-poppler_movie_synchronous_play (PopplerMovie *poppler_movie)
+poppler_movie_is_synchronous (PopplerMovie *poppler_movie)
 {
   g_return_val_if_fail (POPPLER_IS_MOVIE (poppler_movie), FALSE);
 
diff --git a/glib/poppler-movie.h b/glib/poppler-movie.h
index 0c7644a..0175088 100644
--- a/glib/poppler-movie.h
+++ b/glib/poppler-movie.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 POPPLER_PUBLIC
 PopplerMoviePlayMode poppler_movie_get_play_mode (PopplerMovie *poppler_movie);
 POPPLER_PUBLIC
-gboolean             poppler_movie_synchronous_play (PopplerMovie *poppler_movie);
+gboolean             poppler_movie_is_synchronous (PopplerMovie *poppler_movie);
 POPPLER_PUBLIC
 gint                 poppler_movie_get_volume (PopplerMovie *poppler_movie);
 POPPLER_PUBLIC
diff --git a/glib/reference/poppler-sections.txt b/glib/reference/poppler-sections.txt
index e2f1276..49fe3b7 100644
--- a/glib/reference/poppler-sections.txt
+++ b/glib/reference/poppler-sections.txt
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@
 poppler_movie_get_volume
 poppler_movie_need_poster
 poppler_movie_show_controls
-poppler_movie_synchronous_play
+poppler_movie_is_synchronous
 
 <SUBSECTION Standard>
 POPPLER_MOVIE