diff --git a/plugins/lua/sort/places.lua b/plugins/lua/sort/places.lua
index 0baefb980..de4017e8f 100644
--- a/plugins/lua/sort/places.lua
+++ b/plugins/lua/sort/places.lua
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ local function get_default_zone_name(zone_type)
     return zone_names[zone_type] or ''
 end
 
-local function get_typestring_from_language_name(language_name_type)
+local function get_location_type_from_language_name(language_name_type)
     -- Looking at df.language.xml I think SymbolFood and SymbolDomestic are the only two we need to override?
     -- Every other df.language_name_type for a location matches the displayed type name (e.g. Temples are language_name_type.Temple, etc)
     return language_name_type_strings[language_name_type] or df.language_name_type[language_name_type]
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ local function get_zone_search_key(zone)
     else -- zone is a special location and we need to get its type from world data
         local building, success, _ = utils.binsearch(site.buildings, zone.location_id, 'id')
         if success and building.name then
-            table.insert(result, get_typestring_from_language_name(building.name.type))
+            table.insert(result, get_location_type_from_language_name(building.name.type))
             if building.name.has_name then
                 table.insert(result, dfhack.TranslateName(building.name, true))
             end