3 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/cpukit/rtems/Makefile.am b/cpukit/rtems/Makefile.am
index f219db8d7b..6688317061 100644
--- a/cpukit/rtems/Makefile.am
+++ b/cpukit/rtems/Makefile.am
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ librtems_a_SOURCES += src/workspacegreedy.c
 librtems_a_SOURCES += src/modes.c
 
 librtems_a_SOURCES += src/status.c
-librtems_a_SOURCES += src/statusdesc.c
+librtems_a_SOURCES += src/statustext.c
 
 if HAS_MP
 # We only build multiprocessing related files if HAS_MP was defined
diff --git a/cpukit/rtems/include/rtems/rtems/status.h b/cpukit/rtems/include/rtems/rtems/status.h
index 19df500497..f82b1f477c 100644
--- a/cpukit/rtems/include/rtems/rtems/status.h
+++ b/cpukit/rtems/include/rtems/rtems/status.h
@@ -242,14 +242,16 @@ RTEMS_INLINE_ROUTINE bool rtems_are_statuses_equal(
 int rtems_status_code_to_errno(rtems_status_code sc);
 
 /**
- * @brief Returns a description for a status code.
+ * @brief Returns a text for a status code.
+ *
+ * The text for each status code is the enumerator constant.
  *
  * @param[in] code The status code.
  *
- * @retval description The status code description.
- * @retval ? The passed status code is invalid.
+ * @retval text The status code text.
+ * @retval "?" The passed status code is invalid.
  */
-const char *rtems_status_code_description( rtems_status_code code );
+const char *rtems_status_text( rtems_status_code code );
 
 /**@}*/
 
diff --git a/cpukit/rtems/src/statusdesc.c b/cpukit/rtems/src/statustext.c
index 4cc426d0a9..bdb91bbb5c 100644
--- a/cpukit/rtems/src/statusdesc.c
+++ b/cpukit/rtems/src/statustext.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 #include <rtems.h>
 
-static const char *const status_code_desc[] = {
+static const char *const status_code_text[] = {
   "RTEMS_SUCCESSFUL",
   "RTEMS_TASK_EXITTED",
   "RTEMS_MP_NOT_CONFIGURED",
@@ -56,14 +56,14 @@ static const char *const status_code_desc[] = {
   "RTEMS_PROXY_BLOCKING"
 };
 
-const char *rtems_status_code_description( rtems_status_code code )
+const char *rtems_status_text( rtems_status_code code )
 {
   size_t i = code;
-  const char *desc = "?";
+  const char *text = "?";
 
-  if ( i < RTEMS_ARRAY_SIZE( status_code_desc ) ) {
-    desc = status_code_desc [i];
+  if ( i < RTEMS_ARRAY_SIZE( status_code_text ) ) {
+    text = status_code_text [i];
   }
 
-  return desc;
+  return text;
 }