diff --git a/portable/MSVC-MingW/port.c b/portable/MSVC-MingW/port.c
index cdec17e86..f78cc5d8d 100644
--- a/portable/MSVC-MingW/port.c
+++ b/portable/MSVC-MingW/port.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static DWORD WINAPI prvSimulatedPeripheralTimer( LPVOID lpParameter )
             Sleep( portTICK_PERIOD_MS );
         }
 
-        vPortGenerateSimulatedInterruptFromNative( portINTERRUPT_TICK );
+        vPortGenerateSimulatedInterruptFromWindowsThread( portINTERRUPT_TICK );
     }
 
     return 0;
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ void vPortGenerateSimulatedInterrupt( uint32_t ulInterruptNumber )
 }
 /*-----------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-void vPortGenerateSimulatedInterruptFromNative( uint32_t ulInterruptNumber )
+void vPortGenerateSimulatedInterruptFromWindowsThread( uint32_t ulInterruptNumber )
 {
     if( xPortRunning == pdTRUE )
     {
diff --git a/portable/MSVC-MingW/portmacro.h b/portable/MSVC-MingW/portmacro.h
index 934074269..d3db1eb62 100644
--- a/portable/MSVC-MingW/portmacro.h
+++ b/portable/MSVC-MingW/portmacro.h
@@ -199,9 +199,9 @@ void vPortGenerateSimulatedInterrupt( uint32_t ulInterruptNumber );
  * Raise a simulated interrupt represented by the bit mask in ulInterruptMask.
  * Each bit can be used to represent an individual interrupt - with the first
  * two bits being used for the Yield and Tick interrupts respectively. This function
- * can be called in a native windows thread.
+ * can be called in a windows thread.
  */
-void vPortGenerateSimulatedInterruptFromNative( uint32_t ulInterruptNumber );
+void vPortGenerateSimulatedInterruptFromWindowsThread( uint32_t ulInterruptNumber );
 
 /*
  * Install an interrupt handler to be called by the simulated interrupt handler