diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0a906a19..97f60e01 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ option(SPDLOG_BUILD_BENCH "Build benchmarks (Requires https://github.com/google/
 option(SPDLOG_SANITIZE_ADDRESS "Enable address sanitizer in tests" OFF)
 
 # warning options
-option(SPDLOG_ENABLE_WARNINGS "Enable compiler warnings" OFF)
+option(SPDLOG_BUILD_WARNINGS "Enable compiler warnings" OFF)
 
 # install options
 option(SPDLOG_INSTALL "Generate the install target" ${SPDLOG_MASTER_PROJECT})
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ target_include_directories(spdlog PUBLIC
         "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include>"
         "$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>")
 target_link_libraries(spdlog PUBLIC Threads::Threads)
-spdlog_enable_warnings(spdlog)
+SPDLOG_BUILD_WARNINGS(spdlog)
 
 set_target_properties(spdlog PROPERTIES VERSION ${SPDLOG_VERSION} SOVERSION ${SPDLOG_VERSION_MAJOR})
 set_target_properties(spdlog PROPERTIES DEBUG_POSTFIX d)
@@ -258,9 +258,9 @@ endif()
 if(SPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE OR SPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE_HO)
     message(STATUS "Generating example(s)")
     add_subdirectory(example)
-    spdlog_enable_warnings(example)
+    SPDLOG_BUILD_WARNINGS(example)
     if(SPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLE_HO)
-        spdlog_enable_warnings(example_header_only)
+        SPDLOG_BUILD_WARNINGS(example_header_only)
     endif()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/cmake/utils.cmake b/cmake/utils.cmake
index f6f9bd78..836cacfd 100644
--- a/cmake/utils.cmake
+++ b/cmake/utils.cmake
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ endfunction()
 
 
 # Turn on warnings on the given target
-function(spdlog_enable_warnings target_name)
-    if(SPDLOG_ENABLE_WARNINGS)
+function(SPDLOG_BUILD_WARNINGS target_name)
+    if(SPDLOG_BUILD_WARNINGS)
         if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC")
             list(APPEND MSVC_OPTIONS "/W3")
             if(MSVC_VERSION GREATER  1900)  #Allow non fatal security wanrnings for msvc 2015