diff --git a/example/example.cpp b/example/example.cpp
index b544bec0..bb844c3c 100644
--- a/example/example.cpp
+++ b/example/example.cpp
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ int main(int, char *[])
     // Optionally load log levels from the SPDLOG_LEVEL env variable or from argv.
     // For example: set the global level to info and mylogger to to trace:
     // SPDLOG_LEVEL=info,mylogger=trace && ./example
-    spdlog::cfg::load_env();
+    spdlog::cfg::load_env_levels();
 
     // or from command line: "./example SPDLOG_LEVEL=info,mylogger=trace"
     // #include "spdlog/cfg/argv.h" // for loading levels from argv
-    // spdlog::cfg::load_argv(args, argv);
+    // spdlog::cfg::load_argv_levels(args, argv);
 
     spdlog::warn("Easy padding in numbers like {:08d}", 12);
     spdlog::critical("Support for int: {0:d};  hex: {0:x};  oct: {0:o}; bin: {0:b}", 42);
diff --git a/include/spdlog/cfg/argv.h b/include/spdlog/cfg/argv.h
index 71ddb9ea..a842e107 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/cfg/argv.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/cfg/argv.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace spdlog {
 namespace cfg {
 
 // search for SPDLOG_LEVEL= in the args and use it to init the levels
-void load_argv(int args, char **argv)
+void load_argv_levels(int args, char **argv)
 {
     const std::string spdlog_level_prefix = "SPDLOG_LEVEL=";
     for (int i = 1; i < args; i++)
diff --git a/include/spdlog/cfg/env.h b/include/spdlog/cfg/env.h
index 4b4a22c7..115b676f 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/cfg/env.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/cfg/env.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 namespace spdlog {
 namespace cfg {
-void load_env()
+void load_env_levels()
 {
     auto env_val = details::os::getenv("SPDLOG_LEVEL");
     auto levels = helpers::extract_levels(env_val);
diff --git a/tests/test_cfg.cpp b/tests/test_cfg.cpp
index 8caf13ea..7e6f36e5 100644
--- a/tests/test_cfg.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_cfg.cpp
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #include <spdlog/cfg/env.h>
 #include <spdlog/cfg/argv.h>
 
-using spdlog::cfg::load_argv;
-using spdlog::cfg::load_env;
+using spdlog::cfg::load_argv_levels;
+using spdlog::cfg::load_env_levels;
 using spdlog::sinks::test_sink_st;
 
 TEST_CASE("env", "[cfg]")
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ TEST_CASE("env", "[cfg]")
 #else
     setenv("SPDLOG_LEVEL", "l1=warn", 1);
 #endif
-    load_env();
+    load_env_levels();
     REQUIRE(l1->level() == spdlog::level::warn);
     spdlog::set_default_logger(spdlog::create<test_sink_st>("cfg-default"));
     REQUIRE(spdlog::default_logger()->level() == spdlog::level::info);
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ TEST_CASE("argv1", "[cfg]")
 {
     spdlog::drop("l1");
     const char *argv[] = {"ignore", "SPDLOG_LEVEL=l1=warn"};
-    load_argv(2, const_cast<char**>(argv));
+    load_argv_levels(2, const_cast<char **>(argv));
     auto l1 = spdlog::create<spdlog::sinks::test_sink_st>("l1");
     REQUIRE(l1->level() == spdlog::level::warn);
     REQUIRE(spdlog::default_logger()->level() == spdlog::level::info);
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ TEST_CASE("argv2", "[cfg]")
 {
     spdlog::drop("l1");
     const char *argv[] = {"ignore", "SPDLOG_LEVEL=l1=warn,trace"};
-    load_argv(2, const_cast<char**>(argv));
+    load_argv_levels(2, const_cast<char **>(argv));
     auto l1 = spdlog::create<test_sink_st>("l1");
     REQUIRE(l1->level() == spdlog::level::warn);
     REQUIRE(spdlog::default_logger()->level() == spdlog::level::trace);
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ TEST_CASE("argv3", "[cfg]")
 {
     spdlog::drop("l1");
     const char *argv[] = {"ignore", "SPDLOG_LEVEL="};
-    load_argv(2, const_cast<char**>(argv));
+    load_argv_levels(2, const_cast<char **>(argv));
     auto l1 = spdlog::create<test_sink_st>("l1");
     REQUIRE(l1->level() == spdlog::level::info);
     REQUIRE(spdlog::default_logger()->level() == spdlog::level::info);
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ TEST_CASE("argv4", "[cfg]")
 {
     spdlog::drop("l1");
     const char *argv[] = {"ignore", "SPDLOG_LEVEL=junk"};
-    load_argv(2, const_cast<char**>(argv));
+    load_argv_levels(2, const_cast<char **>(argv));
     auto l1 = spdlog::create<test_sink_st>("l1");
     REQUIRE(l1->level() == spdlog::level::info);
 }
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ TEST_CASE("argv5", "[cfg]")
 {
     spdlog::drop("l1");
     const char *argv[] = {"ignore", "ignore", "SPDLOG_LEVEL=l1=warn,trace"};
-    load_argv(3, const_cast<char**>(argv));
+    load_argv_levels(3, const_cast<char **>(argv));
     auto l1 = spdlog::create<test_sink_st>("l1");
     REQUIRE(l1->level() == spdlog::level::warn);
     REQUIRE(spdlog::default_logger()->level() == spdlog::level::trace);
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ TEST_CASE("argv6", "[cfg]")
 {
     spdlog::set_level(spdlog::level::err);
     const char *argv[] = {""};
-    load_argv(1, const_cast<char**>(argv));
+    load_argv_levels(1, const_cast<char **>(argv));
     REQUIRE(spdlog::default_logger()->level() == spdlog::level::err);
     spdlog::set_level(spdlog::level::info);
 }
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ TEST_CASE("argv7", "[cfg]")
 {
     spdlog::set_level(spdlog::level::err);
     const char *argv[] = {""};
-    load_argv(0, const_cast<char**>(argv));
+    load_argv_levels(0, const_cast<char **>(argv));
     REQUIRE(spdlog::default_logger()->level() == spdlog::level::err);
     spdlog::set_level(spdlog::level::info);
 }