diff --git a/include/wlr/render/interface.h b/include/wlr/render/interface.h
index 0b364995..3ce91d32 100644
--- a/include/wlr/render/interface.h
+++ b/include/wlr/render/interface.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ struct wlr_renderer_impl {
 		const float color[static 4], const float matrix[static 9]);
 	void (*render_ellipse_with_matrix)(struct wlr_renderer *renderer,
 		const float color[static 4], const float matrix[static 9]);
-	const enum wl_shm_format *(*formats)(
+	const enum wl_shm_format *(*get_shm_texture_formats)(
 		struct wlr_renderer *renderer, size_t *len);
 	bool (*resource_is_wl_drm_buffer)(struct wlr_renderer *renderer,
 		struct wl_resource *resource);
diff --git a/include/wlr/render/wlr_renderer.h b/include/wlr/render/wlr_renderer.h
index 6c6853ca..fecc1a13 100644
--- a/include/wlr/render/wlr_renderer.h
+++ b/include/wlr/render/wlr_renderer.h
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ void wlr_render_ellipse_with_matrix(struct wlr_renderer *r,
  * Get the shared-memory formats supporting import usage. Buffers allocated
  * with a format from this list may be imported via wlr_texture_from_pixels.
  */
-const enum wl_shm_format *wlr_renderer_get_formats(struct wlr_renderer *r,
-	size_t *len);
+const enum wl_shm_format *wlr_renderer_get_shm_texture_formats(
+	struct wlr_renderer *r, size_t *len);
 /**
  * Returns true if this wl_buffer is a wl_drm buffer.
  */
diff --git a/render/gles2/renderer.c b/render/gles2/renderer.c
index 28a24087..c90108fb 100644
--- a/render/gles2/renderer.c
+++ b/render/gles2/renderer.c
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ static void gles2_render_ellipse_with_matrix(struct wlr_renderer *wlr_renderer,
 	pop_gles2_debug(renderer);
 }
 
-static const enum wl_shm_format *gles2_renderer_formats(
+static const enum wl_shm_format *gles2_get_shm_texture_formats(
 		struct wlr_renderer *wlr_renderer, size_t *len) {
 	return get_gles2_wl_formats(len);
 }
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ static const struct wlr_renderer_impl renderer_impl = {
 	.render_subtexture_with_matrix = gles2_render_subtexture_with_matrix,
 	.render_quad_with_matrix = gles2_render_quad_with_matrix,
 	.render_ellipse_with_matrix = gles2_render_ellipse_with_matrix,
-	.formats = gles2_renderer_formats,
+	.get_shm_texture_formats = gles2_get_shm_texture_formats,
 	.resource_is_wl_drm_buffer = gles2_resource_is_wl_drm_buffer,
 	.wl_drm_buffer_get_size = gles2_wl_drm_buffer_get_size,
 	.get_dmabuf_texture_formats = gles2_get_dmabuf_texture_formats,
diff --git a/render/wlr_renderer.c b/render/wlr_renderer.c
index 18d6c928..62ae9474 100644
--- a/render/wlr_renderer.c
+++ b/render/wlr_renderer.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ void wlr_renderer_init(struct wlr_renderer *renderer,
 	assert(impl->render_subtexture_with_matrix);
 	assert(impl->render_quad_with_matrix);
 	assert(impl->render_ellipse_with_matrix);
-	assert(impl->formats);
+	assert(impl->get_shm_texture_formats);
 	assert(impl->texture_from_pixels);
 	renderer->impl = impl;
 
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ void wlr_render_ellipse_with_matrix(struct wlr_renderer *r,
 	r->impl->render_ellipse_with_matrix(r, color, matrix);
 }
 
-const enum wl_shm_format *wlr_renderer_get_formats(
+const enum wl_shm_format *wlr_renderer_get_shm_texture_formats(
 		struct wlr_renderer *r, size_t *len) {
-	return r->impl->formats(r, len);
+	return r->impl->get_shm_texture_formats(r, len);
 }
 
 bool wlr_renderer_resource_is_wl_drm_buffer(struct wlr_renderer *r,
@@ -210,7 +210,8 @@ bool wlr_renderer_init_wl_display(struct wlr_renderer *r,
 	}
 
 	size_t len;
-	const enum wl_shm_format *formats = wlr_renderer_get_formats(r, &len);
+	const enum wl_shm_format *formats =
+		wlr_renderer_get_shm_texture_formats(r, &len);
 	if (formats == NULL) {
 		wlr_log(WLR_ERROR, "Failed to initialize shm: cannot get formats");
 		return false;