diff --git a/include/wx/event.h b/include/wx/event.h
index 5fee9d2141..4ebbb27f5b 100644
--- a/include/wx/event.h
+++ b/include/wx/event.h
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ extern WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxEventType wxNewEventType();
 
     // Declare a local (not exported) wxEventType-based event type:
 
-    #define wxDECLARE_LOCAL_EVENT( name, type ) \
+    #define wxDECLARE__EVENT( name, type ) \
         wxDECLARE_EXPORTED_EVENT( wxEMPTY_PARAMETER_VALUE, name, type )
 
     // Try to cast the given event handler to the correct handler type:
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ extern WXDLLIMPEXP_BASE wxEventType wxNewEventType();
 
     // Declare a local (not exported) templatized event type:
 
-    #define wxDECLARE_LOCAL_EVENT( name, type ) \
+    #define wxDECLARE__EVENT( name, type ) \
         wxDECLARE_EXPORTED_EVENT( wxEMPTY_PARAMETER_VALUE, name, type )
 
     // Don't cast the given event handler so that wxEvtHandler::Connect() sees
diff --git a/samples/event/event.cpp b/samples/event/event.cpp
index 4461234bb9..27f0d2e505 100644
--- a/samples/event/event.cpp
+++ b/samples/event/event.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 // define a custom event type (we don't need a separate declaration here but
-// usually you would use a matching wxDECLARE_LOCAL_EVENT in a header)
+// usually you would use a matching wxDECLARE_EVENT in a header)
 wxDEFINE_EVENT(wxEVT_MY_CUSTOM_COMMAND, wxCommandEvent)
 
 // it may also be convenient to define an event table macro for this event type
diff --git a/src/unix/sound_sdl.cpp b/src/unix/sound_sdl.cpp
index 4b21eeac9e..dff43eeaee 100644
--- a/src/unix/sound_sdl.cpp
+++ b/src/unix/sound_sdl.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public:
 typedef void (wxEvtHandler::*wxSoundBackendSDLNotificationFunction)
              (wxSoundBackendSDLNotification&);
 
-wxDECLARE_LOCAL_EVENT( wxEVT_SOUND_BACKEND_SDL_NOTIFICATION, wxSoundBackendSDLNotification )
+wxDECLARE_EVENT( wxEVT_SOUND_BACKEND_SDL_NOTIFICATION, wxSoundBackendSDLNotification )
 
 #define EVT_SOUND_BACKEND_SDL_NOTIFICATON(func) \
     DECLARE_EVENT_TABLE_ENTRY(wxEVT_SOUND_BACKEND_SDL_NOTIFICATION, \