diff --git a/include/wx/fswatcher.h b/include/wx/fswatcher.h
index 959bcf8a8a..9792bce12b 100644
--- a/include/wx/fswatcher.h
+++ b/include/wx/fswatcher.h
@@ -305,6 +305,13 @@ public:
             m_owner = handler;
     }
 
+
+    // This is a semi-private function used by wxWidgets itself only.
+    //
+    // Delegates the real work of adding the path to wxFSWatcherImpl::Add() and
+    // updates m_watches if the new path was successfully added.
+    bool AddAny(const wxFileName& path, int events, wxFSWPathType type);
+
 protected:
 
     static wxString GetCanonicalPath(const wxFileName& path)
@@ -320,10 +327,6 @@ protected:
         return path_copy.GetFullPath();
     }
 
-    // Delegates the real work of adding the path to wxFSWatcherImpl::Add() and
-    // updates m_watches if the new path was successfully added.
-    bool DoAdd(const wxFileName& path, int events, wxFSWPathType type);
-
 
     wxFSWatchInfoMap m_watches;        // path=>wxFSWatchInfo map
     wxFSWatcherImpl* m_service;     // file system events service
diff --git a/src/common/fswatchercmn.cpp b/src/common/fswatchercmn.cpp
index 9983369c41..7382c2f6fb 100644
--- a/src/common/fswatchercmn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/fswatchercmn.cpp
@@ -95,13 +95,13 @@ bool wxFileSystemWatcherBase::Add(const wxFileName& path, int events)
         return false;
     }
 
-    return DoAdd(path, events, type);
+    return AddAny(path, events, type);
 }
 
 bool
-wxFileSystemWatcherBase::DoAdd(const wxFileName& path,
-                               int events,
-                               wxFSWPathType type)
+wxFileSystemWatcherBase::AddAny(const wxFileName& path,
+                                int events,
+                                wxFSWPathType type)
 {
     wxString canonical = GetCanonicalPath(path);
     if (canonical.IsEmpty())
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ bool wxFileSystemWatcherBase::AddTree(const wxFileName& path, int events,
         {
             wxLogTrace(wxTRACE_FSWATCHER,
                        "--- AddTree adding file '%s' ---", filename);
-            m_watcher->DoAdd(wxFileName::FileName(filename),
+            m_watcher->AddAny(wxFileName::FileName(filename),
                              m_events, wxFSWPath_File);
             return wxDIR_CONTINUE;
         }
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ bool wxFileSystemWatcherBase::AddTree(const wxFileName& path, int events,
             wxLogTrace(wxTRACE_FSWATCHER,
                        "--- AddTree adding directory '%s' ---", dirname);
             // we add as much as possible and ignore errors
-            m_watcher->DoAdd(wxFileName::DirName(dirname),
+            m_watcher->AddAny(wxFileName::DirName(dirname),
                              m_events, wxFSWPath_Dir);
             return wxDIR_CONTINUE;
         }
diff --git a/src/msw/fswatcher.cpp b/src/msw/fswatcher.cpp
index a186acd2ca..69c19e19b7 100644
--- a/src/msw/fswatcher.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/fswatcher.cpp
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ wxMSWFileSystemWatcher::AddTree(const wxFileName& path,
         return false;
     }
 
-    return DoAdd(path, events, wxFSWPath_Tree);
+    return AddAny(path, events, wxFSWPath_Tree);
 }
 
 #endif // wxUSE_FSWATCHER