diff --git a/lib/dtutils.lua b/lib/dtutils.lua
index 87e99cc..e659586 100644
--- a/lib/dtutils.lua
+++ b/lib/dtutils.lua
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ dtutils.libdoc.functions["check_min_api_version"] = {
 
 function dtutils.check_min_api_version(min_api, script_name)
   local current_api = dt.configuration.api_version_string
-  if dtutils.compare_versions(min_api, current_api) > 0 then
+  if dtutils.compare_api_versions(min_api, current_api) > 0 then
     dt.print_error("This application is written for lua api version " .. min_api .. " or later.")
     dt.print_error("The current lua api version is " .. current_api)
     dt.print("ERROR: " .. script_name .. " failed to load. Lua API version " .. min_api .. " or later required.")
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ dtutils.libdoc.functions["check_max_api_version"] = {
 
 function dtutils.check_max_api_version(max_api, script_name)
   local current_api = dt.configuration.api_version_string
-  if dtutils.compare_versions(current_api, max_api) > 0 then
+  if dtutils.compare_api_versions(current_api, max_api) > 0 then
     dt.print_error("This application is written for lua api version " .. max_api .. " or earlier.")
     dt.print_error("The current lua api version is " .. current_api)
     dt.print("ERROR: " .. script_name .. " failed to load. Lua API version " .. max_api .. " or earlier required.")
@@ -427,26 +427,26 @@ function dtutils.gen_uuid(case)
   return uuid
 end
 
-dtutils.libdoc.functions["compare_versions"] = {
-  Name = [[compare_versions]],
-  Synopsis = [[compare two version strings]],
+dtutils.libdoc.functions["compare_api_versions"] = {
+  Name = [[compare_api_versions]],
+  Synopsis = [[compare two API version strings]],
   Usage = [[local du = require "lib/dtutils"
 
-    local result = du.compare_versions(version1, version2)
+    local result = du.compare_api_versions(version1, version2)
       version1 - string - the first version string to compare (example: "5.0.0")
       version2 - string - the second version string to compare (example: "5.1.0")]],
-  Description = [[compare_versions compares two version strings and returns 1 if version1 is greater,
+  Description = [[compare_api_versions compares two version strings and returns 1 if version1 is greater,
     -1 if version2 is greater, and 0 if they are equal.]],
   Return_Value = [[result - 1 if version1 is greater, -1 if version2 is greater, 0 if they are equal.]],
   Limitations = [[]],
-  Example = [[compare_versions("5.0.0", "5.1.0") returns -1]],
+  Example = [[compare_api_versions("5.0.0", "5.1.0") returns -1]],
   See_Also = [[]],
   Reference = [[]],
   License = [[]],
   Copyright = [[]],
 }
 
-function dtutils.compare_versions(version1, version2)
+function dtutils.compare_api_versions(version1, version2)
   local v1 = {}
   for num in version1:gmatch("%d+") do table.insert(v1, tonumber(num)) end
   local v2 = {}