diff --git a/common/font/font.cpp b/common/font/font.cpp
index 8ef8ed2fe0..233d506bf6 100644
--- a/common/font/font.cpp
+++ b/common/font/font.cpp
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ VECTOR2I drawMarkup( BOX2I* aBoundingBox, std::vector<std::unique_ptr<GLYPH>>* a
             {
                 BOX2I bbox;
 
-                nextPosition = aFont->GetTextAsGlyphs( &bbox, aGlyphs, aNode->wxString(), aSize,
+                nextPosition = aFont->GetTextAsGlyphs( &bbox, aGlyphs, aNode->asWxString(), aSize,
                                                        aPosition, aAngle, aMirror, aOrigin,
                                                        textStyle );
 
@@ -354,10 +354,10 @@ void wordbreakMarkup( std::vector<std::pair<wxString, int>>* aWords,
 
             if( aNode->has_content() )
             {
-                VECTOR2I next = aFont->GetTextAsGlyphs( nullptr, nullptr, aNode->wxString(),
+                VECTOR2I next = aFont->GetTextAsGlyphs( nullptr, nullptr, aNode->asWxString(),
                                                         aSize, { 0, 0 }, ANGLE_0, false, { 0, 0 },
                                                         textStyle );
-                word += aNode->wxString();
+                word += aNode->asWxString();
                 width += next.x;
             }
 
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ void wordbreakMarkup( std::vector<std::pair<wxString, int>>* aWords,
         else
         {
             wxString      space( wxS( " " ) );
-            wxString      textRun = aNode->wxString();
+            wxString      textRun = aNode->asWxString();
             wxArrayString words;
 
             wxStringSplit( textRun, words, ' ' );
diff --git a/common/markup_parser.cpp b/common/markup_parser.cpp
index d79f4e8d5a..010f3e7677 100644
--- a/common/markup_parser.cpp
+++ b/common/markup_parser.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ std::string NODE::typeString() const
 }
 
 
-wxString NODE::wxString() const
+wxString NODE::asWxString() const
 {
     return FROM_UTF8( string().c_str() );
 }
diff --git a/include/markup_parser.h b/include/markup_parser.h
index 6d15b03a49..99b3812c68 100644
--- a/include/markup_parser.h
+++ b/include/markup_parser.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ struct NODE : parse_tree::basic_node<NODE>
 
     std::string typeString() const;
 
-    wxString wxString() const;
+    wxString asWxString() const;
 
     bool isOverbar() const     { return is_type<MARKUP::overbar>(); }
     bool isSubscript() const   { return is_type<MARKUP::subscript>(); }