diff --git a/services/document-updater/app/coffee/HistoryManager.coffee b/services/document-updater/app/coffee/HistoryManager.coffee
index 17b77a00e6..9f78b5af4b 100644
--- a/services/document-updater/app/coffee/HistoryManager.coffee
+++ b/services/document-updater/app/coffee/HistoryManager.coffee
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module.exports = HistoryManager =
 				return callback(error)
 
 	FLUSH_EVERY_N_OPS: 100
-	pushUncompressedHistoryOps: (project_id, doc_id, ops = [], length, callback = (error) ->) ->
+	recordAndFlushHistoryOps: (project_id, doc_id, ops = [], length, callback = (error) ->) ->
 		if ops.length == 0
 			return callback()
 		HistoryRedisManager.recordDocHasHistoryOps project_id, doc_id, ops, (error) ->
diff --git a/services/document-updater/app/coffee/UpdateManager.coffee b/services/document-updater/app/coffee/UpdateManager.coffee
index b903f6615f..269b16ee67 100644
--- a/services/document-updater/app/coffee/UpdateManager.coffee
+++ b/services/document-updater/app/coffee/UpdateManager.coffee
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ module.exports = UpdateManager =
 					return callback(error) if error?
 					RedisManager.updateDocument doc_id, updatedDocLines, version, appliedOps, new_ranges, (error, historyOpsLength) ->
 						return callback(error) if error?
-						HistoryManager.pushUncompressedHistoryOps project_id, doc_id, appliedOps, historyOpsLength, callback
+						HistoryManager.recordAndFlushHistoryOps project_id, doc_id, appliedOps, historyOpsLength, callback
 
 	lockUpdatesAndDo: (method, project_id, doc_id, args..., callback) ->
 		LockManager.getLock doc_id, (error, lockValue) ->
diff --git a/services/document-updater/test/unit/coffee/HistoryManager/HistoryManagerTests.coffee b/services/document-updater/test/unit/coffee/HistoryManager/HistoryManagerTests.coffee
index b41c9b9f7a..37e35ca285 100644
--- a/services/document-updater/test/unit/coffee/HistoryManager/HistoryManagerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/document-updater/test/unit/coffee/HistoryManager/HistoryManagerTests.coffee
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ describe "HistoryManager", ->
 			it "should return the callback with an error", ->
 				@callback.calledWith(new Error("track changes api return non-success code: 500")).should.equal true
 
-	describe "pushUncompressedHistoryOps", ->
+	describe "recordAndFlushHistoryOps", ->
 		beforeEach ->
 			@ops = ["mock-ops"]
 			@HistoryManager.flushDocChanges = sinon.stub().callsArg(2)
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ describe "HistoryManager", ->
 		describe "pushing the op", ->
 			beforeEach ->
 				@HistoryRedisManager.recordDocHasHistoryOps = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(3, null)
-				@HistoryManager.pushUncompressedHistoryOps @project_id, @doc_id, @ops, 1, @callback
+				@HistoryManager.recordAndFlushHistoryOps @project_id, @doc_id, @ops, 1, @callback
 
 			it "should push the ops into redis", ->
 				@HistoryRedisManager.recordDocHasHistoryOps
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ describe "HistoryManager", ->
 			beforeEach ->
 				@HistoryRedisManager.recordDocHasHistoryOps =
 					sinon.stub().callsArgWith(3, null)
-				@HistoryManager.pushUncompressedHistoryOps @project_id, @doc_id, @ops, 2 * @HistoryManager.FLUSH_EVERY_N_OPS,@callback
+				@HistoryManager.recordAndFlushHistoryOps @project_id, @doc_id, @ops, 2 * @HistoryManager.FLUSH_EVERY_N_OPS,@callback
 
 			it "should tell the track changes api to flush", ->
 				@HistoryManager.flushDocChanges
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ describe "HistoryManager", ->
 				@ops = ["op1", "op2", "op3"]
 				@HistoryRedisManager.recordDocHasHistoryOps =
 					sinon.stub().callsArgWith(3, null)
-				@HistoryManager.pushUncompressedHistoryOps @project_id, @doc_id, @ops, 2 * @HistoryManager.FLUSH_EVERY_N_OPS + 1, @callback
+				@HistoryManager.recordAndFlushHistoryOps @project_id, @doc_id, @ops, 2 * @HistoryManager.FLUSH_EVERY_N_OPS + 1, @callback
 
 			it "should tell the track changes api to flush", ->
 				@HistoryManager.flushDocChanges
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ describe "HistoryManager", ->
 				@HistoryRedisManager.recordDocHasHistoryOps =
 					sinon.stub().callsArgWith(3, null)
 				@HistoryManager.flushDocChanges = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(2, @error = new Error("oops"))
-				@HistoryManager.pushUncompressedHistoryOps @project_id, @doc_id, @ops, 2 * @HistoryManager.FLUSH_EVERY_N_OPS, @callback
+				@HistoryManager.recordAndFlushHistoryOps @project_id, @doc_id, @ops, 2 * @HistoryManager.FLUSH_EVERY_N_OPS, @callback
 
 			it "should log out the error", ->
 				@logger.error
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ describe "HistoryManager", ->
 		describe "with no ops", ->
 			beforeEach ->
 				@HistoryRedisManager.recordDocHasHistoryOps = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(3, null)
-				@HistoryManager.pushUncompressedHistoryOps @project_id, @doc_id, [], 1, @callback
+				@HistoryManager.recordAndFlushHistoryOps @project_id, @doc_id, [], 1, @callback
 			
 			it "should not call HistoryRedisManager.recordDocHasHistoryOps", ->
 				@HistoryRedisManager.recordDocHasHistoryOps.called.should.equal false
diff --git a/services/document-updater/test/unit/coffee/UpdateManager/UpdateManagerTests.coffee b/services/document-updater/test/unit/coffee/UpdateManager/UpdateManagerTests.coffee
index 57bd9166d1..2de6e93e44 100644
--- a/services/document-updater/test/unit/coffee/UpdateManager/UpdateManagerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/document-updater/test/unit/coffee/UpdateManager/UpdateManagerTests.coffee
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ describe "UpdateManager", ->
 			@ShareJsUpdateManager.applyUpdate = sinon.stub().yields(null, @updatedDocLines, @version, @appliedOps)
 			@RedisManager.updateDocument = sinon.stub().yields()
 			@RealTimeRedisManager.sendData = sinon.stub()
-			@HistoryManager.pushUncompressedHistoryOps = sinon.stub().callsArg(4)
+			@HistoryManager.recordAndFlushHistoryOps = sinon.stub().callsArg(4)
 		
 		describe "normally", ->
 			beforeEach ->
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ describe "UpdateManager", ->
 					.should.equal true
 			
 			it "should push the applied ops into the history queue", ->
-				@HistoryManager.pushUncompressedHistoryOps
+				@HistoryManager.recordAndFlushHistoryOps
 					.calledWith(@project_id, @doc_id, @appliedOps)
 					.should.equal true