diff --git a/lib/workers/pr/changelog/index.ts b/lib/workers/pr/changelog/index.ts
index 750c4fea090beb4bb2c21b26a4ecd974148c2b6b..bb66f1d32a6226a3f3ac4812dbbfdd105f487f58 100644
--- a/lib/workers/pr/changelog/index.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/pr/changelog/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { logger } from '../../../logger';
 import * as allVersioning from '../../../versioning';
 import * as sourceGithub from './source-github';
-import { getReleases } from './releases';
+import { getInRangeReleases } from './releases';
 import { ChangeLogConfig, ChangeLogResult } from './common';
 
 export * from './common';
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export async function getChangeLogJSON(
     return null;
   }
 
-  const releases = args.releases || (await getReleases(args));
+  const releases = args.releases || (await getInRangeReleases(args));
 
   try {
     const res = await sourceGithub.getChangeLogJSON({ ...args, releases });
diff --git a/lib/workers/pr/changelog/releases.ts b/lib/workers/pr/changelog/releases.ts
index 8c991376c527e74758ec8f2ac1ef4f714eabaa50..8092906ba0da6482c3c9a60250a197a309144e56 100644
--- a/lib/workers/pr/changelog/releases.ts
+++ b/lib/workers/pr/changelog/releases.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export type ReleaseConfig = PkgReleaseConfig & {
   toVersion: string;
 };
 
-export async function getReleases(
+export async function getInRangeReleases(
   config: ReleaseConfig
 ): Promise<Release[] | null> {
   const { versioning, fromVersion, toVersion, depName, datasource } = config;
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export async function getReleases(
     }
     return releases;
   } catch (err) /* istanbul ignore next */ {
-    logger.debug({ err }, 'getReleases err');
+    logger.debug({ err }, 'getInRangeReleases err');
     logger.debug({ datasource, depName }, 'Error getting releases');
     return null;
   }
diff --git a/test/workers/pr/changelog/releases.spec.ts b/test/workers/pr/changelog/releases.spec.ts
index cfe44276ddc2fa0574b4337fc50f5b7c71f523dc..89252131f6b9525f8e0dba694ac542ed3e899d88 100644
--- a/test/workers/pr/changelog/releases.spec.ts
+++ b/test/workers/pr/changelog/releases.spec.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ describe('workers/pr/changelog/releases', () => {
         fromVersion: '1.0.0',
         toVersion: '1.1.0',
       };
-      const res = await releases.getReleases(config);
+      const res = await releases.getInRangeReleases(config);
       expect(res).toMatchSnapshot();
       expect(res).toHaveLength(3);
     });
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ describe('workers/pr/changelog/releases', () => {
         fromVersion: '1.0.1-rc0',
         toVersion: '1.1.0',
       };
-      const res = await releases.getReleases(config);
+      const res = await releases.getInRangeReleases(config);
       expect(res).toMatchSnapshot();
       expect(res).toHaveLength(4);
     });
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ describe('workers/pr/changelog/releases', () => {
         fromVersion: '1.0.1',
         toVersion: '1.2.0-rc1',
       };
-      const res = await releases.getReleases(config);
+      const res = await releases.getInRangeReleases(config);
       expect(res).toMatchSnapshot();
       expect(res).toHaveLength(4);
     });
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ describe('workers/pr/changelog/releases', () => {
         fromVersion: '1.0.1-rc0',
         toVersion: '1.2.0-rc1',
       };
-      const res = await releases.getReleases(config);
+      const res = await releases.getInRangeReleases(config);
       expect(res).toMatchSnapshot();
       expect(res).toHaveLength(6);
     });
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ describe('workers/pr/changelog/releases', () => {
         fromVersion: '1.0.1-rc0',
         toVersion: '1.2.0-rc0',
       };
-      const res = await releases.getReleases(config);
+      const res = await releases.getInRangeReleases(config);
       expect(res).toMatchSnapshot();
       expect(res).toHaveLength(3);
     });