diff --git a/dune/functions/functionspacebases/brezzidouglasmarinibasis.hh b/dune/functions/functionspacebases/brezzidouglasmarinibasis.hh
index 2730248eebd25fad745b03876c0330bf87f1ece0..eeb14b2b42d49c2f76acd42e3984d6ff84080c19 100644
--- a/dune/functions/functionspacebases/brezzidouglasmarinibasis.hh
+++ b/dune/functions/functionspacebases/brezzidouglasmarinibasis.hh
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ public:
 } // end namespace BasisBuilder::Imp
 
 template<std::size_t k, GeometryType::BasicType basic_type>
-Imp::BrezziDouglasMariniPreBasisFactory<k, basic_type> bdm()
+Imp::BrezziDouglasMariniPreBasisFactory<k, basic_type> brezziDouglasMarini()
 {
   return{};
 }
diff --git a/dune/functions/functionspacebases/raviartthomasbasis.hh b/dune/functions/functionspacebases/raviartthomasbasis.hh
index 268bc0864e59a19ed9363c664246015fb2334034..03516519d3234d2be25599383a9cc570d096f0fc 100644
--- a/dune/functions/functionspacebases/raviartthomasbasis.hh
+++ b/dune/functions/functionspacebases/raviartthomasbasis.hh
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ public:
  * \tparam basic_type Basic geometry type
  */
 template<std::size_t k, GeometryType::BasicType basic_type, class size_type=std::size_t>
-auto rt()
+auto raviartThomas()
 {
   return Imp::RaviartThomasPreBasisFactory<k, basic_type, size_type>();
 }
diff --git a/dune/functions/functionspacebases/test/brezzidouglasmarinibasistest.cc b/dune/functions/functionspacebases/test/brezzidouglasmarinibasistest.cc
index a61d8d7e93355798a300c3ae8cdbe1addf67a8d3..ff79e1b771e1cb59e2ed99020612b3efb4a9b0a4 100644
--- a/dune/functions/functionspacebases/test/brezzidouglasmarinibasistest.cc
+++ b/dune/functions/functionspacebases/test/brezzidouglasmarinibasistest.cc
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ int main (int argc, char* argv[])
   // check RaviartThomasBasis created using basis builder mechanism
   {
     using namespace Functions::BasisBuilder;
-    auto basis = makeBasis(grid.leafGridView(), bdm<1, GeometryType::BasicType::cube>());
+    auto basis = makeBasis(grid.leafGridView(), brezziDouglasMarini<1, GeometryType::BasicType::cube>());
     test.subTest(checkBasis(basis));
   }
 
diff --git a/dune/functions/functionspacebases/test/raviartthomasbasistest.cc b/dune/functions/functionspacebases/test/raviartthomasbasistest.cc
index 6171540006335821af6d76bd03cb51f943b398aa..a2da8bdb4c77d5187837d6bbb008ea5e8a0154f3 100644
--- a/dune/functions/functionspacebases/test/raviartthomasbasistest.cc
+++ b/dune/functions/functionspacebases/test/raviartthomasbasistest.cc
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ int main (int argc, char* argv[])
   // check RaviartThomasBasis created using basis builder mechanism
   {
     using namespace Functions::BasisBuilder;
-    auto basis = makeBasis(grid.leafGridView(), rt<0, GeometryType::BasicType::cube>());
+    auto basis = makeBasis(grid.leafGridView(), raviartThomas<0, GeometryType::BasicType::cube>());
     test.subTest(checkBasis(basis));
   }
 
diff --git a/examples/poisson-mfem.cc b/examples/poisson-mfem.cc
index 190cf5a6b3d2db9bb7c0de9357ab1ed95cf02d22..40e410564bd06e0999fbccab09e6311c278b6990 100644
--- a/examples/poisson-mfem.cc
+++ b/examples/poisson-mfem.cc
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
   auto basis = makeBasis(
     gridView,
     composite(
-      rt<k, GeometryType::BasicType::cube>(),
+      raviartThomas<k, GeometryType::BasicType::cube>(),
       pq<k>()
     ));