diff --git a/frontend_tests/node_tests/hotkey.js b/frontend_tests/node_tests/hotkey.js
index db17d3a83c..41e38945ea 100644
--- a/frontend_tests/node_tests/hotkey.js
+++ b/frontend_tests/node_tests/hotkey.js
@@ -293,8 +293,8 @@ function stubbing(func_name_to_stub, test_function) {
 
     hotkey.is_subs = return_true;
     global.ui_state.home_tab_obscured = return_true;
-    assert_mapping('up_arrow', 'subs.arrow_keys');
-    assert_mapping('down_arrow', 'subs.arrow_keys');
+    assert_mapping('up_arrow', 'subs.switch_rows');
+    assert_mapping('down_arrow', 'subs.switch_rows');
     global.ui_state.home_tab_obscured = return_false;
 
     hotkey.is_settings_page = return_true;
diff --git a/static/js/hotkey.js b/static/js/hotkey.js
index fbf8dfe051..fa60537ac0 100644
--- a/static/js/hotkey.js
+++ b/static/js/hotkey.js
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ exports.process_hotkey = function (e, hotkey) {
     if (hotkey.message_view_only && ui_state.home_tab_obscured()) {
         // if up/down arrow key was pressed and streams menu is open
         if ((event_name === 'up_arrow' || event_name === 'down_arrow') && exports.is_subs()) {
-            subs.arrow_keys(event_name);
+            subs.switch_rows(event_name);
             return true;
         }
         return false;
diff --git a/static/js/subs.js b/static/js/subs.js
index 7b34c3ac25..1d44c783e4 100644
--- a/static/js/subs.js
+++ b/static/js/subs.js
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ exports.close = function () {
     subs.remove_miscategorized_streams();
 };
 
-exports.arrow_keys = function (event) {
+exports.switch_rows = function (event) {
     var active_row = $('div.stream-row.active'); // current active row
     var switch_row; // initialize var for row that we're switching to
     // if rows have undefined attributes (no selected/active row)