diff --git a/update_attempter.cc b/update_attempter.cc
index b06807d..31d728b 100644
--- a/update_attempter.cc
+++ b/update_attempter.cc
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
 }
 
 bool UpdateAttempter::ScheduleUpdates() {
-  if (IsUpdateRunningOrScheduled())
+  if (IsBusyOrUpdateScheduled())
     return false;
 
   chromeos_update_manager::UpdateManager* const update_manager =
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@
   // a bug that will most likely prevent further automatic update checks. It
   // seems better to crash in such cases and restart the update_engine daemon
   // into, hopefully, a known good state.
-  CHECK(IsUpdateRunningOrScheduled());
+  CHECK(IsBusyOrUpdateScheduled());
 }
 
 void UpdateAttempter::UpdateLastCheckedTime() {
@@ -1686,7 +1686,7 @@
   return true;
 }
 
-bool UpdateAttempter::IsUpdateRunningOrScheduled() {
+bool UpdateAttempter::IsBusyOrUpdateScheduled() {
   return ((status_ != UpdateStatus::IDLE &&
            status_ != UpdateStatus::UPDATED_NEED_REBOOT) ||
           waiting_for_scheduled_check_);
diff --git a/update_attempter.h b/update_attempter.h
index 3b580ad..880e975 100644
--- a/update_attempter.h
+++ b/update_attempter.h
@@ -407,8 +407,8 @@
   // policy is available again.
   void UpdateRollbackHappened();
 
-  // Returns whether an update is currently running or scheduled.
-  bool IsUpdateRunningOrScheduled();
+  // Returns if an update is: running, applied and needs reboot, or scheduled.
+  bool IsBusyOrUpdateScheduled();
 
   void CalculateStagingParams(bool interactive);
 
diff --git a/update_attempter_unittest.cc b/update_attempter_unittest.cc
index b69527d..254579c 100644
--- a/update_attempter_unittest.cc
+++ b/update_attempter_unittest.cc
@@ -1710,10 +1710,10 @@
 
 TEST_F(UpdateAttempterTest, UpdateIsNotRunningWhenUpdateAvailable) {
   // Default construction for |waiting_for_scheduled_check_| is false.
-  EXPECT_FALSE(attempter_.IsUpdateRunningOrScheduled());
+  EXPECT_FALSE(attempter_.IsBusyOrUpdateScheduled());
   // Verify in-progress update with UPDATE_AVAILABLE is running
   attempter_.status_ = UpdateStatus::UPDATE_AVAILABLE;
-  EXPECT_TRUE(attempter_.IsUpdateRunningOrScheduled());
+  EXPECT_TRUE(attempter_.IsBusyOrUpdateScheduled());
 }
 
 TEST_F(UpdateAttempterTest, UpdateAttemptFlagsCachedAtUpdateStart) {