diff --git a/examples/tissot.js b/examples/tissot.js
index af92b5cb32..bde3061997 100644
--- a/examples/tissot.js
+++ b/examples/tissot.js
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ var radius = 800000;
 var x, y;
 for (x = -180; x < 180; x += 30) {
   for (y = -90; y < 90; y += 30) {
-    var circle4326 = ol.geom.Polygon.circular(wgs84Sphere, [x, y], radius, 64);
+    var circle4326 = ol.geom.Polygon.createCircularOnSphere(
+        wgs84Sphere, [x, y], radius, 64);
     var circle3857 = circle4326.clone().transform('EPSG:4326', 'EPSG:3857');
     vectorLayer4326.getSource().addFeature(new ol.Feature(circle4326));
     vectorLayer3857.getSource().addFeature(new ol.Feature(circle3857));
diff --git a/src/ol/geom/polygon.js b/src/ol/geom/polygon.js
index 52d55ff1fd..2532ce1b2e 100644
--- a/src/ol/geom/polygon.js
+++ b/src/ol/geom/polygon.js
@@ -357,7 +357,8 @@ ol.geom.Polygon.prototype.setFlatCoordinates =
  * @return {ol.geom.Polygon} Circle geometry.
  * @api stable
  */
-ol.geom.Polygon.circular = function(sphere, center, radius, opt_n) {
+ol.geom.Polygon.createCircularOnSphere =
+    function(sphere, center, radius, opt_n) {
   var n = goog.isDef(opt_n) ? opt_n : 32;
   /** @type {Array.<number>} */
   var flatCoordinates = [];