diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Kinetic.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Kinetic.js
index 3789a83495..76126f2a95 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Kinetic.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Kinetic.js
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ OpenLayers.Kinetic = OpenLayers.Class({
             callback(args.x, args.y, args.end);
         };
 
-        this.timerId = OpenLayers.Util.loopAnimation(
+        this.timerId = OpenLayers.Util.startAnimation(
             OpenLayers.Function.bind(timerCallback, this)
         );
     },
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Tween.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Tween.js
index 4b22fc6ec4..57730c5c8b 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Tween.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Tween.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ OpenLayers.Tween = OpenLayers.Class({
     
     /**
      * Property: animationId
-     * {int} Loop id returned by OpenLayers.Util.loopAnimation
+     * {int} Loop id returned by OpenLayers.Util.startAnimation
      */
     animationId: null,
     
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ OpenLayers.Tween = OpenLayers.Class({
         if (this.callbacks && this.callbacks.start) {
             this.callbacks.start.call(this, this.begin);
         }
-        this.animationId = OpenLayers.Util.loopAnimation(
+        this.animationId = OpenLayers.Util.startAnimation(
             OpenLayers.Function.bind(this.play, this)
         );
     },
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js
index fc61a34828..dcdd95cabd 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js
@@ -1714,7 +1714,7 @@ OpenLayers.Util.requestAnimationFrame = (function() {
     var loops = {};
     var request = OpenLayers.Util.requestAnimationFrame;
     
-    OpenLayers.Util.loopAnimation = function(callback, duration, element) {
+    OpenLayers.Util.startAnimation = function(callback, duration, element) {
         duration = duration > 0 ? duration : Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
         var id = ++counter;
         var start = +new Date;