diff --git a/.changeset/mean-ants-hang.md b/.changeset/mean-ants-hang.md
index 6fe5c50420..e9c3bc4eaf 100644
--- a/.changeset/mean-ants-hang.md
+++ b/.changeset/mean-ants-hang.md
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 '@backstage/backend-common': patch
 ---
 
-Exported `redactLogLine` function to be able to use it in custom loggers.
+Exported `redactLogLine` function to be able to use it in custom loggers and renamed it to `redactWinstonLogLine`.
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/api-report.md b/packages/backend-common/api-report.md
index ff79e106e0..82263fba07 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/api-report.md
+++ b/packages/backend-common/api-report.md
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ export type ReadUrlResponseFactoryFromStreamOptions = {
 };
 
 // @public
-export function redactLogLine(
+export function redactWinstonLogLine(
   info: winston.Logform.TransformableInfo,
 ): winston.Logform.TransformableInfo;
 
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/logging/index.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/logging/index.ts
index a3b87237ec..4657dd4101 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/logging/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/logging/index.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ export {
   createRootLogger,
   getRootLogger,
   setRootLogger,
-  redactLogLine,
+  redactWinstonLogLine,
 } from './rootLogger';
 export * from './voidLogger';
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/logging/rootLogger.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/logging/rootLogger.ts
index a24dea3c00..6077662dcf 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/logging/rootLogger.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/logging/rootLogger.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export function setRootLoggerRedactionList(redactionList: string[]) {
  *
  * @public
  */
-export function redactLogLine(info: winston.Logform.TransformableInfo) {
+export function redactWinstonLogLine(info: winston.Logform.TransformableInfo) {
   // TODO(hhogg): The logger is created before the config is loaded, because the
   // logger is needed in the config loader. There is a risk of a secret being
   // logged out during the config loading stage.
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export function createRootLogger(
       {
         level: env.LOG_LEVEL || 'info',
         format: winston.format.combine(
-          winston.format(redactLogLine)(),
+          winston.format(redactWinstonLogLine)(),
           env.NODE_ENV === 'production' ? winston.format.json() : coloredFormat,
         ),
         defaultMeta: {