diff --git a/src/ui/camera.js b/src/ui/camera.js
index 87a6e692f2d..ae850423ce5 100644
--- a/src/ui/camera.js
+++ b/src/ui/camera.js
@@ -369,11 +369,11 @@ class Camera extends Evented {
      *      `options` provided in arguments. If map is unable to fit, method will warn and return undefined.
      * @example
      * var bbox = [[-79, 43], [-73, 45]];
-     * var newCameraTransform = map.getFitBoundsTransform(bbox, {
+     * var newCameraTransform = map.cameraForBounds(bbox, {
      *   padding: {top: 10, bottom:25, left: 15, right: 5}
      * });
      */
-    getFitBoundsTransform(bounds: LngLatBoundsLike, options?: CameraOptions): void | CameraOptions & AnimationOptions {
+    cameraForBounds(bounds: LngLatBoundsLike, options?: CameraOptions): void | CameraOptions & AnimationOptions {
         options = extend({
             padding: {
                 top: 0,
@@ -465,9 +465,9 @@ class Camera extends Evented {
      * @see [Fit a map to a bounding box](https://www.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/example/fitbounds/)
      */
     fitBounds(bounds: LngLatBoundsLike, options?: AnimationOptions & CameraOptions, eventData?: Object) {
-        const calculatedBounds = this.getFitBoundsTransform(bounds, options);
+        const calculatedBounds = this.cameraForBounds(bounds, options);
 
-        // getFitBoundsTransform warns + returns undefined if unable to fit:
+        // cameraForBounds warns + returns undefined if unable to fit:
         if (!calculatedBounds) return this;
 
         options = extend(calculatedBounds, options);
diff --git a/test/unit/ui/camera.test.js b/test/unit/ui/camera.test.js
index cf45c89269d..5efba5f8aa1 100644
--- a/test/unit/ui/camera.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/ui/camera.test.js
@@ -1664,12 +1664,12 @@ test('camera', (t) => {
         t.end();
     });
 
-    t.test('#getFitBoundsTransform', (t) => {
+    t.test('#cameraForBounds', (t) => {
         t.test('no padding passed', (t) => {
             const camera = createCamera();
             const bb = [[-133, 16], [-68, 50]];
 
-            const transform = camera.getFitBoundsTransform(bb);
+            const transform = camera.cameraForBounds(bb);
             t.deepEqual(fixedLngLat(transform.center, 4), { lng: -100.5, lat: 34.7171 }, 'correctly calculates coordinates for new bounds');
             t.equal(fixedNum(transform.zoom, 3), 2.469);
             t.end();
@@ -1679,7 +1679,7 @@ test('camera', (t) => {
             const camera = createCamera();
             const bb = [[-133, 16], [-68, 50]];
 
-            const transform = camera.getFitBoundsTransform(bb, { padding: 15 });
+            const transform = camera.cameraForBounds(bb, { padding: 15 });
             t.deepEqual(fixedLngLat(transform.center, 4), { lng: -100.5, lat: 34.7171 }, 'correctly calculates coordinates for bounds with padding option as number applied');
             t.equal(fixedNum(transform.zoom, 3), 2.382);
             t.end();
@@ -1689,7 +1689,7 @@ test('camera', (t) => {
             const camera = createCamera();
             const bb = [[-133, 16], [-68, 50]];
 
-            const transform = camera.getFitBoundsTransform(bb, { padding: {top: 10, right: 75, bottom: 50, left: 25}, duration: 0 });
+            const transform = camera.cameraForBounds(bb, { padding: {top: 10, right: 75, bottom: 50, left: 25}, duration: 0 });
             t.deepEqual(fixedLngLat(transform.center, 4), { lng: -100.5, lat: 34.7171 }, 'correctly calculates coordinates for bounds with padding option as object applied');
             t.end();
         });