diff --git a/components/net/hsts.rs b/components/net/hsts.rs
index 336b66bf0a7..1d56473ef85 100644
--- a/components/net/hsts.rs
+++ b/components/net/hsts.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ impl HSTSList {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn new_from_preload(preload_content: &str) -> Option<HSTSList> {
+    /// Create an `HSTSList` from the contents of a JSON preload file.
+    pub fn from_preload(preload_content: &str) -> Option<HSTSList> {
         decode(preload_content).ok()
     }
 
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ impl HSTSList {
 pub fn preload_hsts_domains() -> Option<HSTSList> {
     read_resource_file("hsts_preload.json").ok().and_then(|bytes| {
         from_utf8(&bytes).ok().and_then(|hsts_preload_content| {
-            HSTSList::new_from_preload(hsts_preload_content)
+            HSTSList::from_preload(hsts_preload_content)
         })
     })
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/net/hsts.rs b/tests/unit/net/hsts.rs
index 898f31b06b0..3691c9dc486 100644
--- a/tests/unit/net/hsts.rs
+++ b/tests/unit/net/hsts.rs
@@ -151,13 +151,13 @@ fn test_push_entry_to_hsts_list_should_add_an_entry() {
 #[test]
 fn test_parse_hsts_preload_should_return_none_when_json_invalid() {
     let mock_preload_content = "derp";
-    assert!(HSTSList::new_from_preload(mock_preload_content).is_none(), "invalid preload list should not have parsed")
+    assert!(HSTSList::from_preload(mock_preload_content).is_none(), "invalid preload list should not have parsed")
 }
 
 #[test]
 fn test_parse_hsts_preload_should_return_none_when_json_contains_no_entries_key() {
     let mock_preload_content = "{\"nothing\": \"to see here\"}";
-    assert!(HSTSList::new_from_preload(mock_preload_content).is_none(), "invalid preload list should not have parsed")
+    assert!(HSTSList::from_preload(mock_preload_content).is_none(), "invalid preload list should not have parsed")
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ fn test_parse_hsts_preload_should_decode_host_and_includes_subdomains() {
                                          \"include_subdomains\": false}\
                                      ]\
                                  }";
-    let hsts_list = HSTSList::new_from_preload(mock_preload_content);
+    let hsts_list = HSTSList::from_preload(mock_preload_content);
     let entries = hsts_list.unwrap().entries;
 
     assert_eq!(entries[0].host, "mozilla.org");