diff --git a/admin/index.php b/admin/index.php
index b1e409bbdb3..4a5532ca532 100644
--- a/admin/index.php
+++ b/admin/index.php
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
                 print_box_start('generalbox', 'notice'); // MDL-8330
                 print_string('pluginchecknotice');
                 print_box_end();
-                print_modules_table();
+                print_plugin_tables();
                 echo "<br />";
                 print_continue('index.php?confirmupgrade=1&amp;confirmrelease=1&amp;confirmplugincheck=1');
                 print_footer('none');
diff --git a/lib/adminlib.php b/lib/adminlib.php
index 696189e8db2..5cab964cf5c 100644
--- a/lib/adminlib.php
+++ b/lib/adminlib.php
@@ -4502,7 +4502,12 @@ function db_replace($search, $replace) {
     return true;
 }
 
-function print_modules_table() {
+/**
+ * Prints tables of detected plugins, one table per plugin type,
+ * and prints whether they are part of the standard Moodle 
+ * distribution or not.
+ */
+function print_plugin_tables() {
     $compatlist = array();
     $compatlist['mods'] = array('assignment',
                                 'chat',