diff --git a/drivers/UARTSerial.cpp b/drivers/UARTSerial.cpp
index 5026c9eb3b..085257dd81 100644
--- a/drivers/UARTSerial.cpp
+++ b/drivers/UARTSerial.cpp
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ void UARTSerial::sigio(Callback<void()> func)
 }
 
 /* Special synchronous write designed to work from critical section, such
- * as in mbed_error_vfprintf.
+ * as in mbed_error_vprintf.
  */
 ssize_t UARTSerial::write_unbuffered(const char *buf_ptr, size_t length)
 {
diff --git a/platform/mbed_board.c b/platform/mbed_board.c
index 03b7c4c59f..0db7f930ed 100644
--- a/platform/mbed_board.c
+++ b/platform/mbed_board.c
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ void mbed_error_printf(const char *format, ...)
 {
     va_list arg;
     va_start(arg, format);
-    mbed_error_vfprintf(format, arg);
+    mbed_error_vprintf(format, arg);
     va_end(arg);
 }
 
-void mbed_error_vfprintf(const char *format, va_list arg)
+void mbed_error_vprintf(const char *format, va_list arg)
 {
 #define ERROR_BUF_SIZE      (128)
     core_util_critical_section_enter();
@@ -77,3 +77,8 @@ void mbed_error_vfprintf(const char *format, va_list arg)
     }
     core_util_critical_section_exit();
 }
+
+void mbed_error_vfprintf(const char *format, va_list arg)
+{
+    mbed_error_vprintf(format, arg);
+}
diff --git a/platform/mbed_error.c b/platform/mbed_error.c
index 20e0efba1c..d833189d98 100644
--- a/platform/mbed_error.c
+++ b/platform/mbed_error.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ WEAK void error(const char *format, ...)
 #ifndef NDEBUG
     va_list arg;
     va_start(arg, format);
-    mbed_error_vfprintf(format, arg);
+    mbed_error_vprintf(format, arg);
     va_end(arg);
 #endif
     exit(1);
diff --git a/platform/mbed_error.h b/platform/mbed_error.h
index 1286b119ed..14adf03735 100644
--- a/platform/mbed_error.h
+++ b/platform/mbed_error.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #else //MBED_CONF_PLATFORM_MAX_ERROR_FILENAME_LEN
 #if MBED_CONF_PLATFORM_MAX_ERROR_FILENAME_LEN > 64
 //We have to limit this to 64 bytes since we use mbed_error_printf for error reporting
-//and mbed_error_vfprintf uses 128bytes internal buffer which may not be sufficient for anything
+//and mbed_error_vprintf uses 128bytes internal buffer which may not be sufficient for anything
 //longer that 64 bytes with the current implementation.
 #error "Unsupported error filename buffer length detected, max supported length is 64 chars. Please change MBED_CONF_PLATFORM_MAX_ERROR_FILENAME_LEN or max-error-filename-len in configuration."
 #endif
diff --git a/platform/mbed_interface.h b/platform/mbed_interface.h
index 48594916e8..0bb009a3fa 100644
--- a/platform/mbed_interface.h
+++ b/platform/mbed_interface.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
+#include "mbed_toolchain.h"
 #include "device.h"
 
 /* Mbed interface mac address
@@ -146,9 +147,15 @@ void mbed_error_printf(const char *format, ...);
  * @param arg       Variable arguments list
  *
  */
+void mbed_error_vprintf(const char *format, va_list arg);
+
+/** @deprecated   Renamed to mbed_error_vprintf to match functionality */
+MBED_DEPRECATED_SINCE("mbed-os-5.11",
+                          "Renamed to mbed_error_vprintf to match functionality.")
 void mbed_error_vfprintf(const char *format, va_list arg);
 /** @}*/
 
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif