diff --git a/config/src/main/java/com/typesafe/config/ConfigFactory.java b/config/src/main/java/com/typesafe/config/ConfigFactory.java
index 8236713c..f2fb0ae4 100644
--- a/config/src/main/java/com/typesafe/config/ConfigFactory.java
+++ b/config/src/main/java/com/typesafe/config/ConfigFactory.java
@@ -1091,12 +1091,12 @@ public final class ConfigFactory {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Parse only any application overrides (those specified by config.{resource,file,url}), returning
+     * Parse only any application replacement (specified by one of config.{resource,file,url}), returning
      * an empty Config if no overrides were set.
      * @param parseOptions parse options
      * @return the parsed configuration
      */
-    public static Config parseApplicationOverride(ConfigParseOptions parseOptions) {
+    public static Config parseApplicationReplacement(ConfigParseOptions parseOptions) {
         ClassLoader loader = parseOptions.getClassLoader();
 
         if (loader == null)
diff --git a/config/src/main/java/com/typesafe/config/DefaultConfigLoadingStrategy.java b/config/src/main/java/com/typesafe/config/DefaultConfigLoadingStrategy.java
index 18216020..dd621a2a 100644
--- a/config/src/main/java/com/typesafe/config/DefaultConfigLoadingStrategy.java
+++ b/config/src/main/java/com/typesafe/config/DefaultConfigLoadingStrategy.java
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ package com.typesafe.config;
 public class DefaultConfigLoadingStrategy implements ConfigLoadingStrategy {
     @Override
     public Config parseApplicationConfig(ConfigParseOptions parseOptions) {
-        Config overrideConfig = ConfigFactory.parseApplicationOverride(parseOptions);
-        if (overrideConfig.isEmpty()) {
+        Config applicationReplacement = ConfigFactory.parseApplicationReplacement(parseOptions);
+        if (applicationReplacement.isEmpty()) {
             return ConfigFactory.parseResourcesAnySyntax("application", parseOptions);
         } else {
-            return overrideConfig;
+            return applicationReplacement;
         }
     }
 }