diff --git a/actions/twitapidirect_messages.php b/actions/twitapidirect_messages.php
index 8f0ecb4498..fcdf822e04 100644
--- a/actions/twitapidirect_messages.php
+++ b/actions/twitapidirect_messages.php
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ class Twitapidirect_messagesAction extends TwitterapiAction {
 			}
 		}
 
-		$this->show_twitter_json_dmsgs($dmsgs);
+		$this->show_json_objects($dmsgs);
 		$this->end_document('json');
 
 	}
diff --git a/actions/twitapiusers.php b/actions/twitapiusers.php
index 6dad538184..cb682695a1 100644
--- a/actions/twitapiusers.php
+++ b/actions/twitapiusers.php
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class TwitapiusersAction extends TwitterapiAction {
 			$this->end_document('xml');
 		} elseif ($apidata['content-type'] == 'json') {
 			$this->init_document('json');
-			$this->show_twitter_json_users($twitter_user);
+			$this->show_json_objects($twitter_user);
 			$this->end_document('json');
 		} else {
 			common_user_error(_('API method not found!'), $code = 404);
diff --git a/lib/twitterapi.php b/lib/twitterapi.php
index 98d094cfec..d6ec1e9a09 100644
--- a/lib/twitterapi.php
+++ b/lib/twitterapi.php
@@ -185,16 +185,8 @@ class TwitterapiAction extends Action {
 		common_element_end('entry');
 	}
 
-	function show_twitter_json_statuses($twitter_statuses) {
-		print(json_encode($twitter_statuses));
-	}
-
-	function show_twitter_json_users($twitter_users) {
-		print(json_encode($twitter_users));
-	}
-
-	function show_twitter_json_dmsgs($twitter_dms) {
-		print(json_encode($twitter_dms));
+	function show_json_objects($objects) {
+		print(json_encode($objects));
 	}
 
 	function show_single_xml_status($notice) {
@@ -208,7 +200,7 @@ class TwitterapiAction extends Action {
 	function show_single_json_status($notice) {
 		$this->init_document('json');
 		$status = $this->twitter_status_array($notice);
-		$this->show_twitter_json_statuses($status);
+		$this->show_json_objects($status);
 		$this->end_document('json');
 		exit();
 	}
@@ -331,7 +323,7 @@ class TwitterapiAction extends Action {
 			}
 		}
 
-		$this->show_twitter_json_statuses($statuses);
+		$this->show_json_objects($statuses);
 
 		$this->end_document('json');
 	}
@@ -507,7 +499,7 @@ class TwitterapiAction extends Action {
 			$this->show_twitter_xml_user($profile_array);
 			break;
 		 case 'json':
-			$this->show_twitter_json_users($profile_array);
+			$this->show_json_objects($profile_array);
 			break;
 		 default:
 			$this->client_error(_('Not a supported data format.'));