diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/auth/AuthenticatedActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/auth/AuthenticatedActivity.java
index f31f36c51..611cb7975 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/auth/AuthenticatedActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/auth/AuthenticatedActivity.java
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ public abstract class AuthenticatedActivity extends NavigationBaseActivity {
     protected abstract void onAuthFailure();
 
     /**
-     * Makes API call to check if user is blocked. If the user is blocked, a snackbar
+     * Makes API call to check if user is blocked from Commons. If the user is blocked, a snackbar
      * is created to notify the user
      */
     protected void showBlockStatus()
     {
-        Observable.fromCallable(() -> mediaWikiApi.isUserBlocked())
+        Observable.fromCallable(() -> mediaWikiApi.isUserBlockedFromCommons())
                 .subscribeOn(Schedulers.io())
                 .observeOn(AndroidSchedulers.mainThread())
                 .filter(result -> result)
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/mwapi/ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApi.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/mwapi/ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApi.java
index c24ee2f21..ab534b00f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/mwapi/ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApi.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/mwapi/ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApi.java
@@ -617,11 +617,11 @@ public class ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApi implements MediaWikiApi {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Checks to see if a user is currently blocked
-     * @return whether or not the user is blocked
+     * Checks to see if a user is currently blocked from Commons
+     * @return whether or not the user is blocked from Commons
      */
     @Override
-    public boolean isUserBlocked() {
+    public boolean isUserBlockedFromCommons() {
         boolean userBlocked = false;
         try {
             ApiResult result = api.action("query")
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/mwapi/MediaWikiApi.java b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/mwapi/MediaWikiApi.java
index 6ba1f9158..21f45e127 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/mwapi/MediaWikiApi.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fr/free/nrw/commons/mwapi/MediaWikiApi.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public interface MediaWikiApi {
     @NonNull
     Single<Integer> getUploadCount(String userName);
 
-    boolean isUserBlocked();
+    boolean isUserBlockedFromCommons();
 
     interface ProgressListener {
         void onProgress(long transferred, long total);
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 6828af2c3..eb040f458 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
   <string name="share_app_title">Share App</string>
   <string name="share_coordinates_not_present">Coordinates were not specified during image selection</string>
   <string name="error_fetching_nearby_places">Error fetching nearby places.</string>
-  <string name="block_notification">You are blocked from editing commons</string>
+  <string name="block_notification">You are blocked from editing Commons</string>
 
   <string name="menu_set_wallpaper">Set wallpaper</string>
   <string name="wallpaper_set_successfully">Wallpaper set successfully!</string>
diff --git a/app/src/test/kotlin/fr/free/nrw/commons/mwapi/ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApiTest.kt b/app/src/test/kotlin/fr/free/nrw/commons/mwapi/ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApiTest.kt
index eea86fd2f..2d624ced8 100644
--- a/app/src/test/kotlin/fr/free/nrw/commons/mwapi/ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApiTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/kotlin/fr/free/nrw/commons/mwapi/ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApiTest.kt
@@ -225,10 +225,10 @@ class ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApiTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun isUserBlockedForInfinitelyBlockedUser() {
+    fun isUserBlockedFromCommonsForInfinitelyBlockedUser() {
         server.enqueue(MockResponse().setBody("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><api><query><userinfo id=\"1000\" name=\"testusername\" blockid=\"3000\" blockedby=\"blockerusername\" blockedbyid=\"1001\" blockreason=\"testing\" blockedtimestamp=\"2018-05-24T15:32:09Z\" blockexpiry=\"infinite\"></userinfo></query></api>"))
 
-        val result = testObject.isUserBlocked();
+        val result = testObject.isUserBlockedFromCommons();
 
         assertBasicRequestParameters(server, "GET").let { userBlockedRequest ->
             parseQueryParams(userBlockedRequest).let { body ->
@@ -243,14 +243,14 @@ class ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApiTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun isUserBlockedForTimeBlockedUser() {
+    fun isUserBlockedFromCommonsForTimeBlockedUser() {
         val currentDate = Date()
         val expiredDate = Date(currentDate.time + 10000)
         val dateFormat = SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'")
         dateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"))
         server.enqueue(MockResponse().setBody("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><api><query><userinfo id=\"1000\" name=\"testusername\" blockid=\"3000\" blockedby=\"blockerusername\" blockedbyid=\"1001\" blockreason=\"testing\" blockedtimestamp=\"2018-05-24T15:32:09Z\" blockexpiry=\"" + dateFormat.format(expiredDate) + "\"></userinfo></query></api>"))
 
-        val result = testObject.isUserBlocked();
+        val result = testObject.isUserBlockedFromCommons();
 
         assertBasicRequestParameters(server, "GET").let { userBlockedRequest ->
             parseQueryParams(userBlockedRequest).let { body ->
@@ -265,14 +265,14 @@ class ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApiTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun isUserBlockedForExpiredBlockedUser() {
+    fun isUserBlockedFromCommonsForExpiredBlockedUser() {
         val currentDate = Date()
         val expiredDate = Date(currentDate.time - 10000)
         val dateFormat = SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'")
         dateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"))
         server.enqueue(MockResponse().setBody("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><api><query><userinfo id=\"1000\" name=\"testusername\" blockid=\"3000\" blockedby=\"blockerusername\" blockedbyid=\"1001\" blockreason=\"testing\" blockedtimestamp=\"2018-05-24T15:32:09Z\" blockexpiry=\"" + dateFormat.format(expiredDate) + "\"></userinfo></query></api>"))
 
-        val result = testObject.isUserBlocked();
+        val result = testObject.isUserBlockedFromCommons();
 
         assertBasicRequestParameters(server, "GET").let { userBlockedRequest ->
             parseQueryParams(userBlockedRequest).let { body ->
@@ -287,10 +287,10 @@ class ApacheHttpClientMediaWikiApiTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun isUserBlockedForNotBlockedUser() {
+    fun isUserBlockedFromCommonsForNotBlockedUser() {
         server.enqueue(MockResponse().setBody("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?><api><query><userinfo id=\"1000\" name=\"testusername\"></userinfo></query></api>"))
 
-        val result = testObject.isUserBlocked();
+        val result = testObject.isUserBlockedFromCommons();
 
         assertBasicRequestParameters(server, "GET").let { userBlockedRequest ->
             parseQueryParams(userBlockedRequest).let { body ->