2 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/kcoreconfigskeleton.cpp b/src/core/kcoreconfigskeleton.cpp
index 2ae3a9bd..69a4bf04 100644
--- a/src/core/kcoreconfigskeleton.cpp
+++ b/src/core/kcoreconfigskeleton.cpp
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ void KCoreConfigSkeleton::setDefaults()
     usrSetDefaults();
 }
 
-void KCoreConfigSkeleton::readConfig()
+void KCoreConfigSkeleton::load()
 {
     d->mConfig->reparseConfiguration();
     read();
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ bool KCoreConfigSkeleton::writeConfig()
         if (!d->mConfig->sync()) {
             return false;
         }
-        readConfig();
+        load();
         emit configChanged();
     }
     return true;
diff --git a/src/core/kcoreconfigskeleton.h b/src/core/kcoreconfigskeleton.h
index ebfad52c..41f14289 100644
--- a/src/core/kcoreconfigskeleton.h
+++ b/src/core/kcoreconfigskeleton.h
@@ -1036,7 +1036,18 @@ public:
      * registered items from the KConfig. You can overridde usrReadConfig()
      * in derived classes if you have special requirements.
      */
-    void readConfig(); // KDE5 TODO rename to load()
+    void load();
+
+#ifndef KCONFIGCORE_NO_DEPRECATED
+    /**
+     * @deprecated since 5.0, call load() instead (to reload from disk) or just read()
+     * if the underlying KConfig object is already up-to-date.
+     */
+    KCONFIGCORE_DEPRECATED void readConfig()
+    {
+        load();
+    }
+#endif
 
     /**
      * Read preferences from the KConfig object.