diff --git a/python/core/qgsproject.sip b/python/core/qgsproject.sip
index 441bc8f13e4..d9b03e6db1e 100644
--- a/python/core/qgsproject.sip
+++ b/python/core/qgsproject.sip
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ Returns the number of registered layers.
  :rtype: QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem
 %End
 
-    void setTrust( bool trust );
+    void setTrustLayerMetadata( bool trust );
 %Docstring
  Sets the trust option allowing to indicate if the extent has to be
  read from the XML document when data source has no metadata or if the
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ Returns the number of registered layers.
 .. versionadded:: 3.0
 %End
 
-    bool trust() const;
+    bool trustLayerMetadata() const;
 %Docstring
  Returns true if the trust option is activated, false otherwise. This
  option allows indicateing if the extent has to be read from the XML
diff --git a/src/app/qgsprojectproperties.cpp b/src/app/qgsprojectproperties.cpp
index 3e404a0e21d..2f0a132a2ee 100644
--- a/src/app/qgsprojectproperties.cpp
+++ b/src/app/qgsprojectproperties.cpp
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ QgsProjectProperties::QgsProjectProperties( QgsMapCanvas *mapCanvas, QWidget *pa
 
   mAutoTransaction->setChecked( QgsProject::instance()->autoTransaction() );
   mEvaluateDefaultValues->setChecked( QgsProject::instance()->evaluateDefaultValues() );
-  mTrustProjectCheckBox->setChecked( QgsProject::instance()->trust() );
+  mTrustProjectCheckBox->setChecked( QgsProject::instance()->trustLayerMetadata() );
 
   // Variables editor
   mVariableEditor->context()->appendScope( QgsExpressionContextUtils::globalScope() );
@@ -765,7 +765,7 @@ void QgsProjectProperties::apply()
   QgsProject::instance()->setTitle( title() );
   QgsProject::instance()->setAutoTransaction( mAutoTransaction->isChecked() );
   QgsProject::instance()->setEvaluateDefaultValues( mEvaluateDefaultValues->isChecked() );
-  QgsProject::instance()->setTrust( mTrustProjectCheckBox->isChecked() );
+  QgsProject::instance()->setTrustLayerMetadata( mTrustProjectCheckBox->isChecked() );
 
   // set the mouse display precision method and the
   // number of decimal places for the manual option
diff --git a/src/core/qgsproject.cpp b/src/core/qgsproject.cpp
index f8cb3bcef82..f3ce3e5c775 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsproject.cpp
+++ b/src/core/qgsproject.cpp
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ void QgsProject::clear()
   mAutoTransaction = false;
   mEvaluateDefaultValues = false;
   mDirty = false;
-  mTrust = false;
+  mTrustLayerMetadata = false;
   mCustomVariables.clear();
 
   mEmbeddedLayers.clear();
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ bool QgsProject::addLayer( const QDomElement &layerElem, QList<QDomNode> &broken
     // apply specific settings to vector layer
     if ( QgsVectorLayer *vl = qobject_cast<QgsVectorLayer *>( mapLayer ) )
     {
-      vl->setReadExtentFromXml( mTrust );
+      vl->setReadExtentFromXml( mTrustLayerMetadata );
     }
   }
   else if ( type == QLatin1String( "raster" ) )
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ bool QgsProject::readProjectFile( const QString &filename )
   {
     QDomElement trustElement = nl.at( 0 ).toElement();
     if ( trustElement.attribute( QStringLiteral( "active" ), QStringLiteral( "0" ) ).toInt() == 1 )
-      mTrust = true;
+      mTrustLayerMetadata = true;
   }
 
   // read the layer tree from project file
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ bool QgsProject::writeProjectFile( const QString &filename )
   qgisNode.appendChild( evaluateDefaultValuesNode );
 
   QDomElement trustNode = doc->createElement( QStringLiteral( "trust" ) );
-  trustNode.setAttribute( QStringLiteral( "active" ), mTrust ? "1" : "0" );
+  trustNode.setAttribute( QStringLiteral( "active" ), mTrustLayerMetadata ? "1" : "0" );
   qgisNode.appendChild( trustNode );
 
   QDomText titleText = doc->createTextNode( title() );  // XXX why have title TWICE?
@@ -2280,9 +2280,9 @@ QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem QgsProject::defaultCrsForNewLayers() const
   return defaultCrs;
 }
 
-void QgsProject::setTrust( bool trust )
+void QgsProject::setTrustLayerMetadata( bool trust )
 {
-  mTrust = trust;
+  mTrustLayerMetadata = trust;
 
   Q_FOREACH ( QgsMapLayer *layer, mapLayers().values() )
   {
diff --git a/src/core/qgsproject.h b/src/core/qgsproject.h
index bebe9f18345..ec517555640 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsproject.h
+++ b/src/core/qgsproject.h
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsProject : public QObject, public QgsExpressionContextGenera
      *
      * \since QGIS 3.0
      */
-    void setTrust( bool trust );
+    void setTrustLayerMetadata( bool trust );
 
     /**
      * Returns true if the trust option is activated, false otherwise. This
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsProject : public QObject, public QgsExpressionContextGenera
      *
      * \since QGIS 3.0
      */
-    bool trust() const { return mTrust; }
+    bool trustLayerMetadata() const { return mTrustLayerMetadata; }
 
   signals:
     //! emitted when project is being read
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsProject : public QObject, public QgsExpressionContextGenera
     bool mEvaluateDefaultValues; // evaluate default values immediately
     QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem mCrs;
     bool mDirty;                 // project has been modified since it has been read or saved
-    bool mTrust = false;
+    bool mTrustLayerMetadata = false;
 };
 
 /** Return the version string found in the given DOM document