diff --git a/src/cocoa/cocoa_window.m b/src/cocoa/cocoa_window.m
index b89c3bd2..8f5fbe18 100644
--- a/src/cocoa/cocoa_window.m
+++ b/src/cocoa/cocoa_window.m
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 
 - (BOOL)windowShouldClose:(id)sender
 {
-    window->closed = GL_TRUE;
+    window->closeRequested = GL_TRUE;
 
     return NO;
 }
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     _GLFWwindow* window;
 
     for (window = _glfwLibrary.windowListHead;  window;  window = window->next)
-        window->closed = GL_TRUE;
+        window->closeRequested = GL_TRUE;
 
     return NSTerminateCancel;
 }
diff --git a/src/internal.h b/src/internal.h
index 52b5bdff..12a9d3bf 100644
--- a/src/internal.h
+++ b/src/internal.h
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ typedef struct _GLFWwindow
 
     // Window settings and state
     GLboolean iconified;       // GL_TRUE if this window is iconified
-    GLboolean closed;          // GL_TRUE if this window should be closed
+    GLboolean closeRequested;  // GL_TRUE if this window should be closed
     int       width, height;
     int       positionX, positionY;
     int       mode;            // GLFW_WINDOW or GLFW_FULLSCREEN
diff --git a/src/win32/win32_window.c b/src/win32/win32_window.c
index 3e158e6f..ecd95806 100644
--- a/src/win32/win32_window.c
+++ b/src/win32/win32_window.c
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ static LRESULT CALLBACK windowProc(HWND hWnd, UINT uMsg,
         case WM_CLOSE:
         {
             // Flag this window for closing (handled in glfwPollEvents)
-            window->closed = GL_TRUE;
+            window->closeRequested = GL_TRUE;
             return 0;
         }
 
@@ -1675,7 +1675,7 @@ void _glfwPlatformPollEvents(void)
                 window = _glfwLibrary.windowListHead;
                 while (window)
                 {
-                    window->closed = GL_TRUE;
+                    window->closeRequested = GL_TRUE;
                     window = window->next;
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/window.c b/src/window.c
index 12ee9f33..412e4b87 100644
--- a/src/window.c
+++ b/src/window.c
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ static void closeFlaggedWindows(void)
 
     for (window = _glfwLibrary.windowListHead;  window; )
     {
-        if (window->closed && window->windowCloseCallback)
-            window->closed = window->windowCloseCallback(window);
+        if (window->closeRequested && window->windowCloseCallback)
+            window->closeRequested = window->windowCloseCallback(window);
 
-        if (window->closed)
+        if (window->closeRequested)
         {
             _GLFWwindow* next = window->next;
             glfwCloseWindow(window);
diff --git a/src/x11/x11_window.c b/src/x11/x11_window.c
index 614b0cbc..bafdc721 100644
--- a/src/x11/x11_window.c
+++ b/src/x11/x11_window.c
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ static void processSingleEvent(void)
                 // The window manager was asked to close the window, for example by
                 // the user pressing a 'close' window decoration button
 
-                window->closed = GL_TRUE;
+                window->closeRequested = GL_TRUE;
             }
             else if (window->X11.wmPing != None &&
                      (Atom) event.xclient.data.l[ 0 ] == window->X11.wmPing)