diff --git a/src/base/system.c b/src/base/system.c
index 261b1c1b0..20b36dcf8 100644
--- a/src/base/system.c
+++ b/src/base/system.c
@@ -2318,11 +2318,10 @@ void str_copy(char *dst, const char *src, int dst_size)
 	dst[dst_size-1] = 0; /* assure null termination */
 }
 
-void str_num_copy(char *dst, const char *src, int num, int dst_size)
+void str_truncate(char *dst, int dst_size, const char *src, int truncation_len)
 {
-	int n = num >= dst_size ? dst_size - 1 : num;
-	strncpy(dst, src, n);
-	dst[n] = '\0';
+	int size = truncation_len >= dst_size ? dst_size : truncation_len + 1;
+	str_copy(dst, src, size);
 }
 
 int str_length(const char *str)
diff --git a/src/base/system.h b/src/base/system.h
index a9b1ffd32..e75f49f71 100644
--- a/src/base/system.h
+++ b/src/base/system.h
@@ -997,20 +997,21 @@ void str_append(char *dst, const char *src, int dst_size);
 void str_copy(char *dst, const char *src, int dst_size);
 
 /*
-	Function: str_num_copy
-		Copies first num characters of a string to another.
+	Function: str_truncate
+		Truncates a string to a given length.
 
 	Parameters:
 		dst - Pointer to a buffer that shall receive the string.
-		src - String to be copied.
-		num - Number of characters to copy.
 		dst_size - Size of the buffer dst.
+		str - String to be truncated.
+		truncation_len - Maximum length of the returned string (not
+		counting the zero termination).
 
 	Remarks:
 		- The strings are treated as zero-terminated strings.
 		- Guarantees that dst string will contain zero-termination.
 */
-void str_num_copy(char *dst, const char *src, int num, int dst_size);
+void str_truncate(char *dst, int dst_size, const char *src, int truncation_len);
 
 /*
 	Function: str_length
diff --git a/src/game/client/components/statboard.cpp b/src/game/client/components/statboard.cpp
index de851be83..d95b8becc 100644
--- a/src/game/client/components/statboard.cpp
+++ b/src/game/client/components/statboard.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ void CStatboard::OnMessage(int MsgType, void *pRawMsg)
 
 				if(t <= p)
 					return;
-				str_num_copy(aName, p, t - p, sizeof(aName));
+				str_truncate(aName, sizeof(aName), p, t - p);
 
 				for(int i = 0; i < MAX_CLIENTS; i++)
 				{
diff --git a/src/test/str.cpp b/src/test/str.cpp
index b3c119b73..9958d118b 100644
--- a/src/test/str.cpp
+++ b/src/test/str.cpp
@@ -180,16 +180,16 @@ TEST(Str, StrFormat)
 	EXPECT_STREQ(aBuf, "99:");
 }
 
-TEST(Str, StrNumCopy)
+TEST(Str, StrCopyNum)
 {
 	const char *foo = "Foobar";
 	char aBuf[64];
-	str_num_copy(aBuf, foo, 1, 3);
+	str_truncate(aBuf, 3, foo, 1);
 	EXPECT_STREQ(aBuf, "F");
-	str_num_copy(aBuf, foo, 2, 3);
+	str_truncate(aBuf, 3, foo, 2);
 	EXPECT_STREQ(aBuf, "Fo");
-	str_num_copy(aBuf, foo, 3, 3);
+	str_truncate(aBuf, 3, foo, 3);
 	EXPECT_STREQ(aBuf, "Fo");
-	str_num_copy(aBuf, foo, 6, sizeof(aBuf));
+	str_truncate(aBuf, sizeof(aBuf), foo, 6);
 	EXPECT_STREQ(aBuf, "Foobar");
 }