diff --git a/web/src/message_fetch.ts b/web/src/message_fetch.ts
index 5a92a5e85b..06d33589e5 100644
--- a/web/src/message_fetch.ts
+++ b/web/src/message_fetch.ts
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ function process_result(data: MessageFetchResponse, opts: MessageFetchOptions):
     // messages not tracked in unread.ts during this fetching process.
     message_util.do_unread_count_updates(messages, true);
 
-    const ignore_found_newest = true;
+    const is_contiguous_history = true;
     if (messages.length > 0) {
         if (opts.msg_list) {
             if (opts.validate_filter_topic_post_fetch) {
@@ -161,9 +161,9 @@ function process_result(data: MessageFetchResponse, opts: MessageFetchOptions):
             }
             // Since this adds messages to the MessageList and renders MessageListView,
             // we don't need to call it if msg_list was not defined by the caller.
-            opts.msg_list.add_messages(messages, {}, ignore_found_newest);
+            opts.msg_list.add_messages(messages, {}, is_contiguous_history);
         } else {
-            opts.msg_list_data.add_messages(messages, ignore_found_newest);
+            opts.msg_list_data.add_messages(messages, is_contiguous_history);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/web/src/message_list.ts b/web/src/message_list.ts
index dcd7e3e42b..d0d10aea65 100644
--- a/web/src/message_list.ts
+++ b/web/src/message_list.ts
@@ -193,11 +193,11 @@ export class MessageList {
     add_messages(
         messages: Message[],
         append_to_view_opts: {messages_are_new?: boolean} = {},
-        ignore_found_newest = false,
+        is_contiguous_history = false,
     ): RenderInfo | undefined {
         // This adds all messages to our data, but only returns
         // the currently viewable ones.
-        const info = this.data.add_messages(messages, ignore_found_newest);
+        const info = this.data.add_messages(messages, is_contiguous_history);
 
         const top_messages = info.top_messages;
         const bottom_messages = info.bottom_messages;
diff --git a/web/src/message_list_data.ts b/web/src/message_list_data.ts
index 789745a6a6..de4f8fcb05 100644
--- a/web/src/message_list_data.ts
+++ b/web/src/message_list_data.ts
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ export class MessageListData {
 
     add_messages(
         messages: Message[],
-        ignore_found_newest = false,
+        is_contiguous_history = false,
     ): {
         top_messages: Message[];
         bottom_messages: Message[];
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ export class MessageListData {
             top_messages = this.prepend(top_messages);
         }
 
-        if (!ignore_found_newest && !this.fetch_status.has_found_newest()) {
+        if (!is_contiguous_history && !this.fetch_status.has_found_newest()) {
             // Don't add messages at the bottom if we haven't found
             // the latest message to avoid non-contiguous message history.
             this.fetch_status.update_expected_max_message_id(bottom_messages);
diff --git a/web/src/message_view.ts b/web/src/message_view.ts
index f749d6bc8d..64bb306220 100644
--- a/web/src/message_view.ts
+++ b/web/src/message_view.ts
@@ -912,8 +912,8 @@ function load_local_messages(msg_data: MessageListData, superset_data: MessageLi
     // one message the user will expect to see in the new narrow.
 
     const in_msgs = superset_data.all_messages();
-    const ignore_found_newest = true;
-    msg_data.add_messages(in_msgs, ignore_found_newest);
+    const is_contiguous_history = true;
+    msg_data.add_messages(in_msgs, is_contiguous_history);
 
     return !msg_data.visibly_empty();
 }