diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/types.py b/python/pyspark/sql/types.py
index 60d5684268eaa..fa98d09a9af9a 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/types.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/types.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 from pyspark.sql.utils import (
     has_numpy,
     get_active_spark_context,
-    escapeMetaCharacters,
+    escape_meta_characters,
     StringConcat,
 )
 from pyspark.sql.variant_utils import VariantUtils
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ def _build_formatted_string(
     ) -> None:
         if maxDepth > 0:
             stringConcat.append(
-                f"{prefix}-- {escapeMetaCharacters(self.name)}: {self.dataType.typeName()} "
+                f"{prefix}-- {escape_meta_characters(self.name)}: {self.dataType.typeName()} "
                 + f"(nullable = {str(self.nullable).lower()})\n"
             )
             DataType._data_type_build_formatted_string(
diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/utils.py b/python/pyspark/sql/utils.py
index d0167e6bb67bb..171f92e557a12 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/utils.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/utils.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def toString(self) -> str:
 
 
 # Python implementation of 'org.apache.spark.util.SparkSchemaUtils.escapeMetaCharacters'
-def escapeMetaCharacters(s: str) -> str:
+def escape_meta_characters(s: str) -> str:
     return (
         s.replace("\n", "\\n")
         .replace("\r", "\\r")