diff --git a/src/taoensso/timbre.clj b/src/taoensso/timbre.clj
index 5ed2b80..659dbf4 100644
--- a/src/taoensso/timbre.clj
+++ b/src/taoensso/timbre.clj
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
                         (catch java.io.IOException _))))}}}))
 
 (defn set-config!   [ks val] (swap! config assoc-in ks val))
-(defn merge-config! [& maps] (apply swap! config utils/deep-merge maps))
+(defn merge-config! [& maps] (apply swap! config utils/merge-deep maps))
 (defn set-level!    [level]  (set-config! [:current-level] level))
 
 
diff --git a/src/taoensso/timbre/utils.clj b/src/taoensso/timbre/utils.clj
index 33af150..6a66180 100644
--- a/src/taoensso/timbre/utils.clj
+++ b/src/taoensso/timbre/utils.clj
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@
             (swap! cache assoc args {:time-cached now :d-result d-result})
             @d-result))))))
 
-(defn deep-merge-with ; From clojure.contrib.map-utils
+(defn merge-deep-with ; From clojure.contrib.map-utils
   "Like `merge-with` but merges maps recursively, applying the given fn
   only when there's a non-map at a particular level.
 
-  (deepmerge-with + {:a {:b {:c 1 :d {:x 1 :y 2}} :e 3} :f 4}
-                    {:a {:b {:c 2 :d {:z 9} :z 3} :e 100}})
+  (merge-deep-with + {:a {:b {:c 1 :d {:x 1 :y 2}} :e 3} :f 4}
+                     {:a {:b {:c 2 :d {:z 9} :z 3} :e 100}})
   => {:a {:b {:z 3, :c 3, :d {:z 9, :x 1, :y 2}}, :e 103}, :f 4}"
   [f & maps]
   (apply
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
        (apply f maps)))
    maps))
 
-(def deep-merge (partial deep-merge-with (fn [x y] y)))
+(def merge-deep (partial merge-deep-with (fn [x y] y)))
 
-(comment (deep-merge {:a {:b {:c {:d :D :e :E}}}}
+(comment (merge-deep {:a {:b {:c {:d :D :e :E}}}}
                      {:a {:b {:g :G :c {:c {:f :F}}}}}))
 
 (defn round-to