diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 799d4ba1758fb4735c35a7a7923e99fd767ee76b..04a5171184bb35417a6eb66aa0739f474adf8b7c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Proof-of-concept integration with Bloxberg.
 - Introduce a cfood that can create a Record structure based on the contents of a hdf5 file
   h5py is now an optional dependency
-- enum_converter for table imports
+- string-in-list check for table imports
 
 ### Changed ###
 
diff --git a/src/caosadvancedtools/table_importer.py b/src/caosadvancedtools/table_importer.py
index 15fb89af503e108aed2343e3d50838b797e31369..dded9edf041a9f2619bd1076181b7c0a1c1c68f6 100755
--- a/src/caosadvancedtools/table_importer.py
+++ b/src/caosadvancedtools/table_importer.py
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def win_path_converter(val):
     return path.as_posix()
 
 
-def enum_converter(val, options, ignore_case=True):
+def string_in_list(val, options, ignore_case=True):
     """Return the given value if it is contained in options, raise an
     error otherwise.
 
diff --git a/unittests/test_table_importer.py b/unittests/test_table_importer.py
index 671fcec61569f4802aa5db78a6b2283f54fb24f5..a360467383b1ec64007da1a0c7cb4657a6b53f28 100644
--- a/unittests/test_table_importer.py
+++ b/unittests/test_table_importer.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ from caosadvancedtools.table_importer import (XLSImporter, assure_name_format,
                                               incomplete_date_converter,
                                               win_path_converter,
                                               win_path_list_converter,
-                                              enum_converter,
+                                              string_in_list,
                                               yes_no_converter)
 
 
@@ -50,14 +50,15 @@ class ConverterTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, yes_no_converter, "True")
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, yes_no_converter, "true")
 
-    def test_enum(self):
-        self.assertEqual("false", enum_converter("false",
+    def test_string_in_list(self):
+        self.assertEqual("false", string_in_list("false",
                                                  ["FALSE", "TRUE"]))
-        self.assertEqual("FALSE", enum_converter("FALSE",
+        self.assertEqual("FALSE", string_in_list("FALSE",
                                                  ["FALSE", "TRUE"], False))
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, enum_converter, "FALSE", [])
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, enum_converter, "FALSE", ["fals"])
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, enum_converter, "FALSE", ["false"], False)
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, string_in_list, "FALSE", [])
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, string_in_list, "FALSE", ["fals"])
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, string_in_list,
+                          "FALSE", ["false"], False)
 
     def test_assure_name_format(self):
         self.assertEqual(assure_name_format("Müstermann, Max"),
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ class ConverterTest(unittest.TestCase):
                          ["/this/computer"])
         self.assertEqual(win_path_list_converter(
             r"\this\computer,\this\computer"),
-                         ["/this/computer", "/this/computer"])
+            ["/this/computer", "/this/computer"])
 
     def test_datetime(self):
         test_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "date.xlsx")