diff --git a/atom/browser/native_window.cc b/atom/browser/native_window.cc
index 01ed47464d17..a612ec614708 100644
--- a/atom/browser/native_window.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/native_window.cc
@@ -315,7 +315,14 @@ void NativeWindow::CapturePage(const gfx::Rect& rect,
       kBGRA_8888_SkColorType);
 }
 
-void NativeWindow::CloseWebContents() {
+content::WebContents* NativeWindow::GetWebContents() const {
+  if (inspectable_web_contents_)
+    return inspectable_web_contents_->GetWebContents();
+  else
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
+void NativeWindow::RequestToClosePage() {
   bool prevent_default = false;
   FOR_EACH_OBSERVER(NativeWindowObserver,
                     observers_,
@@ -344,13 +351,6 @@ void NativeWindow::CloseWebContents() {
     web_contents->Close();
 }
 
-content::WebContents* NativeWindow::GetWebContents() const {
-  if (inspectable_web_contents_)
-    return inspectable_web_contents_->GetWebContents();
-  else
-    return nullptr;
-}
-
 void NativeWindow::AppendExtraCommandLineSwitches(
     base::CommandLine* command_line) {
   // Append --node-integration to renderer process.
diff --git a/atom/browser/native_window.h b/atom/browser/native_window.h
index cc14d7b1410a..db546d71b61e 100644
--- a/atom/browser/native_window.h
+++ b/atom/browser/native_window.h
@@ -163,17 +163,15 @@ class NativeWindow : public content::WebContentsObserver,
   virtual void SetMenuBarVisibility(bool visible);
   virtual bool IsMenuBarVisible();
 
-  // The same with closing a tab in a real browser.
-  //
-  // Should be called by platform code when user want to close the window.
-  virtual void CloseWebContents();
-
   base::WeakPtr<NativeWindow> GetWeakPtr() {
     return weak_factory_.GetWeakPtr();
   }
 
   content::WebContents* GetWebContents() const;
 
+  // Requests the WebContents to close, can be cancelled by the page.
+  virtual void RequestToClosePage();
+
   // Methods called by the WebContents.
   virtual void CloseContents(content::WebContents* source);
   virtual void RendererUnresponsive(content::WebContents* source);
diff --git a/atom/browser/native_window_mac.mm b/atom/browser/native_window_mac.mm
index 5c17ee3009a3..fc165665146d 100644
--- a/atom/browser/native_window_mac.mm
+++ b/atom/browser/native_window_mac.mm
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ static const CGFloat kAtomWindowCornerRadius = 4.0;
   // When user tries to close the window by clicking the close button, we do
   // not close the window immediately, instead we try to close the web page
   // fisrt, and when the web page is closed the window will also be closed.
-  shell_->CloseWebContents();
+  shell_->RequestToClosePage();
   return NO;
 }
 
diff --git a/atom/browser/native_window_views.cc b/atom/browser/native_window_views.cc
index b4f511877d28..42802c926356 100644
--- a/atom/browser/native_window_views.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/native_window_views.cc
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class NativeWindowClientView : public views::ClientView {
   virtual ~NativeWindowClientView() {}
 
   bool CanClose() override {
-    static_cast<NativeWindowViews*>(contents_view())->CloseWebContents();
+    static_cast<NativeWindowViews*>(contents_view())->RequestToClosePage();
     return false;
   }