diff --git a/src/js/components/shepherd-text.svelte b/src/js/components/shepherd-text.svelte
index b32520a1e..c20413b89 100644
--- a/src/js/components/shepherd-text.svelte
+++ b/src/js/components/shepherd-text.svelte
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <script>
   import { afterUpdate } from 'svelte';
-  import { isElement, isFunction } from '../utils/type-check';
+  import { isHTMLElement, isFunction } from '../utils/type-check';
 
   export let descriptionId, element, step;
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       text = text.call(step);
     }
 
-    if (isElement(text)) {
+    if (isHTMLElement(text)) {
       element.appendChild(text);
     } else {
       element.innerHTML = text;
diff --git a/src/js/step.js b/src/js/step.js
index abb68f34a..af6fa8c12 100644
--- a/src/js/step.js
+++ b/src/js/step.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import merge from 'deepmerge';
 import { Evented } from './evented.js';
 import autoBind from './utils/auto-bind.js';
-import { isElement, isFunction, isUndefined } from './utils/type-check.js';
+import { isElement, isHTMLElement, isFunction, isUndefined } from './utils/type-check.js';
 import { bindAdvance } from './utils/bind.js';
 import {
   setupTooltip,
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ export class Step extends Evented {
       this.tooltip = null;
     }
 
-    if (isElement(this.el) && this.el.parentNode) {
+    if (isHTMLElement(this.el) && this.el.parentNode) {
       this.el.parentNode.removeChild(this.el);
       this.el = null;
     }
diff --git a/src/js/tour.js b/src/js/tour.js
index f0667afe8..fca4cef5d 100644
--- a/src/js/tour.js
+++ b/src/js/tour.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Evented } from './evented.js';
 import { Step } from './step.js';
 import autoBind from './utils/auto-bind.js';
-import { isElement, isFunction, isString, isUndefined } from './utils/type-check.js';
+import { isHTMLElement, isFunction, isString, isUndefined } from './utils/type-check.js';
 import { cleanupSteps } from './utils/cleanup.js';
 import { normalizePrefix, uuid } from './utils/general.js';
 import ShepherdModal from './components/shepherd-modal.svelte';
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ export class Tour extends Evented {
     }
 
     // Focus the element that was focused before the tour started
-    if (isElement(this.focusedElBeforeOpen)) {
+    if (isHTMLElement(this.focusedElBeforeOpen)) {
       this.focusedElBeforeOpen.focus();
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/js/utils/type-check.js b/src/js/utils/type-check.js
index 45ad07b93..672d96a86 100644
--- a/src/js/utils/type-check.js
+++ b/src/js/utils/type-check.js
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
+/**
+ * Checks if `value` is classified as an `Element`.
+ * @param {*} value The param to check if it is an Element
+ */
+export function isElement(value) {
+  return value instanceof Element;
+}
+
 /**
  * Checks if `value` is classified as an `HTMLElement`.
  * @param {*} value The param to check if it is an HTMLElement
  */
-export function isElement(value) {
+export function isHTMLElement(value) {
   return value instanceof HTMLElement;
 }