diff --git a/src/drv_imap.c b/src/drv_imap.c
index c3b83f2..e2d5fce 100644
--- a/src/drv_imap.c
+++ b/src/drv_imap.c
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ send_imap_cmd( imap_store_t *ctx, imap_cmd_t *cmd )
 	*ctx->in_progress_append = cmd;
 	ctx->in_progress_append = &cmd->next;
 	ctx->num_in_progress++;
-	socket_expect_read( &ctx->conn, 1 );
+	socket_expect_activity( &ctx->conn, 1 );
 }
 
 static int
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ cancel_sent_imap_cmds( imap_store_t *ctx )
 {
 	imap_cmd_t *cmd;
 
-	socket_expect_read( &ctx->conn, 0 );
+	socket_expect_activity( &ctx->conn, 0 );
 	while ((cmd = ctx->in_progress)) {
 		ctx->in_progress = cmd->next;
 		/* don't update num_in_progress and in_progress_append - store is dead */
@@ -1469,7 +1469,7 @@ imap_socket_read( void *aux )
 			error( "IMAP error: unexpected reply: %s %s\n", arg, cmd ? cmd : "" );
 			break; /* this may mean anything, so prefer not to spam the log */
 		} else if (*arg == '+') {
-			socket_expect_read( &ctx->conn, 0 );
+			socket_expect_activity( &ctx->conn, 0 );
 			/* There can be any number of commands in flight, but only the last
 			 * one can require a continuation, as it enforces a round-trip. */
 			cmdp = (imap_cmd_t *)((char *)ctx->in_progress_append -
@@ -1499,7 +1499,7 @@ imap_socket_read( void *aux )
 				error( "IMAP error: unexpected command continuation request\n" );
 				break;
 			}
-			socket_expect_read( &ctx->conn, 1 );
+			socket_expect_activity( &ctx->conn, 1 );
 		} else {
 			tag = atoi( arg );
 			for (pcmdp = &ctx->in_progress; (cmdp = *pcmdp); pcmdp = &cmdp->next)
@@ -1511,7 +1511,7 @@ imap_socket_read( void *aux )
 			if (!(*pcmdp = cmdp->next))
 				ctx->in_progress_append = pcmdp;
 			if (!--ctx->num_in_progress)
-				socket_expect_read( &ctx->conn, 0 );
+				socket_expect_activity( &ctx->conn, 0 );
 			arg = next_arg( &cmd );
 			if (!arg) {
 				error( "IMAP error: malformed tagged response\n" );
@@ -1798,7 +1798,7 @@ imap_open_store_connected( int ok, void *aux )
 		socket_start_tls( &ctx->conn, imap_open_store_tlsstarted1 );
 #endif
 	else
-		socket_expect_read( &ctx->conn, 1 );
+		socket_expect_activity( &ctx->conn, 1 );
 }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBSSL
@@ -1810,14 +1810,14 @@ imap_open_store_tlsstarted1( int ok, void *aux )
 	if (!ok)
 		imap_open_store_ssl_bail( ctx );
 	else
-		socket_expect_read( &ctx->conn, 1 );
+		socket_expect_activity( &ctx->conn, 1 );
 }
 #endif
 
 static void
 imap_open_store_greeted( imap_store_t *ctx )
 {
-	socket_expect_read( &ctx->conn, 0 );
+	socket_expect_activity( &ctx->conn, 0 );
 	if (!ctx->caps)
 		imap_exec( ctx, 0, imap_open_store_p2, "CAPABILITY" );
 	else
diff --git a/src/socket.c b/src/socket.c
index 4e64515..4034d9d 100644
--- a/src/socket.c
+++ b/src/socket.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ socket_start_tls( conn_t *conn, void (*cb)( int ok, void *aux ) )
 		return;
 	}
 	SSL_set_mode( conn->ssl, SSL_MODE_ACCEPT_MOVING_WRITE_BUFFER );
-	socket_expect_read( conn, 1 );
+	socket_expect_activity( conn, 1 );
 	start_tls_p2( conn );
 }
 
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ start_tls_p2( conn_t *conn )
 
 static void start_tls_p3( conn_t *conn, int ok )
 {
-	socket_expect_read( conn, 0 );
+	socket_expect_activity( conn, 0 );
 	conn->state = SCK_READY;
 	conn->callbacks.starttls( ok, conn->callback_aux );
 }
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ socket_connect_one( conn_t *sock )
 			return;
 		}
 		conf_notifier( &sock->notify, 0, POLLOUT );
-		socket_expect_read( sock, 1 );
+		socket_expect_activity( sock, 1 );
 		sock->state = SCK_CONNECTING;
 		info( "\v\n" );
 		return;
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ socket_connected( conn_t *conn )
 		conn->addrs = 0;
 	}
 	conf_notifier( &conn->notify, 0, POLLIN );
-	socket_expect_read( conn, 0 );
+	socket_expect_activity( conn, 0 );
 	conn->state = SCK_READY;
 	conn->callbacks.connect( 1, conn->callback_aux );
 }
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ socket_fill( conn_t *sock )
 }
 
 void
-socket_expect_read( conn_t *conn, int expect )
+socket_expect_activity( conn_t *conn, int expect )
 {
 	if (conn->conf->timeout > 0 && expect != pending_wakeup( &conn->fd_timeout ))
 		conf_wakeup( &conn->fd_timeout, expect ? conn->conf->timeout : -1 );
diff --git a/src/socket.h b/src/socket.h
index 1fdd7aa..d760c56 100644
--- a/src/socket.h
+++ b/src/socket.h
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ void socket_connect( conn_t *conn, void (*cb)( int ok, void *aux ) );
 void socket_start_tls(conn_t *conn, void (*cb)( int ok, void *aux ) );
 void socket_start_deflate( conn_t *conn );
 void socket_close( conn_t *sock );
-void socket_expect_read( conn_t *sock, int expect );
+void socket_expect_activity( conn_t *sock, int expect );
 int socket_read( conn_t *sock, char *buf, int len ); /* never waits */
 char *socket_read_line( conn_t *sock ); /* don't free return value; never waits */
 typedef enum { KeepOwn = 0, GiveOwn } ownership_t;