diff --git a/components/disk.c b/components/disk.c
index 9d2284e..15a221b 100644
--- a/components/disk.c
+++ b/components/disk.c
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 #include "../util.h"
 
 const char *
-disk_free(const char *mnt)
+disk_free(const char *path)
 {
 	struct statvfs fs;
 
-	if (statvfs(mnt, &fs) < 0) {
-		warn("statvfs '%s':", mnt);
+	if (statvfs(path, &fs) < 0) {
+		warn("statvfs '%s':", path);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ disk_free(const char *mnt)
 }
 
 const char *
-disk_perc(const char *mnt)
+disk_perc(const char *path)
 {
 	struct statvfs fs;
 
-	if (statvfs(mnt, &fs) < 0) {
-		warn("statvfs '%s':", mnt);
+	if (statvfs(path, &fs) < 0) {
+		warn("statvfs '%s':", path);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ disk_perc(const char *mnt)
 }
 
 const char *
-disk_total(const char *mnt)
+disk_total(const char *path)
 {
 	struct statvfs fs;
 
-	if (statvfs(mnt, &fs) < 0) {
-		warn("statvfs '%s':", mnt);
+	if (statvfs(path, &fs) < 0) {
+		warn("statvfs '%s':", path);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ disk_total(const char *mnt)
 }
 
 const char *
-disk_used(const char *mnt)
+disk_used(const char *path)
 {
 	struct statvfs fs;
 
-	if (statvfs(mnt, &fs) < 0) {
-		warn("statvfs '%s':", mnt);
+	if (statvfs(path, &fs) < 0) {
+		warn("statvfs '%s':", path);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/components/ip.c b/components/ip.c
index f26e49a..a7b1bfd 100644
--- a/components/ip.c
+++ b/components/ip.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include "../util.h"
 
 static const char *
-ip(const char *iface, unsigned short sa_family)
+ip(const char *interface, unsigned short sa_family)
 {
 	struct ifaddrs *ifaddr, *ifa;
 	int s;
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ip(const char *iface, unsigned short sa_family)
 		}
 		s = getnameinfo(ifa->ifa_addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6),
 		                host, NI_MAXHOST, NULL, 0, NI_NUMERICHOST);
-		if (!strcmp(ifa->ifa_name, iface) &&
+		if (!strcmp(ifa->ifa_name, interface) &&
 		    (ifa->ifa_addr->sa_family == sa_family)) {
 			freeifaddrs(ifaddr);
 			if (s != 0) {
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ ip(const char *iface, unsigned short sa_family)
 }
 
 const char *
-ipv4(const char *iface)
+ipv4(const char *interface)
 {
-	return ip(iface, AF_INET);
+	return ip(interface, AF_INET);
 }
 
 const char *
-ipv6(const char *iface)
+ipv6(const char *interface)
 {
-	return ip(iface, AF_INET6);
+	return ip(interface, AF_INET6);
 }
diff --git a/components/num_files.c b/components/num_files.c
index 86ea064..fb55df9 100644
--- a/components/num_files.c
+++ b/components/num_files.c
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
 #include "../util.h"
 
 const char *
-num_files(const char *dir)
+num_files(const char *path)
 {
 	struct dirent *dp;
 	DIR *fd;
 	int num;
 
-	if (!(fd = opendir(dir))) {
-		warn("opendir '%s':", dir);
+	if (!(fd = opendir(path))) {
+		warn("opendir '%s':", path);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
diff --git a/components/wifi.c b/components/wifi.c
index 3751ae3..9de543b 100644
--- a/components/wifi.c
+++ b/components/wifi.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	#include <linux/wireless.h>
 
 	const char *
-	wifi_perc(const char *iface)
+	wifi_perc(const char *interface)
 	{
 		int i, cur;
 		int total = 70; /* the max of /proc/net/wireless */
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 		if (esnprintf(path, sizeof(path),
 		              "/sys/class/net/%s/operstate",
-		              iface) < 0) {
+		              interface) < 0) {
 			return NULL;
 		}
 		if (!(fp = fopen(path, "r"))) {
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@
 			return NULL;
 		}
 
-		if (!(datastart = strstr(buf, iface))) {
+		if (!(datastart = strstr(buf, interface))) {
 			return NULL;
 		}
 
-		datastart = (datastart+(strlen(iface)+1));
+		datastart = (datastart+(strlen(interface)+1));
 		sscanf(datastart + 1, " %*d   %d  %*d  %*d\t\t  %*d\t   "
 		       "%*d\t\t%*d\t\t %*d\t  %*d\t\t %*d", &cur);
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 	}
 
 	const char *
-	wifi_essid(const char *iface)
+	wifi_essid(const char *interface)
 	{
 		static char id[IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE+1];
 		int sockfd;
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 		memset(&wreq, 0, sizeof(struct iwreq));
 		wreq.u.essid.length = IW_ESSID_MAX_SIZE+1;
 		if (esnprintf(wreq.ifr_name, sizeof(wreq.ifr_name),
-		              "%s", iface) < 0) {
+		              "%s", interface) < 0) {
 			return NULL;
 		}
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 	#include <sys/types.h>
 
 	static int
-	load_ieee80211_nodereq(const char *iface, struct ieee80211_nodereq *nr)
+	load_ieee80211_nodereq(const char *interface, struct ieee80211_nodereq *nr)
 	{
 		struct ieee80211_bssid bssid;
 		int sockfd;
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 			warn("socket 'AF_INET':");
 			return 0;
 		}
-		strlcpy(bssid.i_name, iface, sizeof(bssid.i_name));
+		strlcpy(bssid.i_name, interface, sizeof(bssid.i_name));
 		if ((ioctl(sockfd, SIOCG80211BSSID, &bssid)) < 0) {
 			warn("ioctl 'SIOCG80211BSSID':");
 			close(sockfd);
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 			close(sockfd);
 			return 0;
 		}
-		strlcpy(nr->nr_ifname, iface, sizeof(nr->nr_ifname));
+		strlcpy(nr->nr_ifname, interface, sizeof(nr->nr_ifname));
 		memcpy(&nr->nr_macaddr, bssid.i_bssid, sizeof(nr->nr_macaddr));
 		if ((ioctl(sockfd, SIOCG80211NODE, nr)) < 0 && nr->nr_rssi) {
 			warn("ioctl 'SIOCG80211NODE':");
@@ -141,12 +141,12 @@
 	}
 
 	const char *
-	wifi_perc(const char *iface)
+	wifi_perc(const char *interface)
 	{
 		struct ieee80211_nodereq nr;
 		int q;
 
-		if (load_ieee80211_nodereq(iface, &nr)) {
+		if (load_ieee80211_nodereq(interface, &nr)) {
 			if (nr.nr_max_rssi) {
 				q = IEEE80211_NODEREQ_RSSI(&nr);
 			} else {
@@ -160,11 +160,11 @@
 	}
 
 	const char *
-	wifi_essid(const char *iface)
+	wifi_essid(const char *interface)
 	{
 		struct ieee80211_nodereq nr;
 
-		if (load_ieee80211_nodereq(iface, &nr)) {
+		if (load_ieee80211_nodereq(interface, &nr)) {
 			return bprintf("%s", nr.nr_nwid);
 		}
 
diff --git a/slstatus.h b/slstatus.h
index 342d191..08f610a 100644
--- a/slstatus.h
+++ b/slstatus.h
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ const char *cpu_perc(void);
 const char *datetime(const char *fmt);
 
 /* disk */
-const char *disk_free(const char *mnt);
-const char *disk_perc(const char *mnt);
-const char *disk_total(const char *mnt);
-const char *disk_used(const char *mnt);
+const char *disk_free(const char *path);
+const char *disk_perc(const char *path);
+const char *disk_total(const char *path);
+const char *disk_used(const char *path);
 
 /* entropy */
 const char *entropy(void);
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ const char *entropy(void);
 const char *hostname(void);
 
 /* ip */
-const char *ipv4(const char *iface);
-const char *ipv6(const char *iface);
+const char *ipv4(const char *interface);
+const char *ipv6(const char *interface);
 
 /* kernel_release */
 const char *kernel_release(void);
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ const char *netspeed_rx(const char *interface);
 const char *netspeed_tx(const char *interface);
 
 /* num_files */
-const char *num_files(const char *dir);
+const char *num_files(const char *path);
 
 /* ram */
 const char *ram_free(void);
@@ -77,5 +77,5 @@ const char *uid(void);
 const char *vol_perc(const char *card);
 
 /* wifi */
-const char *wifi_perc(const char *iface);
-const char *wifi_essid(const char *iface);
+const char *wifi_perc(const char *interface);
+const char *wifi_essid(const char *interface);