diff --git a/lib/cppcheck.cpp b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
index 225bc8854..33aa78883 100644
--- a/lib/cppcheck.cpp
+++ b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
@@ -80,13 +80,13 @@ const char * CppCheck::extraVersion()
 unsigned int CppCheck::check(const std::string &path)
 {
     std::ifstream fin(path);
-    return processFile(Path::simplifyPath(path), emptyString, fin);
+    return checkFile(Path::simplifyPath(path), emptyString, fin);
 }
 
 unsigned int CppCheck::check(const std::string &path, const std::string &content)
 {
     std::istringstream iss(content);
-    return processFile(Path::simplifyPath(path), emptyString, iss);
+    return checkFile(Path::simplifyPath(path), emptyString, iss);
 }
 
 unsigned int CppCheck::check(const ImportProject::FileSettings &fs)
@@ -102,10 +102,10 @@ unsigned int CppCheck::check(const ImportProject::FileSettings &fs)
         temp._settings.platform(fs.platformType);
     }
     std::ifstream fin(fs.filename);
-    return temp.processFile(Path::simplifyPath(fs.filename), fs.cfg, fin);
+    return temp.checkFile(Path::simplifyPath(fs.filename), fs.cfg, fin);
 }
 
-unsigned int CppCheck::processFile(const std::string& filename, const std::string &cfgname, std::istream& fileStream)
+unsigned int CppCheck::checkFile(const std::string& filename, const std::string &cfgname, std::istream& fileStream)
 {
     exitcode = 0;
 
diff --git a/lib/cppcheck.h b/lib/cppcheck.h
index 4758e1a57..3dc25715b 100644
--- a/lib/cppcheck.h
+++ b/lib/cppcheck.h
@@ -149,13 +149,13 @@ private:
     void internalError(const std::string &filename, const std::string &msg);
 
     /**
-     * @brief Process one file.
+     * @brief Check a file using stream
      * @param filename file name
      * @param cfgname  cfg name
      * @param fileStream stream the file content can be read from
-     * @return amount of errors found
+     * @return number of errors found
      */
-    unsigned int processFile(const std::string& filename, const std::string &cfgname, std::istream& fileStream);
+    unsigned int checkFile(const std::string& filename, const std::string &cfgname, std::istream& fileStream);
 
     /**
      * @brief Check raw tokens