diff --git a/include/Common.h b/include/Common.h
index f7a22de8..9295465a 100644
--- a/include/Common.h
+++ b/include/Common.h
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ typedef enum {
 } op_code_t;
 
 const char* errCodeToString(err_code_t err);
-bool isLocalSocket(const char* host);
+bool isUnixSocket(const char* host);
 server_string_split_t splitServerString(char* input);
 
 } // namespace mc
diff --git a/src/Common.cpp b/src/Common.cpp
index 2e75ffca..148bdd92 100644
--- a/src/Common.cpp
+++ b/src/Common.cpp
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ const char* errCodeToString(err_code_t err) {
   }
 }
 
-bool isLocalSocket(const char* host) {
+bool isUnixSocket(const char* host) {
   // errors on the side of false negatives, allowing syntax expansion;
-  // starting slash to denote socket paths is from pylibmc
+  // starting slash syntax is from libmemcached
   return host[0] == '/';
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Connection.cpp b/src/Connection.cpp
index 0b95c8b3..b44c4963 100644
--- a/src/Connection.cpp
+++ b/src/Connection.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Connection::~Connection() {
 int Connection::init(const char* host, uint32_t port, const char* alias) {
   snprintf(m_host, sizeof m_host, "%s", host);
   m_port = port;
-  m_unixSocket = isLocalSocket(m_host);
+  m_unixSocket = isUnixSocket(m_host);
   if (alias == NULL) {
     m_hasAlias = false;
     if (m_unixSocket) {