diff --git a/daemon/engine.c b/daemon/engine.c
index 70dc5b5d3dcc8df2b36264d7b33b8e4f96745e0f..4feaa8be103e0991f9c609038b8ffa7d5fba6514 100644
--- a/daemon/engine.c
+++ b/daemon/engine.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static int l_verbose(lua_State *L)
 	if (lua_isboolean(L, 1) || lua_isnumber(L, 1)) {
 		kr_verbose_set(lua_toboolean(L, 1));
 	}
-	lua_pushboolean(L, kr_verbose_do_log);
+	lua_pushboolean(L, kr_verbose_status);
 	return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/daemon/main.c b/daemon/main.c
index 0e094b332b44ab46f5de2e1aba0fa9f25b17add1..661420e982da08a76f6ef1bcbb3a4a5a6ca25862 100644
--- a/daemon/main.c
+++ b/daemon/main.c
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ static int run_worker(uv_loop_t *loop, struct engine *engine, fd_array_t *ipc_se
 	}
 	memcpy(&engine->ipc_set, ipc_set, sizeof(*ipc_set));
 
-	tls_setup_logging(kr_verbose_do_log);
+	tls_setup_logging(kr_verbose_status);
 	/* Notify supervisor. */
 #ifdef HAS_SYSTEMD
 	sd_notify(0, "READY=1");
diff --git a/lib/utils.c b/lib/utils.c
index aa969c5d7858f91849d988a9aa01350dd4e49daf..70b2ad2b12e24c238f60ae3a25b840467e86858d 100644
--- a/lib/utils.c
+++ b/lib/utils.c
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@
 
 
 /* Always compile-in log symbols, even if disabled. */
-#undef kr_verbose_do_log
+#undef kr_verbose_status
 #undef kr_verbose_set
 #undef kr_log_verbose
 
 /* Logging & debugging */
-bool kr_verbose_do_log = false;
+bool kr_verbose_status = false;
 
 /** @internal CSPRNG context */
 static isaac_ctx ISAAC;
@@ -74,14 +74,14 @@ static inline int u16tostr(uint8_t *dst, uint16_t num)
 bool kr_verbose_set(bool status)
 {
 #ifndef NOVERBOSELOG
-	kr_verbose_do_log = status;
+	kr_verbose_status = status;
 #endif
-	return kr_verbose_do_log;
+	return kr_verbose_status;
 }
 
 void kr_log_verbose(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
-	if (kr_verbose_do_log) {
+	if (kr_verbose_status) {
 		va_list args;
 		va_start(args, fmt);
 		vprintf(fmt, args);
diff --git a/lib/utils.h b/lib/utils.h
index 07ccf078c8961f42e7aad439afadd38930748f16..480133969315cb8d5da920ab9938af498754e337 100644
--- a/lib/utils.h
+++ b/lib/utils.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 /* Always export these, but override direct calls by macros conditionally. */
 /** Whether in --verbose mode.  Only use this for reading. */
-KR_EXPORT extern bool kr_verbose_do_log;
+KR_EXPORT extern bool kr_verbose_status;
 
 /** Set --verbose mode.  Not available if compiled with -DNOVERBOSELOG. */
 KR_EXPORT bool kr_verbose_set(bool status);
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ KR_EXPORT void kr_log_verbose(const char *fmt, ...);
 
 #ifdef NOVERBOSELOG
 /* Efficient compile-time disabling of verbose messages. */
-#define kr_verbose_do_log false
+#define kr_verbose_status false
 #define kr_verbose_set(x)
 #endif
 
 /** Block run in --verbose mode; optimized when not run. */
-#define WITH_VERBOSE if(__builtin_expect(kr_verbose_do_log, false))
+#define WITH_VERBOSE if(__builtin_expect(kr_verbose_status, false))
 #define kr_log_verbose WITH_VERBOSE kr_log_verbose