diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/ipc.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/ipc.c
index 7b3dd4b3d5..804411bb96 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/ipc.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/ipc.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/storage/ipc/ipc.c,v 1.55 2000/11/30 03:11:24 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/storage/ipc/ipc.c,v 1.56 2000/12/03 17:18:10 tgl Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ IpcInitKeyAssignment(int port)
  * but we do not fail upon collision with non-Postgres shmem segments.
  */
 PGShmemHeader *
-IpcMemoryCreate(uint32 size, bool private, int permission)
+IpcMemoryCreate(uint32 size, bool makePrivate, int permission)
 {
 	void   *memAddress;
 	PGShmemHeader *hdr;
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ IpcMemoryCreate(uint32 size, bool private, int permission)
 		IpcMemoryId shmid;
 
 		/* Special case if creating a private segment --- just malloc() it */
-		if (private)
+		if (makePrivate)
 		{
 			memAddress = PrivateMemoryCreate(size);
 			break;
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/ipci.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/ipci.c
index a813a530bf..60e4d16cc0 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/ipci.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/ipci.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/storage/ipc/ipci.c,v 1.36 2000/11/30 01:39:07 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/storage/ipc/ipci.c,v 1.37 2000/12/03 17:18:10 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@
  * It is NEVER called by a backend forked from the postmaster;
  * for such a backend, the shared memory is already ready-to-go.
  *
- * If "private" is true then we only need private memory, not shared
+ * If "makePrivate" is true then we only need private memory, not shared
  * memory.  This is true for a standalone backend, false for a postmaster.
  */
 void
-CreateSharedMemoryAndSemaphores(bool private, int maxBackends)
+CreateSharedMemoryAndSemaphores(bool makePrivate, int maxBackends)
 {
 	int			size;
 	PGShmemHeader *seghdr;
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ CreateSharedMemoryAndSemaphores(bool private, int maxBackends)
 	/*
 	 * Create the shmem segment
 	 */
-	seghdr = IpcMemoryCreate(size, private, IPCProtection);
+	seghdr = IpcMemoryCreate(size, makePrivate, IPCProtection);
 
 	/*
 	 * First initialize spinlocks --- needed by InitShmemAllocation()
diff --git a/src/include/storage/ipc.h b/src/include/storage/ipc.h
index b633297d5f..55aa296358 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/ipc.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/ipc.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2000, PostgreSQL, Inc
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $Id: ipc.h,v 1.43 2000/11/28 23:27:57 tgl Exp $
+ * $Id: ipc.h,v 1.44 2000/12/03 17:18:09 tgl Exp $
  *
  * Some files that would normally need to include only sys/ipc.h must
  * instead include this file because on Ultrix, sys/ipc.h is not designed
@@ -104,10 +104,11 @@ extern void IpcSemaphoreUnlock(IpcSemaphoreId semId, int sem);
 extern bool IpcSemaphoreTryLock(IpcSemaphoreId semId, int sem);
 extern int	IpcSemaphoreGetValue(IpcSemaphoreId semId, int sem);
 
-extern PGShmemHeader *IpcMemoryCreate(uint32 size, bool private,
+extern PGShmemHeader *IpcMemoryCreate(uint32 size, bool makePrivate,
 									  int permission);
 
 /* ipci.c */
-extern void CreateSharedMemoryAndSemaphores(bool private, int maxBackends);
+extern void CreateSharedMemoryAndSemaphores(bool makePrivate,
+											int maxBackends);
 
 #endif	 /* IPC_H */