diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_prot.c b/sys/kern/kern_prot.c
--- a/sys/kern/kern_prot.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_prot.c
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@
 static void crsetgroups_locked(struct ucred *cr, int ngrp,
     gid_t *groups);
 
-static int cr_canseeotheruids(struct ucred *u1, struct ucred *u2);
-static int cr_canseeothergids(struct ucred *u1, struct ucred *u2);
-static int cr_canseejailproc(struct ucred *u1, struct ucred *u2);
+static int cr_seeotheruids(struct ucred *u1, struct ucred *u2);
+static int cr_seeothergids(struct ucred *u1, struct ucred *u2);
+static int cr_seejailproc(struct ucred *u1, struct ucred *u2);
 
 #ifndef _SYS_SYSPROTO_H_
 struct getpid_args {
@@ -1351,7 +1351,7 @@
  *             u1 may equal u2, in which case only one reference is required
  */
 static int
-cr_canseeotheruids(struct ucred *u1, struct ucred *u2)
+cr_seeotheruids(struct ucred *u1, struct ucred *u2)
 {
 
 	if (!see_other_uids && u1->cr_ruid != u2->cr_ruid) {
@@ -1381,7 +1381,7 @@
  *             u1 may equal u2, in which case only one reference is required
  */
 static int
-cr_canseeothergids(struct ucred *u1, struct ucred *u2)
+cr_seeothergids(struct ucred *u1, struct ucred *u2)
 {
 	int i, match;
 
@@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@
  *             u1 may equal u2, in which case only one reference is required
  */
 static int
-cr_canseejailproc(struct ucred *u1, struct ucred *u2)
+cr_seejailproc(struct ucred *u1, struct ucred *u2)
 {
 	return ((see_jail_proc != 0 || u1->cr_prison == u2->cr_prison ||
 	    priv_check_cred(u1, PRIV_SEEJAILPROC) == 0) ? 0 : ESRCH);
@@ -1431,19 +1431,19 @@
 
 
 /*
- * Helper for general cr_cansee*() functions to abide by system-wide
- * security.bsd.see_* policies.
+ * Helper for cr_cansee*() functions to abide by system-wide security.bsd.see_*
+ * policies.
  */
 int
 cr_bsd_visibility(struct ucred *u1, struct ucred *u2)
 {
 	int error;
 
-	if ((error = cr_canseeotheruids(u1, u2)))
+	if ((error = cr_seeotheruids(u1, u2)))
 		return (error);
-	if ((error = cr_canseeothergids(u1, u2)))
+	if ((error = cr_seeothergids(u1, u2)))
 		return (error);
-	if ((error = cr_canseejailproc(u1, u2)))
+	if ((error = cr_seejailproc(u1, u2)))
 		return (error);
 	return (0);
 }