diff --git a/pty_linux.go b/pty_linux.go
index 296dd21..4a833de 100644
--- a/pty_linux.go
+++ b/pty_linux.go
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ func ptsname(f *os.File) (string, error) {
 
 func unlockpt(f *os.File) error {
 	var u _C_int
-	// use TIOCSPTLCK with a zero valued arg to clear the slave pty lock
+	// use TIOCSPTLCK with a pointer to zero to clear the lock
 	return ioctl(f.Fd(), syscall.TIOCSPTLCK, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&u)))
 }
diff --git a/pty_openbsd.go b/pty_openbsd.go
index 6e7aeae..a6a35d1 100644
--- a/pty_openbsd.go
+++ b/pty_openbsd.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ func open() (pty, tty *os.File, err error) {
 	 * from ptm(4):
 	 * The PTMGET command allocates a free pseudo terminal, changes its
 	 * ownership to the caller, revokes the access privileges for all previous
-	 * users, opens the file descriptors for the master and slave devices and
+	 * users, opens the file descriptors for the pty and tty devices and
 	 * returns them to the caller in struct ptmget.
 	 */
 
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index 68a8584..2fa741c 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@ import (
 	"unsafe"
 )
 
-// InheritSize applies the terminal size of master to slave. This should be run
-// in a signal handler for syscall.SIGWINCH to automatically resize the slave when
-// the master receives a window size change notification.
-func InheritSize(master, slave *os.File) error {
-	size, err := GetsizeFull(master)
+// InheritSize applies the terminal size of pty to tty. This should be run
+// in a signal handler for syscall.SIGWINCH to automatically resize the tty when
+// the pty receives a window size change notification.
+func InheritSize(pty, tty *os.File) error {
+	size, err := GetsizeFull(pty)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	err = Setsize(slave, size)
+	err = Setsize(tty, size)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}