diff --git a/client/client.go b/client/client.go
index 36a458b..9f43e6a 100644
--- a/client/client.go
+++ b/client/client.go
@@ -104,13 +104,13 @@ func checkResponseForErrors(resp *http.Response) error {
 }
 
 // Do an http request
-func (n *portainerClientImp) do(uri, method string, request io.Reader, headers http.Header) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
+func (n *portainerClientImp) do(uri, method string, requestBody io.Reader, headers http.Header) (resp *http.Response, err error) {
 	requestURL, err := n.url.Parse(uri)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
 
-	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, requestURL.String(), request)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, requestURL.String(), requestBody)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func (n *portainerClientImp) do(uri, method string, request io.Reader, headers h
 		req.Header = headers
 	}
 
-	if request != nil {
+	if requestBody != nil {
 		req.Header.Set("User-Agent", n.userAgent)
 	}
 
@@ -153,11 +153,11 @@ func (n *portainerClientImp) do(uri, method string, request io.Reader, headers h
 }
 
 // Do a JSON http request
-func (n *portainerClientImp) doJSON(uri, method string, headers http.Header, request interface{}, response interface{}) error {
+func (n *portainerClientImp) doJSON(uri, method string, headers http.Header, requestBody interface{}, responseBody interface{}) error {
 	var body io.Reader
 
-	if request != nil {
-		reqBodyBytes, err := json.Marshal(request)
+	if requestBody != nil {
+		reqBodyBytes, err := json.Marshal(requestBody)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -171,9 +171,9 @@ func (n *portainerClientImp) doJSON(uri, method string, headers http.Header, req
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if response != nil {
+	if responseBody != nil {
 		d := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body)
-		err := d.Decode(response)
+		err := d.Decode(responseBody)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/client/client_test.go b/client/client_test.go
index e22294f..65dd558 100644
--- a/client/client_test.go
+++ b/client/client_test.go
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ func Test_portainerClientImp_do(t *testing.T) {
 		beforeFunctionCall func(t *testing.T, tt *fields)
 	}
 	type args struct {
-		uri     string
-		method  string
-		request io.Reader
-		headers http.Header
+		uri         string
+		method      string
+		requestBody io.Reader
+		headers     http.Header
 	}
 	tests := []struct {
 		name          string
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func Test_portainerClientImp_do(t *testing.T) {
 			if tt.fields.beforeFunctionCall != nil {
 				tt.fields.beforeFunctionCall(t, &tt.fields)
 			}
-			gotResp, err := n.do(tt.args.uri, tt.args.method, tt.args.request, tt.args.headers)
+			gotResp, err := n.do(tt.args.uri, tt.args.method, tt.args.requestBody, tt.args.headers)
 
 			assert.Equal(t, tt.wantErr, err != nil)
 			if tt.wantRespCheck != nil {