diff --git a/lib/net.js b/lib/net.js
index 7767b000862..383269c76f6 100644
--- a/lib/net.js
+++ b/lib/net.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ var WriteWrap = process.binding('stream_wrap').WriteWrap;
 
 var cluster;
 var errnoException = util._errnoException;
-var detailedException = util._detailedException;
+var exceptionWithHostPort = util._exceptionWithHostPort;
 
 function noop() {}
 
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ function afterWrite(status, handle, req, err) {
   }
 
   if (status < 0) {
-    var ex = detailedException(status, 'write', req.address, req.port);
+    var ex = exceptionWithHostPort(status, 'write', req.address, req.port);
     debug('write failure', ex);
     self._destroy(ex, req.cb);
     return;
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ function connect(self, address, port, addressType, localAddress, localPort) {
     err = bind(localAddress, localPort);
 
     if (err) {
-      var ex = detailedException(err, 'bind', localAddress, localPort);
+      var ex = exceptionWithHostPort(err, 'bind', localAddress, localPort);
       self._destroy(ex);
       return;
     }
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ function connect(self, address, port, addressType, localAddress, localPort) {
       ex.localPort = self._sockname.port;
       details = ex.localAddress + ':' + ex.localPort;
     }
-    var ex = detailedException(err, 'connect', address, port, details);
+    var ex = exceptionWithHostPort(err, 'connect', address, port, details);
     self._destroy(ex);
   }
 }
@@ -1001,11 +1001,11 @@ function afterConnect(status, handle, req, readable, writable) {
       ex.localPort = req.localPort;
       details = ex.localAddress + ':' + ex.localPort;
     }
-    var ex = detailedException(status,
-                               'connect',
-                               req.address,
-                               req.port,
-                               details);
+    var ex = exceptionWithHostPort(status,
+                                   'connect',
+                                   req.address,
+                                   req.port,
+                                   details);
     self._destroy(ex);
   }
 }
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ Server.prototype._listen2 = function(address, port, addressType, backlog, fd) {
     debug('_listen2: create a handle');
     var rval = createServerHandle(address, port, addressType, fd);
     if (util.isNumber(rval)) {
-      var error = detailedException(rval, 'listen', address, port);
+      var error = exceptionWithHostPort(rval, 'listen', address, port);
       process.nextTick(function() {
         self.emit('error', error);
       });
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ Server.prototype._listen2 = function(address, port, addressType, backlog, fd) {
   var err = _listen(self._handle, backlog);
 
   if (err) {
-    var ex = detailedException(err, 'listen', address, port);
+    var ex = exceptionWithHostPort(err, 'listen', address, port);
     self._handle.close();
     self._handle = null;
     process.nextTick(function() {
@@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ function listen(self, address, port, addressType, backlog, fd, exclusive) {
     }
 
     if (err) {
-      var ex = detailedException(err, 'bind', address, port);
+      var ex = exceptionWithHostPort(err, 'bind', address, port);
       return self.emit('error', ex);
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index 5f3e59cc641..e6c34670e4d 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -758,7 +758,11 @@ exports._errnoException = function(err, syscall, original) {
 };
 
 
-exports._detailedException = function(err, syscall, address, port, additional) {
+exports._exceptionWithHostPort = function(err,
+                                          syscall,
+                                          address,
+                                          port,
+                                          additional) {
   var details;
   if (port && port > 0) {
     details = address + ':' + port;