diff --git a/src/exec.c b/src/exec.c
index b1f078f..029e482 100644
--- a/src/exec.c
+++ b/src/exec.c
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ int hyper_release_exec(struct hyper_exec *exec,
 
 		} else {
 			/* send out pod finish message, hyper will decide if restart pod or not */
-			hyper_send_finish(pod);
+			hyper_send_pod_finished(pod);
 		}
 
 		hyper_cleanup_pod(pod);
diff --git a/src/hyper.h b/src/hyper.h
index 083867f..1a82276 100644
--- a/src/hyper.h
+++ b/src/hyper.h
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@ enum {
 	DESTROYPOD,
 	RESTARTCONTAINER,
 	EXECCMD,
-	FINISHCMD,
+	CMDFINISHED,
 	READY,
 	ACK,
 	ERROR,
 	WINSIZE,
 	PING,
-	FINISH,
+	PODFINISHED,
 	NEXT,
 	WRITEFILE,
 	READFILE,
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index 5223e36..225375e 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ void hyper_unmount_all(void)
 	sync();
 }
 
-int hyper_send_finish(struct hyper_pod *pod)
+int hyper_send_pod_finished(struct hyper_pod *pod)
 {
 	int ret = -1;
 	struct hyper_container *c;
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ int hyper_send_finish(struct hyper_pod *pod)
 		data = new;
 	}
 
-	ret = hyper_send_msg(ctl.chan.fd, FINISH, c_num * 4, data);
+	ret = hyper_send_msg(ctl.chan.fd, PODFINISHED, c_num * 4, data);
 out:
 	free(data);
 	return ret;
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ out:
 
 void hyper_shutdown(struct hyper_pod *pod)
 {
-	hyper_send_finish(pod);
+	hyper_send_pod_finished(pod);
 	/* vm will shutdown immediately after we call reboot,
 	 * no chance to send out eof message in release exec.
 	 * send it out by ourself */
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index c285a9d..5087d2f 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ int hyper_setfd_block(int fd);
 int hyper_setfd_nonblock(int fd);
 int hyper_socketpair(int domain, int type, int protocol, int sv[2]);
 void hyper_shutdown(struct hyper_pod *pod);
-int hyper_send_finish(struct hyper_pod *pod);
+int hyper_send_pod_finished(struct hyper_pod *pod);
 void hyper_unmount_all(void);
 int hyper_insmod(char *module);
 #endif