diff --git a/go/storage/cdb_map.go b/go/storage/cdb_map.go
index a5480ac11..3e38b0bdb 100644
--- a/go/storage/cdb_map.go
+++ b/go/storage/cdb_map.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func OpenCdbMap(fileName string) (m *cdbMap, err error) {
 		return
 	}
 	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		bn, ext := nakeFilename(fileName)
+		bn, ext := baseFilename(fileName)
 		m.fn1 = bn + ".1" + ext
 		if m.c1, err = cdb.Open(m.fn1); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func DumpNeedleMapToCdb(cdbName string, nm *NeedleMap) error {
 	if len(fnames) == 1 {
 		return os.Rename(fnames[0], cdbName)
 	}
-	bn, ext := nakeFilename(cdbName)
+	bn, ext := baseFilename(cdbName)
 	if err = os.Rename(fnames[0], bn+".1"+ext); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func openTempCdb(fileName string) (cdb.AdderFunc, cdb.CloserFunc, error) {
 }
 
 // returns filename without extension, and the extension
-func nakeFilename(fileName string) (string, string) {
+func baseFilename(fileName string) (string, string) {
 	ext := filepath.Ext(fileName)
 	return fileName[:len(fileName)-len(ext)], ext
 }
diff --git a/go/storage/volume.go b/go/storage/volume.go
index db3a66c1b..d7aa8dcd9 100644
--- a/go/storage/volume.go
+++ b/go/storage/volume.go
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ func (v *Volume) freeze() error {
 	}
 	v.accessLock.Lock()
 	defer v.accessLock.Unlock()
-	bn, _ := nakeFilename(v.dataFile.Name())
+	bn, _ := baseFilename(v.dataFile.Name())
 	cdbFn := bn + ".cdb"
 	glog.V(0).Infof("converting %s to %s", nm.indexFile.Name(), cdbFn)
 	err := DumpNeedleMapToCdb(cdbFn, nm)