diff --git a/XMonad/Prompt.hs b/XMonad/Prompt.hs
index 2c42a2eeb..4b1b3d682 100644
--- a/XMonad/Prompt.hs
+++ b/XMonad/Prompt.hs
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ data XPConfig =
         , historyFilter         :: [String] -> [String]
                                                 -- ^ a filter to determine which
                                                 -- history entries to remember
-        , historyFetch          :: FilePath -> IO History
+        , historyRead           :: FilePath -> IO History
                                                 -- ^ an IO function for fetching the command history
         , historyWrite          :: FilePath -> History -> IO ()
                                                 -- ^ an IO function for writing the command history
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ instance Default XPConfig where
         , maxComplColumns       = Nothing
         , historySize           = 256
         , historyFilter         = id
-        , historyFetch          = readHistory
+        , historyRead           = readHistory
         , historyWrite          = writeHistory
         , defaultText           = []
         , autoComplete          = Nothing
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ mkXPromptImplementation historyKey conf om = do
   s <- gets $ screenRect . W.screenDetail . W.current . windowset
   cleanMask <- cleanKeyMask
   cachedir <- asks (cacheDir . directories)
-  hist <- io $ (historyFetch conf) cachedir
+  hist <- io $ historyRead conf cachedir
   fs <- initXMF (font conf)
   let width = getWinWidth s (position conf)
   st' <- io $
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ mkXPromptImplementation historyKey conf om = do
   releaseXMF fs
   when (successful st') $ do
     let prune = take (historySize conf)
-    io $ (historyWrite conf) cachedir $
+    io $ historyWrite conf cachedir $
       M.insertWith
       (\xs ys -> prune . historyFilter conf $ xs ++ ys)
       historyKey
@@ -1810,7 +1810,7 @@ historyCompletionP p = do
     cd <- asks (cacheDir . directories)
     pure $ \x ->
         let toComplList = deleteConsecutive . filter (isInfixOf x) . M.foldr (++) []
---          in toComplList . M.filterWithKey (const . p) <$> (historyFetch conf) cd
+--          in toComplList . M.filterWithKey (const . p) <$> (historyRead conf cd)
          in toComplList . M.filterWithKey (const . p) <$> (readHistory cd)
 
 -- | Sort a list and remove duplicates. Like 'deleteAllDuplicates', but trades off