diff --git a/include/r3_queue.h b/include/r3_queue.h
index b5d4d93..d4d43c5 100644
--- a/include/r3_queue.h
+++ b/include/r3_queue.h
@@ -25,19 +25,19 @@ typedef struct {
 } queue;
 
 // create and return the queue
-queue * queue_factory(void);
+queue * queue_create(void);
 
 // destory the queue (free all the memory associate with the que even the data)
 void queue_destroy(queue * que);
 
 
-// enque the data into queue
+// queue_push the data into queue
 // data is expected to a pointer to a heap allocated memory
-int enque(queue * que, void * data);
+int queue_push(queue * que, void * data);
 
 // return the data from the que (FIFO)
 // and free up all the internally allocated memory
 // but the user have to free the returning data pointer
-void * deque(queue * que);
+void * queue_pop(queue * que);
 
 #endif /* !R3_QUEUE_H */
diff --git a/src/queue.c b/src/queue.c
index 2f8f785..4dac9a5 100644
--- a/src/queue.c
+++ b/src/queue.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pthread_mutex_t mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
 /**
  * create and return a new queue
  **/
-queue * queue_factory()
+queue * queue_create()
 {
    queue * new_queue = malloc(sizeof(queue));
    if(new_queue == NULL) {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ void queue_destroy(queue * que)
  * que is a queue pointer
  * data is a heap allocated memory pointer
  */
-int enque(queue * que, void * data)
+int queue_push(queue * que, void * data)
 {
     queue_node * new_node = malloc(sizeof(queue_node));
     if(new_node == NULL) {
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ int enque(queue * que, void * data)
     return 0;
 }
 
-void * deque(queue * que) 
+void * queue_pop(queue * que) 
 {
-    // print("Entered to deque\n");
+    // print("Entered to queue_pop\n");
     if (que == NULL) {
         // print("que is null exiting...\n");
         return NULL;
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ void * deque(queue * que)
     // print("Freeing _node@ %p", _node);
     free(_node);
     pthread_mutex_unlock(&mutex);
-    // print("Exiting deque\n");
+    // print("Exiting queue_pop\n");
     return data;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/check_queue.c b/tests/check_queue.c
index 10244fa..206702f 100644
--- a/tests/check_queue.c
+++ b/tests/check_queue.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ struct _stru {
     queue * q;
 };
  
-void * func(void * arg)
+void * producer_thread(void * arg)
 {
     struct _stru * args = (struct _stru *) arg;
     int number = args->number;
@@ -34,19 +34,19 @@ void * func(void * arg)
     for(i = 0; i < number; i++) {
         char * message = malloc(16);
         snprintf(message, 15, "rand: %d", rand());
-        enque(q, (void *)message);
+        queue_push(q, (void *)message);
     }
 
     return NULL;
 }
 
 
-void * func_d(void * args)
+void * consumer_thread(void * args)
 {
     queue * q = (queue *) args;
 
     void * data;
-    while((data = deque(q)) != NULL) {
+    while((data = queue_pop(q)) != NULL) {
         char * string = (char *)data;
         free(data);
     }
@@ -55,16 +55,16 @@ void * func_d(void * args)
 
 START_TEST (test_queue)
 {
-    queue * q = queue_factory();
-    enque(q, (void*) 1);
-    int i = (int) deque(q);
+    queue * q = queue_create();
+    queue_push(q, (void*) 1);
+    int i = (int) queue_pop(q);
     ck_assert_int_eq(i, 1);
 }
 END_TEST
 
 START_TEST (test_queue_threads)
 {
-    queue * q = queue_factory();
+    queue * q = queue_create();
     pthread_t threads[number_of_threads];
     pthread_t thread_d[number_of_threads_d];
     
@@ -74,11 +74,11 @@ START_TEST (test_queue_threads)
         arg[i].number = number_of_iters;
         arg[i].thread_no = i;
         arg[i].q = q;
-        pthread_create(threads+i, NULL, func, (void *)&arg[i]); 
+        pthread_create(threads+i, NULL, producer_thread, (void *)&arg[i]); 
     }
 
     for(i = 0; i < number_of_threads_d; i++) {
-        pthread_create(thread_d+i, NULL, func_d, (void *)q);
+        pthread_create(thread_d+i, NULL, consumer_thread, (void *)q);
     }
 
     for(i = 0; i < number_of_threads; i++) {