diff --git a/src/core/varlink-metrics.c b/src/core/varlink-metrics.c
index 69eff4ef8a..1bfdb1f5d7 100644
--- a/src/core/varlink-metrics.c
+++ b/src/core/varlink-metrics.c
@@ -178,10 +178,10 @@ const MetricFamily metric_family_table[] = {
         {}
 };
 
-int vl_method_describe(sd_varlink *link, sd_json_variant *parameters, sd_varlink_method_flags_t flags, void *userdata) {
+int vl_method_describe_metrics(sd_varlink *link, sd_json_variant *parameters, sd_varlink_method_flags_t flags, void *userdata) {
         return metrics_method_describe(metric_family_table, link, parameters, flags, userdata);
 }
 
-int vl_method_list(sd_varlink *link, sd_json_variant *parameters, sd_varlink_method_flags_t flags, void *userdata) {
+int vl_method_list_metrics(sd_varlink *link, sd_json_variant *parameters, sd_varlink_method_flags_t flags, void *userdata) {
         return metrics_method_list(metric_family_table, link, parameters, flags, userdata);
 }
diff --git a/src/core/varlink-metrics.h b/src/core/varlink-metrics.h
index 782a3641c3..5347774f2d 100644
--- a/src/core/varlink-metrics.h
+++ b/src/core/varlink-metrics.h
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
 
 #define METRIC_IO_SYSTEMD_MANAGER_PREFIX "io.systemd.Manager."
 
-int vl_method_list(sd_varlink *link, sd_json_variant *parameters, sd_varlink_method_flags_t flags, void *userdata);
-int vl_method_describe(sd_varlink *link, sd_json_variant *parameters, sd_varlink_method_flags_t flags, void *userdata);
+int vl_method_list_metrics(sd_varlink *link, sd_json_variant *parameters, sd_varlink_method_flags_t flags, void *userdata);
+int vl_method_describe_metrics(sd_varlink *link, sd_json_variant *parameters, sd_varlink_method_flags_t flags, void *userdata);