diff --git a/include/libssh/sftp_priv.h b/include/libssh/sftp_priv.h
index 54c90d85..5ee34299 100644
--- a/include/libssh/sftp_priv.h
+++ b/include/libssh/sftp_priv.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ sftp_attributes sftp_parse_attr(sftp_session session,
                                 ssh_buffer buf,
                                 int expectname);
 /**
- * @brief Handle the sftp_init request from client.
+ * @brief Reply to the SSH_FXP_INIT message with the SSH_FXP_VERSION message
  *
  * @param  client_msg         The pointer to client message.
  *
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ sftp_attributes sftp_parse_attr(sftp_session session,
  *
  * @see sftp_get_error()
  */
-int sftp_process_init_packet(sftp_client_message client_msg);
+int sftp_reply_version(sftp_client_message client_msg);
 /**
  * @brief Decode the data from channel buffer into sftp read_packet.
  *
diff --git a/src/sftp.c b/src/sftp.c
index b0bf1d49..90aa8033 100644
--- a/src/sftp.c
+++ b/src/sftp.c
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ int sftp_server_init(sftp_session sftp)
 
     SSH_LOG(SSH_LOG_PACKET, "Received SSH_FXP_INIT");
 
-    rc = sftp_process_init_packet(msg);
+    rc = sftp_reply_version(msg);
     if (rc != SSH_OK) {
         ssh_set_error(session,
                       SSH_FATAL,
diff --git a/src/sftpserver.c b/src/sftpserver.c
index 1a60b320..a1b3f466 100644
--- a/src/sftpserver.c
+++ b/src/sftpserver.c
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ sftp_reply_statvfs(sftp_client_message msg, sftp_statvfs_t st)
     return ret;
 }
 
-int sftp_process_init_packet(sftp_client_message client_msg)
+int sftp_reply_version(sftp_client_message client_msg)
 {
     sftp_session sftp = client_msg->sftp;
     ssh_session session = sftp->session;
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ const struct sftp_message_handler message_handlers[] = {
     {"rename", NULL, SSH_FXP_RENAME, process_unsupposed},
     {"readlink", NULL, SSH_FXP_READLINK, process_readlink},
     {"symlink", NULL, SSH_FXP_SYMLINK, process_symlink},
-    {"init", NULL, SSH_FXP_INIT, sftp_process_init_packet},
+    {"init", NULL, SSH_FXP_INIT, sftp_reply_version},
     {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL},
 };