diff --git a/chat.h b/chat.h
index 6b68eae..ac56f51 100644
--- a/chat.h
+++ b/chat.h
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ enum Edit {
 	EditNext,
 	EditPrevWord,
 	EditNextWord,
-	EditKillPrev,
-	EditKillNext,
+	EditDeleteHead,
+	EditDeleteTail,
 	EditDeletePrev,
 	EditDeleteNext,
 	EditInsert,
diff --git a/edit.c b/edit.c
index 38b2dea..7b20079 100644
--- a/edit.c
+++ b/edit.c
@@ -148,8 +148,8 @@ void edit(size_t id, enum Edit op, wchar_t ch) {
 
 		break; case EditDeletePrev: if (pos) delete(--pos, 1);
 		break; case EditDeleteNext: delete(pos, 1);
-		break; case EditKillPrev: delete(0, pos); pos = 0;
-		break; case EditKillNext: delete(pos, len - pos);
+		break; case EditDeleteHead: delete(0, pos); pos = 0;
+		break; case EditDeleteTail: delete(pos, len - pos);
 
 		break; case EditInsert: {
 			reserve(pos, 1);
diff --git a/ui.c b/ui.c
index 7811e88..e3b9cb5 100644
--- a/ui.c
+++ b/ui.c
@@ -656,9 +656,9 @@ static void keyCtrl(wchar_t ch) {
 		break; case L'H': edit(id, EditDeletePrev, 0);
 		break; case L'I': edit(id, EditComplete, 0);
 		break; case L'J': edit(id, EditEnter, 0);
-		break; case L'K': edit(id, EditKillNext, 0);
+		break; case L'K': edit(id, EditDeleteTail, 0);
 		break; case L'L': clearok(curscr, true);
-		break; case L'U': edit(id, EditKillPrev, 0);
+		break; case L'U': edit(id, EditDeleteHead, 0);
 	}
 }