diff --git a/ethcore/src/client/client.rs b/ethcore/src/client/client.rs
index 9fbe8ae2d..f74fb33f5 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/client/client.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/client/client.rs
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ impl<V> Client<V> where V: Verifier {
 			let root = HeaderView::new(&header).state_root();
 			// check that the block is not too old -- blocks within `HISTORY` blocks of the best will
 			// always be available. If the block could be too old, check if its state root is valid.
-			if db.does_pruning()
+			if db.is_pruned()
 			&& self.chain.best_block_number() >= block_number + HISTORY
 			&& !db.contains(&root) {
 				return None;
diff --git a/util/src/journaldb/archivedb.rs b/util/src/journaldb/archivedb.rs
index c79bab23e..c6acc1280 100644
--- a/util/src/journaldb/archivedb.rs
+++ b/util/src/journaldb/archivedb.rs
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ impl JournalDB for ArchiveDB {
 		self.backing.get_by_prefix(&id.bytes()[0..12]).and_then(|b| Some(b.to_vec()))
 	}
 
-	fn does_pruning(&self) -> bool { false }
+	fn is_pruned(&self) -> bool { false }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/util/src/journaldb/traits.rs b/util/src/journaldb/traits.rs
index d41077655..74149b062 100644
--- a/util/src/journaldb/traits.rs
+++ b/util/src/journaldb/traits.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@ pub trait JournalDB : HashDB + Send + Sync {
 		None
 	}
 
-	/// Whether this database does pruning.
-	fn does_pruning(&self) -> bool { true }
+	/// Whether this database is pruned.
+	fn is_pruned(&self) -> bool { true }
 }