diff --git a/etcdmain/etcd.go b/etcdmain/etcd.go
index 907f7540c..8a58768d5 100644
--- a/etcdmain/etcd.go
+++ b/etcdmain/etcd.go
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ func startProxy(cfg *config) error {
 	}
 
 	uf := func() []string {
-		gcls, err := etcdserver.GetClusterFromPeers(peerURLs, tr)
+		gcls, err := etcdserver.GetClusterFromRemotePeers(peerURLs, tr)
 		// TODO: remove the 2nd check when we fix GetClusterFromPeers
 		// GetClusterFromPeers should not return nil error with an invaild empty cluster
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/etcdserver/cluster_util.go b/etcdserver/cluster_util.go
index 8381c3e23..9cc0a72e2 100644
--- a/etcdserver/cluster_util.go
+++ b/etcdserver/cluster_util.go
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ import (
 // isMemberBootstrapped tries to check if the given member has been bootstrapped
 // in the given cluster.
 func isMemberBootstrapped(cl *Cluster, member string, tr *http.Transport) bool {
-	us := getRemotePeerURLs(cl, member)
-	rcl, err := getClusterFromPeers(us, false, tr)
+	rcl, err := getClusterFromRemotePeers(getRemotePeerURLs(cl, member), false, tr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false
 	}
@@ -45,17 +44,17 @@ func isMemberBootstrapped(cl *Cluster, member string, tr *http.Transport) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-// GetClusterFromPeers takes a set of URLs representing etcd peers, and
+// GetClusterFromRemotePeers takes a set of URLs representing etcd peers, and
 // attempts to construct a Cluster by accessing the members endpoint on one of
 // these URLs. The first URL to provide a response is used. If no URLs provide
 // a response, or a Cluster cannot be successfully created from a received
 // response, an error is returned.
-func GetClusterFromPeers(urls []string, tr *http.Transport) (*Cluster, error) {
-	return getClusterFromPeers(urls, true, tr)
+func GetClusterFromRemotePeers(urls []string, tr *http.Transport) (*Cluster, error) {
+	return getClusterFromRemotePeers(urls, true, tr)
 }
 
 // If logerr is true, it prints out more error messages.
-func getClusterFromPeers(urls []string, logerr bool, tr *http.Transport) (*Cluster, error) {
+func getClusterFromRemotePeers(urls []string, logerr bool, tr *http.Transport) (*Cluster, error) {
 	cc := &http.Client{
 		Transport: tr,
 		Timeout:   time.Second,
diff --git a/etcdserver/server.go b/etcdserver/server.go
index 8324bc553..38e42a530 100644
--- a/etcdserver/server.go
+++ b/etcdserver/server.go
@@ -157,8 +157,7 @@ func NewServer(cfg *ServerConfig) (*EtcdServer, error) {
 
 	switch {
 	case !haveWAL && !cfg.NewCluster:
-		us := getRemotePeerURLs(cfg.Cluster, cfg.Name)
-		existingCluster, err := GetClusterFromPeers(us, cfg.Transport)
+		existingCluster, err := GetClusterFromRemotePeers(getRemotePeerURLs(cfg.Cluster, cfg.Name), cfg.Transport)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot fetch cluster info from peer urls: %v", err)
 		}
diff --git a/etcdserver/server_test.go b/etcdserver/server_test.go
index c7a8308ac..b0c3e0f40 100644
--- a/etcdserver/server_test.go
+++ b/etcdserver/server_test.go
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ func TestGetOtherPeerURLs(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for i, tt := range tests {
 		cl := NewClusterFromMembers("", types.ID(0), tt.membs)
-		urls := getOtherPeerURLs(cl, tt.self)
+		urls := getRemotePeerURLs(cl, tt.self)
 		if !reflect.DeepEqual(urls, tt.wurls) {
 			t.Errorf("#%d: urls = %+v, want %+v", i, urls, tt.wurls)
 		}