diff --git a/loopy/check.py b/loopy/check.py
index d2664db44b5adce1d918425ac6f4fd466d75dbc6..a675634ee3c9456fd6d42023f61cf41e71ecb98d 100644
--- a/loopy/check.py
+++ b/loopy/check.py
@@ -1229,24 +1229,24 @@ def check_that_shapes_and_strides_are_arguments(kernel):
 
 
 def pre_codegen_entrypoint_checks(kernel, callables_table):
-    logger.debug("pre-codegen (entrypoint) check %s: start" % kernel.name)
+    logger.debug("pre-codegen entrypoint check %s: start" % kernel.name)
 
     kernel.target.pre_codegen_entrypoint_check(kernel, callables_table)
 
-    logger.debug("pre-codegen (entrypoint) check %s: done" % kernel.name)
+    logger.debug("pre-codegen entrypoint check %s: done" % kernel.name)
 
 
-def pre_codegen_callee_checks(kernel, callables_table):
-    logger.debug("pre-codegen (callee) check %s: start" % kernel.name)
+def pre_codegen_callable_checks(kernel, callables_table):
+    logger.debug("pre-codegen callable check %s: start" % kernel.name)
 
     check_for_unused_hw_axes_in_insns(kernel, callables_table)
     check_that_atomic_ops_are_used_exactly_on_atomic_arrays(kernel)
     check_that_temporaries_are_defined_in_subkernels_where_used(kernel)
     check_that_all_insns_are_scheduled(kernel)
-    kernel.target.pre_codegen_callee_check(kernel, callables_table)
+    kernel.target.pre_codegen_callable_check(kernel, callables_table)
     check_that_shapes_and_strides_are_arguments(kernel)
 
-    logger.debug("pre-codegen (callee) check %s: done" % kernel.name)
+    logger.debug("pre-codegen callable check %s: done" % kernel.name)
 
 
 def pre_codegen_checks(t_unit):
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ def pre_codegen_checks(t_unit):
 
         for name, clbl in t_unit.callables_table.items():
             if isinstance(clbl, CallableKernel):
-                pre_codegen_callee_checks(clbl.subkernel, t_unit.callables_table)
+                pre_codegen_callable_checks(clbl.subkernel, t_unit.callables_table)
     except Exception:
         print(75*"=")
         print("failing kernel during pre-codegen check:")
diff --git a/loopy/target/__init__.py b/loopy/target/__init__.py
index 073abc8706ea4abc2983362f99cb5bbe68a4458b..a6357a12b61d2b837ab1cd016554c2c5af100024 100644
--- a/loopy/target/__init__.py
+++ b/loopy/target/__init__.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class TargetBase:
     def pre_codegen_entrypoint_check(self, kernel, callables_table):
         pass
 
-    def pre_codegen_callee_check(self, kernel, callables_table):
+    def pre_codegen_callable_check(self, kernel, callables_table):
         pass
 
     # }}}