diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/Client.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/Client.java
index c9bd7ba62..b74f20ac4 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/Client.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/Client.java
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ public class Client
      * If this client is being used to proxy events from another server, this method can be
      * overridden to adjust the event in any way needed prior to dispatching the event.
      */
-    protected void adjustForProxy (DObject target, DEvent event)
+    protected void convertFromRemote (DObject target, DEvent event)
     {
         // nothing by default
     }
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/ClientDObjectMgr.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/ClientDObjectMgr.java
index dc54b0e8b..fa947aaff 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/ClientDObjectMgr.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/client/ClientDObjectMgr.java
@@ -213,9 +213,9 @@ public class ClientDObjectMgr
             return;
         }
 
-        // because we might be acting as a proxy between servers, we may need to fiddle with this
-        // event before we dispatch it
-        _client.adjustForProxy(target, event);
+        // because we might be acting as a proxy for a remote server, we may need to fiddle with
+        // this event before we dispatch it
+        _client.convertFromRemote(target, event);
 
         // if this is a compound event, we need to process its contained events in order
         if (event instanceof CompoundEvent) {
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/peer/server/PeerManager.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/peer/server/PeerManager.java
index 4537f326b..6f461292c 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/peer/server/PeerManager.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/peer/server/PeerManager.java
@@ -704,8 +704,8 @@ public class PeerManager
         {
             _record = record;
             _client = new Client(null, PresentsServer.omgr) {
-                protected void adjustForProxy (DObject target, DEvent event) {
-                    super.adjustForProxy(target, event);
+                protected void convertFromRemote (DObject target, DEvent event) {
+                    super.convertFromRemote(target, event);
                     // rewrite the event's target oid using the oid currently configured on the
                     // distributed object (we will have it mapped in our remote server's oid space,
                     // but it may have been remapped into the oid space of the local server)