diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index cac42e97fab44d..a9e1e3fd4bd1a6 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -1034,25 +1034,25 @@ deprecated: v0.4.7
 
 Synchronous lchown(2). Returns `undefined`.
 
-## fs.link(srcpath, dstpath, callback)
+## fs.link(existingPath, newPath, callback)
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.31
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-* `srcpath` {String | Buffer}
-* `dstpath` {String | Buffer}
+* `existingPath` {String | Buffer}
+* `newPath` {String | Buffer}
 * `callback` {Function}
 
 Asynchronous link(2). No arguments other than a possible exception are given to
 the completion callback.
 
-## fs.linkSync(srcpath, dstpath)
+## fs.linkSync(existingPath, newPath)
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.31
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-* `srcpath` {String | Buffer}
-* `dstpath` {String | Buffer}
+* `existingPath` {String | Buffer}
+* `newPath` {String | Buffer}
 
 Synchronous link(2). Returns `undefined`.
 
diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index 56e70d2f472100..37a14c7fd51c17 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -955,24 +955,24 @@ fs.symlinkSync = function(target, path, type) {
                          type);
 };
 
-fs.link = function(srcpath, dstpath, callback) {
+fs.link = function(existingPath, newPath, callback) {
   callback = makeCallback(callback);
-  if (!nullCheck(srcpath, callback)) return;
-  if (!nullCheck(dstpath, callback)) return;
+  if (!nullCheck(existingPath, callback)) return;
+  if (!nullCheck(newPath, callback)) return;
 
   var req = new FSReqWrap();
   req.oncomplete = callback;
 
-  binding.link(pathModule._makeLong(srcpath),
-               pathModule._makeLong(dstpath),
+  binding.link(pathModule._makeLong(existingPath),
+               pathModule._makeLong(newPath),
                req);
 };
 
-fs.linkSync = function(srcpath, dstpath) {
-  nullCheck(srcpath);
-  nullCheck(dstpath);
-  return binding.link(pathModule._makeLong(srcpath),
-                      pathModule._makeLong(dstpath));
+fs.linkSync = function(existingPath, newPath) {
+  nullCheck(existingPath);
+  nullCheck(newPath);
+  return binding.link(pathModule._makeLong(existingPath),
+                      pathModule._makeLong(newPath));
 };
 
 fs.unlink = function(path, callback) {