diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlogreader.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlogreader.c
index 2a80bc5823..3e03d72a18 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlogreader.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlogreader.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ XLogReaderAllocate(int wal_segment_size, XLogPageReadCB pagereadfunc,
 	}
 
 	/* Initialize segment pointer. */
-	XLogSegmentInit(&state->seg, wal_segment_size);
+	WALOpenSegmentInit(&state->seg, wal_segment_size);
 
 	state->read_page = pagereadfunc;
 	/* system_identifier initialized to zeroes above */
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ out:
  * Initialize the passed segment pointer.
  */
 void
-XLogSegmentInit(XLogSegment *seg, int size)
+WALOpenSegmentInit(WALOpenSegment *seg, int size)
 {
 	seg->file = -1;
 	seg->num = 0;
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ XLogSegmentInit(XLogSegment *seg, int size)
  */
 bool
 XLogRead(char *buf, XLogRecPtr startptr, Size count,
-		 TimeLineID *tli, XLogSegment *seg, XLogOpenSegment openSegment)
+		 TimeLineID *tli, WALOpenSegment *seg, WALSegmentOpen openSegment)
 {
 	char	   *p;
 	XLogRecPtr	recptr;
@@ -1120,7 +1120,7 @@ XLogRead(char *buf, XLogRecPtr startptr, Size count,
  * Backend-specific code to handle errors encountered by XLogRead().
  */
 void
-XLogReadProcessError(XLogSegment *seg)
+XLogReadProcessError(WALOpenSegment *seg)
 {
 	if (errno != 0)
 	{
diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlogutils.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlogutils.c
index 5b0ba39f17..2b9758c3ce 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlogutils.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlogutils.c
@@ -776,13 +776,15 @@ XLogReadDetermineTimeline(XLogReaderState *state, XLogRecPtr wantPage, uint32 wa
  */
 static void
 read_local_xlog_page_open_segment(XLogSegNo nextSegNo, TimeLineID *tli,
-								  XLogSegment *seg)
+								  WALOpenSegment *seg)
 {
 	char		path[MAXPGPATH];
 
 	XLogFilePath(path, *tli, nextSegNo, seg->size);
 	seg->file = BasicOpenFile(path, O_RDONLY | PG_BINARY);
 
+	/* XXX should we clear the other fields of WALOpenSegment?? */
+
 	if (seg->file < 0)
 	{
 		if (errno == ENOENT)
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
index 072d46d853..a5ca834020 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/walsender.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ bool		log_replication_commands = false;
  */
 bool		wake_wal_senders = false;
 
-static XLogSegment *sendSeg = NULL;
+static WALOpenSegment *sendSeg = NULL;
 
 /*
  * These variables keep track of the state of the timeline we're currently
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ static TimeOffset LagTrackerRead(int head, XLogRecPtr lsn, TimestampTz now);
 static bool TransactionIdInRecentPast(TransactionId xid, uint32 epoch);
 
 static void WalSndOpenSegment(XLogSegNo nextSegNo, TimeLineID *tli,
-							  XLogSegment *seg);
+							  WALOpenSegment *seg);
 
 
 /* Initialize walsender process before entering the main command loop */
@@ -279,8 +279,9 @@ InitWalSender(void)
 	lag_tracker = MemoryContextAllocZero(TopMemoryContext, sizeof(LagTracker));
 
 	/* Make sure we can remember the current read position in XLOG. */
-	sendSeg = (XLogSegment *) MemoryContextAlloc(TopMemoryContext, sizeof(XLogSegment));
-	XLogSegmentInit(sendSeg, wal_segment_size);
+	sendSeg = (WALOpenSegment *)
+		MemoryContextAlloc(TopMemoryContext, sizeof(WALOpenSegment));
+	WALOpenSegmentInit(sendSeg, wal_segment_size);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2354,7 +2355,7 @@ WalSndKill(int code, Datum arg)
  * Callback for XLogRead() to open the next segment.
  */
 void
-WalSndOpenSegment(XLogSegNo nextSegNo, TimeLineID *tli, XLogSegment *seg)
+WalSndOpenSegment(XLogSegNo nextSegNo, TimeLineID *tli, WALOpenSegment *seg)
 {
 	char		path[MAXPGPATH];
 
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_waldump/pg_waldump.c b/src/bin/pg_waldump/pg_waldump.c
index cd44090d36..8466890748 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_waldump/pg_waldump.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_waldump/pg_waldump.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ identify_target_directory(XLogDumpPrivate *private, char *directory,
 }
 
 static void
-XLogDumpOpenSegment(XLogSegNo nextSegNo, TimeLineID *tli, XLogSegment *seg)
+WALDumpOpenSegment(XLogSegNo nextSegNo, TimeLineID *tli, WALOpenSegment *seg)
 {
 	char		fname[MAXPGPATH];
 	int			tries;
@@ -358,9 +358,9 @@ XLogDumpReadPage(XLogReaderState *state, XLogRecPtr targetPagePtr, int reqLen,
 	}
 
 	if (!XLogRead(readBuff, targetPagePtr, count, &private->timeline,
-				  &state->seg, XLogDumpOpenSegment))
+				  &state->seg, WALDumpOpenSegment))
 	{
-		XLogSegment *seg = &state->seg;
+		WALOpenSegment *seg = &state->seg;
 		int			err = errno;
 		char		fname[MAXPGPATH];
 		int			save_errno = errno;
diff --git a/src/include/access/xlogreader.h b/src/include/access/xlogreader.h
index 4731023ccc..c93b255d84 100644
--- a/src/include/access/xlogreader.h
+++ b/src/include/access/xlogreader.h
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@
 #include "access/xlogrecord.h"
 
 /*
- * Position in XLOG file while reading it.
+ * WALOpenSegment represents a WAL segment being read.
  */
-typedef struct XLogSegment
+typedef struct WALOpenSegment
 {
 	int			file;			/* segment file descriptor */
 	XLogSegNo	num;			/* segment number */
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ typedef struct XLogSegment
 	char	   *dir;			/* directory (only needed by frontends) */
 	int			size;			/* segment size */
 	int			last_req;		/* the amount of data requested last time */
-} XLogSegment;
+} WALOpenSegment;
 
 typedef struct XLogReaderState XLogReaderState;
 
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ struct XLogReaderState
 	uint32		readLen;
 
 	/* last read XLOG position for data currently in readBuf */
-	XLogSegment seg;
+	WALOpenSegment seg;
 
 	/*
 	 * beginning of prior page read, and its TLI.  Doesn't necessarily
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ extern XLogRecPtr XLogFindNextRecord(XLogReaderState *state, XLogRecPtr RecPtr);
 #endif							/* FRONTEND */
 
 /*
- * Callback to open the specified XLOG segment nextSegNo in timeline *tli for
+ * Callback to open the specified WAL segment nextSegNo in timeline *tli for
  * reading, and assign the descriptor to ->file. BasicOpenFile() is the
  * preferred way to open the segment file in backend code, whereas open(2)
  * should be used in frontend.
@@ -235,15 +235,15 @@ extern XLogRecPtr XLogFindNextRecord(XLogReaderState *state, XLogRecPtr RecPtr);
  * If NULL is passed for tli, the callback must determine the timeline
  * itself. In any case it's supposed to eventually set ->tli.
  */
-typedef void (*XLogOpenSegment) (XLogSegNo nextSegNo, TimeLineID *tli,
-								 XLogSegment *seg);
+typedef void (*WALSegmentOpen) (XLogSegNo nextSegNo, TimeLineID *tli,
+								WALOpenSegment *seg);
 
-extern void XLogSegmentInit(XLogSegment *seg, int size);
+extern void WALOpenSegmentInit(WALOpenSegment *seg, int size);
 extern bool XLogRead(char *buf, XLogRecPtr startptr, Size count,
-					 TimeLineID *tli, XLogSegment *seg,
-					 XLogOpenSegment openSegment);
+					 TimeLineID *tli, WALOpenSegment *seg,
+					 WALSegmentOpen openSegment);
 #ifndef FRONTEND
-void		XLogReadProcessError(XLogSegment *seg);
+void		XLogReadProcessError(WALOpenSegment *seg);
 #endif
 
 /* Functions for decoding an XLogRecord */