diff --git a/activitypub.c b/activitypub.c
index dee127d..231715b 100644
--- a/activitypub.c
+++ b/activitypub.c
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ int timeline_request(snac *snac, char **id, xs_str **wrk, int level)
                 }
 
                 if (xs_match(type, POSTLIKE_OBJECT_TYPE)) {
-                    if (content_check("filter_reject.txt", object))
+                    if (content_match("filter_reject.txt", object))
                         snac_log(snac, xs_fmt("timeline_request rejected by content %s", nid));
                     else {
                         const char *actor = get_atto(object);
@@ -2005,7 +2005,7 @@ int process_input_message(snac *snac, xs_dict *msg, xs_dict *req)
                 snac_debug(snac, 0, xs_fmt("dropped reply %s to hidden post %s", id, in_reply_to));
             }
             else {
-                if (content_check("filter_reject.txt", object)) {
+                if (content_match("filter_reject.txt", object)) {
                     snac_log(snac, xs_fmt("rejected by content %s", id));
                     return 1;
                 }
diff --git a/data.c b/data.c
index 61045c6..5abbeaf 100644
--- a/data.c
+++ b/data.c
@@ -2272,7 +2272,7 @@ int instance_unblock(const char *instance)
 
 /** operations by content **/
 
-int content_check(const char *file, const xs_dict *msg)
+int content_match(const char *file, const xs_dict *msg)
 /* checks if a message's content matches any of the regexes in file */
 /* file format: one regex per line */
 {
@@ -2283,7 +2283,7 @@ int content_check(const char *file, const xs_dict *msg)
 
     if (xs_type(v) == XSTYPE_STRING && *v) {
         if ((f = fopen(fn, "r")) != NULL) {
-            srv_debug(1, xs_fmt("content_check: loading regexes from %s", fn));
+            srv_debug(1, xs_fmt("content_match: loading regexes from %s", fn));
 
             /* massage content (strip HTML tags, etc.) */
             xs *c = xs_regex_replace(v, "<[^>]+>", " ");
@@ -2294,7 +2294,7 @@ int content_check(const char *file, const xs_dict *msg)
                 xs *rx = xs_strip_i(xs_readline(f));
 
                 if (*rx && xs_regex_match(c, rx)) {
-                    srv_debug(1, xs_fmt("content_check: match for '%s'", rx));
+                    srv_debug(1, xs_fmt("content_match: match for '%s'", rx));
                     r = 1;
                 }
             }
diff --git a/snac.h b/snac.h
index 91033cf..e679d8c 100644
--- a/snac.h
+++ b/snac.h
@@ -181,9 +181,6 @@ xs_list *list_timeline(snac *user, const char *list, int skip, int show);
 xs_val *list_content(snac *user, const char *list_id, const char *actor_md5, int op);
 void list_distribute(snac *user, const char *who, const xs_dict *post);
 
-xs_list *content_search(snac *user, const char *regex,
-            int priv, int skip, int show, int max_secs, int *timeout);
-
 int actor_add(const char *actor, xs_dict *msg);
 int actor_get(const char *actor, xs_dict **data);
 int actor_get_refresh(snac *user, const char *actor, xs_dict **data);
@@ -219,7 +216,9 @@ int is_instance_blocked(const char *instance);
 int instance_block(const char *instance);
 int instance_unblock(const char *instance);
 
-int content_check(const char *file, const xs_dict *msg);
+int content_match(const char *file, const xs_dict *msg);
+xs_list *content_search(snac *user, const char *regex,
+            int priv, int skip, int show, int max_secs, int *timeout);
 
 void enqueue_input(snac *snac, const xs_dict *msg, const xs_dict *req, int retries);
 void enqueue_shared_input(const xs_dict *msg, const xs_dict *req, int retries);