diff --git a/pkg/client/client.go b/pkg/client/client.go
index 1ca6f11d8..f7c602764 100644
--- a/pkg/client/client.go
+++ b/pkg/client/client.go
@@ -440,9 +440,9 @@ func (c *Client) SyncHandlers() ([]*SyncInfo, error) {
 	return c.syncHandlers, nil
 }
 
-var _ search.IGetRecentPermanodes = (*Client)(nil)
+var _ search.GetRecentPermanoder = (*Client)(nil)
 
-// GetRecentPermanodes implements search.IGetRecentPermanodes against a remote server over HTTP.
+// GetRecentPermanodes implements search.GetRecentPermanoder against a remote server over HTTP.
 func (c *Client) GetRecentPermanodes(req *search.RecentRequest) (*search.RecentResponse, error) {
 	sr, err := c.SearchRoot()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/search/handler.go b/pkg/search/handler.go
index de00a85a0..9c3ddbb65 100644
--- a/pkg/search/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/search/handler.go
@@ -67,18 +67,15 @@ type Handler struct {
 	wsHub *wsHub
 }
 
-// IGetRecentPermanodes is the interface encapsulating the GetRecentPermanodes query.
-type IGetRecentPermanodes interface {
+// GetRecentPermanoder is the interface containing the GetRecentPermanodes method.
+type GetRecentPermanoder interface {
 	// GetRecentPermanodes returns recently-modified permanodes.
 	// This is a higher-level query returning more metadata than the index.GetRecentPermanodes,
 	// which only scans the blobrefs but doesn't return anything about the permanodes.
-	// TODO: rename this one?
 	GetRecentPermanodes(*RecentRequest) (*RecentResponse, error)
 }
 
-var (
-	_ IGetRecentPermanodes = (*Handler)(nil)
-)
+var _ GetRecentPermanoder = (*Handler)(nil)
 
 func NewHandler(index index.Interface, owner blob.Ref) *Handler {
 	sh := &Handler{