diff --git a/packages/orchestration/src/contracts/stakeAtom.contract.js b/packages/orchestration/src/contracts/stakeAtom.contract.js
index a8c8cf268cc2..d8845790e717 100644
--- a/packages/orchestration/src/contracts/stakeAtom.contract.js
+++ b/packages/orchestration/src/contracts/stakeAtom.contract.js
@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@
  *
  */
 
-import { makeTracer } from '@agoric/internal';
 import { makeDurableZone } from '@agoric/zone/durable.js';
 import { V as E } from '@agoric/vat-data/vow.js';
 
-const trace = makeTracer('StakeAtom');
-
-/** @typedef {{ hostConnectionId: string, controllerConnectionId: string }} StakeAtomTerms */
+/**
+ * @typedef {{
+ *  hostConnectionId: import('../types').ConnectionId;
+ *  controllerConnectionId: import('../types').ConnectionId;
+ * }} StakeAtomTerms
+ */
 
 /**
  *
@@ -31,8 +33,7 @@ export const start = async (zcf, privateArgs, baggage) => {
      * @param {Port} [port] if the user has a bound port and wants to reuse it
      */
     async provideAccount(port) {
-      trace(`provideAccount. ${port ? 'Reusing port' : 'Binding new port'}`);
-      return E(orchestration).provideAccount(
+      return E(orchestration).createAccount(
         hostConnectionId,
         controllerConnectionId,
         port,
diff --git a/packages/vats/src/orchestration.js b/packages/vats/src/orchestration.js
index 5a67e5f5ffd2..011f47b0a7ab 100644
--- a/packages/vats/src/orchestration.js
+++ b/packages/vats/src/orchestration.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const getPower = (powers, name) => {
 };
 
 export const ChainAccountI = M.interface('ChainAccount', {
-  getAddress: M.call().returns(M.string()),
+  getAccountAddress: M.call().returns(M.string()),
   getLocalAddress: M.call().returns(M.string()),
   getRemoteAddress: M.call().returns(M.string()),
   getPort: M.call().returns(M.remotable('Port')),
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ const prepareChainAccount = zone =>
        *   localAddress: string | undefined;
        *   requestedRemoteAddress: string;
        *   remoteAddress: string | undefined;
-       *   chainAddress: ChainAddress | undefined;
+       *   accountAddress: ChainAddress | undefined;
        * }}
        */ (
         harden({
@@ -81,16 +81,16 @@ const prepareChainAccount = zone =>
           connection: undefined,
           requestedRemoteAddress,
           remoteAddress: undefined,
-          chainAddress: undefined,
+          accountAddress: undefined,
           localAddress: undefined,
         })
       ),
     {
       account: {
-        getAddress() {
-          const { chainAddress } = this.state;
-          chainAddress || Fail`chain address not available`;
-          return chainAddress;
+        getAccountAddress() {
+          const { accountAddress } = this.state;
+          accountAddress || Fail`account address not available`;
+          return accountAddress;
         },
         getLocalAddress() {
           const { localAddress } = this.state;
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ const prepareChainAccount = zone =>
           this.state.remoteAddress = remoteAddr;
           this.state.localAddress = localAddr;
           // XXX parseAddress currently throws, should it return '' instead?
-          this.state.chainAddress = parseAddress(remoteAddr);
+          this.state.accountAddress = parseAddress(remoteAddr);
         },
         async onClose(connection, reason) {
           trace(`ICA Channel closed. Reason: ${reason}`);
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ const prepareChainAccount = zone =>
   );
 
 export const OrchestrationI = M.interface('Orchestration', {
-  provideAccount: M.callWhen(M.string(), M.string())
+  createAccount: M.callWhen(M.string(), M.string())
     .optional(M.remotable('Port'))
     .returns(M.remotable('ChainAccount')),
   getChain: M.callWhen(M.string()).returns(M.remotable('Chain')),
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ const prepareOrchestration = (zone, createChainAccount) =>
          * @param {Port} [currentPort] if a port is provided, it will be reused
          *   to create the account
          */
-        async provideAccount(
+        async createAccount(
           hostConnectionId,
           controllerConnectionId,
           currentPort,