diff --git a/src/ConcurrentUtils.jl b/src/ConcurrentUtils.jl
index f5db634..038e55d 100644
--- a/src/ConcurrentUtils.jl
+++ b/src/ConcurrentUtils.jl
@@ -45,11 +45,10 @@ InternalPrelude.@exported_function isacquirable
 InternalPrelude.@exported_function isacquirable_read
 =#
 
-InternalPrelude.@exported_function acquire_read
-InternalPrelude.@exported_function acquire_read_then
 InternalPrelude.@exported_function read_write_lock
-InternalPrelude.@exported_function release_read
-InternalPrelude.@exported_function try_race_acquire_read
+InternalPrelude.@exported_function trylock_read
+InternalPrelude.@exported_function lock_read
+InternalPrelude.@exported_function unlock_read
 
 abstract type AbstractGuard end
 abstract type AbstractReadWriteGuard end
@@ -109,13 +108,13 @@ using ..ConcurrentUtils:
     NotSetError,
     OccupiedError,
     TooManyTries,
-    acquire_read,
-    acquire_read_then,
+    lock_read,
+    lock_read,
     race_fetch_or!,
-    release_read,
+    unlock_read,
     spinfor,
     spinloop,
-    try_race_acquire_read,
+    trylock_read,
     try_race_fetch,
     try_race_fetch_or!,
     try_race_put!
diff --git a/src/guards.jl b/src/guards.jl
index af105cd..ec8731d 100644
--- a/src/guards.jl
+++ b/src/guards.jl
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ end
 function ConcurrentUtils.guarding_read(f::F, g::GenericReadWriteGuard) where {F}
     data = g.data
     criticalsection() = f(data)
-    acquire_read_then(criticalsection, g.lock)
+    lock_read(criticalsection, g.lock)
 end
 
 # Maybe this is a bad idea since it's hard to remember that `guarding(_, ::ReadGuard)`
diff --git a/src/lock_interface.jl b/src/lock_interface.jl
index f8b643d..d65eb59 100644
--- a/src/lock_interface.jl
+++ b/src/lock_interface.jl
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@
 
 abstract type AbstractReadWriteLock <: Base.AbstractLock end
 
-function ConcurrentUtils.acquire_read_then(f, lock::AbstractReadWriteLock)
-    acquire_read(lock)
+function ConcurrentUtils.lock_read(f, lock::AbstractReadWriteLock)
+    lock_read(lock)
     try
         return f()
     finally
-        release_read(lock)
+        unlock_read(lock)
     end
 end
 
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ struct ReadLockHandle{RWLock} <: Base.AbstractLock
     rwlock::RWLock
 end
 
-Base.trylock(lck::ReadLockHandle) = Try.iok(try_race_acquire_read(lck.rwlock))
-Base.lock(lck::ReadLockHandle) = acquire_read(lck.rwlock)
-Base.unlock(lck::ReadLockHandle) = release_read(lck.rwlock)
+Base.trylock(lck::ReadLockHandle) = trylock_read(lck.rwlock)
+Base.lock(lck::ReadLockHandle) = lock_read(lck.rwlock)
+Base.unlock(lck::ReadLockHandle) = unlock_read(lck.rwlock)
 
 ConcurrentUtils.read_write_lock(lock::AbstractReadWriteLock = ReadWriteLock()) =
     (ReadLockHandle(lock), lock)
diff --git a/src/read_write_lock.jl b/src/read_write_lock.jl
index 4988da3..b30fa23 100644
--- a/src/read_write_lock.jl
+++ b/src/read_write_lock.jl
@@ -23,11 +23,7 @@ function ReadWriteLock()
 end
 
 # Not very efficient but lock-free
-function ConcurrentUtils.try_race_acquire_read(
-    rwlock::ReadWriteLock;
-    nspins = -∞,
-    ntries = -∞,
-)
+function ConcurrentUtils.trylock_read(rwlock::ReadWriteLock; nspins = -∞, ntries = -∞)
     local ns::Int = 0
     local nt::Int = 0
     while true
@@ -41,16 +37,16 @@ function ConcurrentUtils.try_race_acquire_read(
                 rwlock.nreaders_and_writelock,
                 old => old + NREADERS_INC,
             )
-            success && return Ok(nothing)
+            success && return true
             nt += 1
-            nt < ntries || return Err(TooManyTries(ns, nt))
+            nt < ntries || return false
         end
         ns += 1
-        ns < nspins || return Err(TooManyTries(ns, nt))
+        ns < nspins || return false
     end
 end
 
-function ConcurrentUtils.acquire_read(rwlock::ReadWriteLock)
+function ConcurrentUtils.lock_read(rwlock::ReadWriteLock)
 
     # Using hardware FAA
     ptr = Ptr{NReadersAndWritelock}(
@@ -76,7 +72,7 @@ function ConcurrentUtils.acquire_read(rwlock::ReadWriteLock)
     end
 end
 
-function ConcurrentUtils.release_read(rwlock::ReadWriteLock)
+function ConcurrentUtils.unlock_read(rwlock::ReadWriteLock)
 
     # Using hardware FAA
     ptr = Ptr{NReadersAndWritelock}(