diff --git a/net/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/host/HostProvider.java b/net/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/host/HostProvider.java
index 04c1060..8b92883 100644
--- a/net/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/host/HostProvider.java
+++ b/net/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/host/HostProvider.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
      * Triggers an asynchronous probe of the specified host, intended to
      * determine whether the host is present or not. An indirect result of this
      * should be invocation of {@link org.onlab.onos.net.host.HostProviderService#hostDetected(HostDescription)} or
-     * {@link org.onlab.onos.net.host.HostProviderService#hostNotDetected(HostDescription)}
+     * {@link org.onlab.onos.net.host.HostProviderService#hostVanished(HostDescription)}
      * at some later point in time.
      *
      * @param host host to probe
diff --git a/net/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/host/HostProviderService.java b/net/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/host/HostProviderService.java
index 4c4859f..76c2aad 100644
--- a/net/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/host/HostProviderService.java
+++ b/net/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/host/HostProviderService.java
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@
      *
      * @param hostDescription description of host
      */
-    void hostNotDetected(HostDescription hostDescription);
+    void hostVanished(HostDescription hostDescription);
 
 }
diff --git a/net/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/link/LinkProviderService.java b/net/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/link/LinkProviderService.java
index 190ee00..7969022 100644
--- a/net/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/link/LinkProviderService.java
+++ b/net/api/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/net/link/LinkProviderService.java
@@ -8,17 +8,17 @@
 public interface LinkProviderService extends ProviderService<LinkProvider> {
 
     /**
-     * Signals that an infrastructure link has been connected.
+     * Signals that an infrastructure link has been detected.
      *
      * @param linkDescription link information
      */
-    void linkConnected(LinkDescription linkDescription);
+    void linkDetected(LinkDescription linkDescription);
 
     /**
-     * Signals that an infrastructure link has been disconnected.
+     * Signals that an infrastructure link has disappeared.
      *
      * @param linkDescription link information
      */
-    void linkDisconnected(LinkDescription linkDescription);
+    void linkVanished(LinkDescription linkDescription);
 
 }