diff --git a/dev/flags/flags.c b/dev/flags/flags.c
index 6bac4c908..f5c147869 100644
--- a/dev/flags/flags.c
+++ b/dev/flags/flags.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ void show_endp_flags(unsigned int f)
 
 	SHOW_FLAG(f, SE_FL_APPLET_NEED_CONN);
 	SHOW_FLAG(f, SE_FL_HAVE_NO_DATA);
-	SHOW_FLAG(f, SE_FL_WANT_GET);
+	SHOW_FLAG(f, SE_FL_WILL_CONSUME);
 	SHOW_FLAG(f, SE_FL_WAIT_DATA);
 	SHOW_FLAG(f, SE_FL_KILL_CONN);
 	SHOW_FLAG(f, SE_FL_WAIT_FOR_HS);
diff --git a/include/haproxy/conn_stream-t.h b/include/haproxy/conn_stream-t.h
index 601018a7f..ab6463761 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/conn_stream-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/conn_stream-t.h
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ enum se_flags {
 	 */
 	SE_FL_WAIT_FOR_HS   = 0x00200000,  /* This stream is waiting for handhskae */
 	SE_FL_KILL_CONN     = 0x00400000,  /* must kill the connection when the CS closes */
-	SE_FL_WAIT_DATA     = 0x00800000,  /* CS waits for more outgoing data to send */
-	SE_FL_WANT_GET      = 0x01000000,  /* CS would like to get some data from the buffer */
+	SE_FL_WAIT_DATA     = 0x00800000,  /* stream endpoint cannot work without more data from the stream's output */
+	SE_FL_WILL_CONSUME  = 0x01000000,  /* stream endpoint is interested in consuming more data */
 	SE_FL_HAVE_NO_DATA  = 0x02000000,  /* the endpoint has no more data to deliver to the stream */
 	SE_FL_APP_MASK      = 0x02e00000,  /* Mask for flags set by the app layer */
 	/* unused             0x04000000,*/
diff --git a/include/haproxy/conn_stream.h b/include/haproxy/conn_stream.h
index 6317e06d5..82f533ac7 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/conn_stream.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/conn_stream.h
@@ -382,25 +382,25 @@ static inline int cs_tx_blocked(const struct stconn *cs)
 /* Returns non-zero if the stream connector's endpoint is ready to transmit */
 static inline int cs_tx_endp_ready(const struct stconn *cs)
 {
-	return sc_ep_test(cs, SE_FL_WANT_GET);
+	return sc_ep_test(cs, SE_FL_WILL_CONSUME);
 }
 
 /* Report that a stream connector wants to get some data from the output buffer */
 static inline void cs_want_get(struct stconn *cs)
 {
-	sc_ep_set(cs, SE_FL_WANT_GET);
+	sc_ep_set(cs, SE_FL_WILL_CONSUME);
 }
 
 /* Report that a stream connector failed to get some data from the output buffer */
 static inline void cs_cant_get(struct stconn *cs)
 {
-	sc_ep_set(cs, SE_FL_WANT_GET | SE_FL_WAIT_DATA);
+	sc_ep_set(cs, SE_FL_WILL_CONSUME | SE_FL_WAIT_DATA);
 }
 
 /* Report that a stream connector doesn't want to get data from the output buffer */
 static inline void cs_stop_get(struct stconn *cs)
 {
-	sc_ep_clr(cs, SE_FL_WANT_GET);
+	sc_ep_clr(cs, SE_FL_WILL_CONSUME);
 }
 
 #endif /* _HAPROXY_CONN_STREAM_H */