diff --git a/valid.c b/valid.c
index 3ee5630..4fcf447 100644
--- a/valid.c
+++ b/valid.c
@@ -6760,7 +6760,7 @@
 /**
  * xmlValidGetPotentialChildren:
  * @ctree:  an element content tree
- * @list:  an array to store the list of child names
+ * @names:  an array to store the list of child names
  * @len:  a pointer to the number of element in the list
  * @max:  the size of the array
  *
@@ -6770,32 +6770,33 @@
  */
 
 int
-xmlValidGetPotentialChildren(xmlElementContent *ctree, const xmlChar **list,
+xmlValidGetPotentialChildren(xmlElementContent *ctree,
+                             const xmlChar **names,
                              int *len, int max) {
     int i;
 
-    if ((ctree == NULL) || (list == NULL) || (len == NULL))
+    if ((ctree == NULL) || (names == NULL) || (len == NULL))
         return(-1);
     if (*len >= max) return(*len);
 
     switch (ctree->type) {
 	case XML_ELEMENT_CONTENT_PCDATA: 
 	    for (i = 0; i < *len;i++)
-		if (xmlStrEqual(BAD_CAST "#PCDATA", list[i])) return(*len);
-	    list[(*len)++] = BAD_CAST "#PCDATA";
+		if (xmlStrEqual(BAD_CAST "#PCDATA", names[i])) return(*len);
+	    names[(*len)++] = BAD_CAST "#PCDATA";
 	    break;
 	case XML_ELEMENT_CONTENT_ELEMENT: 
 	    for (i = 0; i < *len;i++)
-		if (xmlStrEqual(ctree->name, list[i])) return(*len);
-	    list[(*len)++] = ctree->name;
+		if (xmlStrEqual(ctree->name, names[i])) return(*len);
+	    names[(*len)++] = ctree->name;
 	    break;
 	case XML_ELEMENT_CONTENT_SEQ: 
-	    xmlValidGetPotentialChildren(ctree->c1, list, len, max);
-	    xmlValidGetPotentialChildren(ctree->c2, list, len, max);
+	    xmlValidGetPotentialChildren(ctree->c1, names, len, max);
+	    xmlValidGetPotentialChildren(ctree->c2, names, len, max);
 	    break;
 	case XML_ELEMENT_CONTENT_OR:
-	    xmlValidGetPotentialChildren(ctree->c1, list, len, max);
-	    xmlValidGetPotentialChildren(ctree->c2, list, len, max);
+	    xmlValidGetPotentialChildren(ctree->c1, names, len, max);
+	    xmlValidGetPotentialChildren(ctree->c2, names, len, max);
 	    break;
    }