diff --git a/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/BaseInputConnection.java b/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/BaseInputConnection.java
index 5ec1ec3e03f36..bd02d62b64f2d 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/BaseInputConnection.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/BaseInputConnection.java
@@ -193,10 +193,12 @@ public class BaseInputConnection implements InputConnection {
     /**
      * The default implementation performs the deletion around the current
      * selection position of the editable text.
+     * @param beforeLength
+     * @param afterLength
      */
-    public boolean deleteSurroundingText(int leftLength, int rightLength) {
-        if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, "deleteSurroundingText " + leftLength
-                + " / " + rightLength);
+    public boolean deleteSurroundingText(int beforeLength, int afterLength) {
+        if (DEBUG) Log.v(TAG, "deleteSurroundingText " + beforeLength
+                + " / " + afterLength);
         final Editable content = getEditable();
         if (content == null) return false;
 
@@ -226,17 +228,17 @@ public class BaseInputConnection implements InputConnection {
 
         int deleted = 0;
 
-        if (leftLength > 0) {
-            int start = a - leftLength;
+        if (beforeLength > 0) {
+            int start = a - beforeLength;
             if (start < 0) start = 0;
             content.delete(start, a);
             deleted = a - start;
         }
 
-        if (rightLength > 0) {
+        if (afterLength > 0) {
             b = b - deleted;
 
-            int end = b + rightLength;
+            int end = b + afterLength;
             if (end > content.length()) end = content.length();
 
             content.delete(b, end);
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/InputConnection.java b/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/InputConnection.java
index a6639d18511b5..bc2a270dcd7d7 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/InputConnection.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/InputConnection.java
@@ -138,19 +138,20 @@ public interface InputConnection {
             int flags);
 
     /**
-     * Delete <var>leftLength</var> characters of text before the current cursor
-     * position, and delete <var>rightLength</var> characters of text after the
+     * Delete <var>beforeLength</var> characters of text before the current cursor
+     * position, and delete <var>afterLength</var> characters of text after the
      * current cursor position, excluding composing text.
      * 
-     * @param leftLength The number of characters to be deleted before the
+     *
+     * @param beforeLength The number of characters to be deleted before the
      *        current cursor position.
-     * @param rightLength The number of characters to be deleted after the
+     * @param afterLength The number of characters to be deleted after the
      *        current cursor position.
-     *        
+     *
      * @return Returns true on success, false if the input connection is no longer
      * valid.
      */
-    public boolean deleteSurroundingText(int leftLength, int rightLength);
+    public boolean deleteSurroundingText(int beforeLength, int afterLength);
 
     /**
      * Set composing text around the current cursor position with the given text,
diff --git a/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/InputConnectionWrapper.java b/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/InputConnectionWrapper.java
index 690ea85306b83..a48473e179322 100644
--- a/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/InputConnectionWrapper.java
+++ b/core/java/android/view/inputmethod/InputConnectionWrapper.java
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ public class InputConnectionWrapper implements InputConnection {
         return mTarget.getExtractedText(request, flags);
     }
 
-    public boolean deleteSurroundingText(int leftLength, int rightLength) {
-        return mTarget.deleteSurroundingText(leftLength, rightLength);
+    public boolean deleteSurroundingText(int beforeLength, int afterLength) {
+        return mTarget.deleteSurroundingText(beforeLength, afterLength);
     }
 
     public boolean setComposingText(CharSequence text, int newCursorPosition) {
diff --git a/core/java/android/webkit/WebView.java b/core/java/android/webkit/WebView.java
index e6fc3d6bdbd22..316634b6e7850 100644
--- a/core/java/android/webkit/WebView.java
+++ b/core/java/android/webkit/WebView.java
@@ -383,17 +383,17 @@ public class WebView extends AbsoluteLayout
         }
 
         @Override
-        public boolean deleteSurroundingText(int leftLength, int rightLength) {
+        public boolean deleteSurroundingText(int beforeLength, int afterLength) {
             // Look for one-character delete and send it as a key press.
-            if (leftLength == 1 && rightLength == 0) {
+            if (beforeLength == 1 && afterLength == 0) {
                 sendKeyPress(KeyEvent.KEYCODE_DEL);
-            } else if (leftLength == 0 && rightLength == 1){
+            } else if (beforeLength == 0 && afterLength == 1){
                 sendKeyPress(KeyEvent.KEYCODE_FORWARD_DEL);
             } else if (mWebViewCore != null) {
                 mWebViewCore.sendMessage(EventHub.DELETE_SURROUNDING_TEXT,
-                        leftLength, rightLength);
+                        beforeLength, afterLength);
             }
-            return super.deleteSurroundingText(leftLength, rightLength);
+            return super.deleteSurroundingText(beforeLength, afterLength);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/view/InputConnectionWrapper.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/view/InputConnectionWrapper.java
index a235d9a2346f3..9024d8da37984 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/view/InputConnectionWrapper.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/view/InputConnectionWrapper.java
@@ -387,9 +387,9 @@ public class InputConnectionWrapper implements InputConnection {
         }
     }
     
-    public boolean deleteSurroundingText(int leftLength, int rightLength) {
+    public boolean deleteSurroundingText(int beforeLength, int afterLength) {
         try {
-            mIInputContext.deleteSurroundingText(leftLength, rightLength);
+            mIInputContext.deleteSurroundingText(beforeLength, afterLength);
             return true;
         } catch (RemoteException e) {
             return false;