diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/filesystem/base/Filesystem.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/filesystem/base/Filesystem.kt
index db1b769..9329e05 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/filesystem/base/Filesystem.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/filesystem/base/Filesystem.kt
@@ -341,20 +341,20 @@ fun Prov.deleteDir(dir: String, path: String, sudo: Boolean = false): ProvResult
  * Creates and validates a symlink.
  */
 fun Prov.createSymlink(
-    source: File,
-    target: File,
+    originalFile: File,
+    link: File,
     sudo: Boolean = false,
     overwriteIfExisting: Boolean = true,
-    createTargetDirIfMissing: Boolean = true,
+    createLinkDirIfMissing: Boolean = true,
 ): ProvResult = task {
-    if (createTargetDirIfMissing) {
-        createParentDir(target, sudo)
+    if (createLinkDirIfMissing) {
+        createParentDir(link, sudo)
     }
     val overwriteFlag = if (overwriteIfExisting) "f" else ""
-    cmd("ln -s$overwriteFlag $source $target", sudo = sudo)
+    cmd("ln -s$overwriteFlag $originalFile $link", sudo = sudo)
     // ensure link works
     taskWithResult("validate link") {
-        ProvResult(checkFile(target.toString(), sudo = sudo))
+        ProvResult(checkFile(link.toString(), sudo = sudo))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/filesystem/base/FilesystemKtTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/filesystem/base/FilesystemKtTest.kt
index ae9ac38..9587af5 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/filesystem/base/FilesystemKtTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/framework/ubuntu/filesystem/base/FilesystemKtTest.kt
@@ -415,8 +415,8 @@ internal class FilesystemKtTest {
     fun test_createLink_without_dir() {
         // given
         val prov = defaultTestContainer()
-        val source = File("testlinksource")
-        val target = File("testlinktarget")
+        val source = File("testoriginalfile")
+        val target = File("testlink")
         prov.createFile(source.toString(), "textinlinkfile")
 
         // when
@@ -436,8 +436,8 @@ internal class FilesystemKtTest {
     fun test_createLink_with_dirs() {
         // given
         val prov = defaultTestContainer()
-        val source = File("~/linksourcedir/testlinksource2")
-        val target = File("linkdir1/linkdir2/testlinktarget2")
+        val source = File("~/linkoriginalfiledir/testoriginalfile2")
+        val target = File("linkdir1/linkdir2/testlink2")
         prov.createFile(source.toString(), "textinlinkfile2")
 
         // when
@@ -457,8 +457,8 @@ internal class FilesystemKtTest {
     fun test_createLink_with_dirs_and_sudo() {
         // given
         val prov = defaultTestContainer()
-        val source = File("/linksourcedirsudo/linksourcefilesudo")
-        val target = File("/linkdir1sudo/linkdir2sudo/linksudo")
+        val source = File("~/linkoriginalfiledirsudo/testoriginalfilesudo")
+        val target = File("linkdir1sudo/linkdir2sudo/testlinksudo")
         prov.createFile(source.toString(), "textinlinkfilesudo", sudo = true)
 
         // when