diff --git a/pgxn/neon/communicator/src/neon_request.rs b/pgxn/neon/communicator/src/neon_request.rs
index 98bdbb8822..6b0ee9341b 100644
--- a/pgxn/neon/communicator/src/neon_request.rs
+++ b/pgxn/neon/communicator/src/neon_request.rs
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ pub enum NeonIOResult {
 
     /// the result pages are written to the shared memory addresses given in the request
     GetPageV,
-    /// The result is written to the shared memory address given in the
-    /// request. The [`u64`] value here is the number of blocks.
+    /// The result is written to the file, path to which is provided
+    /// in the request. The [`u64`] value here is the number of blocks.
     ReadSlruSegment(u64),
 
     /// A prefetch request returns as soon as the request has been received by the communicator.
@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ pub struct CReadSlruSegmentRequest {
 }
 
 impl CReadSlruSegmentRequest {
-    /// Returns the path to the file where the segment is read into.
+    /// Returns the file path where the communicator will write the
+    /// SLRU segment.
     pub(crate) fn destination_file_path(&self) -> String {
         unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(self.destination_file_path.as_mut_ptr() as *const _) }
             .to_string_lossy()
diff --git a/pgxn/neon/communicator_new.c b/pgxn/neon/communicator_new.c
index 8b2fc258ee..f18523bf9c 100644
--- a/pgxn/neon/communicator_new.c
+++ b/pgxn/neon/communicator_new.c
@@ -1015,15 +1015,15 @@ communicator_new_read_slru_segment(
 		}
 	};
 	int nblocks = -1;
-	char *abs_path = bounce_buf();
+	char *temp_path = bounce_buf();
 
 	if (path == NULL) {
 		elog(ERROR, "read_slru_segment called with NULL path");
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	strlcpy(abs_path, path, Min(PATH_MAX, strlen(path) + 1));
-	request.read_slru_segment.destination_file_path.ptr = (uint8_t *) abs_path;
+	strlcpy(temp_path, path, Min(PATH_MAX, strlen(path) + 1));
+	request.read_slru_segment.destination_file_path.ptr = (uint8_t *) temp_path;
 
 	elog(DEBUG5, "readslrusegment called for kind=%u, segno=%u, file_path=\"%s\"",
 		kind, segno, request.read_slru_segment.destination_file_path.ptr);