diff --git a/tqdbusobjectpath.cpp b/tqdbusobjectpath.cpp
index 48fab0f..35f2696 100644
--- a/tqdbusobjectpath.cpp
+++ b/tqdbusobjectpath.cpp
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ TQT_DBusObjectPath::TQT_DBusObjectPath(const TQCString& other) : TQCString(stati
 {
 }
 
-TQT_DBusObjectPath::TQT_DBusObjectPath(const TQT_DBusObjectPath& tqparentNode,
+TQT_DBusObjectPath::TQT_DBusObjectPath(const TQT_DBusObjectPath& parentNode,
                                  const TQCString& nodeName)
-    : TQCString(static_cast<const TQCString&>(tqparentNode))
+    : TQCString(static_cast<const TQCString&>(parentNode))
 {
-    if (tqparentNode.length() != 1) append("/");
+    if (parentNode.length() != 1) append("/");
 
     append(nodeName);
 }
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ bool TQT_DBusObjectPath::isValid() const
     return (validate(*this) == -1);
 }
 
-TQT_DBusObjectPath TQT_DBusObjectPath::tqparentNode() const
+TQT_DBusObjectPath TQT_DBusObjectPath::parentNode() const
 {
     if (length() == 1) return TQT_DBusObjectPath();
 
diff --git a/tqdbusobjectpath.h b/tqdbusobjectpath.h
index 6f0bd5b..119e1f8 100644
--- a/tqdbusobjectpath.h
+++ b/tqdbusobjectpath.h
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ public:
      * TQT_DBusObjectPath grandChildNode(childNode, "grandchild"); // => "/child/grandchild"
      * @endcode
      *
-     * @param tqparentNode the object path to create the child on
+     * @param parentNode the object path to create the child on
      * @param nodeName the name of the child node
      */
-    TQT_DBusObjectPath(const TQT_DBusObjectPath& tqparentNode, const TQCString& nodeName);
+    TQT_DBusObjectPath(const TQT_DBusObjectPath& parentNode, const TQCString& nodeName);
 
     /**
      * @brief Returns whether the current content is considered a valid object path
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public:
      * @return the tqparent node's object path or an empty and invalid object
      *         if this is already the root node
      */
-    TQT_DBusObjectPath tqparentNode() const;
+    TQT_DBusObjectPath parentNode() const;
 
     /**
      * @brief Checks the given string for validity as a D-Bus object path