diff --git a/programs/cmd/builtins.c b/programs/cmd/builtins.c
index e738626a6fd..0e95cc34544 100644
--- a/programs/cmd/builtins.c
+++ b/programs/cmd/builtins.c
@@ -186,11 +186,11 @@ void WCMD_choice (WCHAR * command) {
     have_console = GetConsoleMode(GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE), &oldmode);
     errorlevel = 0;
 
-    my_command = WCMD_strdupW(WCMD_strtrim_leading_spaces(command));
+    my_command = WCMD_strdupW(WCMD_skip_leading_spaces(command));
     if (!my_command)
         return;
 
-    ptr = WCMD_strtrim_leading_spaces(my_command);
+    ptr = WCMD_skip_leading_spaces(my_command);
     while (*ptr == '/') {
         switch (toupperW(ptr[1])) {
             case 'C':
@@ -213,19 +213,19 @@ void WCMD_choice (WCHAR * command) {
                 if (*ptr) {
                     /* terminate allowed chars */
                     *ptr = 0;
-                    ptr = WCMD_strtrim_leading_spaces(&ptr[1]);
+                    ptr = WCMD_skip_leading_spaces(&ptr[1]);
                 }
                 WINE_TRACE("answer-list: %s\n", wine_dbgstr_w(opt_c));
                 break;
 
             case 'N':
                 opt_n = TRUE;
-                ptr = WCMD_strtrim_leading_spaces(&ptr[2]);
+                ptr = WCMD_skip_leading_spaces(&ptr[2]);
                 break;
 
             case 'S':
                 opt_s = TRUE;
-                ptr = WCMD_strtrim_leading_spaces(&ptr[2]);
+                ptr = WCMD_skip_leading_spaces(&ptr[2]);
                 break;
 
             case 'T':
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ void WCMD_choice (WCHAR * command) {
                 answer[count] = 0;
                 opt_timeout = atoiW(answer);
 
-                ptr = WCMD_strtrim_leading_spaces(ptr);
+                ptr = WCMD_skip_leading_spaces(ptr);
                 break;
 
             default:
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ void WCMD_give_help (WCHAR *command) {
 
   int i;
 
-  command = WCMD_strtrim_leading_spaces(command);
+  command = WCMD_skip_leading_spaces(command);
   if (strlenW(command) == 0) {
     WCMD_output_asis (WCMD_LoadMessage(WCMD_ALLHELP));
   }
diff --git a/programs/cmd/wcmd.h b/programs/cmd/wcmd.h
index 0c7f622c8a2..1104d8e2b99 100644
--- a/programs/cmd/wcmd.h
+++ b/programs/cmd/wcmd.h
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ int  WCMD_volume (int mode, WCHAR *command);
 
 WCHAR *WCMD_fgets (WCHAR *s, int n, HANDLE stream);
 WCHAR *WCMD_parameter (WCHAR *s, int n, WCHAR **where);
-WCHAR *WCMD_strtrim_leading_spaces (WCHAR *string);
+WCHAR *WCMD_skip_leading_spaces (WCHAR *string);
 void WCMD_HandleTildaModifiers(WCHAR **start, WCHAR *forVariable, WCHAR *forValue, BOOL justFors);
 
 void WCMD_splitpath(const WCHAR* path, WCHAR* drv, WCHAR* dir, WCHAR* name, WCHAR* ext);
diff --git a/programs/cmd/wcmdmain.c b/programs/cmd/wcmdmain.c
index 2018a12e138..c23fefdfcf2 100644
--- a/programs/cmd/wcmdmain.c
+++ b/programs/cmd/wcmdmain.c
@@ -441,12 +441,12 @@ void WCMD_strsubstW(WCHAR* start, WCHAR* next, WCHAR* insert, int len) {
 }
 
 /***************************************************************************
- * WCMD_strtrim_leading_spaces
+ * WCMD_skip_leading_spaces
  *
- *	Remove leading spaces from a string. Return a pointer to the first
- *	non-space character. Does not modify the input string
+ *  Return a pointer to the first non-space character of string.
+ *  Does not modify the input string.
  */
-WCHAR *WCMD_strtrim_leading_spaces (WCHAR *string) {
+WCHAR *WCMD_skip_leading_spaces (WCHAR *string) {
 
   WCHAR *ptr;
 
@@ -1392,7 +1392,7 @@ void WCMD_execute (WCHAR *command, WCHAR *redirects,
 /*
  * Strip leading whitespaces, and a '@' if supplied
  */
-    whichcmd = WCMD_strtrim_leading_spaces(cmd);
+    whichcmd = WCMD_skip_leading_spaces(cmd);
     WINE_TRACE("Command: '%s'\n", wine_dbgstr_w(cmd));
     if (whichcmd[0] == '@') whichcmd++;
 
@@ -1409,7 +1409,7 @@ void WCMD_execute (WCHAR *command, WCHAR *redirects,
       if (CompareStringW(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, NORM_IGNORECASE | SORT_STRINGSORT,
         whichcmd, count, inbuilt[i], -1) == CSTR_EQUAL) break;
     }
-    p = WCMD_strtrim_leading_spaces (&whichcmd[count]);
+    p = WCMD_skip_leading_spaces (&whichcmd[count]);
     WCMD_parse (p, quals, param1, param2);
     WINE_TRACE("param1: %s, param2: %s\n", wine_dbgstr_w(param1), wine_dbgstr_w(param2));