diff --git a/maths.hpp b/maths.hpp
index 8c7ca35b..9a9bfee8 100644
--- a/maths.hpp
+++ b/maths.hpp
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ rootsquare [[gnu::pure]] (T a, T b);
 // Rounding
 template <typename T, typename U>
 typename std::common_type<T, U>::type
-align [[gnu::pure]] (T value, U size);
+round_to [[gnu::pure]] (T value, U size);
 
 
 template <typename T>
diff --git a/maths.ipp b/maths.ipp
index d2f11baa..7cddf28a 100644
--- a/maths.ipp
+++ b/maths.ipp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 template <typename T, typename U>
 typename std::common_type<T,U>::type
-align (T value, U size) {
+round_to (T value, U size) {
     static_assert (std::is_integral<T>::value, "align requires integral types");
     static_assert (std::is_integral<U>::value, "align requires integral types");
 
diff --git a/memory/buffer/circular.cpp b/memory/buffer/circular.cpp
index b3eca448..18067b52 100644
--- a/memory/buffer/circular.cpp
+++ b/memory/buffer/circular.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ tmpname (std::string &str, size_t length)
 circular::circular (size_t bytes)
 {
     bytes = max (bytes, sizeof (value_type));
-    bytes = align (bytes, pagesize ());
+    bytes = round_to (bytes, pagesize ());
 
     int fd = -1;
 
diff --git a/memory/buffer/paged.cpp b/memory/buffer/paged.cpp
index 0f8a6589..f76734e5 100644
--- a/memory/buffer/paged.cpp
+++ b/memory/buffer/paged.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ using util::memory::buffer::paged;
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 paged::paged (size_t bytes, size_t _window):
-    m_window (align (_window, pagesize ()))
+    m_window (round_to (_window, pagesize ()))
 {
     // reserve the address region with no access permissions
     m_begin = reinterpret_cast<char*> (
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ paged::paged (size_t bytes, size_t _window):
         errno_error::throw_code ();
 
     // remap the initial window with read/write permissions
-    m_cursor = m_begin + align (min (m_window, bytes), pagesize ());
+    m_cursor = m_begin + round_to (min (m_window, bytes), pagesize ());
     if (MAP_FAILED == mmap (m_begin,
                             m_cursor - m_begin,
                             PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ paged::paged (size_t bytes, size_t _window):
         errno_error::throw_code ();
 
     // record the nominal end address
-    m_end = m_begin + align (bytes, pagesize ());
+    m_end = m_begin + round_to (bytes, pagesize ());
 }