diff --git a/robot/board.py b/robot/board.py
index 2bfa218..7a95524 100644
--- a/robot/board.py
+++ b/robot/board.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def _get_lc_error(self) -> str:
             path=self.socket_path,
         )
 
-    def _socket_with_single_retry(self, handler):
+    def _socket_with_backoffs(self, handler):
         retryable_errors = (
             socket.timeout,
             BrokenPipeError,
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def sendall():
             self.socket.sendall(data)
 
         if should_retry:
-            return self._socket_with_single_retry(sendall)
+            return self._socket_with_backoffs(sendall)
         else:
             return sendall()
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def _receive(self, should_retry=True):
         """
         while b'\n' not in self.data:
             if should_retry:
-                message = self._socket_with_single_retry(
+                message = self._socket_with_backoffs(
                     lambda: self._recv_from_socket(4096),
                 )
             else: