diff --git a/accounts/abi/bind/backends/simulated.go b/accounts/abi/bind/backends/simulated.go
index 694a3e51832b..f7ae34e22c07 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/bind/backends/simulated.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/bind/backends/simulated.go
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ func (b *SimulatedBackend) ForEachStorageAt(ctx context.Context, contract common
 
 // TransactionReceipt returns the receipt of a transaction.
 func (b *SimulatedBackend) TransactionReceipt(ctx context.Context, txHash common.Hash) (*types.Receipt, error) {
-	receipt, _, _, _ := core.GetReceipt(b.database, txHash)
+	receipt, _, _, _ := core.ReadReceipt(b.database, txHash)
 	return receipt, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/core/blockchain_test.go b/core/blockchain_test.go
index 349e76bdb9b8..210c505c741e 100644
--- a/core/blockchain_test.go
+++ b/core/blockchain_test.go
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ func TestChainTxReorgs(t *testing.T) {
 		if txn, _, _, _ := rawdb.ReadTransaction(db, tx.Hash()); txn != nil {
 			t.Errorf("drop %d: tx %v found while shouldn't have been", i, txn)
 		}
-		if rcpt, _, _, _ := GetReceipt(db, tx.Hash()); rcpt != nil {
+		if rcpt, _, _, _ := ReadReceipt(db, tx.Hash()); rcpt != nil {
 			t.Errorf("drop %d: receipt %v found while shouldn't have been", i, rcpt)
 		}
 	}
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ func TestChainTxReorgs(t *testing.T) {
 		if txn, _, _, _ := rawdb.ReadTransaction(db, tx.Hash()); txn == nil {
 			t.Errorf("add %d: expected tx to be found", i)
 		}
-		if rcpt, _, _, _ := GetReceipt(db, tx.Hash()); rcpt == nil {
+		if rcpt, _, _, _ := ReadReceipt(db, tx.Hash()); rcpt == nil {
 			t.Errorf("add %d: expected receipt to be found", i)
 		}
 	}
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ func TestChainTxReorgs(t *testing.T) {
 		if txn, _, _, _ := rawdb.ReadTransaction(db, tx.Hash()); txn == nil {
 			t.Errorf("share %d: expected tx to be found", i)
 		}
-		if rcpt, _, _, _ := GetReceipt(db, tx.Hash()); rcpt == nil {
+		if rcpt, _, _, _ := ReadReceipt(db, tx.Hash()); rcpt == nil {
 			t.Errorf("share %d: expected receipt to be found", i)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/core/database_util.go b/core/database_util.go
index a4eee4c5905a..72491a7d0eb8 100644
--- a/core/database_util.go
+++ b/core/database_util.go
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ func blockBodyKey(hash common.Hash, number uint64) []byte {
 	return append(append(bodyPrefix, encodeBlockNumber(number)...), hash.Bytes()...)
 }
 
-// GetReceipt retrieves a specific transaction receipt from the database, along with
+// ReadReceipt retrieves a specific transaction receipt from the database, along with
 // its added positional metadata.
-func GetReceipt(db ethdb.Reader, hash common.Hash) (*types.Receipt, common.Hash, uint64, uint64) {
+func ReadReceipt(db ethdb.Reader, hash common.Hash) (*types.Receipt, common.Hash, uint64, uint64) {
 	// Retrieve the lookup metadata and resolve the receipt from the receipts
 	blockHash, blockNumber, receiptIndex := rawdb.ReadTxLookupEntry(db, hash)