diff --git a/lib/_debugger.js b/lib/_debugger.js
index 80d110c2b21..68fcde5e7bb 100644
--- a/lib/_debugger.js
+++ b/lib/_debugger.js
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ function Interface() {
   var proto = Interface.prototype,
       ignored = ['pause', 'resume', 'exitRepl', 'handleBreak',
                  'requireConnection', 'killChild', 'trySpawn',
-                 'controlEval', 'debugEval', 'print'],
+                 'controlEval', 'debugEval', 'print', 'childPrint'],
       synonym = {
         'run': 'r',
         'cont': 'c',
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ Interface.prototype.print = function(text) {
   process.stdout.write(text + '\n');
 };
 
-Interface.prototype.foreignPrint = function(text) {
+Interface.prototype.childPrint = function(text) {
   this.print(text.toString().split(/\r\n|\r|\n/g).filter(function(chunk) {
     return chunk;
   }).map(function(chunk) {
@@ -1103,8 +1103,8 @@ Interface.prototype.trySpawn = function(cb) {
 
   this.child = spawn(process.execPath, args, { customFds: [0, 1, 2] });
 
-  this.child.stdout.on('data', this.foreignPrint.bind(this));
-  this.child.stderr.on('data', this.foreignPrint.bind(this));
+  this.child.stdout.on('data', this.childPrint.bind(this));
+  this.child.stderr.on('data', this.childPrint.bind(this));
 
   this.pause();