diff --git a/Subtrees/beast/modules/beast_asio/protocol/beast_HandshakeDetectorType.h b/Subtrees/beast/modules/beast_asio/protocol/beast_HandshakeDetectorType.h
index 5d5a3f429..b896815cd 100644
--- a/Subtrees/beast/modules/beast_asio/protocol/beast_HandshakeDetectorType.h
+++ b/Subtrees/beast/modules/beast_asio/protocol/beast_HandshakeDetectorType.h
@@ -29,9 +29,15 @@ public:
     {
     }
 
-    /** Returns the minimum number of bytes we need to succeed.
+    /** How many bytes maximum we might need.
+
+        This is the largest number of bytes that the detector
+        might need in order to come to a conclusion about
+        whether or not the handshake is a match. Depending
+        on the data, it could come to that conclusion sooner
+        though.
     */
-    virtual std::size_t needed () = 0;
+    virtual std::size_t max_needed () = 0;
 
     /** Returns true if the return value of success() is valid.
     */
@@ -190,7 +196,7 @@ public:
         bytesNeeded = 3
     };
 
-    std::size_t needed ()
+    std::size_t max_needed ()
     {
         return bytesNeeded;
     }
@@ -262,7 +268,7 @@ public:
         bytesNeeded = 6
     };
 
-    std::size_t needed ()
+    std::size_t max_needed ()
     {
         return bytesNeeded;
     }
@@ -309,9 +315,9 @@ public:
     {
     }
 
-    std::size_t needed ()  noexcept
+    std::size_t max_needed ()  noexcept
     {
-        return m_logic.needed ();
+        return m_logic.max_needed ();
     }
 
     bool finished ()  noexcept
diff --git a/modules/ripple_asio/sockets/ripple_MultiSocketType.h b/modules/ripple_asio/sockets/ripple_MultiSocketType.h
index b51bc7f2c..607e12182 100644
--- a/modules/ripple_asio/sockets/ripple_MultiSocketType.h
+++ b/modules/ripple_asio/sockets/ripple_MultiSocketType.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public:
         ec = boost::system::error_code ();
 
         m_buffer.commit (boost::asio::read (m_next_layer,
-            m_buffer.prepare (m_detector.needed ()), ec));
+            m_buffer.prepare (m_detector.max_needed ()), ec));
 
         if (!ec)
         {