diff --git a/crypto/key_not_openssl.go b/crypto/key_not_openssl.go
index 9b85aef..ae8b01f 100644
--- a/crypto/key_not_openssl.go
+++ b/crypto/key_not_openssl.go
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/ed25519"
 )
 
-// KeyPairFromKey generates a new private and public key from an input private key
-func KeyPairFromKey(priv crypto.PrivateKey) (PrivKey, PubKey, error) {
+// KeyPairFromStdKey wraps standard library (and secp256k1) private keys in libp2p/go-libp2p-core/crypto keys
+func KeyPairFromStdKey(priv crypto.PrivateKey) (PrivKey, PubKey, error) {
 	if priv == nil {
 		return nil, nil, ErrNilPrivateKey
 	}
diff --git a/crypto/key_openssl.go b/crypto/key_openssl.go
index 3eae98b..4545492 100644
--- a/crypto/key_openssl.go
+++ b/crypto/key_openssl.go
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/ed25519"
 )
 
-// KeyPairFromKey generates a new private and public key from an input private key
-func KeyPairFromKey(priv crypto.PrivateKey) (PrivKey, PubKey, error) {
+// KeyPairFromStdKey wraps standard library (and secp256k1) private keys in libp2p/go-libp2p-core/crypto keys
+func KeyPairFromStdKey(priv crypto.PrivateKey) (PrivKey, PubKey, error) {
 	if priv == nil {
 		return nil, nil, ErrNilPrivateKey
 	}
diff --git a/crypto/key_test.go b/crypto/key_test.go
index 470d067..aff2bad 100644
--- a/crypto/key_test.go
+++ b/crypto/key_test.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func TestKeyPairFromKey(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	} {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%v", i), func(t *testing.T) {
-			priv, pub, err := KeyPairFromKey(tt.in)
+			priv, pub, err := KeyPairFromStdKey(tt.in)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatal(err)
 			}