diff --git a/src/random.cpp b/src/random.cpp
--- a/src/random.cpp
+++ b/src/random.cpp
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 static std::atomic<bool> hwrand_initialized{false};
 static bool rdrand_supported = false;
 static constexpr uint32_t CPUID_F1_ECX_RDRAND = 0x40000000;
-static void RDRandInit() {
+static void InitHardwareRand() {
     uint32_t eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
     if (__get_cpuid(1, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx) && (ecx & CPUID_F1_ECX_RDRAND)) {
         rdrand_supported = true;
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     hwrand_initialized.store(true);
 }
 
-static void RDRandReport() {
+static void ReportHardwareRand() {
     assert(hwrand_initialized.load(std::memory_order_relaxed));
     if (rdrand_supported) {
         // This must be done in a separate function, as HWRandInit() may be
@@ -98,11 +98,17 @@
 }
 
 #else
-static void RDRandInit() {}
-static void RDRandReport() {}
+/**
+ * Access to other hardware random number generators could be added here later,
+ * assuming it is sufficiently fast (in the order of a few hundred CPU cycles).
+ * Slower sources should probably be invoked separately, and/or only from
+ * RandAddSeedSleep (which is called during idle background operation).
+ */
+static void InitHardwareRand() {}
+static void ReportHardwareRand() {}
 #endif
 
-static bool GetHWRand(uint8_t *ent32) {
+static bool GetHardwareRand(uint8_t *ent32) {
 #if defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__amd64__) || defined(__i386__)
     assert(hwrand_initialized.load(std::memory_order_relaxed));
     if (rdrand_supported) {
@@ -306,7 +312,7 @@
     uint8_t m_state[32] = {0};
     uint64_t m_counter = 0;
 
-    explicit RNGState() { RDRandInit(); }
+    explicit RNGState() { InitHardwareRand(); }
 };
 
 RNGState &GetRNGState() {
@@ -368,7 +374,7 @@
     hasher.Write(buf, 32);
 
     // Third source: HW RNG, if available.
-    if (GetHWRand(buf)) {
+    if (GetHardwareRand(buf)) {
         hasher.Write(buf, 32);
     }
 
@@ -526,5 +532,5 @@
     // Invoke RNG code to trigger initialization (if not already performed)
     GetRNGState();
 
-    RDRandReport();
+    ReportHardwareRand();
 }