diff --git a/cmd/influxd/launcher/engine.go b/cmd/influxd/launcher/engine.go
index be17f8d06d..8b36d52f48 100644
--- a/cmd/influxd/launcher/engine.go
+++ b/cmd/influxd/launcher/engine.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ var _ Engine = (*storage.Engine)(nil)
 // to facilitate testing.
 type Engine interface {
 	influxdb.DeleteService
-	readservice.View
+	readservice.Viewer
 	storage.PointsWriter
 	storage.BucketDeleter
 	prom.PrometheusCollector
diff --git a/storage/readservice/cursor.go b/storage/readservice/cursor.go
index 9bf7ff543d..d539cf73f9 100644
--- a/storage/readservice/cursor.go
+++ b/storage/readservice/cursor.go
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ type indexSeriesCursor struct {
 	hasValueExpr bool
 }
 
-func newIndexSeriesCursor(ctx context.Context, src *readSource, predicate *datatypes.Predicate, view View) (*indexSeriesCursor, error) {
-	queries, err := view.CreateCursorIterator(ctx)
+func newIndexSeriesCursor(ctx context.Context, src *readSource, predicate *datatypes.Predicate, viewer Viewer) (*indexSeriesCursor, error) {
+	queries, err := viewer.CreateCursorIterator(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func newIndexSeriesCursor(ctx context.Context, src *readSource, predicate *datat
 	scr := storage.SeriesCursorRequest{
 		Name: tsdb.EncodeName(platform.ID(src.OrganizationID), platform.ID(src.BucketID)),
 	}
-	p.sqry, err = view.CreateSeriesCursor(ctx, scr, opt.Condition)
+	p.sqry, err = viewer.CreateSeriesCursor(ctx, scr, opt.Condition)
 	if err != nil {
 		p.Close()
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/storage/readservice/store.go b/storage/readservice/store.go
index 19ddc64873..4b2fa8c680 100644
--- a/storage/readservice/store.go
+++ b/storage/readservice/store.go
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/influxdata/influxql"
 )
 
-// View is used by the store to query data from time-series files.
-type View interface {
+// Viewer is used by the store to query data from time-series files.
+type Viewer interface {
 	CreateCursorIterator(ctx context.Context) (tsdb.CursorIterator, error)
 	CreateSeriesCursor(ctx context.Context, req storage.SeriesCursorRequest, cond influxql.Expr) (storage.SeriesCursor, error)
 	TagKeys(ctx context.Context, orgID, bucketID influxdb.ID, start, end int64, predicate influxql.Expr) (cursors.StringIterator, error)
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ type View interface {
 }
 
 type store struct {
-	view View
+	viewer Viewer
 }
 
 // NewStore creates a store used to query time-series data.
-func NewStore(view View) reads.Store {
-	return &store{view: view}
+func NewStore(viewer Viewer) reads.Store {
+	return &store{viewer: viewer}
 }
 
 func (s *store) ReadFilter(ctx context.Context, req *datatypes.ReadFilterRequest) (reads.ResultSet, error) {
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func (s *store) ReadFilter(ctx context.Context, req *datatypes.ReadFilterRequest
 	}
 
 	var cur reads.SeriesCursor
-	if ic, err := newIndexSeriesCursor(ctx, &source, req.Predicate, s.view); err != nil {
+	if ic, err := newIndexSeriesCursor(ctx, &source, req.Predicate, s.viewer); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	} else if ic == nil {
 		return nil, nil
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func (s *store) ReadGroup(ctx context.Context, req *datatypes.ReadGroupRequest)
 	}
 
 	newCursor := func() (reads.SeriesCursor, error) {
-		cur, err := newIndexSeriesCursor(ctx, &source, req.Predicate, s.view)
+		cur, err := newIndexSeriesCursor(ctx, &source, req.Predicate, s.viewer)
 		if cur == nil || err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func (s *store) TagKeys(ctx context.Context, req *datatypes.TagKeysRequest) (cur
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return s.view.TagKeys(ctx, influxdb.ID(readSource.OrganizationID), influxdb.ID(readSource.BucketID), req.Range.Start, req.Range.End, expr)
+	return s.viewer.TagKeys(ctx, influxdb.ID(readSource.OrganizationID), influxdb.ID(readSource.BucketID), req.Range.Start, req.Range.End, expr)
 }
 
 func (s *store) TagValues(ctx context.Context, req *datatypes.TagValuesRequest) (cursors.StringIterator, error) {
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func (s *store) TagValues(ctx context.Context, req *datatypes.TagValuesRequest)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return s.view.TagValues(ctx, influxdb.ID(readSource.OrganizationID), influxdb.ID(readSource.BucketID), req.TagKey, req.Range.Start, req.Range.End, expr)
+	return s.viewer.TagValues(ctx, influxdb.ID(readSource.OrganizationID), influxdb.ID(readSource.BucketID), req.TagKey, req.Range.Start, req.Range.End, expr)
 }
 
 // this is easier than fooling around with .proto files.