diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-http-streams.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-http-streams.php
index a7f73d84ce..c3c91681a6 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-http-streams.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-http-streams.php
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ class WP_Http_Streams {
 			);
 		}
 
-		$strResponse  = '';
+		$response     = '';
 		$body_started = false;
 		$keep_reading = true;
 		$block_size   = 4096;
@@ -297,12 +297,12 @@ class WP_Http_Streams {
 			while ( ! feof( $handle ) && $keep_reading ) {
 				$block = fread( $handle, $block_size );
 				if ( ! $body_started ) {
-					$strResponse .= $block;
-					if ( strpos( $strResponse, "\r\n\r\n" ) ) {
-						$processed_response = WP_Http::processResponse( $strResponse );
+					$response .= $block;
+					if ( strpos( $response, "\r\n\r\n" ) ) {
+						$processed_response = WP_Http::processResponse( $response );
 						$body_started       = true;
 						$block              = $processed_response['body'];
-						unset( $strResponse );
+						unset( $response );
 						$processed_response['body'] = '';
 					}
 				}
@@ -338,23 +338,23 @@ class WP_Http_Streams {
 			$header_length = 0;
 
 			while ( ! feof( $handle ) && $keep_reading ) {
-				$block        = fread( $handle, $block_size );
-				$strResponse .= $block;
+				$block     = fread( $handle, $block_size );
+				$response .= $block;
 
-				if ( ! $body_started && strpos( $strResponse, "\r\n\r\n" ) ) {
-					$header_length = strpos( $strResponse, "\r\n\r\n" ) + 4;
+				if ( ! $body_started && strpos( $response, "\r\n\r\n" ) ) {
+					$header_length = strpos( $response, "\r\n\r\n" ) + 4;
 					$body_started  = true;
 				}
 
 				$keep_reading = (
 					! $body_started
 					|| ! isset( $parsed_args['limit_response_size'] )
-					|| strlen( $strResponse ) < ( $header_length + $parsed_args['limit_response_size'] )
+					|| strlen( $response ) < ( $header_length + $parsed_args['limit_response_size'] )
 				);
 			}
 
-			$processed_response = WP_Http::processResponse( $strResponse );
-			unset( $strResponse );
+			$processed_response = WP_Http::processResponse( $response );
+			unset( $response );
 
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-http.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-http.php
index 8146ef94c2..3dca28536e 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-http.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-http.php
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ class WP_Http {
 	 *
 	 * @since 2.7.0
 	 *
-	 * @param string $str_response The full response string.
+	 * @param string $response The full response string.
 	 * @return array {
 	 *     Array with response headers and body.
 	 *
@@ -663,8 +663,8 @@ class WP_Http {
 	 *     @type string $body    HTTP response body.
 	 * }
 	 */
-	public static function processResponse( $str_response ) { // phpcs:ignore WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidFunctionName.MethodNameInvalid
-		$response = explode( "\r\n\r\n", $str_response, 2 );
+	public static function processResponse( $response ) { // phpcs:ignore WordPress.NamingConventions.ValidFunctionName.MethodNameInvalid
+		$response = explode( "\r\n\r\n", $response, 2 );
 
 		return array(
 			'headers' => $response[0],