diff --git a/src/packages/fuzzy-finder/lib/fuzzy-finder-view.coffee b/src/packages/fuzzy-finder/lib/fuzzy-finder-view.coffee
index 4144ba715..b50136629 100644
--- a/src/packages/fuzzy-finder/lib/fuzzy-finder-view.coffee
+++ b/src/packages/fuzzy-finder/lib/fuzzy-finder-view.coffee
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class FuzzyFinderView extends SelectList
       @setLoading("Indexing...")
 
     if @reloadProjectPaths
-      @loadPathsTask?.terminate()
+      @loadPathsTask?.abort()
       callback = (paths) =>
         @projectPaths = paths
         @reloadProjectPaths = false
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class FuzzyFinderView extends SelectList
   detach: ->
     super
 
-    @loadPathsTask?.terminate()
+    @loadPathsTask?.abort()
 
   attach: ->
     super
diff --git a/src/packages/fuzzy-finder/lib/fuzzy-finder.coffee b/src/packages/fuzzy-finder/lib/fuzzy-finder.coffee
index 67d0d95dd..9c7e0ffb0 100644
--- a/src/packages/fuzzy-finder/lib/fuzzy-finder.coffee
+++ b/src/packages/fuzzy-finder/lib/fuzzy-finder.coffee
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module.exports =
       editSession.lastOpened = state[editSession.getPath()]
 
   deactivate: ->
-    @loadPathsTask?.terminate()
+    @loadPathsTask?.abort()
     @loadPathsTask = null
     @fuzzyFinderView?.cancel()
     @fuzzyFinderView = null
diff --git a/src/packages/snippets/lib/snippets.coffee b/src/packages/snippets/lib/snippets.coffee
index fb514f11b..70872a08c 100644
--- a/src/packages/snippets/lib/snippets.coffee
+++ b/src/packages/snippets/lib/snippets.coffee
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ module.exports =
     rootView.on 'editor:attached', (e, editor) => @enableSnippetsInEditor(editor)
 
   deactivate: ->
-    @loadSnippetsTask?.terminate()
+    @loadSnippetsTask?.abort()
 
   loadAll: ->
     @loadSnippetsTask = new LoadSnippetsTask(this)
diff --git a/src/stdlib/task.coffee b/src/stdlib/task.coffee
index 21e8ac419..1210f4999 100644
--- a/src/stdlib/task.coffee
+++ b/src/stdlib/task.coffee
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module.exports =
 class Task
-  terminated: false
+  aborted: false
 
   constructor: (@path) ->
 
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class Task
 
     @worker = new Worker(require.getPath('task-shell'))
     @worker.onmessage = ({data}) =>
-      if @terminated
+      if @aborted
         @done()
         return
 
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ class Task
   postMessage: (data) ->
     @worker.postMessage(data)
 
-  terminate: ->
-    @terminated = true
+  abort: ->
+    @aborted = true
 
   done: ->
-    @terminate()
+    @abort()
     @worker?.terminate()
     @worker = null