diff --git a/api/types/patch.go b/api/types/patch.go
index e98764bd7..48b521d7e 100644
--- a/api/types/patch.go
+++ b/api/types/patch.go
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ type Patch struct {
 	Target *Selector `json:"target,omitempty" yaml:"target,omitempty"`
 }
 
-// Equals return true if p equals another.
-func (p *Patch) Equals(another Patch) bool {
-	targetEqual := (p.Target == another.Target) ||
-		(p.Target != nil && another.Target != nil && *p.Target == *another.Target)
-	return p.Path == another.Path &&
-		p.Patch == another.Patch &&
+// Equals return true if p equals o.
+func (p *Patch) Equals(o Patch) bool {
+	targetEqual := (p.Target == o.Target) ||
+		(p.Target != nil && o.Target != nil && *p.Target == *o.Target)
+	return p.Path == o.Path &&
+		p.Patch == o.Patch &&
 		targetEqual
 }