diff --git a/desktop/ui/src/frames/plane/win.rs b/desktop/ui/src/frames/plane/win.rs
index e52e9e8a61..a4c1dcc998 100644
--- a/desktop/ui/src/frames/plane/win.rs
+++ b/desktop/ui/src/frames/plane/win.rs
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ use crate::frames::surface::FrameSurface;
 use crate::remote::HostConfig;
 use crate::remote::messages::EventMessage;
 
-struct ParentProcess(HANDLE);
+struct MainProcess(HANDLE);
 
 // SAFETY: process handles may be used and closed from any thread.
-unsafe impl Send for ParentProcess {}
-unsafe impl Sync for ParentProcess {}
+unsafe impl Send for MainProcess {}
+unsafe impl Sync for MainProcess {}
 
-impl ParentProcess {
+impl MainProcess {
 	fn open(pid: u32) -> windows::core::Result<Self> {
 		// SAFETY: plain OpenProcess call; on success the handle is ours to close.
 		unsafe { OpenProcess(PROCESS_DUP_HANDLE, false, pid).map(Self) }
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ impl ParentProcess {
 		Ok(target.0 as u64)
 	}
 
-	fn close_in_parent(&self, handle: u64) {
+	fn close_in_main(&self, handle: u64) {
 		let mut reclaimed = HANDLE::default();
 		// SAFETY: `handle` came from `duplicate_into` and is valid.
 		unsafe {
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ impl ParentProcess {
 	}
 }
 
-impl Drop for ParentProcess {
+impl Drop for MainProcess {
 	fn drop(&mut self) {
 		// SAFETY: we own the process handle.
 		unsafe {
@@ -51,14 +51,14 @@ impl Drop for ParentProcess {
 }
 
 pub(crate) struct PlaneSender {
-	parent: Arc<ParentProcess>,
+	main: Arc<MainProcess>,
 	events: Arc<Mutex<IpcSender<EventMessage>>>,
 }
 
 impl PlaneSender {
 	pub(crate) fn from_config(config: &HostConfig, events: Arc<Mutex<IpcSender<EventMessage>>>) -> Option<Self> {
-		match ParentProcess::open(config.main_pid) {
-			Ok(parent) => Some(Self { parent: Arc::new(parent), events }),
+		match MainProcess::open(config.main_pid) {
+			Ok(main) => Some(Self { main: Arc::new(main), events }),
 			Err(e) => {
 				tracing::error!("Failed to open the main process for handle duplication, falling back to software frames: {e}");
 				None
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ impl PlaneSender {
 	}
 
 	pub(crate) fn stage(&self, info: &cef::AcceleratedPaintInfo) -> Option<StagedFrame> {
-		let handle = match self.parent.duplicate_into(HANDLE(info.shared_texture_handle)) {
+		let handle = match self.main.duplicate_into(HANDLE(info.shared_texture_handle)) {
 			Ok(handle) => handle,
 			Err(e) => {
 				tracing::error!("Failed to duplicate the shared texture handle into the main process: {e}");
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ impl PlaneSender {
 			}
 		};
 		Some(StagedFrame {
-			handle: HandleInParent { handle, parent: self.parent.clone() },
+			handle: HandleInMain { handle, main: self.main.clone() },
 			width: info.extra.coded_size.width as u32,
 			height: info.extra.coded_size.height as u32,
 			format: *info.format.as_ref() as u32,
@@ -103,20 +103,20 @@ impl PlaneSender {
 }
 
 pub(crate) struct StagedFrame {
-	handle: HandleInParent,
+	handle: HandleInMain,
 	width: u32,
 	height: u32,
 	format: u32,
 }
 
-struct HandleInParent {
+struct HandleInMain {
 	handle: u64,
-	parent: Arc<ParentProcess>,
+	main: Arc<MainProcess>,
 }
 
-impl Drop for HandleInParent {
+impl Drop for HandleInMain {
 	fn drop(&mut self) {
-		self.parent.close_in_parent(self.handle);
+		self.main.close_in_main(self.handle);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/desktop/ui/src/platform/linux.rs b/desktop/ui/src/platform/linux.rs
index b8e97b2b10..2c77159e4f 100644
--- a/desktop/ui/src/platform/linux.rs
+++ b/desktop/ui/src/platform/linux.rs
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ use std::process::Command;
 use crate::frames::plane;
 
 pub(crate) fn setup_command(command: &mut Command, #[cfg(feature = "accelerated_paint")] host_frame_fd: Option<std::os::fd::RawFd>) {
-	let parent_pid = std::process::id() as libc::pid_t;
+	let main_pid = std::process::id() as libc::pid_t;
 	// SAFETY: the closure runs in the forked child before exec and only makes async-signal-safe calls
 	unsafe {
 		command.pre_exec(move || {
-			// Tie the host's lifetime to the parent process
+			// Tie the host's lifetime to the main process
 			if libc::prctl(libc::PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, libc::SIGKILL) != 0 {
 				return Err(std::io::Error::last_os_error());
 			}
-			if libc::getppid() != parent_pid {
+			if libc::getppid() != main_pid {
 				return Err(std::io::Error::other("main process died before PDEATHSIG was set"));
 			}
 
diff --git a/desktop/ui/src/platform/mac.rs b/desktop/ui/src/platform/mac.rs
index a7d9dc6b8e..394bd0a067 100644
--- a/desktop/ui/src/platform/mac.rs
+++ b/desktop/ui/src/platform/mac.rs
@@ -51,13 +51,13 @@ pub(crate) fn spawn_parent_watchdog(main_pid: u32) {
 		loop {
 			// SAFETY: getppid is always safe to call.
 			if unsafe { libc::getppid() } as u32 != main_pid {
-				tracing::warn!("Main process is gone, exiting CEF host");
+				tracing::warn!("Parent process is gone, exiting...");
 				std::process::exit(0);
 			}
 			std::thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(500));
 		}
 	});
 	if let Err(e) = result {
-		tracing::error!("Failed to spawn the parent watchdog: {e}");
+		tracing::error!("Failed to spawn parent watchdog: {e}");
 	}
 }