diff --git a/cmd/dockerd/daemon.go b/cmd/dockerd/daemon.go
index 421b1dab3e..164ddd91f9 100644
--- a/cmd/dockerd/daemon.go
+++ b/cmd/dockerd/daemon.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func NewDaemonCli() *DaemonCli {
 }
 
 func (cli *DaemonCli) start(opts *daemonOptions) (err error) {
-	opts.SetDefaultOptions(opts.flags)
+	opts.setDefaultOptions()
 
 	if cli.Config, err = loadDaemonCliConfig(opts); err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/cmd/dockerd/daemon_test.go b/cmd/dockerd/daemon_test.go
index 6cb937d593..c4e6ee3548 100644
--- a/cmd/dockerd/daemon_test.go
+++ b/cmd/dockerd/daemon_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 func defaultOptions(t *testing.T, configFile string) *daemonOptions {
 	opts := newDaemonOptions(&config.Config{})
 	opts.flags = &pflag.FlagSet{}
-	opts.InstallFlags(opts.flags)
+	opts.installFlags(opts.flags)
 	if err := installConfigFlags(opts.daemonConfig, opts.flags); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/dockerd/docker.go b/cmd/dockerd/docker.go
index 2a198e1c87..4b6d55d653 100644
--- a/cmd/dockerd/docker.go
+++ b/cmd/dockerd/docker.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func newDaemonCommand() (*cobra.Command, error) {
 	}
 	flags.StringVar(&opts.configFile, "config-file", defaultDaemonConfigFile, "Daemon configuration file")
 	configureCertsDir()
-	opts.InstallFlags(flags)
+	opts.installFlags(flags)
 	if err := installConfigFlags(opts.daemonConfig, flags); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/dockerd/options.go b/cmd/dockerd/options.go
index 3c12d8bde4..c4649ded51 100644
--- a/cmd/dockerd/options.go
+++ b/cmd/dockerd/options.go
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ func newDaemonOptions(config *config.Config) *daemonOptions {
 	}
 }
 
-// InstallFlags adds flags for the common options on the FlagSet
-func (o *daemonOptions) InstallFlags(flags *pflag.FlagSet) {
+// installFlags adds flags for the common options on the FlagSet
+func (o *daemonOptions) installFlags(flags *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	if dockerCertPath == "" {
 		// cliconfig.Dir returns $DOCKER_CONFIG or ~/.docker.
 		// cliconfig.Dir does not look up $XDG_CONFIG_HOME
@@ -77,18 +77,18 @@ func (o *daemonOptions) InstallFlags(flags *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	flags.VarP(hostOpt, "host", "H", "Daemon socket(s) to connect to")
 }
 
-// SetDefaultOptions sets default values for options after flag parsing is
+// setDefaultOptions sets default values for options after flag parsing is
 // complete
-func (o *daemonOptions) SetDefaultOptions(flags *pflag.FlagSet) {
+func (o *daemonOptions) setDefaultOptions() {
 	// Regardless of whether the user sets it to true or false, if they
 	// specify --tlsverify at all then we need to turn on TLS
 	// TLSVerify can be true even if not set due to DOCKER_TLS_VERIFY env var, so we need
 	// to check that here as well
-	if flags.Changed(FlagTLSVerify) || o.TLSVerify {
+	if o.flags.Changed(FlagTLSVerify) || o.TLSVerify {
 		o.TLS = true
 	}
 
-	if o.TLS && !flags.Changed(FlagTLSVerify) {
+	if o.TLS && !o.flags.Changed(FlagTLSVerify) {
 		// Enable tls verification unless explicitly disabled
 		o.TLSVerify = true
 	}
@@ -96,19 +96,18 @@ func (o *daemonOptions) SetDefaultOptions(flags *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	if !o.TLS {
 		o.TLSOptions = nil
 	} else {
-		tlsOptions := o.TLSOptions
-		tlsOptions.InsecureSkipVerify = !o.TLSVerify
+		o.TLSOptions.InsecureSkipVerify = !o.TLSVerify
 
 		// Reset CertFile and KeyFile to empty string if the user did not specify
 		// the respective flags and the respective default files were not found.
-		if !flags.Changed("tlscert") {
-			if _, err := os.Stat(tlsOptions.CertFile); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-				tlsOptions.CertFile = ""
+		if !o.flags.Changed("tlscert") {
+			if _, err := os.Stat(o.TLSOptions.CertFile); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				o.TLSOptions.CertFile = ""
 			}
 		}
-		if !flags.Changed("tlskey") {
-			if _, err := os.Stat(tlsOptions.KeyFile); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-				tlsOptions.KeyFile = ""
+		if !o.flags.Changed("tlskey") {
+			if _, err := os.Stat(o.TLSOptions.KeyFile); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				o.TLSOptions.KeyFile = ""
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/dockerd/options_test.go b/cmd/dockerd/options_test.go
index 13c1084273..e37e849196 100644
--- a/cmd/dockerd/options_test.go
+++ b/cmd/dockerd/options_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 func TestCommonOptionsInstallFlags(t *testing.T) {
 	flags := pflag.NewFlagSet("testing", pflag.ContinueOnError)
 	opts := newDaemonOptions(&config.Config{})
-	opts.InstallFlags(flags)
+	opts.installFlags(flags)
 
 	err := flags.Parse([]string{
 		"--tlscacert=/foo/cafile",
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func defaultPath(filename string) string {
 func TestCommonOptionsInstallFlagsWithDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 	flags := pflag.NewFlagSet("testing", pflag.ContinueOnError)
 	opts := newDaemonOptions(&config.Config{})
-	opts.InstallFlags(flags)
+	opts.installFlags(flags)
 
 	err := flags.Parse([]string{})
 	assert.Check(t, err)