diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index b871ce2deb..d084ba519c 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -1085,9 +1085,9 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `user-item` (
 ) DEFAULT COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci COMMENT='User specific item data';
 
 --
--- TABLE verify
+-- TABLE openwebauth-token
 --
-CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `verify` (
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `openwebauth-token` (
 	`id` int(10) NOT NULL auto_increment COMMENT 'sequential ID',
 	`uid` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT 0 COMMENT 'User id',
 	`type` varchar(32) DEFAULT '' COMMENT 'Verify type',
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `verify` (
 	`meta` varchar(255) DEFAULT '' COMMENT '',
 	`created` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0001-01-01 00:00:00' COMMENT 'datetime of creation',
 	 PRIMARY KEY(`id`)
-) DEFAULT COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci COMMENT='Store token to verify contacts';
+) DEFAULT COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci COMMENT='Store OpenWebAuth token to verify contacts';
 
 --
 -- TABLE worker-ipc
diff --git a/src/Database/DBStructure.php b/src/Database/DBStructure.php
index 33babded93..0d7ba49e42 100644
--- a/src/Database/DBStructure.php
+++ b/src/Database/DBStructure.php
@@ -1818,8 +1818,8 @@ class DBStructure
 						"PRIMARY" => ["uid", "iid"],
 						]
 				];
-		$database["verify"] = [
-				"comment" => "Store token to verify contacts",
+		$database["openwebauth-token"] = [
+				"comment" => "Store OpenWebAuth token to verify contacts",
 				"fields" => [
 						"id" => ["type" => "int(10)", "not null" => "1", "extra" => "auto_increment", "primary" => "1", "comment" => "sequential ID"],
 						"uid" => ["type" => "int(10) unsigned", "not null" => "1", "default" => "0", "relation" => ["user" => "uid"], "comment" => "User id"],
diff --git a/src/Model/Verify.php b/src/Model/Verify.php
index 92dbafd3ab..18fbb2eb5b 100644
--- a/src/Model/Verify.php
+++ b/src/Model/Verify.php
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
 use dba;
 
 /**
- * Methods to deal with entries of the 'verify' table.
+ * Methods to deal with entries of the 'openwebauth_token' table.
  */
 class Verify
 {
 	/**
-	 * Create an entry in the 'verify' table.
+	 * Create an entry in the 'openwebauth_token' table.
 	 * 
 	 * @param string $type   Verify type.
 	 * @param int    $uid    The user ID.
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ class Verify
 			"meta" => $meta,
 			"created" => DateTimeFormat::utcNow()
 		];
-		return dba::insert("verify", $fields);
+		return dba::insert("openwebauth_token", $fields);
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Get the "meta" field of an entry in the verify table.
+	 * Get the "meta" field of an entry in the openwebauth_token table.
 	 * 
 	 * @param string $type   Verify type.
 	 * @param int    $uid    The user ID.
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ class Verify
 	{
 		$condition = ["type" => $type, "uid" => $uid, "token" => $token];
 
-		$entry = dba::selectFirst("verify", ["id", "meta"], $condition);
+		$entry = dba::selectFirst("openwebauth_token", ["id", "meta"], $condition);
 		if (DBM::is_result($entry)) {
-			dba::delete("verify", ["id" => $entry["id"]]);
+			dba::delete("openwebauth_token", ["id" => $entry["id"]]);
 
 			return $entry["meta"];
 		}
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class Verify
 	public static function purge($type, $interval)
 	{
 		$condition = ["`type` = ? AND `created` < ?", $type, DateTimeFormat::utcNow() . " - INTERVAL " . $interval];
-		dba::delete("verify", $condition);
+		dba::delete("openwebauth_token", $condition);
 	}
 
 }