diff --git a/packages/orchestration/src/contracts/stakingAccountHolder.js b/packages/orchestration/src/contracts/stakingAccountHolder.js
index 6fc77109a5b2..9fb4891b59b6 100644
--- a/packages/orchestration/src/contracts/stakingAccountHolder.js
+++ b/packages/orchestration/src/contracts/stakingAccountHolder.js
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export const prepareStakingAccountHolder = (baggage, makeRecorderKit, zcf) => {
           return this.state.topicKit.recorder;
         },
         // TODO move this beneath the Orchestration abstraction,
-        // to the OrchestrationAccount provided by provideAccount()
+        // to the OrchestrationAccount provided by makeAccount()
         /**
          * _Assumes users has already sent funds to their ICA, until #9193
          * @param {string} validatorAddress
diff --git a/packages/orchestration/src/contracts/swapExample.contract.js b/packages/orchestration/src/contracts/swapExample.contract.js
index da059e0ba93b..21ab5f79fc2b 100644
--- a/packages/orchestration/src/contracts/swapExample.contract.js
+++ b/packages/orchestration/src/contracts/swapExample.contract.js
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ export const start = async (zcf, privateArgs) => {
     !AmountMath.isEmpty(give.USDC) || Fail`Must provide USDC.`;
 
     const [celestiaAccount, localAccount] = await Promise.all([
-      E(celestia).provideAccount('main'),
-      E(agoric).provideAccount('main'),
+      E(celestia).makeAccount(),
+      E(agoric).makeAccount(),
     ]);
 
     const tiaAddress = await E(
diff --git a/packages/orchestration/src/types.d.ts b/packages/orchestration/src/types.d.ts
index 2579603120dc..891e5fda04a9 100644
--- a/packages/orchestration/src/types.d.ts
+++ b/packages/orchestration/src/types.d.ts
@@ -77,17 +77,12 @@ interface QueryResult {}
  */
 export interface Chain {
   getChainInfo: () => Promise<ChainInfo>;
-  // TODO change this to makeAccount(), letting the scope handle naming
   /**
-   * Provide (get or make) an account on the chain. The account is a
-   * named account associated with the current orchestrator instance
-   * (typically associated with a specific seat). If an account for this `Chain`
-   * with the provided `petName` already exists, it is returned,
-   * otherwise a new account is created on the remote Chain.
-   * @param petName
+   * Make an account on the chain, associated with the current orchestrator
+   * instance (typically associated with a specific seat).
    * @returns the account that controls the
    */
-  provideAccount: (petName?: string) => Promise<OrchestrationAccount>;
+  makeAccount: () => Promise<OrchestrationAccount>;
   /* query external chain state */
   query: (queries: Proto3JSONMsg[]) => Promise<Iterable<QueryResult>>;