diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-base.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-base.php
index 221f8b59f5..607915bfec 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-base.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-base.php
@@ -663,10 +663,10 @@ class WP_Filesystem_Base {
 	 * @since 2.5.0
 	 * @abstract
 	 *
-	 * @param string $file Path to file or directory.
-	 * @return bool Whether $file exists or not.
+	 * @param string $path Path to file or directory.
+	 * @return bool Whether $path exists or not.
 	 */
-	public function exists( $file ) {
+	public function exists( $path ) {
 		return false;
 	}
 
@@ -715,10 +715,10 @@ class WP_Filesystem_Base {
 	 * @since 2.5.0
 	 * @abstract
 	 *
-	 * @param string $file Path to file or directory.
-	 * @return bool Whether $file is writable.
+	 * @param string $path Path to file or directory.
+	 * @return bool Whether $path is writable.
 	 */
-	public function is_writable( $file ) {
+	public function is_writable( $path ) {
 		return false;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php
index 887ad4e715..e84dfed39f 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php
@@ -399,11 +399,11 @@ class WP_Filesystem_Direct extends WP_Filesystem_Base {
 	 *
 	 * @since 2.5.0
 	 *
-	 * @param string $file Path to file or directory.
-	 * @return bool Whether $file exists or not.
+	 * @param string $path Path to file or directory.
+	 * @return bool Whether $path exists or not.
 	 */
-	public function exists( $file ) {
-		return @file_exists( $file );
+	public function exists( $path ) {
+		return @file_exists( $path );
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -447,11 +447,11 @@ class WP_Filesystem_Direct extends WP_Filesystem_Base {
 	 *
 	 * @since 2.5.0
 	 *
-	 * @param string $file Path to file or directory.
-	 * @return bool Whether $file is writable.
+	 * @param string $path Path to file or directory.
+	 * @return bool Whether $path is writable.
 	 */
-	public function is_writable( $file ) {
-		return @is_writable( $file );
+	public function is_writable( $path ) {
+		return @is_writable( $path );
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php
index 92fb5d6bb4..056e7ecd9c 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php
@@ -415,15 +415,15 @@ class WP_Filesystem_FTPext extends WP_Filesystem_Base {
 	 * @since 6.1.0 Uses WP_Filesystem_FTPext::is_dir() to check for directory existence
 	 *              and ftp_rawlist() to check for file existence.
 	 *
-	 * @param string $file Path to file or directory.
-	 * @return bool Whether $file exists or not.
+	 * @param string $path Path to file or directory.
+	 * @return bool Whether $path exists or not.
 	 */
-	public function exists( $file ) {
-		if ( $this->is_dir( $file ) ) {
+	public function exists( $path ) {
+		if ( $this->is_dir( $path ) ) {
 			return true;
 		}
 
-		return ! empty( ftp_rawlist( $this->link, $file ) );
+		return ! empty( ftp_rawlist( $this->link, $path ) );
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -475,10 +475,10 @@ class WP_Filesystem_FTPext extends WP_Filesystem_Base {
 	 *
 	 * @since 2.5.0
 	 *
-	 * @param string $file Path to file or directory.
-	 * @return bool Whether $file is writable.
+	 * @param string $path Path to file or directory.
+	 * @return bool Whether $path is writable.
 	 */
-	public function is_writable( $file ) {
+	public function is_writable( $path ) {
 		return true;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php
index cb92656aad..f88166c209 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php
@@ -417,15 +417,15 @@ class WP_Filesystem_ftpsockets extends WP_Filesystem_Base {
 	 * @since 6.1.0 Uses WP_Filesystem_ftpsockets::is_dir() to check for directory existence
 	 *              and file size to check for file existence.
 	 *
-	 * @param string $file Path to file or directory.
-	 * @return bool Whether $file exists or not.
+	 * @param string $path Path to file or directory.
+	 * @return bool Whether $path exists or not.
 	 */
-	public function exists( $file ) {
-		if ( $this->is_dir( $file ) ) {
+	public function exists( $path ) {
+		if ( $this->is_dir( $path ) ) {
 			return true;
 		}
 
-		return is_numeric( $this->size( $file ) );
+		return is_numeric( $this->size( $path ) );
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -484,10 +484,10 @@ class WP_Filesystem_ftpsockets extends WP_Filesystem_Base {
 	 *
 	 * @since 2.5.0
 	 *
-	 * @param string $file Path to file or directory.
-	 * @return bool Whether $file is writable.
+	 * @param string $path Path to file or directory.
+	 * @return bool Whether $path is writable.
 	 */
-	public function is_writable( $file ) {
+	public function is_writable( $path ) {
 		return true;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ssh2.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ssh2.php
index 7032ae63d9..540ecb54fa 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ssh2.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ssh2.php
@@ -557,11 +557,11 @@ class WP_Filesystem_SSH2 extends WP_Filesystem_Base {
 	 *
 	 * @since 2.7.0
 	 *
-	 * @param string $file Path to file or directory.
-	 * @return bool Whether $file exists or not.
+	 * @param string $path Path to file or directory.
+	 * @return bool Whether $path exists or not.
 	 */
-	public function exists( $file ) {
-		return file_exists( $this->sftp_path( $file ) );
+	public function exists( $path ) {
+		return file_exists( $this->sftp_path( $path ) );
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -605,10 +605,10 @@ class WP_Filesystem_SSH2 extends WP_Filesystem_Base {
 	 *
 	 * @since 2.7.0
 	 *
-	 * @param string $file Path to file or directory.
-	 * @return bool Whether $file is writable.
+	 * @param string $path Path to file or directory.
+	 * @return bool Whether $path is writable.
 	 */
-	public function is_writable( $file ) {
+	public function is_writable( $path ) {
 		// PHP will base its writable checks on system_user === file_owner, not ssh_user === file_owner.
 		return true;
 	}