diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/Backend/Worker/Manager.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/Backend/Worker/Manager.pm
index f6763f1e..176ca648 100644
--- a/lib/App/Netdisco/Backend/Worker/Manager.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco/Backend/Worker/Manager.pm
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use Role::Tiny;
 use namespace::clean;
 
 use App::Netdisco::JobQueue
-  qw/jq_locked jq_getsome jq_getsomep jq_lock jq_prime_skiplist/;
+  qw/jq_locked jq_getsome jq_getsomep jq_lock jq_warm_thrusters/;
 
 sub worker_begin {
   my $self = shift;
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ sub worker_begin {
 
   debug "entering Manager ($wid) worker_begin()";
 
-  # rebuild device skip hints
-  jq_prime_skiplist;
+  # job queue initialisation
+  jq_warm_thrusters;
 
   # requeue jobs locally
   debug "mgr ($wid): searching for jobs booked to this processing node";
diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/JobQueue.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/JobQueue.pm
index 1c5a059e..875ec468 100644
--- a/lib/App/Netdisco/JobQueue.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco/JobQueue.pm
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ our @EXPORT_OK = qw/
   jq_getsomep
   jq_locked
   jq_queued
-  jq_prime_skiplist
+  jq_warm_thrusters
   jq_log
   jq_userlog
   jq_lock
@@ -58,11 +58,9 @@ Netdisco job instance interface (see below).
 Returns a list of IP addresses of devices which currently have a job of the
 given C<$job_type> queued (e.g. C<discover>, C<arpnip>, etc).
 
-=head2 jq_prime_skiplist()
+=head2 jq_warm_thrusters()
 
-Sets up a table of hints for the backend daemon manager to help avoid picking
-jobs from the queue that it cannot process due to C<*_no> configuration
-settings.
+Performs initialisation of the Job Queue backend.
 
 =head2 jq_log()
 
diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/JobQueue/PostgreSQL.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/JobQueue/PostgreSQL.pm
index f76dfaee..e83bb79a 100644
--- a/lib/App/Netdisco/JobQueue/PostgreSQL.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco/JobQueue/PostgreSQL.pm
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ our @EXPORT_OK = qw/
   jq_getsomep
   jq_locked
   jq_queued
-  jq_prime_skiplist
+  jq_warm_thrusters
   jq_lock
   jq_defer
   jq_complete
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ sub _get_denied_actions {
   return @badactions;
 }
 
-sub jq_prime_skiplist {
+sub jq_warm_thrusters {
   $fqdn ||= (hostfqdn || 'localhost');
   my @devices = schema('netdisco')->resultset('Device')->all;
   my $rs = schema('netdisco')->resultset('DeviceSkip');