diff --git a/pkg/api/client.go b/pkg/api/client.go
index 757dce79..47791905 100644
--- a/pkg/api/client.go
+++ b/pkg/api/client.go
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ type ImageClient interface {
 type MachineClient interface {
 	InspectMachine(ctx context.Context, id string) (*pb.MachineMember, error)
 	ListMachines(ctx context.Context, filter *MachineFilter) (MachineMembersList, error)
+	UpdateMachine(ctx context.Context, req *pb.UpdateMachineRequest) (*pb.MachineInfo, error)
+	RenameMachine(ctx context.Context, nameOrID, newName string) (*pb.MachineInfo, error)
 }
 
 type ServiceClient interface {
diff --git a/pkg/client/client.go b/pkg/client/client.go
index d712d17a..ca805bae 100644
--- a/pkg/client/client.go
+++ b/pkg/client/client.go
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ type Client struct {
 	connector Connector
 	conn      *grpc.ClientConn
 
+	// TODO: refactor to not embed MachineClient and instead expose only required methods.
+	//  Methods such as Reset or Inspect are ambiguous in the context of a machine+cluster client.
 	pb.MachineClient
 	pb.ClusterClient
 	// Docker is a namespaced client for the Docker service to distinguish Uncloud-specific service container operations