diff --git a/pkg/registry/core/rest/storage_core.go b/pkg/registry/core/rest/storage_core.go
index 7886ab2ddaf..cdb9af6f4ae 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/core/rest/storage_core.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/core/rest/storage_core.go
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ func (c LegacyRESTStorageProvider) NewLegacyRESTStorage(restOptionsGetter generi
 		serviceIPAllocators[secondaryServiceClusterIPAllocator.IPFamily()] = secondaryServiceClusterIPAllocator
 	}
 
-	serviceRESTStorage, serviceStatusStorage, serviceRESTProxy, err := servicestore.NewGenericREST(
+	serviceRESTStorage, serviceStatusStorage, serviceRESTProxy, err := servicestore.NewREST(
 		restOptionsGetter,
 		serviceClusterIPAllocator.IPFamily(),
 		serviceIPAllocators,
diff --git a/pkg/registry/core/service/storage/rest_test.go b/pkg/registry/core/service/storage/rest_test.go
index e1bdc3e1997..d03271af12c 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/core/service/storage/rest_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/core/service/storage/rest_test.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func NewTestREST(t *testing.T, ipFamilies []api.IPFamily) (*GenericREST, *etcd3t
 		ResourcePrefix: "endpoints",
 	})
 
-	rest, _, _, err := NewGenericREST(restOptions, api.IPv4Protocol, ipAllocators, portAllocator, endpoints, nil, nil)
+	rest, _, _, err := NewREST(restOptions, api.IPv4Protocol, ipAllocators, portAllocator, endpoints, nil, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error from REST storage: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/registry/core/service/storage/storage.go b/pkg/registry/core/service/storage/storage.go
index 0a9353df990..70f718b0dcc 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/core/service/storage/storage.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/core/service/storage/storage.go
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ var (
 	_ rest.Redirector             = &GenericREST{}
 )
 
-// NewGenericREST returns a RESTStorage object that will work against services.
-func NewGenericREST(
+// NewREST returns a RESTStorage object that will work against services.
+func NewREST(
 	optsGetter generic.RESTOptionsGetter,
 	serviceIPFamily api.IPFamily,
 	ipAllocs map[api.IPFamily]ipallocator.Interface,
diff --git a/pkg/registry/core/service/storage/storage_test.go b/pkg/registry/core/service/storage/storage_test.go
index 4040898d9cf..5bf7a2a0de0 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/core/service/storage/storage_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/core/service/storage/storage_test.go
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func newStorageWithPods(t *testing.T, ipFamilies []api.IPFamily, pods []api.Pod,
 		}
 	}
 
-	serviceStorage, statusStorage, _, err := NewGenericREST(restOptions, ipFamilies[0], ipAllocs, portAlloc, endpointsStorage, podStorage.Pod, nil)
+	serviceStorage, statusStorage, _, err := NewREST(restOptions, ipFamilies[0], ipAllocs, portAlloc, endpointsStorage, podStorage.Pod, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error from REST storage: %v", err)
 	}