diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/config.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/config.go
index 9fc59c32833..6ce9d29e14b 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/config.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/config.go
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ func getDefaultInitConfigBytes(kind string) ([]byte, error) {
 }
 
 func getDefaultNodeConfigBytes() ([]byte, error) {
-	internalcfg, err := configutil.NodeConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternalConfig("", &kubeadmapiv1beta1.JoinConfiguration{
+	internalcfg, err := configutil.JoinConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternalConfig("", &kubeadmapiv1beta1.JoinConfiguration{
 		Token:                                  sillyToken.Token.String(),
 		DiscoveryTokenAPIServers:               []string{"kube-apiserver:6443"},
 		DiscoveryTokenUnsafeSkipCAVerification: true, // TODO: DiscoveryTokenUnsafeSkipCAVerification: true needs to be set for validation to pass, but shouldn't be recommended as the default
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/join.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/join.go
index e24d11b1ed5..03233588e50 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/join.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/join.go
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ func NewJoin(cfgPath string, args []string, defaultcfg *kubeadmapiv1beta1.JoinCo
 		glog.V(1).Infoln("[join] found advertiseAddress empty; using default interface's IP address as advertiseAddress")
 	}
 
-	internalcfg, err := configutil.NodeConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternalConfig(cfgPath, defaultcfg)
+	internalcfg, err := configutil.JoinConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternalConfig(cfgPath, defaultcfg)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/preflight.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/preflight.go
index d1710e8e933..662499b8e33 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/preflight.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/cmd/phases/preflight.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func NewCmdPreFlightNode(cfgPath *string, ignorePreflightErrors *[]string) *cobr
 			cfg := &kubeadmapiv1beta1.JoinConfiguration{}
 			kubeadmscheme.Scheme.Default(cfg)
 
-			internalcfg, err := configutil.NodeConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternalConfig(*cfgPath, cfg)
+			internalcfg, err := configutil.JoinConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternalConfig(*cfgPath, cfg)
 			kubeadmutil.CheckErr(err)
 			err = configutil.VerifyAPIServerBindAddress(internalcfg.APIEndpoint.AdvertiseAddress)
 			kubeadmutil.CheckErr(err)
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/BUILD b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/BUILD
index 80e26e8f47a..b16d3636c0c 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/BUILD
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/BUILD
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ go_library(
     srcs = [
         "cluster.go",
         "common.go",
-        "masterconfig.go",
-        "nodeconfig.go",
+        "initconfiguration.go",
+        "joinconfiguration.go",
     ],
     importpath = "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config",
     deps = [
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ go_test(
     srcs = [
         "cluster_test.go",
         "common_test.go",
-        "masterconfig_test.go",
-        "nodeconfig_test.go",
+        "initconfiguration_test.go",
+        "joinconfiguration_test.go",
     ],
     data = glob(["testdata/**"]),
     embed = [":go_default_library"],
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/common.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/common.go
index 63a5ab57778..fd9cdc954d2 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/common.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/common.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func AnyConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternal(cfgPath string) (runtime.Object, error)
 		return ConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternalConfig(cfgPath, &kubeadmapiv1beta1.InitConfiguration{})
 	}
 	if kubeadmutil.GroupVersionKindsHasJoinConfiguration(gvks...) {
-		return NodeConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternalConfig(cfgPath, &kubeadmapiv1beta1.JoinConfiguration{})
+		return JoinConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternalConfig(cfgPath, &kubeadmapiv1beta1.JoinConfiguration{})
 	}
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("didn't recognize types with GroupVersionKind: %v", gvks)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/masterconfig.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/initconfiguration.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/masterconfig.go
rename to cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/initconfiguration.go
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/masterconfig_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/initconfiguration_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/masterconfig_test.go
rename to cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/initconfiguration_test.go
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/nodeconfig.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/joinconfiguration.go
similarity index 96%
rename from cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/nodeconfig.go
rename to cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/joinconfiguration.go
index f10cf6fea64..b4b414d06a6 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/nodeconfig.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/joinconfiguration.go
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ func SetJoinDynamicDefaults(cfg *kubeadmapi.JoinConfiguration) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// NodeConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternalConfig
-func NodeConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternalConfig(cfgPath string, defaultversionedcfg *kubeadmapiv1beta1.JoinConfiguration) (*kubeadmapi.JoinConfiguration, error) {
+// JoinConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternalConfig
+func JoinConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternalConfig(cfgPath string, defaultversionedcfg *kubeadmapiv1beta1.JoinConfiguration) (*kubeadmapi.JoinConfiguration, error) {
 	internalcfg := &kubeadmapi.JoinConfiguration{}
 
 	if cfgPath != "" {
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/nodeconfig_test.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/joinconfiguration_test.go
similarity index 93%
rename from cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/nodeconfig_test.go
rename to cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/joinconfiguration_test.go
index 065a294785a..5ce23dbff37 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/nodeconfig_test.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/util/config/joinconfiguration_test.go
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ const (
 	node_invalidYAML    = "testdata/validation/invalid_nodecfg.yaml"
 )
 
-func TestNodeConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternalConfig(t *testing.T) {
+func TestJoinConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternalConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	var tests = []struct {
 		name, in, out string
 		groupVersion  schema.GroupVersion
 		expectedErr   bool
 	}{
-		// These tests are reading one file, loading it using NodeConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternalConfig that all of kubeadm is using for unmarshal of our API types,
+		// These tests are reading one file, loading it using JoinConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternalConfig that all of kubeadm is using for unmarshal of our API types,
 		// and then marshals the internal object to the expected groupVersion
 		{ // v1alpha3 -> internal
 			name:         "v1alpha3ToInternal",
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func TestNodeConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternalConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			out:          node_v1beta1YAML,
 			groupVersion: kubeadmapiv1beta1.SchemeGroupVersion,
 		},
-		// These tests are reading one file that has only a subset of the fields populated, loading it using NodeConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternalConfig,
+		// These tests are reading one file that has only a subset of the fields populated, loading it using JoinConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternalConfig,
 		// and then marshals the internal object to the expected groupVersion
 		{ // v1beta1 -> default -> validate -> internal -> v1beta1
 			name:         "incompleteYAMLToDefaultedv1beta1",
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func TestNodeConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternalConfig(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, rt := range tests {
 		t.Run(rt.name, func(t2 *testing.T) {
 
-			internalcfg, err := NodeConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternalConfig(rt.in, &kubeadmapiv1beta1.JoinConfiguration{})
+			internalcfg, err := JoinConfigFileAndDefaultsToInternalConfig(rt.in, &kubeadmapiv1beta1.JoinConfiguration{})
 			if err != nil {
 				if rt.expectedErr {
 					return