diff --git a/pkg/apis/batch/validation/validation.go b/pkg/apis/batch/validation/validation.go
index e7be28614db..23650fb7481 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/batch/validation/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/batch/validation/validation.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ var (
 		string(api.ConditionTrue),
 		string(api.ConditionUnknown))
 
-	supportedPodRecreationPolicy = sets.New(
+	supportedPodReplacementPolicy = sets.New(
 		string(batch.Failed),
 		string(batch.TerminatingOrFailed))
 )
@@ -295,9 +295,9 @@ func validatePodReplacementPolicy(spec *batch.JobSpec, fldPath *field.Path) fiel
 			if *spec.PodReplacementPolicy != batch.Failed {
 				allErrs = append(allErrs, field.NotSupported(fldPath, *spec.PodReplacementPolicy, []string{string(batch.Failed)}))
 			}
-			// If PodFailurePolicy not specified we allow values in supportedPodRecreationPolicy.
-		} else if !supportedPodRecreationPolicy.Has(string(*spec.PodReplacementPolicy)) {
-			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.NotSupported(fldPath, *spec.PodReplacementPolicy, sets.List(supportedPodRecreationPolicy)))
+			// If PodFailurePolicy not specified we allow values in supportedPodReplacementPolicy.
+		} else if !supportedPodReplacementPolicy.Has(string(*spec.PodReplacementPolicy)) {
+			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.NotSupported(fldPath, *spec.PodReplacementPolicy, sets.List(supportedPodReplacementPolicy)))
 		}
 	}
 	return allErrs
diff --git a/pkg/controller/job/job_controller.go b/pkg/controller/job/job_controller.go
index ffaa9df2e8e..1572f95a343 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/job/job_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/job/job_controller.go
@@ -1462,7 +1462,7 @@ func (jm *Controller) manageJob(ctx context.Context, job *batch.Job, jobCtx *syn
 
 	var terminating int32 = 0
 	if onlyReplaceFailedPods(jobCtx.job) {
-		// For PodFailurePolicy specified but PodRecreationPolicy disabled
+		// For PodFailurePolicy specified but PodReplacementPolicy disabled
 		// we still need to count terminating pods for replica counts
 		// But we will not allow updates to status.
 		if jobCtx.terminating == nil {
@@ -1870,8 +1870,8 @@ func countReadyPods(pods []*v1.Pod) int32 {
 	return cnt
 }
 
-// This checks if we should apply PodRecreationPolicy.
-// PodRecreationPolicy controls when we recreate pods if they are marked as terminating
+// This checks if we should apply PodReplacementPolicy.
+// PodReplacementPolicy controls when we recreate pods if they are marked as terminating
 // Failed means that we recreate only once the pod has terminated.
 func onlyReplaceFailedPods(job *batch.Job) bool {
 	if feature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.JobPodReplacementPolicy) && *job.Spec.PodReplacementPolicy == batch.Failed {
diff --git a/pkg/controller/job/job_controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/job/job_controller_test.go
index a1d5a63073d..a84ffc7c101 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/job/job_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/job/job_controller_test.go
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ func TestControllerSyncJob(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedActive:         2,
 			expectedCreatedIndexes: sets.New(0, 1),
 		},
-		"indexed job with some pods deleted, podRecreationPolicy Failed": {
+		"indexed job with some pods deleted, podReplacementPolicy Failed": {
 			parallelism:             2,
 			completions:             5,
 			backoffLimit:            6,
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ func TestControllerSyncJob(t *testing.T) {
 			terminatingPods:         1,
 			expectedTerminating:     pointer.Int32(1),
 		},
-		"indexed job with some pods deleted, podRecreationPolicy TerminatingOrFailed": {
+		"indexed job with some pods deleted, podReplacementPolicy TerminatingOrFailed": {
 			parallelism:             2,
 			completions:             5,
 			backoffLimit:            6,