diff --git a/nullaway/src/main/java/com/uber/nullaway/NullAway.java b/nullaway/src/main/java/com/uber/nullaway/NullAway.java
index 24b99a3de8..d4b1c81eb2 100644
--- a/nullaway/src/main/java/com/uber/nullaway/NullAway.java
+++ b/nullaway/src/main/java/com/uber/nullaway/NullAway.java
@@ -1854,8 +1854,7 @@ private Description handleInvocation(
         GenericsChecks.compareGenericTypeParameterNullabilityForCall(
             formalParams, actualParams, varArgsMethod, this, state);
         if (!methodSymbol.getTypeParameters().isEmpty()) {
-          GenericsChecks.checkInstantiationForGenericMethodCalls(
-              tree, state, this, config, handler);
+          GenericsChecks.checkGenericMethodCallTypeArguments(tree, state, this, config, handler);
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/nullaway/src/main/java/com/uber/nullaway/generics/GenericsChecks.java b/nullaway/src/main/java/com/uber/nullaway/generics/GenericsChecks.java
index 7c27edd867..86337f2bd9 100644
--- a/nullaway/src/main/java/com/uber/nullaway/generics/GenericsChecks.java
+++ b/nullaway/src/main/java/com/uber/nullaway/generics/GenericsChecks.java
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ private static boolean[] getTypeParamsWithNullableUpperBound(
   }
 
   /**
-   * Checks instantiated generic arguments of generic method calls. {@code @Nullable} types can only
-   * be used for type variables that have a {@code @Nullable} upper bound.
+   * Checks validity of type arguments at a generic method call. A {@code @Nullable} type argument
+   * can only be used for a type variable that has a {@code @Nullable} upper bound.
    *
    * @param tree the tree representing the instantiated type
    * @param state visitor state
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ private static boolean[] getTypeParamsWithNullableUpperBound(
    * @param config the analysis config
    * @param handler the handler instance
    */
-  public static void checkInstantiationForGenericMethodCalls(
+  public static void checkGenericMethodCallTypeArguments(
       Tree tree, VisitorState state, NullAway analysis, Config config, Handler handler) {
     List<? extends Tree> typeArguments = ((MethodInvocationTree) tree).getTypeArguments();
     if (typeArguments.isEmpty()) {