diff --git a/controllers/nodeupgrade_controller.go b/controllers/nodeupgrade_controller.go
index 61f9de70ec2d..8019c504c571 100644
--- a/controllers/nodeupgrade_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/nodeupgrade_controller.go
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func (r *NodeUpgradeReconciler) reconcile(ctx context.Context, log logr.Logger,
 		if nodeUpgrade.Spec.FirstNodeToBeUpgraded {
 			upgraderPod = upgrader.UpgradeFirstControlPlanePod(node.Name, defaultUpgraderImage, nodeUpgrade.Spec.KubernetesVersion, *nodeUpgrade.Spec.EtcdVersion)
 		} else {
-			upgraderPod = upgrader.UpgradeRestControlPlanePod(node.Name, defaultUpgraderImage)
+			upgraderPod = upgrader.UpgradeSecondaryControlPlanePod(node.Name, defaultUpgraderImage)
 		}
 	} else {
 		upgraderPod = upgrader.UpgradeWorkerPod(node.Name, defaultUpgraderImage)
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ func (r *NodeUpgradeReconciler) updateStatus(ctx context.Context, log logr.Logge
 	}
 
 	conditions.MarkTrue(nodeUpgrade, anywherev1.UpgraderPodCreated)
-	updateContainerConditions(pod, nodeUpgrade)
+	updateComponentsConditions(pod, nodeUpgrade)
 
 	// Always update the readyCondition by summarizing the state of other conditions.
 	conditions.SetSummary(nodeUpgrade,
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ func (r *NodeUpgradeReconciler) updateStatus(ctx context.Context, log logr.Logge
 	return nil
 }
 
-func updateContainerConditions(pod *corev1.Pod, nodeUpgrade *anywherev1.NodeUpgrade) {
+func updateComponentsConditions(pod *corev1.Pod, nodeUpgrade *anywherev1.NodeUpgrade) {
 	containersMap := []struct {
 		name      string
 		condition clusterv1.ConditionType
diff --git a/pkg/nodeupgrader/upgrader.go b/pkg/nodeupgrader/upgrader.go
index 6f8943a0a72f..f5507fbfd66f 100644
--- a/pkg/nodeupgrader/upgrader.go
+++ b/pkg/nodeupgrader/upgrader.go
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ func UpgradeFirstControlPlanePod(nodeName, image, kubernetesVersion, etcdVersion
 	return p
 }
 
-// UpgradeRestControlPlanePod returns an upgrader pod that can be deployed on the remaining control plane nodes.
-func UpgradeRestControlPlanePod(nodeName, image string) *corev1.Pod {
+// UpgradeSecondaryControlPlanePod returns an upgrader pod that can be deployed on the remaining control plane nodes.
+func UpgradeSecondaryControlPlanePod(nodeName, image string) *corev1.Pod {
 	p := upgraderPod(nodeName, image)
 	p.Spec.InitContainers = containersForUpgrade(image, nodeName, "kubeadm_in_rest_cp")
 	return p
diff --git a/pkg/nodeupgrader/upgrader_test.go b/pkg/nodeupgrader/upgrader_test.go
index 5ecdee054088..e35834d3d363 100644
--- a/pkg/nodeupgrader/upgrader_test.go
+++ b/pkg/nodeupgrader/upgrader_test.go
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ func TestUpgradeFirstControlPlanePod(t *testing.T) {
 	test.AssertContentToFile(t, string(data), "testdata/expected_first_control_plane_upgrader_pod.yaml")
 }
 
-func TestUpgradeRestControlPlanePod(t *testing.T) {
+func TestUpgradeSecondaryControlPlanePod(t *testing.T) {
 	g := NewWithT(t)
-	pod := nodeupgrader.UpgradeRestControlPlanePod(nodeName, upgraderImage)
+	pod := nodeupgrader.UpgradeSecondaryControlPlanePod(nodeName, upgraderImage)
 	g.Expect(pod).ToNot(BeNil())
 
 	data, err := yaml.Marshal(pod)