diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AnnotatedJoinColumn.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AnnotatedJoinColumn.java
index ac5fd1d236..b516090675 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AnnotatedJoinColumn.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AnnotatedJoinColumn.java
@@ -205,9 +205,9 @@ public class AnnotatedJoinColumn extends AnnotatedColumn {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Build JoinColumn for a JOINED hierarchy
+	 * Called for {@link jakarta.persistence.InheritanceType#JOINED} entities.
 	 */
-	public static AnnotatedJoinColumn buildJoinColumn(
+	public static AnnotatedJoinColumn buildInheritanceJoinColumn(
 			PrimaryKeyJoinColumn primaryKeyJoinColumn,
 			JoinColumn joinColumn,
 			Value identifier,
@@ -216,11 +216,11 @@ public class AnnotatedJoinColumn extends AnnotatedColumn {
 		final String defaultColumnName = context.getMetadataCollector()
 				.getLogicalColumnName( identifier.getTable(),  identifier.getColumns().get(0).getQuotedName() );
 		return primaryKeyJoinColumn != null || joinColumn != null
-				? explicitJoinColumn( primaryKeyJoinColumn, joinColumn, parent, context, defaultColumnName )
-				: implicitJoinColumn( parent, context, defaultColumnName );
+				? buildExplicitInheritanceJoinColumn( primaryKeyJoinColumn, joinColumn, parent, context, defaultColumnName )
+				: buildImplicitInheritanceJoinColumn( parent, context, defaultColumnName );
 	}
 
-	private static AnnotatedJoinColumn explicitJoinColumn(
+	private static AnnotatedJoinColumn buildExplicitInheritanceJoinColumn(
 			PrimaryKeyJoinColumn primaryKeyJoinColumn,
 			JoinColumn joinColumn,
 			AnnotatedJoinColumns parent,
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ public class AnnotatedJoinColumn extends AnnotatedColumn {
 		return column;
 	}
 
-	private static AnnotatedJoinColumn implicitJoinColumn(
+	private static AnnotatedJoinColumn buildImplicitInheritanceJoinColumn(
 			AnnotatedJoinColumns parent,
 			MetadataBuildingContext context,
 			String defaultColumnName ) {
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AnnotatedJoinColumns.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AnnotatedJoinColumns.java
index 0e14863eb8..25ad64ff43 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AnnotatedJoinColumns.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/AnnotatedJoinColumns.java
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ public class AnnotatedJoinColumns extends AnnotatedColumns {
         return parent;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Called for join tables in {@link jakarta.persistence.ManyToMany} associations.
+     */
     public static AnnotatedJoinColumns buildJoinTableJoinColumns(
             JoinColumn[] joinColumns,
             Map<String, Join> secondaryTables,
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/annotations/EntityBinder.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/annotations/EntityBinder.java
index 31d7e42fb8..df2d20d146 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/annotations/EntityBinder.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/cfg/annotations/EntityBinder.java
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ import org.hibernate.persister.entity.EntityPersister;
 import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
 
 import static org.hibernate.cfg.AnnotatedDiscriminatorColumn.buildDiscriminatorColumn;
-import static org.hibernate.cfg.AnnotatedJoinColumn.buildJoinColumn;
+import static org.hibernate.cfg.AnnotatedJoinColumn.buildInheritanceJoinColumn;
 import static org.hibernate.cfg.BinderHelper.getMappedSuperclassOrNull;
 import static org.hibernate.cfg.BinderHelper.getOverridableAnnotation;
 import static org.hibernate.cfg.BinderHelper.hasToOneAnnotation;
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ public class EntityBinder {
 			final PrimaryKeyJoinColumn[] columns = primaryKeyJoinColumns.value();
 			if ( columns.length > 0 ) {
 				for ( PrimaryKeyJoinColumn column : columns ) {
-					buildJoinColumn(
+					buildInheritanceJoinColumn(
 							column,
 							null,
 							superEntity.getIdentifier(),
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ public class EntityBinder {
 				}
 			}
 			else {
-				buildJoinColumn(
+				buildInheritanceJoinColumn(
 						clazzToProcess.getAnnotation( PrimaryKeyJoinColumn.class ),
 						null,
 						superEntity.getIdentifier(),
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ public class EntityBinder {
 			}
 		}
 		else {
-			buildJoinColumn(
+			buildInheritanceJoinColumn(
 					clazzToProcess.getAnnotation( PrimaryKeyJoinColumn.class ),
 					null,
 					superEntity.getIdentifier(),
@@ -1689,7 +1689,7 @@ public class EntityBinder {
 		joinColumns.setBuildingContext( context );
 		joinColumns.setJoins( secondaryTables );
 		joinColumns.setPropertyHolder( propertyHolder );
-		buildJoinColumn(
+		buildInheritanceJoinColumn(
 				null,
 				null,
 				persistentClass.getIdentifier(),
@@ -1715,7 +1715,7 @@ public class EntityBinder {
 			for ( int colIndex = 0; colIndex < joinColumnCount; colIndex++ ) {
 				final PrimaryKeyJoinColumn primaryKeyJoinColumn = primaryKeyJoinColumns != null ? primaryKeyJoinColumns[colIndex] : null;
 				final JoinColumn joinColumn = joinColumns != null ? joinColumns[colIndex] : null;
-				buildJoinColumn(
+				buildInheritanceJoinColumn(
 						primaryKeyJoinColumn,
 						joinColumn,
 						persistentClass.getIdentifier(),