diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RequestLogger.java b/client/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RequestLogger.java
index c08e0c69941..7268a449981 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RequestLogger.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RequestLogger.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ final class RequestLogger {
     /**
      * Logs a request that yielded a response
      */
-    static void log(Log logger, String message, HttpUriRequest request, HttpHost host, HttpResponse httpResponse) {
+    static void logResponse(Log logger, String message, HttpUriRequest request, HttpHost host, HttpResponse httpResponse) {
         if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
             logger.debug(message + " [" + request.getMethod() + " " + host + request.getRequestLine().getUri() +
                     "] [" + httpResponse.getStatusLine() + "]");
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ final class RequestLogger {
     /**
      * Logs a request that failed
      */
-    static void log(Log logger, String message, HttpUriRequest request, HttpHost host, IOException e) {
+    static void logFailedRequest(Log logger, String message, HttpUriRequest request, HttpHost host, IOException e) {
         logger.debug(message + " [" + request.getMethod() + " " + host + request.getRequestLine().getUri() + "]", e);
         if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
             String traceRequest;
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RestClient.java b/client/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RestClient.java
index b871e2e1346..b2bd6030681 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RestClient.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/client/RestClient.java
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ public final class RestClient implements Closeable {
             try {
                 httpResponse = client.execute(host, request);
             } catch(IOException e) {
-                RequestLogger.log(logger, "request failed", request, host, e);
+                RequestLogger.logFailedRequest(logger, "request failed", request, host, e);
                 onFailure(host);
                 lastSeenException = addSuppressedException(lastSeenException, e);
                 continue;
@@ -168,11 +168,11 @@ public final class RestClient implements Closeable {
             Response response = new Response(request.getRequestLine(), host, httpResponse);
             int statusCode = response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode();
             if (statusCode < 300 || (request.getMethod().equals(HttpHead.METHOD_NAME) && statusCode == 404) ) {
-                RequestLogger.log(logger, "request succeeded", request, host, httpResponse);
+                RequestLogger.logResponse(logger, "request succeeded", request, host, httpResponse);
                 onSuccess(host);
                 return response;
             }
-            RequestLogger.log(logger, "request failed", request, host, httpResponse);
+            RequestLogger.logResponse(logger, "request failed", request, host, httpResponse);
             String responseBody;
             try {
                 if (response.getEntity() == null) {