diff --git a/controllers/rate_limiting_wasmplugin_controller.go b/controllers/rate_limiting_wasmplugin_controller.go
index c3d87ed19..2e6b2c7be 100644
--- a/controllers/rate_limiting_wasmplugin_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/rate_limiting_wasmplugin_controller.go
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func (r *RateLimitingWASMPluginReconciler) wasmPluginConfig(ctx context.Context,
 
 	for _, policy := range rateLimitPolicies {
 		rlp := policy.(*kuadrantv1beta2.RateLimitPolicy)
-		wasmRLP, err := r.WASMRateLimitPolicy(ctx, t, rlp, gw)
+		wasmRLP, err := r.wasmRateLimitPolicy(ctx, t, rlp, gw)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ func (r *RateLimitingWASMPluginReconciler) topologyIndexesFromGateway(ctx contex
 	return kuadrantgatewayapi.NewTopologyIndexes(t), nil
 }
 
-func (r *RateLimitingWASMPluginReconciler) WASMRateLimitPolicy(ctx context.Context, t *kuadrantgatewayapi.TopologyIndexes, rlp *kuadrantv1beta2.RateLimitPolicy, gw *gatewayapiv1.Gateway) (*wasm.RateLimitPolicy, error) {
-	route, err := r.RouteFromRLP(ctx, t, rlp, gw)
+func (r *RateLimitingWASMPluginReconciler) wasmRateLimitPolicy(ctx context.Context, t *kuadrantgatewayapi.TopologyIndexes, rlp *kuadrantv1beta2.RateLimitPolicy, gw *gatewayapiv1.Gateway) (*wasm.RateLimitPolicy, error) {
+	route, err := r.routeFromRLP(ctx, t, rlp, gw)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ func (r *RateLimitingWASMPluginReconciler) WASMRateLimitPolicy(ctx context.Conte
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func (r *RateLimitingWASMPluginReconciler) RouteFromRLP(ctx context.Context, t *kuadrantgatewayapi.TopologyIndexes, rlp *kuadrantv1beta2.RateLimitPolicy, gw *gatewayapiv1.Gateway) (*gatewayapiv1.HTTPRoute, error) {
+func (r *RateLimitingWASMPluginReconciler) routeFromRLP(ctx context.Context, t *kuadrantgatewayapi.TopologyIndexes, rlp *kuadrantv1beta2.RateLimitPolicy, gw *gatewayapiv1.Gateway) (*gatewayapiv1.HTTPRoute, error) {
 	logger, err := logr.FromContext(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ func (r *RateLimitingWASMPluginReconciler) RouteFromRLP(ctx context.Context, t *
 }
 
 // addHTTPRouteByGatewayIndexer declares an index key that we can later use with the client as a pseudo-field name,
-// allowing to query all the routes parenting a given gateway
+// allowing to query all the routes parented by a given gateway
 // to prevent creating the same index field multiple times, the function is declared private to be
 // called only by this controller
 func addHTTPRouteByGatewayIndexer(mgr ctrl.Manager, baseLogger logr.Logger) error {
diff --git a/controllers/rate_limiting_wasmplugin_controller_test.go b/controllers/rate_limiting_wasmplugin_controller_test.go
index 1ceeffd5e..e0500d9a5 100644
--- a/controllers/rate_limiting_wasmplugin_controller_test.go
+++ b/controllers/rate_limiting_wasmplugin_controller_test.go
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Rate Limiting WasmPlugin controller", func() {
 			Expect(wasmRLP.Service).To(Equal(common.KuadrantRateLimitClusterName))
 		})
 
-		It("Simple RLP targeting Gateway parenting one HTTPRoute creates wasmplugin", func() {
+		It("Simple RLP targeting Gateway parented by one HTTPRoute creates wasmplugin", func() {
 			// create httproute
 			httpRoute := testBuildBasicHttpRoute(routeName, gwName, testNamespace, []string{"*.example.com"})
 			err := k8sClient.Create(context.Background(), httpRoute)
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Rate Limiting WasmPlugin controller", func() {
 			})
 
 			// Check wasm plugin for gateway B does not exist
-			// There is not RLP targeting Gateway B or any route parenting Gateway B
+			// There is not RLP targeting Gateway B or any route parented by Gateway B
 			// it may take some reconciliation loops to get to that, so checking it with eventually
 			Eventually(func() bool {
 				wasmPluginKey := client.ObjectKey{Name: rlptools.WASMPluginName(gwB), Namespace: testNamespace}