diff --git a/core/frontend/meta/description.js b/core/frontend/meta/description.js
index 82cbdd9fe9..b684dafcdf 100644
--- a/core/frontend/meta/description.js
+++ b/core/frontend/meta/description.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const settingsCache = require('../../shared/settings-cache');
-const getExcerpt = require('./generate-excerpt');
+const generateExcerpt = require('./generate-excerpt');
 
 function getDescription(data, root, options = {}) {
     const context = root ? root.context : null;
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function getDescription(data, root, options = {}) {
             description = data.post[`${options.property}_description`]
                 || data.post.custom_excerpt
                 || data.post.meta_description
-                || getExcerpt(data.post.html || '', {words: 50})
+                || generateExcerpt(data.post.html || '', {words: 50})
                 || settingsCache.get('description')
                 || '';
         } else {
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ function getDescription(data, root, options = {}) {
             description = data.post[`${options.property}_description`]
                 || data.post.custom_excerpt
                 || data.post.meta_description
-                || getExcerpt(data.post.html || '', {words: 50})
+                || generateExcerpt(data.post.html || '', {words: 50})
                 || settingsCache.get('description')
                 || '';
         } else {
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ function getDescription(data, root, options = {}) {
             description = data.page[`${options.property}_description`]
                 || data.page.custom_excerpt
                 || data.page.meta_description
-                || getExcerpt(data.page.html || '', {words: 50})
+                || generateExcerpt(data.page.html || '', {words: 50})
                 || settingsCache.get('description')
                 || '';
         } else {
diff --git a/core/frontend/meta/generate-excerpt.js b/core/frontend/meta/generate-excerpt.js
index 32fef0a916..df3f040eed 100644
--- a/core/frontend/meta/generate-excerpt.js
+++ b/core/frontend/meta/generate-excerpt.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const downsize = require('downsize');
 
-function getExcerpt(html, truncateOptions) {
+function generateExcerpt(html, truncateOptions) {
     truncateOptions = truncateOptions || {};
     // Strip inline and bottom footnotes
     let excerpt = html.replace(/<a href="#fn.*?rel="footnote">.*?<\/a>/gi, '');
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ function getExcerpt(html, truncateOptions) {
     return downsize(excerpt, truncateOptions);
 }
 
-module.exports = getExcerpt;
+module.exports = generateExcerpt;
diff --git a/test/unit/meta/generate-excerpt_spec.js b/test/unit/meta/generate-excerpt_spec.js
index f1f26be21e..2655ebbb62 100644
--- a/test/unit/meta/generate-excerpt_spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/meta/generate-excerpt_spec.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const should = require('should');
-const getExcerpt = require('../../../core/frontend/meta/generate-excerpt');
+const generateExcerpt = require('../../../core/frontend/meta/generate-excerpt');
 
-describe('getExcerpt', function () {
+describe('generateExcerpt', function () {
     it('should return html excerpt with no html', function () {
         const html = '<p>There are <br />10<br> types<br/> of people in <img src="a">the world:' +
                 '<img src=b alt="c"> those who <img src="@" onclick="javascript:alert(\'hello\');">' +
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ describe('getExcerpt', function () {
         const expected = 'There are 10  types of people in the world: those who understand trinary,  those who ' +
             'don\'t and those>> who mistake it &lt;for&gt; binary.';
 
-        getExcerpt(html, {}).should.equal(expected);
+        generateExcerpt(html, {}).should.equal(expected);
     });
 
     it('should return html excerpt strips multiple inline footnotes', function () {
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe('getExcerpt', function () {
 
         const expected = 'Testing, my footnotes. And stuff. Footnotewith a link right after.';
 
-        getExcerpt(html, {}).should.equal(expected);
+        generateExcerpt(html, {}).should.equal(expected);
     });
 
     it('should return html excerpt striping inline and bottom footnotes', function () {
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ describe('getExcerpt', function () {
 
         const expected = 'Testing a very short post with a single footnote.';
 
-        getExcerpt(html, {}).should.equal(expected);
+        generateExcerpt(html, {}).should.equal(expected);
     });
 
     it('should return html excerpt truncated by word', function () {
         const html = '<p>Hello <strong>World! It\'s me!</strong></p>';
         const expected = 'Hello World!';
 
-        getExcerpt(html, {words: '2'}).should.equal(expected);
+        generateExcerpt(html, {words: '2'}).should.equal(expected);
     });
 
     it('should return html excerpt truncated by words with non-ascii characters',
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ describe('getExcerpt', function () {
             const html = '<p>Едквюэ опортэат <strong>праэчынт ючю но, квуй эю</strong></p>';
             const expected = 'Едквюэ опортэат';
 
-            getExcerpt(html, {words: '2'}).should.equal(expected);
+            generateExcerpt(html, {words: '2'}).should.equal(expected);
         });
 
     it('should return html excerpt truncated by character',
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ describe('getExcerpt', function () {
             const html = '<p>Hello <strong>World! It\'s me!</strong></p>';
             const expected = 'Hello Wo';
 
-            getExcerpt(html, {characters: '8'}).should.equal(expected);
+            generateExcerpt(html, {characters: '8'}).should.equal(expected);
         });
 
     it('should fall back to 50 words if not specified',
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ describe('getExcerpt', function () {
             const expected = 'There are 10  types of people in the world: those who understand trinary,  those who ' +
                 'don\'t and those>> who mistake it &lt;for&gt; binary.';
 
-            getExcerpt(html).should.equal(expected);
+            generateExcerpt(html).should.equal(expected);
         });
 
     it('should truncate plain text for custom excerpts',
@@ -85,6 +85,6 @@ describe('getExcerpt', function () {
                        'your story and make a nice summary for your readers. It\s only allowed to truncate anything ' +
                        'after 300 characters. This give';
 
-            getExcerpt(html, {characters: '300'}).should.equal(expected);
+            generateExcerpt(html, {characters: '300'}).should.equal(expected);
         });
 });