diff --git a/controller/controller.go b/controller/controller.go
index f12786d8..4ec7c4fc 100644
--- a/controller/controller.go
+++ b/controller/controller.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func serviceStatusesHandler(writer http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		var err error
 		buffer := &bytes.Buffer{}
 		gzipWriter := gzip.NewWriter(buffer)
-		data, err = watchdog.GetJSONEncodedServiceStatuses()
+		data, err = watchdog.GetServiceStatusesAsJSON()
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Printf("[main][serviceStatusesHandler] Unable to marshal object to JSON: %s", err.Error())
 			writer.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
diff --git a/watchdog/watchdog.go b/watchdog/watchdog.go
index 091a71e8..408406b8 100644
--- a/watchdog/watchdog.go
+++ b/watchdog/watchdog.go
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ var (
 	monitoringMutex sync.Mutex
 )
 
-// GetJSONEncodedServiceStatuses returns a list of core.ServiceStatus for each services encoded using json.Marshal.
-func GetJSONEncodedServiceStatuses() ([]byte, error) {
+// GetServiceStatusesAsJSON returns a list of core.ServiceStatus for each services encoded using json.Marshal.
+func GetServiceStatusesAsJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	serviceStatuses := store.GetAll()
 	data, err := json.Marshal(serviceStatuses)
 	return data, err