diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index da522a3..7012af6 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Loop over all issues and check if they are correct / valid
 	for _, issueFromUser := range issues {
-		err := checkIfIssue(issueFromUser, jiraClient)
+		err := checkIfIssueExists(issueFromUser, jiraClient)
 		if err != nil {
 			logger.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ func getIssuesOutOfMessage(projects []string, message string) []string {
 	return issues
 }
 
-// checkIfIssue checks if issue exists in the JIRA instance.
+// checkIfIssueExists checks if issue exists in the JIRA instance.
 // If not an error will be returned.
-func checkIfIssue(issue string, jiraClient *jira.Client) error {
+func checkIfIssueExists(issue string, jiraClient *jira.Client) error {
 	JIRAIssue, resp, err := jiraClient.Issue.Get(issue, nil)
 	if c := resp.StatusCode; err != nil || (c < 200 || c > 299) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("JIRA Request for issue %s returned %s (%d)", issue, resp.Status, resp.StatusCode)
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index 2666c3b..e629222 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func teardown() {
 	server.Close()
 }
 
-func TestGetJIRAClient_IssueNotExists(t *testing.T) {
+func TestGetJIRAClient_IssueDoesNotExist(t *testing.T) {
 	setup()
 	defer teardown()
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func TestGetJIRAClient_IssueNotExists(t *testing.T) {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
 	})
 
-	err = checkIfIssue("WEB-1234", c)
+	err = checkIfIssueExists("WEB-1234", c)
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Error("No error occuered. Expected a 404")
 	}