diff --git a/db/hints/internal/hint_storage.cc b/db/hints/internal/hint_storage.cc
index 6bb67aa7b4..6b81500ec7 100644
--- a/db/hints/internal/hint_storage.cc
+++ b/db/hints/internal/hint_storage.cc
@@ -260,16 +260,16 @@ future<> remove_irrelevant_shards_directories(const fs::path& hint_directory) {
 
 } // anonymous namespace
 
-future<> rebalance(fs::path hints_directory) {
+future<> rebalance_hints(fs::path hint_directory) {
     // Scan currently present hint segments.
-    hints_segments_map current_hints_segments = co_await get_current_hints_segments(hints_directory);
+    hints_segments_map current_hints_segments = co_await get_current_hints_segments(hint_directory);
 
     // Move segments to achieve an even distribution of files among all present shards.
-    co_await rebalance_segments(hints_directory, current_hints_segments);
+    co_await rebalance_segments(hint_directory, current_hints_segments);
 
     // Remove the directories of shards that are not present anymore.
     // They should not have any segments by now.
-    co_await remove_irrelevant_shards_directories(hints_directory);
+    co_await remove_irrelevant_shards_directories(hint_directory);
 }
 
 } // namespace internal
diff --git a/db/hints/internal/hint_storage.hh b/db/hints/internal/hint_storage.hh
index fb869b83aa..384a7ba565 100644
--- a/db/hints/internal/hint_storage.hh
+++ b/db/hints/internal/hint_storage.hh
@@ -32,18 +32,19 @@ using hint_entry_reader = commitlog_entry_reader;
 
 /// \brief Rebalance hints segments among all present shards.
 ///
-/// The difference between the number of segments on every two shard will be not greater than 1 after the
-/// rebalancing.
+/// The difference between the number of segments on every two shard will not be
+/// greater than 1 after the rebalancing.
 ///
-/// Removes the sub-directories of \ref hints_directory that correspond to shards that are not relevant any more
-/// (re-sharding to a lower shards number case).
+/// Removes the subdirectories of \ref hint_directory that correspond to shards that
+/// are not relevant anymore (in the case of re-sharding to a lower shard number).
 ///
-/// Complexity: O(N+K), where N is a total number of present hints' segments and
-///                           K = <number of shards during the previous boot> * <number of end points for which hints where ever created>
+/// Complexity: O(N+K), where N is a total number of present hint segments and
+///                           K = <number of shards during the previous boot> * <number of endpoints
+///                                 for which hints where ever created>
 ///
-/// \param hints_directory A hints directory to rebalance
+/// \param hint_directory A hint directory to rebalance
 /// \return A future that resolves when the operation is complete.
-future<> rebalance(std::filesystem::path hints_directory);
+future<> rebalance_hints(std::filesystem::path hint_directory);
 
 } // namespace internal
 } // namespace db::hints
diff --git a/db/hints/manager.cc b/db/hints/manager.cc
index 35c88eff81..1efb5467d8 100644
--- a/db/hints/manager.cc
+++ b/db/hints/manager.cc
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ public:
 
         return with_semaphore(_lock, 1, [this] () {
             manager_logger.debug("Rebalancing hints in {}", _hints_directory);
-            return rebalance(fs::path{_hints_directory}).then([this] {
+            return rebalance_hints(fs::path{_hints_directory}).then([this] {
                 _state = state::rebalanced;
             });
         });