diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/filetypeid/FileTypeIdIngestModule.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/filetypeid/FileTypeIdIngestModule.java
index c3c6bbcb5b..9713efd899 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/filetypeid/FileTypeIdIngestModule.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/filetypeid/FileTypeIdIngestModule.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class FileTypeIdIngestModule implements FileIngestModule {
     private long jobId;
     private static final HashMap<Long, IngestJobTotals> totalsForIngestJobs = new HashMap<>();
     private static final IngestModuleReferenceCounter refCounter = new IngestModuleReferenceCounter();
-    private final UserDefinedFileTypeIdentifier userDefinedFileTypeIdentifier;
+    private final UserDefinedFileTypeDetector userDefinedFileTypeIdentifier;
     private final TikaFileTypeDetector tikaDetector = new TikaFileTypeDetector();
 
     /**
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public class FileTypeIdIngestModule implements FileIngestModule {
      */
     FileTypeIdIngestModule(FileTypeIdModuleSettings settings) {
         this.settings = settings;
-        userDefinedFileTypeIdentifier = new UserDefinedFileTypeIdentifier();
+        userDefinedFileTypeIdentifier = new UserDefinedFileTypeDetector();
         try {
             userDefinedFileTypeIdentifier.loadFileTypes();
         } catch (UserDefinedFileTypesManager.UserDefinedFileTypesException ex) {
diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/filetypeid/UserDefinedFileTypeIdentifier.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/filetypeid/UserDefinedFileTypeDetector.java
similarity index 89%
rename from Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/filetypeid/UserDefinedFileTypeIdentifier.java
rename to Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/filetypeid/UserDefinedFileTypeDetector.java
index f756785585..bdbeaa3b72 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/filetypeid/UserDefinedFileTypeIdentifier.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/modules/filetypeid/UserDefinedFileTypeDetector.java
@@ -23,17 +23,17 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import org.sleuthkit.datamodel.AbstractFile;
 
 /**
- * Does file type identification for user-defined file types.
+ * Does file type detection for user-defined file types.
  */
-final class UserDefinedFileTypeIdentifier {
+final class UserDefinedFileTypeDetector {
 
     private Map<String, FileType> fileTypes;
 
     /**
-     * Creates an object that can do file type identification for user-defined
+     * Creates an object that can do file type detection for user-defined
      * file types.
      */
-    UserDefinedFileTypeIdentifier() {
+    UserDefinedFileTypeDetector() {
         fileTypes = new HashMap<>();
     }