diff --git a/contracts/contracts/activities/IValidatorRewarder.sol b/contracts/contracts/activities/IValidatorRewarder.sol
index 96d79e1b4..abd7e83f7 100644
--- a/contracts/contracts/activities/IValidatorRewarder.sol
+++ b/contracts/contracts/activities/IValidatorRewarder.sol
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ import {Consensus} from "./Activity.sol";
 /// @title ValidatorRewarder interface.
 ///
 /// @dev Implement this interface and supply the address of the implementation contract at subnet creation to process
-/// subnet summaries at this level, and disburse rewards to validators based on their block production activity.
+/// consensus activity summaries at this level, and disburse rewards to validators based on their block production
+/// activities inside the subnet.
 ///
 /// This interface will be called by the subnet actor when a validator presents a _valid_ proof of consensus activity,
-/// via the ValidatorRewardFacet#claim
-///
+/// via the ValidatorRewardFacet#claim method.
 interface IValidatorRewarder {
     /// @notice Called by the subnet manager contract to instruct the rewarder to process the subnet summary and
     /// disburse any relevant rewards.
     /// @dev This method should revert if the summary is invalid; this will cause the
-    function disburseRewards(SubnetID calldata id, Consensus.ValidatorData calldata validatedData) external;
+    function notifyValidClaim(SubnetID calldata id, Consensus.ValidatorData calldata validatedData) external;
 }
diff --git a/contracts/contracts/examples/ValidatorRewarderMap.sol b/contracts/contracts/examples/ValidatorRewarderMap.sol
index 8f0ffd7d8..99785d0af 100644
--- a/contracts/contracts/examples/ValidatorRewarderMap.sol
+++ b/contracts/contracts/examples/ValidatorRewarderMap.sol
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ contract ValidatorRewarderMap is IValidatorRewarder, Ownable {
         subnetId = id;
     }
 
-    function disburseRewards(SubnetID calldata id, Consensus.ValidatorData calldata detail) external {
+    function notifyValidClaim(SubnetID calldata id, Consensus.ValidatorData calldata detail) external {
         require(keccak256(abi.encode(id)) == keccak256(abi.encode(subnetId)), "not my subnet");
 
         address actor = id.route[id.route.length - 1];
diff --git a/contracts/contracts/lib/LibActivity.sol b/contracts/contracts/lib/LibActivity.sol
index a71bbb42a..41f9fc815 100644
--- a/contracts/contracts/lib/LibActivity.sol
+++ b/contracts/contracts/lib/LibActivity.sol
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ library LibActivity {
         }
 
         // Notify the validator rewarder of a valid claim.
-        IValidatorRewarder(s.validatorRewarder).disburseRewards(subnet, data);
+        IValidatorRewarder(s.validatorRewarder).notifyValidClaim(subnet, data);
 
         // Prune state for this height if all validators have claimed.
         if (pending.claimed.length() == pending.summary.stats.totalActiveValidators) {