diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/intentions/PyAnnotateVariableTypeIntention.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/intentions/PyAnnotateVariableTypeIntention.java
index 507e1e3a1e67..90fe303da4be 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/intentions/PyAnnotateVariableTypeIntention.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/intentions/PyAnnotateVariableTypeIntention.java
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ public class PyAnnotateVariableTypeIntention extends PyBaseIntentionAction {
     if (isInstanceAttribute(target, context)) {
       final List<PyTargetExpression> classLevelAttrs = findClassLevelDefinitions(target, context);
       if (classLevelAttrs.isEmpty()) {
-        PyTypeHintGenerationUtil.insertAttributeAnnotation(target, annotationText, true);
+        PyTypeHintGenerationUtil.insertStandaloneAttributeAnnotation(target, annotationText, true);
       }
       else {
         PyTypeHintGenerationUtil.insertVariableAnnotation(classLevelAttrs.get(0), annotationText, true);
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ public class PyAnnotateVariableTypeIntention extends PyBaseIntentionAction {
     if (isInstanceAttribute(target, context)) {
       final List<PyTargetExpression> classLevelAttrs = findClassLevelDefinitions(target, context);
       if (classLevelAttrs.isEmpty()) {
-        PyTypeHintGenerationUtil.insertAttributeTypeComment(target, annotationText, true, typeRanges);
+        PyTypeHintGenerationUtil.insertStandaloneAttributeTypeComment(target, annotationText, true, typeRanges);
       }
       else {
         // Use existing class level definition (say, assignment of the default value) for annotation
diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/intentions/PyTypeHintGenerationUtil.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/intentions/PyTypeHintGenerationUtil.java
index 412fc5a4d202..0c25c5077c34 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/intentions/PyTypeHintGenerationUtil.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/intentions/PyTypeHintGenerationUtil.java
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ public class PyTypeHintGenerationUtil {
 
   private PyTypeHintGenerationUtil() {}
 
-  public static void insertAttributeTypeComment(@NotNull PyTargetExpression target,
-                                                @NotNull String annotation,
-                                                boolean startTemplate,
-                                                @NotNull List<TextRange> typeRanges) {
+  public static void insertStandaloneAttributeTypeComment(@NotNull PyTargetExpression target,
+                                                          @NotNull String annotation,
+                                                          boolean startTemplate,
+                                                          @NotNull List<TextRange> typeRanges) {
 
     final PyClass pyClass = target.getContainingClass();
     if (pyClass == null) {
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ public class PyTypeHintGenerationUtil {
     }
   }
 
-  public static void insertAttributeAnnotation(@NotNull PyTargetExpression target, @NotNull String annotation, boolean startTemplate) {
+  public static void insertStandaloneAttributeAnnotation(@NotNull PyTargetExpression target,
+                                                         @NotNull String annotation,
+                                                         boolean startTemplate) {
     final LanguageLevel langLevel = LanguageLevel.forElement(target);
     if (langLevel.isOlderThan(LanguageLevel.PYTHON36)) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("Target '" + target.getText() + "' doesn't belong to Python 3.6+ project: " + langLevel);