diff --git a/plugins/github/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/api/requests/GithubPullRequestMergeRebaseRequest.java b/plugins/github/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/api/requests/GithubPullRequestMergeRebaseRequest.java
index bc3623bcc609..9fe842bd17c2 100644
--- a/plugins/github/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/api/requests/GithubPullRequestMergeRebaseRequest.java
+++ b/plugins/github/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/api/requests/GithubPullRequestMergeRebaseRequest.java
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ import org.jetbrains.plugins.github.api.data.GithubPullRequestMergeMethod;
 @SuppressWarnings({"FieldCanBeLocal", "UnusedDeclaration"})
 public class GithubPullRequestMergeRebaseRequest {
   @NotNull private final String sha;
-  @NotNull private final GithubPullRequestMergeMethod method;
+  @NotNull private final GithubPullRequestMergeMethod mergeMethod;
 
   public GithubPullRequestMergeRebaseRequest(@NotNull String sha) {
     this.sha = sha;
-    this.method = GithubPullRequestMergeMethod.rebase;
+    this.mergeMethod = GithubPullRequestMergeMethod.rebase;
   }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/github/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/api/requests/GithubPullRequestMergeRequest.java b/plugins/github/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/api/requests/GithubPullRequestMergeRequest.java
index 831fd13112e5..c80109d33d7d 100644
--- a/plugins/github/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/api/requests/GithubPullRequestMergeRequest.java
+++ b/plugins/github/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/github/api/requests/GithubPullRequestMergeRequest.java
@@ -9,19 +9,19 @@ public class GithubPullRequestMergeRequest {
   @NotNull private final String commitTitle;
   @NotNull private final String commitMessage;
   @NotNull private final String sha;
-  @NotNull private final GithubPullRequestMergeMethod method;
+  @NotNull private final GithubPullRequestMergeMethod mergeMethod;
 
   public GithubPullRequestMergeRequest(@NotNull String commitTitle,
                                        @NotNull String commitMessage,
                                        @NotNull String sha,
-                                       @NotNull GithubPullRequestMergeMethod method) {
-    if (method != GithubPullRequestMergeMethod.merge && method != GithubPullRequestMergeMethod.squash) {
+                                       @NotNull GithubPullRequestMergeMethod mergeMethod) {
+    if (mergeMethod != GithubPullRequestMergeMethod.merge && mergeMethod != GithubPullRequestMergeMethod.squash) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid merge method");
     }
 
     this.commitTitle = commitTitle;
     this.commitMessage = commitMessage;
     this.sha = sha;
-    this.method = method;
+    this.mergeMethod = mergeMethod;
   }
 }