diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/search/AbstractSearchAsyncActionTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/search/AbstractSearchAsyncActionTests.java
index 62e55381cea22..3af7af114e96d 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/search/AbstractSearchAsyncActionTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/search/AbstractSearchAsyncActionTests.java
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ private AbstractSearchAsyncAction<SearchPhaseResult> createAction(
         ActionListener<SearchResponse> listener,
         final boolean controlled,
         final boolean failExecutePhaseOnShard,
-        final boolean catchExceptionInExecutePhaseOnShard,
+        final boolean catchExceptionWhenExecutePhaseOnShard,
         final AtomicLong expected,
         final SearchShardIterator... shards
     ) {
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ protected void executePhaseOnShard(
                 if (failExecutePhaseOnShard) {
                     listener.onFailure(new ShardNotFoundException(shardIt.shardId()));
                 } else {
-                    if (catchExceptionInExecutePhaseOnShard) {
+                    if (catchExceptionWhenExecutePhaseOnShard) {
                         try {
                             listener.onResponse(new QuerySearchResult());
                         } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ public void onFailure(Exception e) {
         assertThat(searchResponse.getSuccessfulShards(), equalTo(shards.length));
     }
 
-    private void innerTestExecutePhaseOnShardFailure(boolean catchExceptionInExecutePhaseOnShard) throws InterruptedException {
+    private void innerTestExecutePhaseOnShardFailure(boolean catchExceptionWhenExecutePhaseOnShard) throws InterruptedException {
         final Index index = new Index("test", UUID.randomUUID().toString());
 
         final SearchShardIterator[] shards = IntStream.range(0, 2 + randomInt(3))
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ public void onFailure(Exception e) {
             },
             false,
             false,
-            catchExceptionInExecutePhaseOnShard,
+            catchExceptionWhenExecutePhaseOnShard,
             new AtomicLong(),
             shards
         );