diff --git a/bigchaindb/backend/rethinkdb/query.py b/bigchaindb/backend/rethinkdb/query.py
index 6950d0d1..f0096f93 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/backend/rethinkdb/query.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/backend/rethinkdb/query.py
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ import rethinkdb as r
 
 from bigchaindb import backend, util
 from bigchaindb.common import exceptions
-from bigchaindb.backend.utils import make_module_dispatch_registrar
+from bigchaindb.backend.utils import module_dispatch_registrar
 from bigchaindb.backend.rethinkdb.connection import RethinkDBConnection
 
 
 READ_MODE = 'majority'
 WRITE_DURABILITY = 'hard'
 
-register_query = make_module_dispatch_registrar(backend.query)
+register_query = module_dispatch_registrar(backend.query)
 
 
 @register_query(RethinkDBConnection)
diff --git a/bigchaindb/backend/rethinkdb/schema.py b/bigchaindb/backend/rethinkdb/schema.py
index 97d25161..616ef71d 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/backend/rethinkdb/schema.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/backend/rethinkdb/schema.py
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ import rethinkdb as r
 
 from bigchaindb import backend
 from bigchaindb.common import exceptions
-from bigchaindb.backend.utils import make_module_dispatch_registrar
+from bigchaindb.backend.utils import module_dispatch_registrar
 from bigchaindb.backend.rethinkdb.connection import RethinkDBConnection
 
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-register_schema = make_module_dispatch_registrar(backend.schema)
+register_schema = module_dispatch_registrar(backend.schema)
 
 
 @register_schema(RethinkDBConnection)
diff --git a/bigchaindb/backend/utils.py b/bigchaindb/backend/utils.py
index c30f7b53..23b3e2d9 100644
--- a/bigchaindb/backend/utils.py
+++ b/bigchaindb/backend/utils.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-class BackendModuleDispatchRegisterError(Exception):
+class ModuleDispatchRegistrationError(Exception):
     """Raised when there is a problem registering dispatched functions for a
-    backend module"""
+    module"""
 
 
-def make_module_dispatch_registrar(module):
+def module_dispatch_registrar(module):
     def dispatch_wrapper(obj_type):
         def wrapper(func):
             func_name = func.__name__
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ def make_module_dispatch_registrar(module):
                 dispatch_registrar = getattr(module, func_name)
                 return dispatch_registrar.register(obj_type)(func)
             except AttributeError as ex:
-                raise BackendModuleDispatchRegisterError(
-                    ("'{module}' does not contain a single-dispatchable "
-                     "function named '{func}'. The backend being used has not "
-                     "been implemented correctly!").format(
+                raise ModuleDispatchRegistrationError(
+                    ("`{module}` does not contain a single-dispatchable "
+                     "function named `{func}`. The module being registered "
+                     "was not implemented correctly!").format(
                          func=func_name, module=module.__name__)) from ex
         return wrapper
     return dispatch_wrapper