diff --git a/embed/config_logging_journald_unix.go b/embed/config_logging_journal_unix.go
similarity index 88%
rename from embed/config_logging_journald_unix.go
rename to embed/config_logging_journal_unix.go
index 8e5e2369f..ff9ddd055 100644
--- a/embed/config_logging_journald_unix.go
+++ b/embed/config_logging_journal_unix.go
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ import (
 
 // use stderr as fallback
 func getJournalWriteSyncer() (zapcore.WriteSyncer, error) {
-	jw, err := logutil.NewJournaldWriter(os.Stderr)
+	jw, err := logutil.NewJournalWriter(os.Stderr)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't find journald (%v)", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("can't find journal (%v)", err)
 	}
 	return zapcore.AddSync(jw), nil
 }
diff --git a/embed/config_logging_journald_windows.go b/embed/config_logging_journal_windows.go
similarity index 100%
rename from embed/config_logging_journald_windows.go
rename to embed/config_logging_journal_windows.go
diff --git a/pkg/logutil/zap_journald.go b/pkg/logutil/zap_journal.go
similarity index 89%
rename from pkg/logutil/zap_journald.go
rename to pkg/logutil/zap_journal.go
index a157bebab..b1788bc83 100644
--- a/pkg/logutil/zap_journald.go
+++ b/pkg/logutil/zap_journal.go
@@ -30,16 +30,16 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 )
 
-// NewJournaldWriter wraps "io.Writer" to redirect log output
+// NewJournalWriter wraps "io.Writer" to redirect log output
 // to the local systemd journal. If journald send fails, it fails
 // back to writing to the original writer.
 // The decode overhead is only <30µs per write.
 // Reference: https://github.com/coreos/pkg/blob/master/capnslog/journald_formatter.go
-func NewJournaldWriter(wr io.Writer) (io.Writer, error) {
-	return &journaldWriter{Writer: wr}, systemd.DialJournal()
+func NewJournalWriter(wr io.Writer) (io.Writer, error) {
+	return &journalWriter{Writer: wr}, systemd.DialJournal()
 }
 
-type journaldWriter struct {
+type journalWriter struct {
 	io.Writer
 }
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ type logLine struct {
 	Caller string `json:"caller"`
 }
 
-func (w *journaldWriter) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
+func (w *journalWriter) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
 	line := &logLine{}
 	if err := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(p)).Decode(line); err != nil {
 		return 0, err
diff --git a/pkg/logutil/zap_journald_test.go b/pkg/logutil/zap_journal_test.go
similarity index 90%
rename from pkg/logutil/zap_journald_test.go
rename to pkg/logutil/zap_journal_test.go
index ddcb459eb..29107a5fd 100644
--- a/pkg/logutil/zap_journald_test.go
+++ b/pkg/logutil/zap_journal_test.go
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 )
 
-func TestNewJournaldWriter(t *testing.T) {
+func TestNewJournalWriter(t *testing.T) {
 	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
-	jw, err := NewJournaldWriter(buf)
+	jw, err := NewJournalWriter(buf)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Skip(err)
 	}
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func TestNewJournaldWriter(t *testing.T) {
 	lg := zap.New(cr, zap.AddCaller(), zap.ErrorOutput(syncer))
 	defer lg.Sync()
 
-	lg.Info("TestNewJournaldWriter")
+	lg.Info("TestNewJournalWriter")
 	if buf.String() == "" {
 		// check with "journalctl -f"
 		t.Log("sent logs successfully to journald")