diff --git a/src/Core/WinSWCore/ServiceDescriptor.cs b/src/Core/WinSWCore/ServiceDescriptor.cs
index e39193f..e2d5bc9 100755
--- a/src/Core/WinSWCore/ServiceDescriptor.cs
+++ b/src/Core/WinSWCore/ServiceDescriptor.cs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ namespace winsw
             {
                 using(var reader = new StreamReader(BasePath + ".xml"))
                 {
-                    dom = ServiceDescriptor.XmlValidation(reader);
+                    dom = ServiceDescriptor.ValidateXMLSchema(reader);
                 }
             }
             catch (XmlException e)
@@ -109,11 +109,11 @@ namespace winsw
         // ReSharper disable once InconsistentNaming
         public static ServiceDescriptor FromXML(string xml)
         {
-            return new ServiceDescriptor(XmlValidation(new StringReader(xml)));
+            return new ServiceDescriptor(ValidateXMLSchema(new StringReader(xml)));
         }
 
 
-        public static XmlDocument XmlValidation(TextReader textReader)
+        public static XmlDocument ValidateXMLSchema(TextReader textReader)
         {
             XmlReaderSettings settings = new XmlReaderSettings();
             Assembly a = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
diff --git a/src/Test/winswTests/ServiceDescriptorTests.cs b/src/Test/winswTests/ServiceDescriptorTests.cs
index 6b88c7d..9ac909e 100644
--- a/src/Test/winswTests/ServiceDescriptorTests.cs
+++ b/src/Test/winswTests/ServiceDescriptorTests.cs
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ $@"<service>
 </id>
 ";
 
-            Assert.That(() => ServiceDescriptor.XmlValidation(new StringReader(seedXml)), Throws.Exception.TypeOf<XmlException>());
+            Assert.That(() => ServiceDescriptor.ValidateXMLSchema(new StringReader(seedXml)), Throws.Exception.TypeOf<XmlException>());
         }
     }
 }