diff --git a/src/app/core/data/request.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/request.service.ts
index 76cf616f7f..44df7918f4 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/request.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/request.service.ts
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ export class RequestService {
   /**
    * Convert request Payload to a URL-encoded string
    *
-   * e.g.  prepareBody({param: value, param1: value1})
+   * e.g.  uriEncodeBody({param: value, param1: value1})
    * returns: param=value&param1=value1
    *
    * @param body
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ export class RequestService {
    * @return string
    *    URL-encoded string
    */
-  public prepareBody(body: any) {
+  public uriEncodeBody(body: any) {
     let queryParams = '';
     if (isNotEmpty(body) && typeof body === 'object') {
       Object.keys(body)
diff --git a/src/app/core/tasks/claimed-task-data.service.spec.ts b/src/app/core/tasks/claimed-task-data.service.spec.ts
index dbd180b1b3..a7be0830ec 100644
--- a/src/app/core/tasks/claimed-task-data.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/tasks/claimed-task-data.service.spec.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ describe('ClaimedTaskDataService', () => {
       };
 
       spyOn(service, 'postToEndpoint');
-      requestService.prepareBody.and.returnValue(body);
+      requestService.uriEncodeBody.and.returnValue(body);
 
       service.approveTask(scopeId);
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ describe('ClaimedTaskDataService', () => {
       };
 
       spyOn(service, 'postToEndpoint');
-      requestService.prepareBody.and.returnValue(body);
+      requestService.uriEncodeBody.and.returnValue(body);
 
       service.rejectTask(reason, scopeId);
 
diff --git a/src/app/core/tasks/claimed-task-data.service.ts b/src/app/core/tasks/claimed-task-data.service.ts
index 52d4f0744f..dda42e1c67 100644
--- a/src/app/core/tasks/claimed-task-data.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/tasks/claimed-task-data.service.ts
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export class ClaimedTaskDataService extends TasksService<ClaimedTask> {
     const body = {
       submit_approve: 'true'
     };
-    return this.postToEndpoint(this.linkPath, this.requestService.prepareBody(body), scopeId, this.makeHttpOptions());
+    return this.postToEndpoint(this.linkPath, this.requestService.uriEncodeBody(body), scopeId, this.makeHttpOptions());
   }
 
   /**
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export class ClaimedTaskDataService extends TasksService<ClaimedTask> {
       submit_reject: 'true',
       reason
     };
-    return this.postToEndpoint(this.linkPath, this.requestService.prepareBody(body), scopeId, this.makeHttpOptions());
+    return this.postToEndpoint(this.linkPath, this.requestService.uriEncodeBody(body), scopeId, this.makeHttpOptions());
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-request.service.ts b/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-request.service.ts
index ae19c00a30..9a320b749c 100644
--- a/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-request.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/shared/mocks/mock-request.service.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export function getMockRequestService(requestEntry$: Observable<RequestEntry> =
     generateRequestId: 'clients/b186e8ce-e99c-4183-bc9a-42b4821bdb78',
     getByHref: requestEntry$,
     getByUUID: requestEntry$,
-    prepareBody: jasmine.createSpy('prepareBody'),
+    uriEncodeBody: jasmine.createSpy('uriEncodeBody'),
     /* tslint:disable:no-empty */
     removeByHrefSubstring: () => {}
     /* tslint:enable:no-empty */