diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/common/types.ts b/x-pack/plugins/maps/common/types.ts
index 404697ee77f693..806eac597ac57b 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/common/types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/common/types.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
-export interface CreateIndexSourceResp {
+export interface CreateDocSourceResp {
   success: boolean;
   error?: Error;
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/server/create_index_source.ts b/x-pack/plugins/maps/server/create_doc_source.ts
similarity index 93%
rename from x-pack/plugins/maps/server/create_index_source.ts
rename to x-pack/plugins/maps/server/create_doc_source.ts
index 385dcf2b56edbd..641a2acf42384e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/server/create_index_source.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/server/create_doc_source.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import { ElasticsearchClient, IScopedClusterClient } from 'kibana/server';
 import {
   INDEX_META_DATA_CREATED_BY,
-  CreateIndexSourceResp,
+  CreateDocSourceResp,
   IndexSourceMappings,
   BodySettings,
 } from '../common';
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ const DEFAULT_MAPPINGS = {
   },
 };
 
-export async function createIndexSource(
+export async function createDocSource(
   index: string,
   mappings: IndexSourceMappings,
   { asCurrentUser }: IScopedClusterClient,
   indexPatternsService: IndexPatternsService
-): Promise<CreateIndexSourceResp> {
+): Promise<CreateDocSourceResp> {
   try {
     await createIndex(index, mappings, asCurrentUser);
     await indexPatternsService.createAndSave(
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/maps/server/routes.js b/x-pack/plugins/maps/server/routes.js
index 34f694e420af34..d4c0652fa535c3 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/maps/server/routes.js
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/maps/server/routes.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import { schema } from '@kbn/config-schema';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
 import { initMVTRoutes } from './mvt/mvt_routes';
-import { createIndexSource } from './create_index_source';
+import { createDocSource } from './create_doc_source';
 
 const EMPTY_EMS_CLIENT = {
   async getFileLayers() {
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ export async function initRoutes(
           context.core.savedObjects.client,
           context.core.elasticsearch.client.asCurrentUser
         );
-        const result = await createIndexSource(
+        const result = await createDocSource(
           index,
           mappings,
           context.core.elasticsearch.client,
diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/maps/create_index_and_pattern.js b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/maps/create_doc_source.js
similarity index 95%
rename from x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/maps/create_index_and_pattern.js
rename to x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/maps/create_doc_source.js
index 792d1fe29d79bb..759862de4a0985 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/maps/create_index_and_pattern.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/maps/create_doc_source.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import expect from '@kbn/expect';
 export default function ({ getService }) {
   const supertest = getService('supertest');
 
-  describe('index and pattern creation', () => {
+  describe('doc source creation', () => {
     it('should create an index and pattern', async () => {
       const resp = await supertest
         .post(`/api/maps/docSource`)
diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/maps/index.js b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/maps/index.js
index 11b91b5d3c4b8a..898c3d56ecc2fc 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/maps/index.js
+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/apis/maps/index.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export default function ({ loadTestFile, getService }) {
     });
 
     describe('', () => {
-      loadTestFile(require.resolve('./create_index_and_pattern'));
+      loadTestFile(require.resolve('./create_doc_source'));
       loadTestFile(require.resolve('./fonts_api'));
       loadTestFile(require.resolve('./index_settings'));
       loadTestFile(require.resolve('./migrations'));