diff --git a/backend/FwLite/MiniLcm/Validators/PartOfSpeechIdValidator.cs b/backend/FwLite/MiniLcm/Validators/IsCanonicalPartOfSpeechGuidValidator.cs
similarity index 68%
rename from backend/FwLite/MiniLcm/Validators/PartOfSpeechIdValidator.cs
rename to backend/FwLite/MiniLcm/Validators/IsCanonicalPartOfSpeechGuidValidator.cs
index b93949641..1ae40a6e0 100644
--- a/backend/FwLite/MiniLcm/Validators/PartOfSpeechIdValidator.cs
+++ b/backend/FwLite/MiniLcm/Validators/IsCanonicalPartOfSpeechGuidValidator.cs
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 namespace MiniLcm.Validators;
 
-public class PartOfSpeechIdValidator : AbstractValidator<Guid?>
+public class IsCanonicalPartOfSpeechGuidValidator : AbstractValidator<Guid?>
 {
-    public PartOfSpeechIdValidator()
+    public IsCanonicalPartOfSpeechGuidValidator()
     {
         RuleFor(id => id).Must(BeCanonicalGuid);
     }
diff --git a/backend/FwLite/MiniLcm/Validators/SenseValidator.cs b/backend/FwLite/MiniLcm/Validators/SenseValidator.cs
index f65d2807a..34e28f713 100644
--- a/backend/FwLite/MiniLcm/Validators/SenseValidator.cs
+++ b/backend/FwLite/MiniLcm/Validators/SenseValidator.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ public SenseValidator()
         RuleFor(s => s.Definition).NoEmptyValues();
         RuleFor(s => s.Gloss).NoEmptyValues();
         // RuleFor(s => s.PartOfSpeech).Empty(); // TODO: Comment out if we're not yet ready to move away from strings
-        // RuleFor(s => s.PartOfSpeechId).SetValidator(new PartOfSpeechIdValidator()); // Can't do this statelessly, as we'd need a full PartOfSpeech object to check if it's predefined or not
+        // RuleFor(s => s.PartOfSpeechId).SetValidator(new IsCanonicalPartOfSpeechGuidValidator()); // Can't do this statelessly, as we'd need a full PartOfSpeech object to check if it's predefined or not
         RuleForEach(s => s.SemanticDomains).SetValidator(new SemanticDomainValidator());
         RuleForEach(s => s.ExampleSentences).SetValidator(sense => new ExampleSentenceValidator(sense));
     }