diff --git a/pkg/router/lm/lm.go b/pkg/router/lm/lm.go
index e45e8ed99..349f7bd9a 100644
--- a/pkg/router/lm/lm.go
+++ b/pkg/router/lm/lm.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func (rt *rtr) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 }
 
 func (rt *rtr) RegisterRoute(path string, hosts, methods []string,
-	isWildcard bool, handler http.Handler) error {
+	matchPrefix bool, handler http.Handler) error {
 	pl := len(path)
 	if pl == 0 {
 		return errors.ErrInvalidPath
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (rt *rtr) RegisterRoute(path string, hosts, methods []string,
 			}
 			rt.routes[h] = hrc
 		}
-		if !isWildcard {
+		if !matchPrefix {
 			rl, ok := hrc.ExactMatchRoutes[path]
 			if rl == nil || !ok {
 				rl = make(router.RouteLookup)
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func (rt *rtr) RegisterRoute(path string, hosts, methods []string,
 	return nil
 }
 
-// this sorts the prefix-match paths longest to shorted
+// this sorts the prefix-match paths longest to shortest
 func (rt *rtr) sort() {
 	for _, hrc := range rt.routes {
 		if len(hrc.PrefixMatchRoutes) == 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/router/router.go b/pkg/router/router.go
index 10cd1dca4..627020714 100644
--- a/pkg/router/router.go
+++ b/pkg/router/router.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ type Router interface {
 	// ServeHTTP services the provided HTTP Request and write the Response
 	ServeHTTP(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request)
 	// RegisterRoute registers a handler for the provided path/host/method(s)
-	RegisterRoute(path string, hosts, methods []string, isWildcard bool,
+	RegisterRoute(path string, hosts, methods []string, matchPrefix bool,
 		handler http.Handler) error
 	// Handler returns the handler matching the method/host/path in the Request
 	Handler(*http.Request) http.Handler