diff --git a/js/modules/types/contact.js b/js/modules/types/contact.js
index 437dc30c3d61..3c484dbf59ca 100644
--- a/js/modules/types/contact.js
+++ b/js/modules/types/contact.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const DEFAULT_EMAIL_TYPE = SignalService.DataMessage.Contact.Email.Type.HOME;
 const DEFAULT_ADDRESS_TYPE =
   SignalService.DataMessage.Contact.PostalAddress.Type.HOME;
 
-exports.parseAndWriteContactAvatar = upgradeAttachment => async (
+exports.parseAndWriteAvatar = upgradeAttachment => async (
   contact,
   context = {}
 ) => {
@@ -24,19 +24,19 @@ exports.parseAndWriteContactAvatar = upgradeAttachment => async (
       : omit(contact, ['avatar']);
 
   // eliminates empty numbers, emails, and addresses; adds type if not provided
-  const contactWithCleanedElements = parseContact(contactWithUpdatedAvatar);
+  const parsedContact = parseContact(contactWithUpdatedAvatar);
 
-  const error = exports._validateContact(contactWithCleanedElements, {
+  const error = exports._validate(parsedContact, {
     messageId: idForLogging(message),
   });
   if (error) {
     console.log(
-      'Contact.parseAndWriteContactAvatar: contact was malformed.',
+      'Contact.parseAndWriteAvatar: contact was malformed.',
       toLogFormat(error)
     );
   }
 
-  return contactWithCleanedElements;
+  return parsedContact;
 };
 
 function parseContact(contact) {
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ function parseContact(contact) {
     {},
     omit(contact, ['avatar', 'number', 'email', 'address']),
     parseAvatar(contact.avatar),
-    createArrayKey('number', compact(map(contact.number, cleanPhoneItem))),
-    createArrayKey('email', compact(map(contact.email, cleanEmailItem))),
-    createArrayKey('address', compact(map(contact.address, cleanAddress)))
+    createArrayKey('number', compact(map(contact.number, parsePhoneItem))),
+    createArrayKey('email', compact(map(contact.email, parseEmailItem))),
+    createArrayKey('address', compact(map(contact.address, parseAddress)))
   );
 }
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ function idForLogging(message) {
   return `${message.source}.${message.sourceDevice} ${message.sent_at}`;
 }
 
-exports._validateContact = (contact, options = {}) => {
+exports._validate = (contact, options = {}) => {
   const { messageId } = options;
   const { name, number, email, address, organization } = contact;
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ exports._validateContact = (contact, options = {}) => {
   return null;
 };
 
-function cleanPhoneItem(item) {
+function parsePhoneItem(item) {
   if (!item.value) {
     return null;
   }
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ function cleanPhoneItem(item) {
   });
 }
 
-function cleanEmailItem(item) {
+function parseEmailItem(item) {
   if (!item.value) {
     return null;
   }
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ function cleanEmailItem(item) {
   });
 }
 
-function cleanAddress(address) {
+function parseAddress(address) {
   if (!address) {
     return null;
   }
diff --git a/js/modules/types/message.js b/js/modules/types/message.js
index 437a2537931f..f2d8288cbca0 100644
--- a/js/modules/types/message.js
+++ b/js/modules/types/message.js
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ const toVersion5 = exports._withSchemaVersion(5, initializeAttachmentMetadata);
 const toVersion6 = exports._withSchemaVersion(
   6,
   exports._mapContact(
-    Contact.parseAndWriteContactAvatar(Attachment.migrateDataToFileSystem)
+    Contact.parseAndWriteAvatar(Attachment.migrateDataToFileSystem)
   )
 );
 
diff --git a/test/modules/types/contact_test.js b/test/modules/types/contact_test.js
index 7451abb8f8ed..5d20274ce22e 100644
--- a/test/modules/types/contact_test.js
+++ b/test/modules/types/contact_test.js
@@ -9,14 +9,12 @@ const {
 describe('Contact', () => {
   const NUMBER = '+12025550099';
 
-  describe('parseAndWriteContactAvatar', () => {
+  describe('parseAndWriteAvatar', () => {
     it('handles message with no avatar in contact', async () => {
       const upgradeAttachment = sinon
         .stub()
         .throws(new Error("Shouldn't be called"));
-      const upgradeVersion = Contact.parseAndWriteContactAvatar(
-        upgradeAttachment
-      );
+      const upgradeVersion = Contact.parseAndWriteAvatar(upgradeAttachment);
 
       const message = {
         body: 'hey there!',
@@ -42,9 +40,7 @@ describe('Contact', () => {
       const upgradeAttachment = sinon
         .stub()
         .throws(new Error("Shouldn't be called"));
-      const upgradeVersion = Contact.parseAndWriteContactAvatar(
-        upgradeAttachment
-      );
+      const upgradeVersion = Contact.parseAndWriteAvatar(upgradeAttachment);
 
       const message = {
         body: 'hey there!',
@@ -86,9 +82,7 @@ describe('Contact', () => {
           path: 'abc/abcdefg',
         };
       };
-      const upgradeVersion = Contact.parseAndWriteContactAvatar(
-        upgradeAttachment
-      );
+      const upgradeVersion = Contact.parseAndWriteAvatar(upgradeAttachment);
 
       const message = {
         body: 'hey there!',
@@ -164,9 +158,7 @@ describe('Contact', () => {
       const upgradeAttachment = sinon
         .stub()
         .throws(new Error("Shouldn't be called"));
-      const upgradeVersion = Contact.parseAndWriteContactAvatar(
-        upgradeAttachment
-      );
+      const upgradeVersion = Contact.parseAndWriteAvatar(upgradeAttachment);
 
       const message = {
         body: 'hey there!',
@@ -207,9 +199,7 @@ describe('Contact', () => {
       const upgradeAttachment = sinon
         .stub()
         .throws(new Error("Shouldn't be called"));
-      const upgradeVersion = Contact.parseAndWriteContactAvatar(
-        upgradeAttachment
-      );
+      const upgradeVersion = Contact.parseAndWriteAvatar(upgradeAttachment);
 
       const message = {
         body: 'hey there!',
@@ -250,9 +240,7 @@ describe('Contact', () => {
       const upgradeAttachment = sinon
         .stub()
         .throws(new Error("Shouldn't be called"));
-      const upgradeVersion = Contact.parseAndWriteContactAvatar(
-        upgradeAttachment
-      );
+      const upgradeVersion = Contact.parseAndWriteAvatar(upgradeAttachment);
 
       const message = {
         body: 'hey there!',
@@ -290,9 +278,7 @@ describe('Contact', () => {
       const upgradeAttachment = sinon
         .stub()
         .throws(new Error("Shouldn't be called"));
-      const upgradeVersion = Contact.parseAndWriteContactAvatar(
-        upgradeAttachment
-      );
+      const upgradeVersion = Contact.parseAndWriteAvatar(upgradeAttachment);
 
       const message = {
         contact: [
@@ -312,7 +298,7 @@ describe('Contact', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('_validateContact', () => {
+  describe('_validate', () => {
     it('returns error if contact has no name.displayName or organization', () => {
       const messageId = 'the-message-id';
       const contact = {
@@ -329,7 +315,7 @@ describe('Contact', () => {
       const expected =
         "Message the-message-id: Contact had neither 'displayName' nor 'organization'";
 
-      const result = Contact._validateContact(contact, { messageId });
+      const result = Contact._validate(contact, { messageId });
       assert.deepEqual(result.message, expected);
     });
 
@@ -345,7 +331,7 @@ describe('Contact', () => {
       const expected =
         'Message the-message-id: Contact had no included numbers, email or addresses';
 
-      const result = Contact._validateContact(contact, { messageId });
+      const result = Contact._validate(contact, { messageId });
       assert.deepEqual(result.message, expected);
     });
   });