diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/ratelimit/RateLimiter.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/ratelimit/RateLimiter.java
index 9a5644ed..cd85b1d8 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/ratelimit/RateLimiter.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/ratelimit/RateLimiter.java
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.gateway.filter.ratelimit;
  * @author Spencer Gibb
  */
 public interface RateLimiter {
-	Response isAllowed(String id, int replenishRate, int capacity);
+	Response isAllowed(String id, int replenishRate, int burstCapacity);
 
 	class Response {
 		private final boolean allowed;
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/ratelimit/RedisRateLimiter.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/ratelimit/RedisRateLimiter.java
index 03b83949..27bb2b32 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/ratelimit/RedisRateLimiter.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/ratelimit/RedisRateLimiter.java
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ public class RedisRateLimiter implements RateLimiter {
 	 * This uses a basic token bucket algorithm and relies on the fact that Redis scripts execute atomically.
 	 * No other operations can run between fetching the count and writing the new count.
 	 * @param replenishRate
-	 * @param capacity
+	 * @param burstCapacity
 	 * @param id
 	 * @return
 	 */
 	@Override
 	//TODO: signature? params (tuple?). Return type, tokens left?
-	public Response isAllowed(String id, int replenishRate, int capacity) {
+	public Response isAllowed(String id, int replenishRate, int burstCapacity) {
 
 		try {
 			// Make a unique key per user.
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class RedisRateLimiter implements RateLimiter {
 			List<String> keys = Arrays.asList(prefix + ".tokens", prefix + ".timestamp");
 
 			// The arguments to the LUA script. time() returns unixtime in seconds.
-			String[] args = new String[]{ replenishRate+"", capacity+"", Instant.now().getEpochSecond()+"", "1"};
+			String[] args = new String[]{ replenishRate+"", burstCapacity +"", Instant.now().getEpochSecond()+"", "1"};
 			// allowed, tokens_left = redis.eval(SCRIPT, keys, args)
 			List results = this.redisTemplate.execute(this.script, keys, args);
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/ratelimit/RedisRateLimiterTests.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/ratelimit/RedisRateLimiterTests.java
index b3512d67..d58717ba 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/ratelimit/RedisRateLimiterTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/ratelimit/RedisRateLimiterTests.java
@@ -34,26 +34,26 @@ public class RedisRateLimiterTests extends BaseWebClientTests {
 		String id = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
 
 		int replenishRate = 10;
-		int capacity = 2 * replenishRate;
+		int burstCapacity = 2 * replenishRate;
 
 		// Bursts work
-		for (int i = 0; i < capacity; i++) {
-			Response response = rateLimiter.isAllowed(id, replenishRate, capacity);
+		for (int i = 0; i < burstCapacity; i++) {
+			Response response = rateLimiter.isAllowed(id, replenishRate, burstCapacity);
 			assertThat(response.isAllowed()).as("Burst # %s is allowed", i).isTrue();
 		}
 
-		Response response = rateLimiter.isAllowed(id, replenishRate, capacity);
-		assertThat(response.isAllowed()).as("Burst # %s is not allowed", capacity).isFalse();
+		Response response = rateLimiter.isAllowed(id, replenishRate, burstCapacity);
+		assertThat(response.isAllowed()).as("Burst # %s is not allowed", burstCapacity).isFalse();
 
 		Thread.sleep(1000);
 
         // # After the burst is done, check the steady state
 		for (int i = 0; i < replenishRate; i++) {
-			response = rateLimiter.isAllowed(id, replenishRate, capacity);
+			response = rateLimiter.isAllowed(id, replenishRate, burstCapacity);
 			assertThat(response.isAllowed()).as("steady state # %s is allowed", i).isTrue();
 		}
 
-		response = rateLimiter.isAllowed(id, replenishRate, capacity);
+		response = rateLimiter.isAllowed(id, replenishRate, burstCapacity);
 		assertThat(response.isAllowed()).as("steady state # %s is allowed", replenishRate).isFalse();
 	}