diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/interceptor/CacheAspectSupport.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/interceptor/CacheAspectSupport.java
index 255c68157c2..c1b7e703903 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/interceptor/CacheAspectSupport.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/interceptor/CacheAspectSupport.java
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ public abstract class CacheAspectSupport implements InitializingBean {
 			if (StringUtils.hasText(this.operation.getKey())) {
 				return evaluator.key(this.operation.getKey(), this.method, this.evalContext);
 			}
-			return keyGenerator.extract(this.target, this.method, this.args);
+			return keyGenerator.generate(this.target, this.method, this.args);
 		}
 
 		protected Collection<Cache> getCaches() {
diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/interceptor/DefaultKeyGenerator.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/interceptor/DefaultKeyGenerator.java
index 7d80b372d9b..55cd2a54a27 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/interceptor/DefaultKeyGenerator.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/interceptor/DefaultKeyGenerator.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class DefaultKeyGenerator implements KeyGenerator {
 	public static final int NO_PARAM_KEY = 0;
 	public static final int NULL_PARAM_KEY = 53;
 
-	public Object extract(Object target, Method method, Object... params) {
+	public Object generate(Object target, Method method, Object... params) {
 		if (params.length == 1) {
 			return (params[0] == null ? NULL_PARAM_KEY : params[0]);
 		}
diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/interceptor/KeyGenerator.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/interceptor/KeyGenerator.java
index 45b65343070..b9009b8cefe 100644
--- a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/interceptor/KeyGenerator.java
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/cache/interceptor/KeyGenerator.java
@@ -19,14 +19,15 @@ package org.springframework.cache.interceptor;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 
 /**
- * Cache 'key' extractor. Used for creating a key based on the given method
+ * Cache key generator. Used for creating a key based on the given method
  * (used as context) and its parameters.
  *
  * @author Costin Leau
+ * @author Chris Beams
  * @since 3.1
  */
 public interface KeyGenerator {
 
-	Object extract(Object target, Method method, Object... params);
+	Object generate(Object target, Method method, Object... params);
 
 }