diff --git a/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/dataflow/ExternalFlow.qll b/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/dataflow/ExternalFlow.qll
index c960f39ec77..8b71f140b01 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/dataflow/ExternalFlow.qll
+++ b/cpp/ql/lib/semmle/code/cpp/dataflow/ExternalFlow.qll
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * Provides classes and predicates for dealing with flow models specified
  * in data extension files.
  *
- * The specification has the following columns:
+ * The extensible relations have the following columns:
  * - Sources:
  *   `namespace; type; subtypes; name; signature; ext; output; kind`
  * - Sinks:
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ predicate summaryModel(
 }
 
 /** Provides a query predicate to check the data for validation errors. */
-module CsvValidation {
+module ModelValidation {
   private string getInvalidModelInput() {
     exists(string pred, AccessPath input, string part |
       sinkModel(_, _, _, _, _, _, input, _, _, _) and pred = "sink"
diff --git a/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/external-models/validatemodels.ql b/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/external-models/validatemodels.ql
index a162349b7cd..63e6520c56f 100644
--- a/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/external-models/validatemodels.ql
+++ b/cpp/ql/test/library-tests/dataflow/external-models/validatemodels.ql
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 import cpp
-import semmle.code.cpp.dataflow.ExternalFlow::CsvValidation
+import semmle.code.cpp.dataflow.ExternalFlow::ModelValidation