diff --git a/sdk/trace/id_generator.go b/sdk/trace/id_generator.go
index 6cfefdc7453..3919175442d 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/id_generator.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/id_generator.go
@@ -23,21 +23,21 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 )
 
-// IDGenerator allows custom generators for TraceId and SpanId.
+// IDGenerator allows custom generators for TraceID and SpanID.
 type IDGenerator interface {
 	NewTraceID() trace.TraceID
 	NewSpanID() trace.SpanID
 }
 
-type defaultIDGenerator struct {
+type randomIDGenerator struct {
 	sync.Mutex
 	randSource *rand.Rand
 }
 
-var _ IDGenerator = &defaultIDGenerator{}
+var _ IDGenerator = &randomIDGenerator{}
 
 // NewSpanID returns a non-zero span ID from a randomly-chosen sequence.
-func (gen *defaultIDGenerator) NewSpanID() trace.SpanID {
+func (gen *randomIDGenerator) NewSpanID() trace.SpanID {
 	gen.Lock()
 	defer gen.Unlock()
 	sid := trace.SpanID{}
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (gen *defaultIDGenerator) NewSpanID() trace.SpanID {
 
 // NewTraceID returns a non-zero trace ID from a randomly-chosen sequence.
 // mu should be held while this function is called.
-func (gen *defaultIDGenerator) NewTraceID() trace.TraceID {
+func (gen *randomIDGenerator) NewTraceID() trace.TraceID {
 	gen.Lock()
 	defer gen.Unlock()
 	tid := trace.TraceID{}
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ func (gen *defaultIDGenerator) NewTraceID() trace.TraceID {
 	return tid
 }
 
-func defIDGenerator() IDGenerator {
-	gen := &defaultIDGenerator{}
+func defaultIDGenerator() IDGenerator {
+	gen := &randomIDGenerator{}
 	var rngSeed int64
 	_ = binary.Read(crand.Reader, binary.LittleEndian, &rngSeed)
 	gen.randSource = rand.New(rand.NewSource(rngSeed))
diff --git a/sdk/trace/provider.go b/sdk/trace/provider.go
index 2906e0888ba..4c6e6e2ecf0 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/provider.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/provider.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func NewTracerProvider(opts ...TracerProviderOption) *TracerProvider {
 	}
 	tp.config.Store(&Config{
 		DefaultSampler:       ParentBased(AlwaysSample()),
-		IDGenerator:          defIDGenerator(),
+		IDGenerator:          defaultIDGenerator(),
 		MaxAttributesPerSpan: DefaultMaxAttributesPerSpan,
 		MaxEventsPerSpan:     DefaultMaxEventsPerSpan,
 		MaxLinksPerSpan:      DefaultMaxLinksPerSpan,
diff --git a/sdk/trace/sampling_test.go b/sdk/trace/sampling_test.go
index 3c998773327..47ba8d89b02 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/sampling_test.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/sampling_test.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func TestTraceIdRatioSamplesInclusively(t *testing.T) {
 		numSamplers = 1000
 		numTraces   = 100
 	)
-	idg := defIDGenerator()
+	idg := defaultIDGenerator()
 
 	for i := 0; i < numSamplers; i++ {
 		ratioLo, ratioHi := rand.Float64(), rand.Float64()
diff --git a/sdk/trace/trace_test.go b/sdk/trace/trace_test.go
index da9e46ae323..63aeedc7fd5 100644
--- a/sdk/trace/trace_test.go
+++ b/sdk/trace/trace_test.go
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func TestRecordingIsOn(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestSampling(t *testing.T) {
-	idg := defIDGenerator()
+	idg := defaultIDGenerator()
 	const total = 10000
 	for name, tc := range map[string]struct {
 		sampler       Sampler