diff --git a/README_maintainers.md b/README_maintainers.md
index a2f1b56c58..a497c2594d 100644
--- a/README_maintainers.md
+++ b/README_maintainers.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ errors.
 
     LOG_TOPIC("2dead", ....)
 
-To ensure that the ids are unique we run the script `./utils/generateLogIds.py`
+To ensure that the ids are unique we run the script `./utils/checkLogIds.py`
 during CI runs. The script will fail with a non-zero status if id collisions
 are found. You can use `openssl rand -hex 3 | sed 's/.//;s/\(.*\)/"\1"/'` or
 anything that suits you to generate a **5 hex digit log** id.
diff --git a/utils/generateLogIds.py b/utils/checkLogIds.py
similarity index 100%
rename from utils/generateLogIds.py
rename to utils/checkLogIds.py