diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-ctk/cdi/generate/generate.go b/cmd/nvidia-ctk/cdi/generate/generate.go
index 0b0de708..23bd17c9 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-ctk/cdi/generate/generate.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-ctk/cdi/generate/generate.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func (m command) validateFlags(r *cli.Context, cfg *config) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid output format: %v", cfg.format)
 	}
 
-	_, err := NewDeviceNamer(cfg.deviceNameStrategy)
+	_, err := newDeviceNamer(cfg.deviceNameStrategy)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func (m command) validateFlags(r *cli.Context, cfg *config) error {
 }
 
 func (m command) run(c *cli.Context, cfg *config) error {
-	deviceNamer, err := NewDeviceNamer(cfg.deviceNameStrategy)
+	deviceNamer, err := newDeviceNamer(cfg.deviceNameStrategy)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create device namer: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-ctk/cdi/generate/namer.go b/cmd/nvidia-ctk/cdi/generate/namer.go
index 63131ca9..06e90ea4 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-ctk/cdi/generate/namer.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-ctk/cdi/generate/namer.go
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ type deviceNameIndex struct {
 }
 type deviceNameUUID struct{}
 
-// NewDeviceNamer creates a Device Namer based on the supplied strategy.
+// newDeviceNamer creates a Device Namer based on the supplied strategy.
 // This namer can be used to construct the names for MIG and GPU devices when generating the CDI spec.
-func NewDeviceNamer(strategy string) (deviceNamer, error) {
+func newDeviceNamer(strategy string) (deviceNamer, error) {
 	switch strategy {
 	case deviceNameStrategyIndex:
 		return deviceNameIndex{}, nil