diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/DeprecationRestHandler.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/DeprecationRestHandler.java
index cb630ca50365e..80891a97130b6 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/DeprecationRestHandler.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/DeprecationRestHandler.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  * {@code DeprecationRestHandler} provides a proxy for any existing {@link RestHandler} so that usage of the handler can be
  * logged using the {@link DeprecationLogger}.
  */
-public class DeprecationRestHandler extends AbstractDelegatingRestHandler implements RestHandler {
+public class DeprecationRestHandler extends FilteringRestHandler implements RestHandler {
 
     public static final String DEPRECATED_ROUTE_KEY = "deprecated_route";
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/AbstractDelegatingRestHandler.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/FilteringRestHandler.java
similarity index 90%
rename from server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/AbstractDelegatingRestHandler.java
rename to server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/FilteringRestHandler.java
index 769cb6dd97ba8..4407f59f39813 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/AbstractDelegatingRestHandler.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/FilteringRestHandler.java
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-public abstract class AbstractDelegatingRestHandler implements RestHandler {
+public abstract class FilteringRestHandler implements RestHandler {
     private final RestHandler delegate;
 
-    protected AbstractDelegatingRestHandler(RestHandler delegate) {
+    protected FilteringRestHandler(RestHandler delegate) {
         this.delegate = Objects.requireNonNull(delegate);
     }
 
@@ -56,5 +56,4 @@ public boolean supportsContentStream() {
     public boolean mediaTypesValid(RestRequest request) {
         return delegate.mediaTypesValid(request);
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/rest/SecurityRestFilter.java b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/rest/SecurityRestFilter.java
index 1ff1b242a6167..0b792eef86152 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/rest/SecurityRestFilter.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/security/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/security/rest/SecurityRestFilter.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.internal.node.NodeClient;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext;
-import org.elasticsearch.rest.AbstractDelegatingRestHandler;
+import org.elasticsearch.rest.FilteringRestHandler;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestChannel;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestHandler;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestRequest;
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.core.Strings.format;
 
-public class SecurityRestFilter extends AbstractDelegatingRestHandler implements RestHandler {
+public class SecurityRestFilter extends FilteringRestHandler implements RestHandler {
 
     private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(SecurityRestFilter.class);