diff --git a/src/parse.py b/src/parse.py
index 283d4dc..64d21b6 100644
--- a/src/parse.py
+++ b/src/parse.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 
 # Removes whitespace tokens
-def remove_whitespace(tokens):
+def strip_whitespace(tokens):
     output = []
     for t in tokens:
         if t.type not in [tokenize.TokenType.SPACE, tokenize.TokenType.NEWLINE]:
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@
 
 # Parses tokens
 def parse(tokens):
-    stripped = remove_whitespace(tokens)
+    stripped = strip_whitespace(tokens)
     return stripped
diff --git a/tests/test_parse.py b/tests/test_parse.py
index 5982c36..83046d7 100644
--- a/tests/test_parse.py
+++ b/tests/test_parse.py
@@ -23,21 +23,21 @@
     return (input, tokens)
 
 
-# Tests is remove_whitespace works correctly
+# Tests strip_whitespace works correctly
 # We expect the following behaviour:
 # - No tokens are modified
 # - Tokens of type SPACE or NEWLINE are removed from the output
 @given(draw_tokens_whitespace())
-def test_parse_remove_whitespace(test_data):
+def test_parse_strip_whitespace(test_data):
     (input, tokens) = test_data
-    assert parse.remove_whitespace(input) == tokens
+    assert parse.strip_whitespace(input) == tokens
 
 
 # Tests the parser wrapper works correctly
 # We expect the following behaviour:
-# - Whitespace tokens are removed
+# - Whitespace tokens are stripped
 @given(lists(test_tokenize.draw_token_random()))
 def test_parse_fuzz(tokens):
-    stripped = parse.remove_whitespace(tokens)
+    stripped = parse.strip_whitespace(tokens)
     parsed = parse.parse(tokens)
     assert stripped == parsed