diff --git a/src/api/public/notes/notes.controller.ts b/src/api/public/notes/notes.controller.ts
index 42d218c13..e7739529b 100644
--- a/src/api/public/notes/notes.controller.ts
+++ b/src/api/public/notes/notes.controller.ts
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ export class NotesController {
       if (!this.permissionsService.mayRead(req.user, note)) {
         throw new UnauthorizedException('Reading note denied!');
       }
-      return await this.noteService.getNoteContentByNote(note);
+      return await this.noteService.getNoteContent(note);
     } catch (e) {
       if (e instanceof NotInDBError) {
         throw new NotFoundException(e.message);
diff --git a/src/notes/notes.service.spec.ts b/src/notes/notes.service.spec.ts
index de77f4593..18a02dba5 100644
--- a/src/notes/notes.service.spec.ts
+++ b/src/notes/notes.service.spec.ts
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ describe('NotesService', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  describe('getNoteContentByNote', () => {
+  describe('getNoteContent', () => {
     it('works', async () => {
       const content = 'testContent';
       jest
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ describe('NotesService', () => {
       const newNote = await service.createNote(content);
       const revisions = await newNote.revisions;
       jest.spyOn(revisionRepo, 'findOne').mockResolvedValueOnce(revisions[0]);
-      service.getNoteContentByNote(newNote).then((result) => {
+      service.getNoteContent(newNote).then((result) => {
         expect(result).toEqual(content);
       });
     });
diff --git a/src/notes/notes.service.ts b/src/notes/notes.service.ts
index aecc99d65..5b99e6f78 100644
--- a/src/notes/notes.service.ts
+++ b/src/notes/notes.service.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export class NotesService {
    * @param {Note} note - the note to use
    * @return {string} the content of the note
    */
-  async getNoteContentByNote(note: Note): Promise<string> {
+  async getNoteContent(note: Note): Promise<string> {
     return (await this.getLatestRevision(note)).content;
   }
 
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ export class NotesService {
    */
   async toNoteDto(note: Note): Promise<NoteDto> {
     return {
-      content: await this.getNoteContentByNote(note),
+      content: await this.getNoteContent(note),
       metadata: await this.toNoteMetadataDto(note),
       editedByAtPosition: [],
     };
diff --git a/test/public-api/notes.e2e-spec.ts b/test/public-api/notes.e2e-spec.ts
index 97aa31705..f201f3d67 100644
--- a/test/public-api/notes.e2e-spec.ts
+++ b/test/public-api/notes.e2e-spec.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ describe('Notes', () => {
       .expect(201);
     expect(response.body.metadata?.id).toBeDefined();
     expect(
-      await notesService.getNoteContentByNote(
+      await notesService.getNoteContent(
         await notesService.getNoteByIdOrAlias(response.body.metadata.id),
       ),
     ).toEqual(content);
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ describe('Notes', () => {
         .expect(201);
       expect(response.body.metadata?.id).toBeDefined();
       return expect(
-        await notesService.getNoteContentByNote(
+        await notesService.getNoteContent(
           await notesService.getNoteByIdOrAlias(response.body.metadata?.id),
         ),
       ).toEqual(content);
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ describe('Notes', () => {
         .send(changedContent)
         .expect(200);
       await expect(
-        await notesService.getNoteContentByNote(
+        await notesService.getNoteContent(
           await notesService.getNoteByIdOrAlias('test4'),
         ),
       ).toEqual(changedContent);