diff --git a/java/google/registry/monitoring/metrics/StackdriverWriter.java b/java/google/registry/monitoring/metrics/StackdriverWriter.java
index 3bfa615d2..6c45ca3ca 100644
--- a/java/google/registry/monitoring/metrics/StackdriverWriter.java
+++ b/java/google/registry/monitoring/metrics/StackdriverWriter.java
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public class StackdriverWriter implements MetricWriter {
   private final RateLimiter rateLimiter;
 
   /**
-   * Constructs a StackdriverWriter.
+   * Constructs a {@link StackdriverWriter}.
    *
    * <p>The monitoringClient must have read and write permissions to the Cloud Monitoring API v3 on
    * the provided project.
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public class StackdriverWriter implements MetricWriter {
   @Inject
   public StackdriverWriter(
       Monitoring monitoringClient,
-      String project,
+      @Named("stackdriverGcpProject") String project,
       MonitoredResource monitoredResource,
       @Named("stackdriverMaxQps") int maxQps,
       @Named("stackdriverMaxPointsPerRequest") int maxPointsPerRequest) {
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public class StackdriverWriter implements MetricWriter {
   }
 
   @VisibleForTesting
-  static ImmutableList<LabelDescriptor> createLabelDescriptors(
+  static ImmutableList<LabelDescriptor> encodeLabelDescriptors(
       ImmutableSet<google.registry.monitoring.metrics.LabelDescriptor> labelDescriptors) {
     List<LabelDescriptor> stackDriverLabelDescriptors = new ArrayList<>(labelDescriptors.size());
 
@@ -164,14 +164,14 @@ public class StackdriverWriter implements MetricWriter {
   }
 
   @VisibleForTesting
-  static <V> MetricDescriptor createMetricDescriptor(
+  static <V> MetricDescriptor encodeMetricDescriptor(
       google.registry.monitoring.metrics.Metric<V> metric) {
     return new MetricDescriptor()
         .setType(METRIC_DOMAIN + metric.getMetricSchema().name())
         .setDescription(metric.getMetricSchema().description())
         .setDisplayName(metric.getMetricSchema().valueDisplayName())
         .setValueType(ENCODED_METRIC_TYPES.get(metric.getValueClass()))
-        .setLabels(createLabelDescriptors(metric.getMetricSchema().labels()))
+        .setLabels(encodeLabelDescriptors(metric.getMetricSchema().labels()))
         .setMetricKind(ENCODED_METRIC_KINDS.get(metric.getMetricSchema().kind().name()));
   }
 
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ public class StackdriverWriter implements MetricWriter {
       return registeredDescriptors.get(metric);
     }
 
-    MetricDescriptor descriptor = createMetricDescriptor(metric);
+    MetricDescriptor descriptor = encodeMetricDescriptor(metric);
 
     rateLimiter.acquire();
     // We try to create a descriptor, but it may have been created already, so we re-fetch it on
diff --git a/javatests/google/registry/monitoring/metrics/StackdriverWriterTest.java b/javatests/google/registry/monitoring/metrics/StackdriverWriterTest.java
index 16b9654c2..6c88c4447 100644
--- a/javatests/google/registry/monitoring/metrics/StackdriverWriterTest.java
+++ b/javatests/google/registry/monitoring/metrics/StackdriverWriterTest.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class StackdriverWriterTest {
             "desc",
             "vdn",
             ImmutableSet.of(LabelDescriptor.create("label", "description")));
-    descriptor = StackdriverWriter.createMetricDescriptor(metric);
+    descriptor = StackdriverWriter.encodeMetricDescriptor(metric);
     when(client.projects()).thenReturn(projects);
     when(projects.metricDescriptors()).thenReturn(metricDescriptors);
     when(projects.timeSeries()).thenReturn(timeSeries);
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ public class StackdriverWriterTest {
             client
                 .projects()
                 .metricDescriptors()
-                .create(PROJECT, StackdriverWriter.createMetricDescriptor(metric)))
+                .create(PROJECT, StackdriverWriter.encodeMetricDescriptor(metric)))
         .execute();
   }
 
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ public class StackdriverWriterTest {
             client
                 .projects()
                 .metricDescriptors()
-                .create(PROJECT, StackdriverWriter.createMetricDescriptor(metric)))
+                .create(PROJECT, StackdriverWriter.encodeMetricDescriptor(metric)))
         .execute();
   }
 
@@ -272,8 +272,8 @@ public class StackdriverWriterTest {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void createMetricDescriptor_simpleMetric_encodes() {
-    MetricDescriptor descriptor = StackdriverWriter.createMetricDescriptor(metric);
+  public void encodeMetricDescriptor_simpleMetric_encodes() {
+    MetricDescriptor descriptor = StackdriverWriter.encodeMetricDescriptor(metric);
 
     assertThat(descriptor.getType()).isEqualTo("custom.googleapis.com/name");
     assertThat(descriptor.getValueType()).isEqualTo("INT64");
@@ -288,14 +288,14 @@ public class StackdriverWriterTest {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void createLabelDescriptors_simpleLabels_encodes() {
+  public void encodeLabelDescriptors_simpleLabels_encodes() {
     ImmutableSet<LabelDescriptor> descriptors =
         ImmutableSet.of(
             LabelDescriptor.create("label1", "description1"),
             LabelDescriptor.create("label2", "description2"));
 
     ImmutableList<com.google.api.services.monitoring.v3.model.LabelDescriptor> encodedDescritors =
-        StackdriverWriter.createLabelDescriptors(descriptors);
+        StackdriverWriter.encodeLabelDescriptors(descriptors);
 
     assertThat(encodedDescritors)
         .containsExactly(
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ public class StackdriverWriterTest {
             ImmutableSet.of(LabelDescriptor.create("label", "description")),
             Long.class);
     when(metricDescriptorCreate.execute())
-        .thenReturn(StackdriverWriter.createMetricDescriptor(metric));
+        .thenReturn(StackdriverWriter.encodeMetricDescriptor(metric));
     MetricPoint<Long> nativePoint =
         MetricPoint.create(
             metric, ImmutableList.of("foo"), new Instant(1337), new Instant(1337), 10L);
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ public class StackdriverWriterTest {
             "vdn",
             ImmutableSet.of(LabelDescriptor.create("label", "description")),
             Boolean.class);
-    MetricDescriptor boolDescriptor = StackdriverWriter.createMetricDescriptor(boolMetric);
+    MetricDescriptor boolDescriptor = StackdriverWriter.encodeMetricDescriptor(boolMetric);
     when(metricDescriptorCreate.execute()).thenReturn(boolDescriptor);
     MetricPoint<Boolean> nativePoint =
         MetricPoint.create(boolMetric, ImmutableList.of("foo"), new Instant(1337), true);
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ public class StackdriverWriterTest {
             "vdn",
             ImmutableSet.of(LabelDescriptor.create("label", "description")),
             Distribution.class);
-    MetricDescriptor descriptor = StackdriverWriter.createMetricDescriptor(metric);
+    MetricDescriptor descriptor = StackdriverWriter.encodeMetricDescriptor(metric);
     when(metricDescriptorCreate.execute()).thenReturn(descriptor);
     MutableDistribution distribution =
         new MutableDistribution(CustomFitter.create(ImmutableSet.of(5.0)));
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ public class StackdriverWriterTest {
             "vdn",
             ImmutableSet.of(LabelDescriptor.create("label", "description")),
             Distribution.class);
-    MetricDescriptor descriptor = StackdriverWriter.createMetricDescriptor(metric);
+    MetricDescriptor descriptor = StackdriverWriter.encodeMetricDescriptor(metric);
     when(metricDescriptorCreate.execute()).thenReturn(descriptor);
     MutableDistribution distribution = new MutableDistribution(LinearFitter.create(2, 5.0, 3.0));
     distribution.add(0.0, 1L);
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ public class StackdriverWriterTest {
             "vdn",
             ImmutableSet.of(LabelDescriptor.create("label", "description")),
             Distribution.class);
-    MetricDescriptor descriptor = StackdriverWriter.createMetricDescriptor(metric);
+    MetricDescriptor descriptor = StackdriverWriter.encodeMetricDescriptor(metric);
     when(metricDescriptorCreate.execute()).thenReturn(descriptor);
     MutableDistribution distribution =
         new MutableDistribution(ExponentialFitter.create(2, 3.0, 0.5));