diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index ae9f692..e454cc2 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 import cryptography_vectors
 
 from .utils import (
-    check_backend_support, check_for_iface, dss_sig_value,
+    check_backend_support, check_for_iface, der_encode_dsa_signature,
     load_cryptrec_vectors, load_fips_dsa_key_pair_vectors,
     load_fips_dsa_sig_vectors, load_fips_ecdsa_key_pair_vectors,
     load_fips_ecdsa_signing_vectors, load_hash_vectors, load_nist_vectors,
@@ -125,18 +125,20 @@
         check_backend_support(item)
 
 
-def test_dss_sig_value():
-    sig = dss_sig_value(1, 1)
+def test_der_encode_dsa_signature_values():
+    sig = der_encode_dsa_signature(1, 1)
     assert sig == b"0\x06\x02\x01\x01\x02\x01\x01"
 
-    sig2 = dss_sig_value(1037234182290683143945502320610861668562885151617,
-                         559776156650501990899426031439030258256861634312)
+    sig2 = der_encode_dsa_signature(
+        1037234182290683143945502320610861668562885151617,
+        559776156650501990899426031439030258256861634312
+    )
     assert sig2 == (
         b'0-\x02\x15\x00\xb5\xaf0xg\xfb\x8bT9\x00\x13\xccg\x02\r\xdf\x1f,\x0b'
         b'\x81\x02\x14b\r;"\xabP1D\x0c>5\xea\xb6\xf4\x81)\x8f\x9e\x9f\x08'
     )
 
-    sig3 = dss_sig_value(0, 0)
+    sig3 = der_encode_dsa_signature(0, 0)
     assert sig3 == b"0\x06\x02\x01\x00\x02\x01\x00"
 
 
diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index 483291e..c80e97b 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     )
 
 
-def dss_sig_value(r, s):
+def der_encode_dsa_signature(r, s):
     sig = _DSSSigValue()
     sig.setComponentByName('r', r)
     sig.setComponentByName('s', s)