diff --git a/packages/block/src/consensus/clique.ts b/packages/block/src/consensus/clique.ts
index 0e145c5f46..3a89a46319 100644
--- a/packages/block/src/consensus/clique.ts
+++ b/packages/block/src/consensus/clique.ts
@@ -132,12 +132,12 @@ export function cliqueVerifySignature(header: BlockHeader, signerList: Address[]
 }
 
 /**
- * Retrieves the extraData from a sealed block header
+ * Generates the extraData from a sealed block header
  * @param header block header from which to retrieve extraData
  * @param cliqueSigner clique signer key used for creating sealed block
- * @returns extradata from the block
+ * @returns clique seal (i.e. extradata) for the block
  */
-export function retrieveCliqueBlockExtraData(
+export function generateCliqueBlockExtraData(
   header: BlockHeader,
   cliqueSigner: Uint8Array,
 ): Uint8Array {
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ export function retrieveCliqueBlockExtraData(
     ;(header.extraData as any) = concatBytes(header.extraData, new Uint8Array(remainingLength))
   }
 
-  requireClique(header, 'cliqueSealBlock')
+  requireClique(header, 'generateCliqueBlockExtraData')
 
   const ecSignFunction = header.common.customCrypto?.ecsign ?? ecsign
   const signature = ecSignFunction(cliqueSigHash(header), cliqueSigner)
diff --git a/packages/block/src/constructors.ts b/packages/block/src/constructors.ts
index 06926380f4..4f346e1308 100644
--- a/packages/block/src/constructors.ts
+++ b/packages/block/src/constructors.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import {
   isHexString,
 } from '@ethereumjs/util'
 
-import { retrieveCliqueBlockExtraData } from './consensus/clique.js'
+import { generateCliqueBlockExtraData } from './consensus/clique.js'
 import { createBlockFromRpc } from './from-rpc.js'
 import {
   genRequestsTrieRoot,
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ export function createSealedCliqueBlock(
     ...opts,
     ...{ freeze: false, skipConsensusFormatValidation: true },
   })
-  ;(sealedCliqueBlock.header.extraData as any) = retrieveCliqueBlockExtraData(
+  ;(sealedCliqueBlock.header.extraData as any) = generateCliqueBlockExtraData(
     sealedCliqueBlock.header,
     cliqueSigner,
   )
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ export function createSealedCliqueBlockHeader(
     ...opts,
     ...{ skipConsensusFormatValidation: true },
   })
-  ;(sealedCliqueBlockHeader.extraData as any) = retrieveCliqueBlockExtraData(
+  ;(sealedCliqueBlockHeader.extraData as any) = generateCliqueBlockExtraData(
     sealedCliqueBlockHeader,
     cliqueSigner,
   )