diff --git a/pkg/cmd/export/cmd.go b/pkg/cmd/export/cmd.go
index 5e02e574..436614b1 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/export/cmd.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/export/cmd.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func runCommand(opts *exportOptions) func(*cobra.Command, []string) {
 		}
 		store, err := getStoreForRef(cmd.Context(), opts)
 		if err != nil {
-			ref := repo.StripRepository(opts.modelRef.String())
+			ref := repo.FormatRepositoryForDisplay(opts.modelRef.String())
 			output.Fatalf("Failed to find reference %s: %s", ref, err)
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/list/list.go b/pkg/cmd/list/list.go
index b0102912..8c699381 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/list/list.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/list/list.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func getManifestInfoLine(repository string, desc ocispec.Descriptor, manifest *o
 	}
 
 	// Strip localhost from repo if present, since we added it
-	repository = repo.StripRepository(repository)
+	repository = repo.FormatRepositoryForDisplay(repository)
 	if repository == "" {
 		repository = "<none>"
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/lib/repo/repo.go b/pkg/lib/repo/repo.go
index 663df046..807be49f 100644
--- a/pkg/lib/repo/repo.go
+++ b/pkg/lib/repo/repo.go
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ func DefaultReference() *registry.Reference {
 	}
 }
 
-// StripRepository removes default values from a repository string to avoid surfacing defaulted fields
+// FormatRepositoryForDisplay removes default values from a repository string to avoid surfacing defaulted fields
 // when displaying references, which may be confusing.
-func StripRepository(repo string) string {
+func FormatRepositoryForDisplay(repo string) string {
 	repo = strings.TrimPrefix(repo, DefaultRegistry+"/")
 	repo = strings.TrimPrefix(repo, DefaultRepository)
 	return repo