diff --git a/middleware/file/notify.go b/middleware/file/notify.go
index 58cc66e79..cc8f493e4 100644
--- a/middleware/file/notify.go
+++ b/middleware/file/notify.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/miekg/coredns/middleware"
+
 	"github.com/miekg/dns"
 )
 
diff --git a/middleware/host.go b/middleware/host.go
index 7b9b9a42a..65dbefbca 100644
--- a/middleware/host.go
+++ b/middleware/host.go
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ type (
 	Addr string
 )
 
-// Standard will return the host portion of host, stripping
+// Normalize will return the host portion of host, stripping
 // of any port. The host will also be fully qualified and lowercased.
-func (h Host) Standard() string {
+func (h Host) Normalize() string {
 	// separate host and port
 	host, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(string(h))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ func (h Host) Standard() string {
 	return strings.ToLower(dns.Fqdn(host))
 }
 
-// Standard will return a normalized address, if not port is specified
+// Normalize will return a normalized address, if not port is specified
 // port 53 is added, otherwise the port will be left as is.
-func (a Addr) Standard() string {
+func (a Addr) Normalize() string {
 	// separate host and port
 	addr, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(string(a))
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/middleware/zone.go b/middleware/zone.go
index 6da172e15..85a9d438e 100644
--- a/middleware/zone.go
+++ b/middleware/zone.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func (z Zones) Matches(qname string) string {
 	return zone
 }
 
-// Fully qualify all zones in z
+// FullyQualify fully qualifies all zones in z.
 func (z Zones) FullyQualify() {
 	for i, _ := range z {
 		z[i] = dns.Fqdn(z[i])