diff --git a/pkg/namesgenerator/names-generator.go b/pkg/namesgenerator/names-generator.go
index 54a3204e09..105a122aec 100644
--- a/pkg/namesgenerator/names-generator.go
+++ b/pkg/namesgenerator/names-generator.go
@@ -358,6 +358,9 @@ var (
 	rnd = rand.New(random.NewSource())
 )
 
+// GetRandomName generates a random name from the list of adjectives and surnames in this package
+// formatted as "adjective_surname". For example 'focused_turing'. If retry is non-zero, a random
+// integer between 0 and 10 will be added to the end of the name, e.g `focused_turing3`
 func GetRandomName(retry int) string {
 begin:
 	name := fmt.Sprintf("%s_%s", left[rnd.Intn(len(left))], right[rnd.Intn(len(right))])
diff --git a/pkg/namesgenerator/names-generator_test.go b/pkg/namesgenerator/names-generator_test.go
index 2652d42ab4..f7dae2766c 100644
--- a/pkg/namesgenerator/names-generator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/namesgenerator/names-generator_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package namesgenerator
 
 import (
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -12,6 +13,27 @@ func TestGenerateAwesomeNames(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestNameFormat(t *testing.T) {
+	name := GetRandomName(0)
+	if !strings.Contains(name, "_") {
+		t.Fatalf("Generated name does not contain an underscore")
+	}
+	if strings.ContainsAny(name, "0123456789") {
+		t.Fatalf("Generated name contains numbers!")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNameRetries(t *testing.T) {
+	name := GetRandomName(1)
+	if !strings.Contains(name, "_") {
+		t.Fatalf("Generated name does not contain an underscore")
+	}
+	if !strings.ContainsAny(name, "0123456789") {
+		t.Fatalf("Generated name doesn't contain a number")
+	}
+
+}
+
 // To be awesome, a container name must involve cool inventors, be easy to remember,
 // be at least mildly funny, and always be politically correct for enterprise adoption.
 func isAwesome(name string) bool {