diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
index 69e56e57935..11400996733 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultCodegen.java
@@ -328,12 +328,12 @@ public class DefaultCodegen {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Return the JSON schema pattern (http://json-schema.org/latest/json-schema-validation.html#anchor33)
+     * Return the regular expression/JSON schema pattern (http://json-schema.org/latest/json-schema-validation.html#anchor33)
      *
      * @param pattern the pattern (regular expression)
      * @return properly-escaped pattern
      */
-    public String toJSONSchemaPattern(String pattern) {
+    public String toRegularExpression(String pattern) {
         return escapeText(pattern);
     }
 
@@ -1125,7 +1125,7 @@ public class DefaultCodegen {
             StringProperty sp = (StringProperty) p;
             property.maxLength = sp.getMaxLength();
             property.minLength = sp.getMinLength();
-            property.pattern = toJSONSchemaPattern(sp.getPattern());
+            property.pattern = toRegularExpression(sp.getPattern());
 
             // check if any validation rule defined
             if (property.pattern != null || property.minLength != null || property.maxLength != null)
@@ -1828,7 +1828,7 @@ public class DefaultCodegen {
             p.exclusiveMinimum = qp.isExclusiveMinimum();
             p.maxLength = qp.getMaxLength();
             p.minLength = qp.getMinLength();
-            p.pattern = toJSONSchemaPattern(qp.getPattern());
+            p.pattern = toRegularExpression(qp.getPattern());
             p.maxItems = qp.getMaxItems();
             p.minItems = qp.getMinItems();
             p.uniqueItems = qp.isUniqueItems();