diff --git a/CIME/SystemTests/mvk.py b/CIME/SystemTests/mvk.py
index 8ae0055cd5f..927638610a2 100644
--- a/CIME/SystemTests/mvk.py
+++ b/CIME/SystemTests/mvk.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def write_inst_nml(
         set_nml_variable("seed_custom", f"{iinst}")
         set_nml_variable("seed_clock", ".true.")
 
-    def test_config(
+    def evv_test_config(
         self, case, run_dir, base_dir, evv_lib_dir
     ):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
         """Configure the evv test.
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ def _compare_baseline(self):
 
             test_name = "{}".format(case_name.split(".")[-1])
 
-            test_config = self._config.test_config(
+            test_config = self._config.evv_test_config(
                 self._case, run_dir, base_dir, EVV_LIB_DIR
             )
 
diff --git a/CIME/tests/test_unit_system_tests_mvk.py b/CIME/tests/test_unit_system_tests_mvk.py
index fbf3c18ec10..07e1cc9c43b 100644
--- a/CIME/tests/test_unit_system_tests_mvk.py
+++ b/CIME/tests/test_unit_system_tests_mvk.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def write_inst_nml(case, set_nml_variable, component, iinst):
     elif component == "secondary-comp":
         set_nml_variable("var2", "value2")
 
-def test_config(case, run_dir, base_dir, evv_lib_dir):
+def evv_test_config(case, run_dir, base_dir, evv_lib_dir):
     return {
         "module": os.path.join(evv_lib_dir, "extensions", "kso.py"),
         "component": "someother-comp"
diff --git a/doc/source/users_guide/testing.rst b/doc/source/users_guide/testing.rst
index 1a5d947ccb9..ba4425c8e45 100644
--- a/doc/source/users_guide/testing.rst
+++ b/doc/source/users_guide/testing.rst
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ Available methods for the MVK test type.
 
 .. code-block::
 
-  def test_config(case, run_dir, base_dir, evv_lib_dir):
+  def evv_test_config(case, run_dir, base_dir, evv_lib_dir):
       """
       Configure the evv test.
       
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ A complex customization of the `MVK` :ref:`test type <TESTTYPE>` would be defini
   component = "eam"
   components = ["eam", "clm"]
 
-  def test_config(case, run_dir, base_dir, evv_lib_dir):
+  def evv_test_config(case, run_dir, base_dir, evv_lib_dir):
       return {
           "module": os.path.join(evv_lib_dir, "extensions", "kso.py"),
           "component": component,