diff --git a/utils/tests/gitlab-ci-coding-style.yml b/utils/tests/gitlab-ci-code-linting.yml
similarity index 76%
rename from utils/tests/gitlab-ci-coding-style.yml
rename to utils/tests/gitlab-ci-code-linting.yml
index 8da9a3db6..ef7cba2fd 100644
--- a/utils/tests/gitlab-ci-coding-style.yml
+++ b/utils/tests/gitlab-ci-code-linting.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# ns-3 CI/CD script with the coding-style stage
+# ns-3 CI/CD script with the code-linting stage
 #
-# Contains jobs to check the coding style of the codebase.
+# Contains jobs to check the ns-3 coding style and perform lint checking.
 
 check-style-clang-format:
-  stage: coding-style
+  stage: code-linting
   image: ubuntu:latest
   before_script:
     - apt update
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ check-style-clang-format:
     - python3 utils/check-style-clang-format.py .
 
 clang-tidy:
-  stage: coding-style
+  stage: code-linting
   image: ubuntu:latest
   before_script:
     - apt update
diff --git a/utils/tests/gitlab-ci.yml b/utils/tests/gitlab-ci.yml
index cd6f1b679..268590688 100644
--- a/utils/tests/gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/utils/tests/gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 stages:
   - build
   - test
-  - coding-style
+  - code-linting
   - documentation
 
 ###################### BUILD STAGE #############################################
@@ -104,6 +104,6 @@ include:
   - "utils/tests/gitlab-ci-gcc.yml"
   - "utils/tests/gitlab-ci-clang.yml"
   - "utils/tests/gitlab-ci-test.yml"
-  - "utils/tests/gitlab-ci-coding-style.yml"
+  - "utils/tests/gitlab-ci-code-linting.yml"
   - "utils/tests/gitlab-ci-doc.yml"
   - "utils/tests/gitlab-ci-cppyy.yml"