diff --git a/packages/apollo/lib/drivers/apollo-federation.driver.ts b/packages/apollo/lib/drivers/apollo-federation.driver.ts
index 86f8b0abfb..cf6631d892 100644
--- a/packages/apollo/lib/drivers/apollo-federation.driver.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo/lib/drivers/apollo-federation.driver.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export class ApolloFederationDriver extends ApolloBaseDriver {
   }
 
   async generateSchema(options: ApolloDriverConfig): Promise<GraphQLSchema> {
-    return await this.graphqlFederationFactory.mergeWithSchema(options);
+    return await this.graphqlFederationFactory.generateSchema(options);
   }
 
   public async start(options: ApolloDriverConfig): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/packages/graphql/lib/drivers/abstract-graphql.driver.ts b/packages/graphql/lib/drivers/abstract-graphql.driver.ts
index 3abb73a33b..72e2944e44 100644
--- a/packages/graphql/lib/drivers/abstract-graphql.driver.ts
+++ b/packages/graphql/lib/drivers/abstract-graphql.driver.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export abstract class AbstractGraphQLDriver<
   }
 
   public async generateSchema(options: TOptions): Promise<GraphQLSchema> {
-    return await this.graphQlFactory.mergeWithSchema(options);
+    return await this.graphQlFactory.generateSchema(options);
   }
 
   public subscriptionWithFilter(
diff --git a/packages/graphql/lib/federation/graphql-federation.factory.ts b/packages/graphql/lib/federation/graphql-federation.factory.ts
index 0e15fc9b33..644aacd048 100644
--- a/packages/graphql/lib/federation/graphql-federation.factory.ts
+++ b/packages/graphql/lib/federation/graphql-federation.factory.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export class GraphQLFederationFactory {
     private readonly typeDefsDecoratorFactory: TypeDefsDecoratorFactory,
   ) {}
 
-  async mergeWithSchema<T extends GqlModuleOptions>(
+  async generateSchema<T extends GqlModuleOptions>(
     options: T = {} as T,
     buildFederatedSchema?: (
       options: BuildFederatedSchemaOptions,
@@ -59,7 +59,10 @@ export class GraphQLFederationFactory {
 
     let schema: GraphQLSchema;
     if (options.autoSchemaFile) {
-      schema = await this.generateSchema(options, buildFederatedSchema);
+      schema = await this.generateSchemaFromCodeFirst(
+        options,
+        buildFederatedSchema,
+      );
     } else if (isEmpty(options.typeDefs)) {
       schema = options.schema;
     } else {
@@ -85,7 +88,7 @@ export class GraphQLFederationFactory {
     ]);
   }
 
-  private async generateSchema<T extends GqlModuleOptions>(
+  private async generateSchemaFromCodeFirst<T extends GqlModuleOptions>(
     options: T,
     buildFederatedSchema?: (
       options: BuildFederatedSchemaOptions,
diff --git a/packages/graphql/lib/graphql.factory.ts b/packages/graphql/lib/graphql.factory.ts
index bec039f6fa..ca3ebd10bb 100644
--- a/packages/graphql/lib/graphql.factory.ts
+++ b/packages/graphql/lib/graphql.factory.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export class GraphQLFactory {
     private readonly gqlSchemaBuilder: GraphQLSchemaBuilder,
   ) {}
 
-  async mergeWithSchema<T extends GqlModuleOptions>(
+  async generateSchema<T extends GqlModuleOptions>(
     options: T = { typeDefs: [] } as T,
   ): Promise<GraphQLSchema> {
     const resolvers = this.resolversExplorerService.explore();
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export class GraphQLFactory {
     return schema;
   }
 
-  overrideOrExtendResolvers(
+  private overrideOrExtendResolvers(
     executableSchemaConfig: GraphQLSchemaConfig,
     autoGeneratedSchemaConfig: GraphQLSchemaConfig,
   ): GraphQLSchemaConfig {
diff --git a/packages/mercurius/lib/drivers/mercurius-federation.driver.ts b/packages/mercurius/lib/drivers/mercurius-federation.driver.ts
index 5933643fba..933edeb57d 100644
--- a/packages/mercurius/lib/drivers/mercurius-federation.driver.ts
+++ b/packages/mercurius/lib/drivers/mercurius-federation.driver.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export class MercuriusFederationDriver extends AbstractGraphQLDriver<MercuriusDr
   public override async generateSchema(
     options: MercuriusDriverConfig,
   ): Promise<GraphQLSchema> {
-    return await this.graphqlFederationFactory.mergeWithSchema(
+    return await this.graphqlFederationFactory.generateSchema(
       options,
       buildMercuriusFederatedSchema,
     );