diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/XmlEncoder.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/XmlEncoder.php
index b006f98fde..7243cc7708 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/XmlEncoder.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Serializer/Encoder/XmlEncoder.php
@@ -304,21 +304,18 @@ class XmlEncoder extends SerializerAwareEncoder implements EncoderInterface, Dec
         return $appendNode;
     }
 
-
 	/**
-	 * Checks if a value contains any characters which would require CDATA padding.
+	 * Checks if a value contains any characters which would require CDATA wrapping.
 	 *
 	 * @param string	$val
 	 *
 	 * @return Boolean
 	 */
-	private function needsCdataPadding($val)
+	private function needsCdataWrapping($val)
 	{	
 		return preg_match('/[<>&]/', $val);
 	}
 
-
-
     /**
      * Tests the value being passed and decide what sort of element to create
      *
@@ -340,7 +337,7 @@ class XmlEncoder extends SerializerAwareEncoder implements EncoderInterface, Dec
             return $this->buildXml($node, $this->serializer->normalize($val, $this->format));
         } elseif (is_numeric($val)) {
             return $this->appendText($node, (string) $val);
-        } elseif (is_string($val) && $this->needsCdataPadding($val)) {
+        } elseif (is_string($val) && $this->needsCdataWrapping($val)) {
             return $this->appendCData($node, $val);
         } elseif (is_string($val)) {
             return $this->appendText($node, $val);