diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/LeftCurlyCheck.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/AbstractLeftCurlyCheck.java
similarity index 97%
rename from src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/LeftCurlyCheck.java
rename to src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/AbstractLeftCurlyCheck.java
index cb5de00cd..cc9ea4bfd 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/LeftCurlyCheck.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/AbstractLeftCurlyCheck.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Utils;
  * @author <a href="mailto:checkstyle@puppycrawl.com">Oliver Burn</a>
  * @version 1.0
  */
-public abstract class LeftCurlyCheck
+public abstract class AbstractLeftCurlyCheck
     extends AbstractOptionCheck
 {
     /** TODO: replace this ugly hack **/
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public abstract class LeftCurlyCheck
     /**
      * Sets the left curly otion to eol.
      */
-    public LeftCurlyCheck()
+    public AbstractLeftCurlyCheck()
     {
         super(LeftCurlyOption.EOL);
     }
diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/MethodLeftCurlyCheck.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/MethodLeftCurlyCheck.java
index 22ed1c57b..d490ad587 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/MethodLeftCurlyCheck.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/MethodLeftCurlyCheck.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.TokenTypes;
  * @version 1.0
  */
 public class MethodLeftCurlyCheck
-    extends LeftCurlyCheck
+    extends AbstractLeftCurlyCheck
 {
     /** @see com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Check */
     public int[] getDefaultTokens()
diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/OtherLeftCurlyCheck.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/OtherLeftCurlyCheck.java
index 8ef6d9e7f..7bc68eb09 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/OtherLeftCurlyCheck.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/OtherLeftCurlyCheck.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.DetailAST;
  * @version 1.0
  */
 public class OtherLeftCurlyCheck
-    extends LeftCurlyCheck
+    extends AbstractLeftCurlyCheck
 {
     /** @see com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Check */
     public int[] getDefaultTokens()
diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/TypeLeftCurlyCheck.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/TypeLeftCurlyCheck.java
index cbf2e88d1..efa7c0b02 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/TypeLeftCurlyCheck.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/TypeLeftCurlyCheck.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.TokenTypes;
  * @version 1.0
  */
 public class TypeLeftCurlyCheck
-    extends LeftCurlyCheck
+    extends AbstractLeftCurlyCheck
 {
     /** @see com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Check */
     public int[] getDefaultTokens()