diff --git a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/googleStorage.ts b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/googleStorage.ts
index 5df4f2d886..3449a7e6e3 100644
--- a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/googleStorage.ts
+++ b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/googleStorage.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import { Entity, EntityName } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { getHeadersForFileExtension, supportedFileType } from './helpers';
-import { PublisherBase, PublisherBaseParams } from './types';
+import { PublisherBase, PublishRequest } from './types';
 
 export class GoogleGCSPublish implements PublisherBase {
   static fromConfig(config: Config, logger: Logger): PublisherBase {
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export class GoogleGCSPublish implements PublisherBase {
    * Upload all the files from the generated `directory` to the GCS bucket.
    * Directory structure used in the bucket is - entityNamespace/entityKind/entityName/index.html
    */
-  publish({ entity, directory }: PublisherBaseParams): Promise<{}> {
+  publish({ entity, directory }: PublishRequest): Promise<{}> {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       // Path of all files to upload, relative to the root of the source directory
       // e.g. ['index.html', 'sub-page/index.html', 'assets/images/favicon.png']
diff --git a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/local.ts b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/local.ts
index 0a75ab6914..7bb670f2d4 100644
--- a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/local.ts
+++ b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/local.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import {
   PluginEndpointDiscovery,
 } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
-import { PublisherBase, PublisherBaseParams } from './types';
+import { PublisherBase, PublishRequest } from './types';
 
 /* `remoteUrl` is the URL which serves files from the local publisher's static directory. */
 export type LocalPublishReturn = Promise<{ remoteUrl: string }>;
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export class LocalPublish implements PublisherBase {
     this.discovery = discovery;
   }
 
-  publish({ entity, directory }: PublisherBaseParams): LocalPublishReturn {
+  publish({ entity, directory }: PublishRequest): LocalPublishReturn {
     const entityNamespace = entity.metadata.namespace ?? 'default';
 
     const publishDir = resolvePackagePath(
diff --git a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/types.ts b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/types.ts
index 6b5c9332a9..fae61241b2 100644
--- a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/types.ts
+++ b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/types.ts
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ import express from 'express';
  */
 export type PublisherType = 'local' | 'google_gcs';
 
-export type PublisherBaseParams = {
+export type PublishRequest = {
   entity: Entity;
   /* The Path to the directory where the generated files are stored. */
   directory: string;
 };
 
-export type PublisherBaseReturn = Promise<{}>;
+export type PublishResponse = {};
 
 /**
  * Base class for a TechDocs publisher (e.g. Local, Google GCS Bucket, AWS S3, etc.)
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ export interface PublisherBase {
   /**
    * Store the generated static files onto a storage service (either local filesystem or external service).
    *
-   * @param options Object containing the entity from the service
+   * @param request Object containing the entity from the service
    * catalog, and the directory that contains the generated static files from TechDocs.
    */
-  publish(options: PublisherBaseParams): PublisherBaseReturn;
+  publish(request: PublishRequest): Promise<PublishResponse>;
 
   /**
    * Retrieve TechDocs Metadata about a site e.g. name, contributors, last updated, etc.