diff --git a/edu.kit.ipd.descartes.adaptation/src/edu/kit/ipd/descartes/adaptation/model/DmmModelActionHandler.java b/edu.kit.ipd.descartes.adaptation/src/edu/kit/ipd/descartes/adaptation/model/DmmModelActionHandler.java
index 973c9487eeaa92f5a9174257ce216744b3c3073e..d1a33915e0312902c437358832c63bbe98a21eea 100644
--- a/edu.kit.ipd.descartes.adaptation/src/edu/kit/ipd/descartes/adaptation/model/DmmModelActionHandler.java
+++ b/edu.kit.ipd.descartes.adaptation/src/edu/kit/ipd/descartes/adaptation/model/DmmModelActionHandler.java
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ public class DmmModelActionHandler implements IActionHandler {
         RuntimeEnvironment re = null;
         switch (adaptableEntity.eClass().getClassifierID()) {
         case ResourcelandscapePackage.RUNTIME_ENVIRONMENT:
-            re = DmmModelChanger.scaleOutRuntimeEnvironmentInstance((RuntimeEnvironment) adaptableEntity);
+            re = DmmModelChanger.createNewRuntimeEnvironmentInstance((RuntimeEnvironment) adaptableEntity);
             break;
         case ContainerrepositoryPackage.CONTAINER_TEMPLATE:
             re = scaleOutContainerTemplate((ContainerTemplate) adaptableEntity);
@@ -256,8 +256,7 @@ public class DmmModelActionHandler implements IActionHandler {
         return removedRe;
     }
 
-    /** Implements similar behavior as scaleOutRuntimeEnvironment()
-     * because if you want to scale an attribute of the ContainerTemplate,
+    /** Creates a new RuntimeEnvironment. If you want to scale an attribute of the ContainerTemplate,
      * ModelVariableConfigurationRange must be used. However, here we are
      * scaling a ModelEntityConfigurationRange.
      */
@@ -266,7 +265,7 @@ public class DmmModelActionHandler implements IActionHandler {
         Container referringContainer = template.getReferringContainers().get(0);
 
         if (referringContainer != null && referringContainer instanceof RuntimeEnvironment) {
-            return DmmModelChanger.scaleOutRuntimeEnvironmentInstance((RuntimeEnvironment) referringContainer);
+            return DmmModelChanger.createNewRuntimeEnvironmentInstance((RuntimeEnvironment) referringContainer);
         } else {
             logger.error("Cannot scale " + referringContainer);
         }
diff --git a/edu.kit.ipd.descartes.adaptation/src/edu/kit/ipd/descartes/adaptation/model/util/DmmModelChanger.java b/edu.kit.ipd.descartes.adaptation/src/edu/kit/ipd/descartes/adaptation/model/util/DmmModelChanger.java
index 39816ae4976fe9ea0ab534af9c7049e893be4e75..c46f07f74b0978fe567ffbad2a1bbbbbaf364e14 100644
--- a/edu.kit.ipd.descartes.adaptation/src/edu/kit/ipd/descartes/adaptation/model/util/DmmModelChanger.java
+++ b/edu.kit.ipd.descartes.adaptation/src/edu/kit/ipd/descartes/adaptation/model/util/DmmModelChanger.java
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public class DmmModelChanger {
      *            the {@link RuntimeEnvironment} to copy
      * @return
      */
-    public static RuntimeEnvironment scaleOutRuntimeEnvironmentInstance(RuntimeEnvironment runtimeEnvironment) {
+    public static RuntimeEnvironment createNewRuntimeEnvironmentInstance(RuntimeEnvironment runtimeEnvironment) {
         RuntimeEnvironment newRuntimeEnvironment = EcoreUtil.copy(runtimeEnvironment);
         newRuntimeEnvironment.setId(EcoreUtil.generateUUID());
         newRuntimeEnvironment.setName(newRuntimeEnvironment.getName() + COPY_MARK);