diff --git a/app/vmselect/main.go b/app/vmselect/main.go
index 2b3fc74c76..7f10095ddc 100644
--- a/app/vmselect/main.go
+++ b/app/vmselect/main.go
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ func RequestHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) bool {
 	case "/api/v1/status/active_queries":
 		statusActiveQueriesRequests.Inc()
 		httpserver.EnableCORS(w, r)
-		promql.WriteActiveQueries(w, r)
+		promql.ActiveQueriesHandler(w, r)
 		return true
 	case "/api/v1/status/top_queries":
 		topQueriesRequests.Inc()
diff --git a/app/vmselect/promql/active_queries.go b/app/vmselect/promql/active_queries.go
index 8e0e22eb92..d66058e53b 100644
--- a/app/vmselect/promql/active_queries.go
+++ b/app/vmselect/promql/active_queries.go
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-// WriteActiveQueries writes active queries to w.
+// ActiveQueriesHandler returns response to /api/v1/status/active_queries
 //
-// The written active queries are sorted in descending order of their exeuction duration.
-func WriteActiveQueries(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+// It writes a JSON with active queries to w.
+func ActiveQueriesHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	aqes := activeQueriesV.GetAll()
 
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")