diff --git a/comp/haagent/def/component.go b/comp/haagent/def/component.go
index 7115988e5501b..bc5038265b76f 100644
--- a/comp/haagent/def/component.go
+++ b/comp/haagent/def/component.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ type Component interface {
 	GetState() State
 
 	// SetLeader takes the leader agent hostname as input, if it matches the current agent hostname,
-	// the isLeader state is set to true, otherwise false.
+	// the state is set to active, otherwise standby.
 	SetLeader(leaderAgentHostname string)
 
 	// ShouldRunIntegration returns true if the integration should be run
diff --git a/comp/haagent/impl/config.go b/comp/haagent/impl/config.go
index dc55f791264fc..2a6c4e20a8d12 100644
--- a/comp/haagent/impl/config.go
+++ b/comp/haagent/impl/config.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // validHaIntegrations represent the list of integrations that will be considered as
-// an "HA Integration", meaning it will only run on the leader Agent.
+// an "HA Integration", meaning it will only run on the active Agent.
 // At the moment, the list of HA Integrations is hardcoded here, but we might provide
 // more dynamic way to configure which integration should be considered HA Integration.
 var validHaIntegrations = map[string]bool{
diff --git a/comp/haagent/impl/haagent_test.go b/comp/haagent/impl/haagent_test.go
index a83822de20431..88b1397f70456 100644
--- a/comp/haagent/impl/haagent_test.go
+++ b/comp/haagent/impl/haagent_test.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func Test_GetGroup(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "my-group-01", haAgent.GetGroup())
 }
 
-func Test_IsLeader_SetLeader(t *testing.T) {
+func Test_GetState(t *testing.T) {
 	agentConfigs := map[string]interface{}{
 		"hostname": "my-agent-hostname",
 	}
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func Test_haAgentImpl_ShouldRunIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			name: "ha agent enabled and agent is not leader",
+			name: "ha agent enabled and agent is not active",
 			// should skip HA-integrations
 			// should run "non HA integrations"
 			agentConfigs: map[string]interface{}{
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func Test_haAgentImpl_ShouldRunIntegration(t *testing.T) {
 				"ha_agent.enabled": true,
 				"ha_agent.group":   testGroup,
 			},
-			leader: "another-agent-is-leader",
+			leader: "another-agent-is-active",
 			expectShouldRunIntegration: map[string]bool{
 				"snmp":                false,
 				"cisco_aci":           false,