diff --git a/builder/hyperv/common/step_create_build_dir.go b/builder/hyperv/common/step_create_build_dir.go
index 6692afad4..8641ddca4 100644
--- a/builder/hyperv/common/step_create_build_dir.go
+++ b/builder/hyperv/common/step_create_build_dir.go
@@ -10,23 +10,23 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/packer/packer"
 )
 
-type StepCreateTempDir struct {
+type StepCreateBuildDir struct {
 	// User supplied directory under which we create the main build
-	// directory. The build directory is  used to house the VM files and
+	// directory. The build directory is used to house the VM files and
 	// folders during the build. If unspecified the default temp directory
 	// for the OS is used
 	TempPath string
-	// The full path to the build directory. This is concatenation of
+	// The full path to the build directory. This is the concatenation of
 	// TempPath plus a directory uniquely named for the build
 	dirPath string
 }
 
 // Creates the main directory used to house the VMs files and folders
 // during the build
-func (s *StepCreateTempDir) Run(_ context.Context, state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
+func (s *StepCreateBuildDir) Run(_ context.Context, state multistep.StateBag) multistep.StepAction {
 	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
 
-	ui.Say("Creating temporary directory...")
+	ui.Say("Creating build directory...")
 
 	if s.TempPath == "" {
 		s.TempPath = os.TempDir()
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func (s *StepCreateTempDir) Run(_ context.Context, state multistep.StateBag) mul
 
 	packerTempDir, err := ioutil.TempDir(s.TempPath, "packerhv")
 	if err != nil {
-		err := fmt.Errorf("Error creating temporary directory: %s", err)
+		err := fmt.Errorf("Error creating build directory: %s", err)
 		state.Put("error", err)
 		ui.Error(err.Error())
 		return multistep.ActionHalt
@@ -47,16 +47,16 @@ func (s *StepCreateTempDir) Run(_ context.Context, state multistep.StateBag) mul
 }
 
 // Cleanup removes the build directory
-func (s *StepCreateTempDir) Cleanup(state multistep.StateBag) {
+func (s *StepCreateBuildDir) Cleanup(state multistep.StateBag) {
 	if s.dirPath == "" {
 		return
 	}
 
 	ui := state.Get("ui").(packer.Ui)
-	ui.Say("Deleting temporary directory...")
+	ui.Say("Deleting build directory...")
 
 	err := os.RemoveAll(s.dirPath)
 	if err != nil {
-		ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error deleting temporary directory: %s", err))
+		ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error deleting build directory: %s", err))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/builder/hyperv/iso/builder.go b/builder/hyperv/iso/builder.go
index f6627b8fe..fd51c85c0 100644
--- a/builder/hyperv/iso/builder.go
+++ b/builder/hyperv/iso/builder.go
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 	state.Put("ui", ui)
 
 	steps := []multistep.Step{
-		&hypervcommon.StepCreateTempDir{
+		&hypervcommon.StepCreateBuildDir{
 			TempPath: b.config.TempPath,
 		},
 		&hypervcommon.StepOutputDir{
diff --git a/builder/hyperv/vmcx/builder.go b/builder/hyperv/vmcx/builder.go
index ada64faf0..7ae54a18d 100644
--- a/builder/hyperv/vmcx/builder.go
+++ b/builder/hyperv/vmcx/builder.go
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(ui packer.Ui, hook packer.Hook, cache packer.Cache) (packe
 	state.Put("ui", ui)
 
 	steps := []multistep.Step{
-		&hypervcommon.StepCreateTempDir{},
+		&hypervcommon.StepCreateBuildDir{},
 		&hypervcommon.StepOutputDir{
 			Force: b.config.PackerForce,
 			Path:  b.config.OutputDir,