diff --git a/test/test_pot/test_pot_framework.py b/test/test_pot/test_pot_framework.py
index 36a153b908..7992aaf181 100644
--- a/test/test_pot/test_pot_framework.py
+++ b/test/test_pot/test_pot_framework.py
@@ -11,14 +11,13 @@ from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot.provider import (
 
 from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot.cache import (
     PoTokenCacheProvider,
-    register_pcp,
-    register_pcp_preference,
     PoTokenCacheSpec,
     PoTokenCacheSpecProvider,
-    register_pcsp,
     CacheProviderWritePolicy,
 )
 
+import yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot.cache as cache
+
 from yt_dlp.globals import _pot_cache_providers, _pot_cache_provider_preferences, _pot_pcs_providers
 
 from yt_dlp.networking import Request
@@ -468,7 +467,7 @@ def test_register_pot_preference(ie):
 
 def test_register_cache_provider(ie):
 
-    @register_pcp
+    @cache.register_provider
     class UnavailableCacheProviderPCP(PoTokenCacheProvider):
         def is_available(self) -> bool:
             return False
@@ -488,7 +487,7 @@ def test_register_cache_provider(ie):
 
 def test_register_cache_provider_spec(ie):
 
-    @register_pcsp
+    @cache.register_spec
     class UnavailableCacheProviderPCSP(PoTokenCacheSpecProvider):
         def is_available(self) -> bool:
             return False
@@ -503,7 +502,7 @@ def test_register_cache_provider_spec(ie):
 def test_register_cache_provider_preference(ie):
     before = len(_pot_cache_provider_preferences.value)
 
-    @register_pcp_preference(ExampleCacheProviderPCP)
+    @cache.register_preference(ExampleCacheProviderPCP)
     def unavailable_preference(provider: PoTokenCacheProvider, request: PoTokenRequest):
         return 1
 
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/README.md b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/README.md
index 5d28f1a5d7..fd61cac86b 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/README.md
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/README.md
@@ -168,14 +168,14 @@ def my_provider_preference(provider: PoTokenProvider, request: PoTokenRequest, *
 ```python
 from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot.cache import (
     PoTokenCacheProvider,
-    register_pcp_preference,
-    register_pcp
+    register_preference,
+    register_provider
 )
 
 from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot.provider import PoTokenRequest
 
 
-@register_pcp
+@register_provider
 class MyCacheProviderPCP(PoTokenCacheProvider):  # Provider name must end with "PCP"
     PROVIDER_VERSION = '0.1.0'
     # Define a unique display name for the provider
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class MyCacheProviderPCP(PoTokenCacheProvider):  # Provider name must end with "
 # VERY IMPORTANT: yt-dlp has a built-in memory cache with a priority of 10000. Your cache provider should be lower than this.
 
 
-@register_pcp_preference(MyCacheProviderPCP)
+@register_preference(MyCacheProviderPCP)
 def my_cache_preference(provider: PoTokenCacheProvider, request: PoTokenRequest, *_, **__) -> int:
     return 50
 ```
@@ -236,13 +236,13 @@ from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot.cache import (
     PoTokenCacheSpec,
     PoTokenCacheSpecProvider,
     CacheProviderWritePolicy,
-    register_pcsp,
+    register_spec,
 )
 from yt_dlp.utils import traverse_obj
 from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot.provider import PoTokenRequest
 
 
-@register_pcsp
+@register_spec
 class MyCacheSpecProviderPCSP(PoTokenCacheSpecProvider):  # Provider name must end with "PCSP"
     PROVIDER_VERSION = '0.1.0'
     # Define a unique display name for the provider
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/builtin/cache/memory.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/builtin/cache/memory.py
index f89d49b4eb..318f6781a0 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/builtin/cache/memory.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/builtin/cache/memory.py
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ from threading import Lock
 from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot._provider import BuiltInIEContentProvider
 from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot.cache import (
     PoTokenCacheProvider,
-    register_pcp,
-    register_pcp_preference,
+    register_preference,
+    register_provider,
 )
 from yt_dlp.globals import _pot_memory_cache
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def initialize_global_cache(max_size: int):
     return _pot_memory_cache.value['cache'], _pot_memory_cache.value['lock'], _pot_memory_cache.value['max_size']
 
 
-@register_pcp
+@register_provider
 class MemoryLRUPCP(PoTokenCacheProvider, BuiltInIEContentProvider):
     PROVIDER_NAME = 'memory'
     DEFAULT_CACHE_SIZE = 25
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class MemoryLRUPCP(PoTokenCacheProvider, BuiltInIEContentProvider):
             self.cache.pop(key, None)
 
 
-@register_pcp_preference(MemoryLRUPCP)
+@register_preference(MemoryLRUPCP)
 def memorylru_preference(*_, **__):
     # Memory LRU Cache SHOULD be the highest priority
     return 10000
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/builtin/cachespec/webpo.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/builtin/cachespec/webpo.py
index bc83b90990..177c73e49c 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/builtin/cachespec/webpo.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/builtin/cachespec/webpo.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot.cache import (
     CacheProviderWritePolicy,
     PoTokenCacheSpec,
     PoTokenCacheSpecProvider,
-    register_pcsp,
+    register_spec,
 )
 from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot.provider import (
     PoTokenRequest,
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from yt_dlp.extractor.youtube.pot.provider import (
 from yt_dlp.utils import traverse_obj
 
 
-@register_pcsp
+@register_spec
 class WebPoPCSP(PoTokenCacheSpecProvider, BuiltInIEContentProvider):
     PROVIDER_NAME = 'webpo'
 
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/cache.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/cache.py
index 7dd1fbcdb5..f9fc501719 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/cache.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/pot/cache.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class PoTokenCacheSpecProvider(IEContentProvider, abc.ABC, suffix='PCSP'):
         pass
 
 
-def register_pcp(provider: type[PoTokenCacheProvider]):
+def register_provider(provider: type[PoTokenCacheProvider]):
     """Register a PoTokenCacheProvider class"""
     return register_provider_generic(
         provider=provider,
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def register_pcp(provider: type[PoTokenCacheProvider]):
     )
 
 
-def register_pcsp(provider: type[PoTokenCacheSpecProvider]):
+def register_spec(provider: type[PoTokenCacheSpecProvider]):
     """Register a PoTokenCacheSpecProvider class"""
     return register_provider_generic(
         provider=provider,
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def register_pcsp(provider: type[PoTokenCacheSpecProvider]):
 
 
 # XXX: I don't think the typing is correct, and that we need py3.10 to properly type this
-def register_pcp_preference(*providers: type[PoTokenCacheProvider]) -> typing.Callable[[PCPPreference], PCPPreference]:
+def register_preference(*providers: type[PoTokenCacheProvider]) -> typing.Callable[[PCPPreference], PCPPreference]:
     """Register a preference for a PoTokenCacheProvider"""
     return register_preference_generic(
         PoTokenCacheProvider,