diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs
index a9d0576696..87051ef650 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/BeatmapManager.cs
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
         /// The new difficulty will be backed by a <see cref="BeatmapInfo"/> model
         /// and represented by the returned <see cref="WorkingBeatmap"/>.
         /// </summary>
-        public virtual WorkingBeatmap CreateNewBlankDifficulty(NewDifficultyCreationParameters creationParameters)
+        public virtual WorkingBeatmap CreateNewDifficulty(NewDifficultyCreationParameters creationParameters)
         {
             var referenceBeatmap = creationParameters.ReferenceBeatmap;
             var targetBeatmapSet = creationParameters.BeatmapSet;
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
             BeatmapInfo newBeatmapInfo;
             IBeatmap newBeatmap;
 
-            if (creationParameters.ClearAllObjects)
+            if (creationParameters.CreateBlank)
             {
                 newBeatmapInfo = new BeatmapInfo(creationParameters.Ruleset, new BeatmapDifficulty(), referenceBeatmap.Metadata.DeepClone());
                 newBeatmap = new Beatmap { BeatmapInfo = newBeatmapInfo };
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/CreateNewDifficultyDialog.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/CreateNewDifficultyDialog.cs
index 472f0e8948..138e13bda1 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/CreateNewDifficultyDialog.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/CreateNewDifficultyDialog.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit
 
         public CreateNewDifficultyDialog(CreateNewDifficulty createNewDifficulty)
         {
-            HeaderText = "Would you like to clear all objects?";
+            HeaderText = "Would you like to create a blank difficulty?";
 
             Icon = FontAwesome.Regular.Clone;
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/EditorLoader.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/EditorLoader.cs
index 169b601a94..be3e68c857 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/EditorLoader.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/EditorLoader.cs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit
             {
                 try
                 {
-                    return beatmapManager.CreateNewBlankDifficulty(creationParameters);
+                    return beatmapManager.CreateNewDifficulty(creationParameters);
                 }
                 catch (Exception ex)
                 {
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/NewDifficultyCreationParameters.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/NewDifficultyCreationParameters.cs
index aa7dac609b..a6458a9456 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/NewDifficultyCreationParameters.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/NewDifficultyCreationParameters.cs
@@ -32,9 +32,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit
         public ISkin? ReferenceBeatmapSkin { get; }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Whether all objects should be cleared from the new difficulty.
+        /// Whether the new difficulty should be blank.
         /// </summary>
-        public bool ClearAllObjects { get; }
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// A blank difficulty will have no objects, no control points other than timing points taken from <see cref="ReferenceBeatmap"/>
+        /// and will not share <see cref="BeatmapInfo"/> values with <see cref="ReferenceBeatmap"/>,
+        /// but it will share metadata and timing information with <see cref="ReferenceBeatmap"/>.
+        /// </remarks>
+        public bool CreateBlank { get; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The saved state of the previous <see cref="Editor"/> which should be restored upon opening the newly-created difficulty.
@@ -46,14 +51,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit
             RulesetInfo ruleset,
             IBeatmap referenceBeatmap,
             ISkin? referenceBeatmapSkin,
-            bool clearAllObjects,
+            bool createBlank,
             EditorState editorState)
         {
             BeatmapSet = beatmapSet;
             Ruleset = ruleset;
             ReferenceBeatmap = referenceBeatmap;
             ReferenceBeatmapSkin = referenceBeatmapSkin;
-            ClearAllObjects = clearAllObjects;
+            CreateBlank = createBlank;
             EditorState = editorState;
         }
     }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Tests/Visual/EditorTestScene.cs b/osu.Game/Tests/Visual/EditorTestScene.cs
index ff09598eef..8c8a106791 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Tests/Visual/EditorTestScene.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Tests/Visual/EditorTestScene.cs
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
                 return new TestWorkingBeatmapCache(this, audioManager, resources, storage, defaultBeatmap, host);
             }
 
-            public override WorkingBeatmap CreateNewBlankDifficulty(NewDifficultyCreationParameters creationParameters)
+            public override WorkingBeatmap CreateNewDifficulty(NewDifficultyCreationParameters creationParameters)
             {
                 // don't actually care about properly creating a difficulty for this context.
                 return TestBeatmap;