diff --git a/cli/src/funTest/kotlin/OrtMainFunTest.kt b/cli/src/funTest/kotlin/OrtMainFunTest.kt
index f2f4897f1007e..e359762be9d90 100644
--- a/cli/src/funTest/kotlin/OrtMainFunTest.kt
+++ b/cli/src/funTest/kotlin/OrtMainFunTest.kt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import org.ossreviewtoolkit.downloader.VersionControlSystem
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.OrtResult
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.config.OrtConfiguration
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.config.OrtConfigurationWrapper
-import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.config.PackageCurationProviderConfiguration
+import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.config.PluginConfiguration
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.config.REFERENCE_CONFIG_FILENAME
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.readValue
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.writeValue
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class OrtMainFunTest : StringSpec() {
             OrtConfigurationWrapper(
                 OrtConfiguration(
                     packageCurationProviders = listOf(
-                        PackageCurationProviderConfiguration(
+                        PluginConfiguration(
                             type = "File",
                             config = mapOf("path" to projectDir.resolve("gradle/curations.yml").path)
                         )
diff --git a/model/src/main/kotlin/config/OrtConfiguration.kt b/model/src/main/kotlin/config/OrtConfiguration.kt
index 227fbae423dd5..31ac9422dc54a 100644
--- a/model/src/main/kotlin/config/OrtConfiguration.kt
+++ b/model/src/main/kotlin/config/OrtConfiguration.kt
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ data class OrtConfiguration(
      * the priority of the providers: Providers that appear earlier in the list can overwrite curations for the same
      * package from providers that appear later in the list.
      */
-    val packageCurationProviders: List<PackageCurationProviderConfiguration> = listOf(
-        PackageCurationProviderConfiguration(type = "DefaultDir"),
-        PackageCurationProviderConfiguration(type = "DefaultFile")
+    val packageCurationProviders: List<PluginConfiguration> = listOf(
+        PluginConfiguration(type = "DefaultDir"),
+        PluginConfiguration(type = "DefaultFile")
     ),
 
     /**
diff --git a/model/src/main/kotlin/config/PackageCurationProviderConfiguration.kt b/model/src/main/kotlin/config/PluginConfiguration.kt
similarity index 72%
rename from model/src/main/kotlin/config/PackageCurationProviderConfiguration.kt
rename to model/src/main/kotlin/config/PluginConfiguration.kt
index de838d9493a9b..6bf605bcc504d 100644
--- a/model/src/main/kotlin/config/PackageCurationProviderConfiguration.kt
+++ b/model/src/main/kotlin/config/PluginConfiguration.kt
@@ -23,26 +23,26 @@ import com.sksamuel.hoplite.ConfigAlias
 
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.utils.common.Plugin
 
-data class PackageCurationProviderConfiguration(
+data class PluginConfiguration(
     /**
-     * The [type][Plugin.type] of the package curation provider.
+     * The [type][Plugin.type] of the plugin to configure.
      */
     @ConfigAlias("name")
     val type: String,
 
     /**
-     * A unique identifier for the package curation provider.
+     * A unique identifier for the plugin instance to be created, to distinguish plugins of the same type but with
+     * different configuration.
      */
     val id: String = type,
 
     /**
-     * Whether this curation provider is enabled.
+     * A flag to indicate whether this plugin should be enabled or not.
      */
     val enabled: Boolean = true,
 
     /**
-     * The configuration of the package curation provider. See the specific implementation for available configuration
-     * options.
+     * The configuration of the plugin. See the specific implementations for available configuration options.
      */
     val config: Map<String, String> = emptyMap()
 )
diff --git a/model/src/test/kotlin/config/OrtConfigurationTest.kt b/model/src/test/kotlin/config/OrtConfigurationTest.kt
index 172f331b0f214..2a8296e76088c 100644
--- a/model/src/test/kotlin/config/OrtConfigurationTest.kt
+++ b/model/src/test/kotlin/config/OrtConfigurationTest.kt
@@ -64,24 +64,24 @@ class OrtConfigurationTest : WordSpec({
             }
 
             ortConfig.packageCurationProviders should containExactly(
-                PackageCurationProviderConfiguration(type = "DefaultFile"),
-                PackageCurationProviderConfiguration(type = "DefaultDir"),
-                PackageCurationProviderConfiguration(
+                PluginConfiguration(type = "DefaultFile"),
+                PluginConfiguration(type = "DefaultDir"),
+                PluginConfiguration(
                     type = "File",
                     id = "SomeCurationsFile",
                     config = mapOf("path" to "/some-path/curations.yml", "mustExist" to "true")
                 ),
-                PackageCurationProviderConfiguration(
+                PluginConfiguration(
                     type = "File",
                     id = "SomeCurationsDir",
                     config = mapOf("path" to "/some-path/curations-dir", "mustExist" to "false")
                 ),
-                PackageCurationProviderConfiguration(type = "OrtConfig", enabled = true),
-                PackageCurationProviderConfiguration(
+                PluginConfiguration(type = "OrtConfig", enabled = true),
+                PluginConfiguration(
                     type = "ClearlyDefined",
                     config = mapOf("serverUrl" to "https://api.clearlydefined.io", "minTotalLicenseScore" to "80")
                 ),
-                PackageCurationProviderConfiguration(
+                PluginConfiguration(
                     type = "SW360",
                     config = mapOf(
                         "restUrl" to "https://your-sw360-rest-url",
diff --git a/plugins/package-curation-providers/api/src/main/kotlin/PackageCurationProviderFactory.kt b/plugins/package-curation-providers/api/src/main/kotlin/PackageCurationProviderFactory.kt
index 63e470d747667..043e9f72f7c43 100644
--- a/plugins/package-curation-providers/api/src/main/kotlin/PackageCurationProviderFactory.kt
+++ b/plugins/package-curation-providers/api/src/main/kotlin/PackageCurationProviderFactory.kt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 package org.ossreviewtoolkit.plugins.packagecurationproviders.api
 
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.ResolvedPackageCurations.Companion.REPOSITORY_CONFIGURATION_PROVIDER_ID
-import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.config.PackageCurationProviderConfiguration
+import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.config.PluginConfiguration
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.model.utils.PackageCurationProvider
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.utils.common.ConfigurablePluginFactory
 import org.ossreviewtoolkit.utils.common.Plugin
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ interface PackageCurationProviderFactory<CONFIG> : ConfigurablePluginFactory<Pac
         val ALL = Plugin.getAll<PackageCurationProviderFactory<*>>()
 
         /**
-         * Return a new (identifier, provider instance) tuple for each
-         * [enabled][PackageCurationProviderConfiguration.enabled] provider configuration in [configurations] ordered
-         * highest-priority first. The given [configurations] must be ordered highest-priority first as well.
+         * Return a new (identifier, provider instance) tuple for each [enabled][PluginConfiguration.enabled] provider
+         * configuration in [configurations] ordered highest-priority first. The given [configurations] must be ordered
+         * highest-priority first as well.
          */
         fun create(
-            configurations: List<PackageCurationProviderConfiguration>
+            configurations: List<PluginConfiguration>
         ): List<Pair<String, PackageCurationProvider>> =
             configurations.filter {
                 it.enabled