diff --git a/test/cpp/util/grpc_tool.cc b/test/cpp/util/grpc_tool.cc
index 03c33abe9f5..a3da5682dc2 100644
--- a/test/cpp/util/grpc_tool.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/util/grpc_tool.cc
@@ -414,6 +414,7 @@ bool GrpcTool::CallMethod(int argc, const char** argv,
   grpc::string request_text;
   grpc::string server_address(argv[0]);
   grpc::string method_name(argv[1]);
+  grpc::string formatted_method_name;
   std::unique_ptr<grpc::testing::ProtoFileParser> parser;
   grpc::string serialized_request_proto;
 
@@ -450,7 +451,9 @@ bool GrpcTool::CallMethod(int argc, const char** argv,
 
   if (FLAGS_binary_input) {
     serialized_request_proto = request_text;
+    formatted_method_name = method_name;
   } else {
+    formatted_method_name = parser->GetFormattedMethodName(method_name);
     serialized_request_proto = parser->GetSerializedProtoFromMethod(
         method_name, request_text, true /* is_request */);
     if (parser->HasError()) {
@@ -466,9 +469,9 @@ bool GrpcTool::CallMethod(int argc, const char** argv,
   ParseMetadataFlag(&client_metadata);
   PrintMetadata(client_metadata, "Sending client initial metadata:");
   grpc::Status status = grpc::testing::CliCall::Call(
-      channel, parser->GetFormatedMethodName(method_name),
-      serialized_request_proto, &serialized_response_proto, client_metadata,
-      &server_initial_metadata, &server_trailing_metadata);
+      channel, formatted_method_name, serialized_request_proto,
+      &serialized_response_proto, client_metadata, &server_initial_metadata,
+      &server_trailing_metadata);
   PrintMetadata(server_initial_metadata,
                 "Received initial metadata from server:");
   PrintMetadata(server_trailing_metadata,
diff --git a/test/cpp/util/proto_file_parser.cc b/test/cpp/util/proto_file_parser.cc
index 3e524227e5c..bc8a6083f41 100644
--- a/test/cpp/util/proto_file_parser.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/util/proto_file_parser.cc
@@ -172,19 +172,19 @@ grpc::string ProtoFileParser::GetFullMethodName(const grpc::string& method) {
   return method_descriptor->full_name();
 }
 
-grpc::string ProtoFileParser::GetFormatedMethodName(
+grpc::string ProtoFileParser::GetFormattedMethodName(
     const grpc::string& method) {
   has_error_ = false;
-  grpc::string formated_method_name = GetFullMethodName(method);
+  grpc::string formatted_method_name = GetFullMethodName(method);
   if (has_error_) {
     return "";
   }
-  size_t last_dot = formated_method_name.find_last_of('.');
+  size_t last_dot = formatted_method_name.find_last_of('.');
   if (last_dot != grpc::string::npos) {
-    formated_method_name[last_dot] = '/';
+    formatted_method_name[last_dot] = '/';
   }
-  formated_method_name.insert(formated_method_name.begin(), '/');
-  return formated_method_name;
+  formatted_method_name.insert(formatted_method_name.begin(), '/');
+  return formatted_method_name;
 }
 
 grpc::string ProtoFileParser::GetMessageTypeFromMethod(
diff --git a/test/cpp/util/proto_file_parser.h b/test/cpp/util/proto_file_parser.h
index eda3991e727..c1070a37b56 100644
--- a/test/cpp/util/proto_file_parser.h
+++ b/test/cpp/util/proto_file_parser.h
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ class ProtoFileParser {
   // descriptor database queries.
   grpc::string GetFullMethodName(const grpc::string& method);
 
-  // Formated method name is in the form of /Service/Method, it's good to be
+  // Formatted method name is in the form of /Service/Method, it's good to be
   // used as the argument of Stub::Call()
-  grpc::string GetFormatedMethodName(const grpc::string& method);
+  grpc::string GetFormattedMethodName(const grpc::string& method);
 
   grpc::string GetSerializedProtoFromMethod(
       const grpc::string& method, const grpc::string& text_format_proto,