diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/commands/bugCommand.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/commands/bugCommand.test.ts
index 78f6bfb4a1..b88db55d9e 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/commands/bugCommand.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/commands/bugCommand.test.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { bugCommand } from './bugCommand.js';
 import { createMockCommandContext } from '../../test-utils/mockCommandContext.js';
 import { getVersion } from '@google/gemini-cli-core';
 import { GIT_COMMIT_INFO } from '../../generated/git-commit.js';
-import { formatMemoryUsage } from '../utils/formatters.js';
+import { formatBytes } from '../utils/formatters.js';
 
 // Mock dependencies
 vi.mock('open');
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ vi.mock('../utils/terminalCapabilityManager.js', () => ({
 describe('bugCommand', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     vi.mocked(getVersion).mockResolvedValue('0.1.0');
-    vi.mocked(formatMemoryUsage).mockReturnValue('100 MB');
+    vi.mocked(formatBytes).mockReturnValue('100 MB');
     vi.stubEnv('SANDBOX', 'gemini-test');
     vi.useFakeTimers();
     vi.setSystemTime(new Date('2024-01-01T00:00:00Z'));
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/commands/bugCommand.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/commands/bugCommand.ts
index 6c3a5a70d1..b428c66bbf 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/commands/bugCommand.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/commands/bugCommand.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
 } from './types.js';
 import { MessageType } from '../types.js';
 import { GIT_COMMIT_INFO } from '../../generated/git-commit.js';
-import { formatMemoryUsage } from '../utils/formatters.js';
+import { formatBytes } from '../utils/formatters.js';
 import {
   IdeClient,
   sessionId,
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export const bugCommand: SlashCommand = {
     }
     const modelVersion = config?.getModel() || 'Unknown';
     const cliVersion = await getVersion();
-    const memoryUsage = formatMemoryUsage(process.memoryUsage().rss);
+    const memoryUsage = formatBytes(process.memoryUsage().rss);
     const ideClient = await getIdeClientName(context);
     const terminalName =
       terminalCapabilityManager.getTerminalName() || 'Unknown';
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/MemoryUsageDisplay.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/MemoryUsageDisplay.tsx
index 1ea3c10693..7a413fc227 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/MemoryUsageDisplay.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/MemoryUsageDisplay.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { Box, Text } from 'ink';
 import { theme } from '../semantic-colors.js';
 import process from 'node:process';
-import { formatMemoryUsage } from '../utils/formatters.js';
+import { formatBytes } from '../utils/formatters.js';
 
 export const MemoryUsageDisplay: React.FC = () => {
   const [memoryUsage, setMemoryUsage] = useState<string>('');
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export const MemoryUsageDisplay: React.FC = () => {
   useEffect(() => {
     const updateMemory = () => {
       const usage = process.memoryUsage().rss;
-      setMemoryUsage(formatMemoryUsage(usage));
+      setMemoryUsage(formatBytes(usage));
       setMemoryUsageColor(
         usage >= 2 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024
           ? theme.status.error
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/shellCommandProcessor.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/shellCommandProcessor.ts
index 48d26db042..f3a866a20b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/shellCommandProcessor.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/shellCommandProcessor.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { isBinary, ShellExecutionService } from '@google/gemini-cli-core';
 import { type PartListUnion } from '@google/genai';
 import type { UseHistoryManagerReturn } from './useHistoryManager.js';
 import { SHELL_COMMAND_NAME } from '../constants.js';
-import { formatMemoryUsage } from '../utils/formatters.js';
+import { formatBytes } from '../utils/formatters.js';
 import crypto from 'node:crypto';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import os from 'node:os';
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ export const useShellCommandProcessor = (
               let currentDisplayOutput: string | AnsiOutput;
               if (isBinaryStream) {
                 if (binaryBytesReceived > 0) {
-                  currentDisplayOutput = `[Receiving binary output... ${formatMemoryUsage(
+                  currentDisplayOutput = `[Receiving binary output... ${formatBytes(
                     binaryBytesReceived,
                   )} received]`;
                 } else {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/formatters.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/formatters.test.ts
index 48c0a2c605..bafc04b555 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/formatters.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/formatters.test.ts
@@ -7,23 +7,23 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, vi, beforeEach, afterEach } from 'vitest';
 import {
   formatDuration,
-  formatMemoryUsage,
+  formatBytes,
   formatTimeAgo,
   stripReferenceContent,
 } from './formatters.js';
 
 describe('formatters', () => {
-  describe('formatMemoryUsage', () => {
+  describe('formatBytes', () => {
     it('should format bytes into KB', () => {
-      expect(formatMemoryUsage(12345)).toBe('12.1 KB');
+      expect(formatBytes(12345)).toBe('12.1 KB');
     });
 
     it('should format bytes into MB', () => {
-      expect(formatMemoryUsage(12345678)).toBe('11.8 MB');
+      expect(formatBytes(12345678)).toBe('11.8 MB');
     });
 
     it('should format bytes into GB', () => {
-      expect(formatMemoryUsage(12345678901)).toBe('11.50 GB');
+      expect(formatBytes(12345678901)).toBe('11.50 GB');
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/formatters.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/formatters.ts
index 419ad8d0e4..3d415a97bd 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/formatters.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/utils/formatters.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   REFERENCE_CONTENT_END,
 } from '@google/gemini-cli-core';
 
-export const formatMemoryUsage = (bytes: number): string => {
+export const formatBytes = (bytes: number): string => {
   const gb = bytes / (1024 * 1024 * 1024);
   if (bytes < 1024 * 1024) {
     return `${(bytes / 1024).toFixed(1)} KB`;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/tools/shell.ts b/packages/core/src/tools/shell.ts
index 4f68000585..28b312dcbf 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/tools/shell.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/tools/shell.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import type {
   ShellOutputEvent,
 } from '../services/shellExecutionService.js';
 import { ShellExecutionService } from '../services/shellExecutionService.js';
-import { formatMemoryUsage } from '../utils/formatters.js';
+import { formatBytes } from '../utils/formatters.js';
 import type { AnsiOutput } from '../utils/terminalSerializer.js';
 import {
   getCommandRoots,
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ export class ShellToolInvocation extends BaseToolInvocation<
                 break;
               case 'binary_progress':
                 isBinaryStream = true;
-                cumulativeOutput = `[Receiving binary output... ${formatMemoryUsage(
+                cumulativeOutput = `[Receiving binary output... ${formatBytes(
                   event.bytesReceived,
                 )} received]`;
                 if (Date.now() - lastUpdateTime > OUTPUT_UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS) {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/formatters.test.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/formatters.test.ts
index 305b2d0adb..cf6ba3a790 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/formatters.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/formatters.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
 
-import { bytesToMB, formatMemoryUsage } from './formatters.js';
+import { bytesToMB, formatBytes } from './formatters.js';
 
 describe('bytesToMB', () => {
   it('converts bytes to megabytes', () => {
@@ -16,16 +16,16 @@ describe('bytesToMB', () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe('formatMemoryUsage', () => {
+describe('formatBytes', () => {
   it('formats values below one megabyte in KB', () => {
-    expect(formatMemoryUsage(512 * 1024)).toBe('512.0 KB');
+    expect(formatBytes(512 * 1024)).toBe('512.0 KB');
   });
 
   it('formats values below one gigabyte in MB', () => {
-    expect(formatMemoryUsage(5 * 1024 * 1024)).toBe('5.0 MB');
+    expect(formatBytes(5 * 1024 * 1024)).toBe('5.0 MB');
   });
 
   it('formats values of one gigabyte or larger in GB', () => {
-    expect(formatMemoryUsage(2 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024)).toBe('2.00 GB');
+    expect(formatBytes(2 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024)).toBe('2.00 GB');
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/formatters.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/formatters.ts
index 88946ae910..28657a8c90 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/formatters.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/formatters.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 export const bytesToMB = (bytes: number): number => bytes / (1024 * 1024);
 
-export const formatMemoryUsage = (bytes: number): string => {
+export const formatBytes = (bytes: number): string => {
   const gb = bytes / (1024 * 1024 * 1024);
   if (bytes < 1024 * 1024) {
     return `${(bytes / 1024).toFixed(1)} KB`;