diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 75b76856e..d7022feac 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 * nostr: add `identifier` arg to NIP-51 `EventBuilder` set constructors ([Yuki Kishimoto])
 * pool: use per-purpose dedicated relay channels ([Yuki Kishimoto])
 * pool: return relay urls to which `messages`/`events` have or not been sent for `send_*` and `batch_*` methods ([Yuki Kishimoto])
+* pool: rename `Relay::terminate` to `Relay::disconnect` ([Yuki Kishimoto])
 * ffi(sdk): convert `RelayPool::handle_notifications` method to async/future ([Yuki Kishimoto])
 * js: increase max stack size to `0x1E84800` bytes (32 MiB) ([Yuki Kishimoto])
 
diff --git a/bindings/nostr-sdk-ffi/src/relay/mod.rs b/bindings/nostr-sdk-ffi/src/relay/mod.rs
index 916874ae9..74aee099a 100644
--- a/bindings/nostr-sdk-ffi/src/relay/mod.rs
+++ b/bindings/nostr-sdk-ffi/src/relay/mod.rs
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ impl Relay {
     }
 
     /// Disconnect from relay and set status to 'Terminated'
-    pub async fn terminate(&self) -> Result<()> {
-        Ok(self.inner.terminate().await?)
+    pub async fn disconnect(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        Ok(self.inner.disconnect().await?)
     }
 
     /// Send msg to relay
diff --git a/bindings/nostr-sdk-js/src/relay/mod.rs b/bindings/nostr-sdk-js/src/relay/mod.rs
index 14316f9fc..9e7f7b7d2 100644
--- a/bindings/nostr-sdk-js/src/relay/mod.rs
+++ b/bindings/nostr-sdk-js/src/relay/mod.rs
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ impl JsRelay {
     }
 
     /// Disconnect from relay and set status to 'Terminated'
-    pub async fn terminate(&self) -> Result<()> {
-        self.inner.terminate().await.map_err(into_err)
+    pub async fn disconnect(&self) -> Result<()> {
+        self.inner.disconnect().await.map_err(into_err)
     }
 
     /// Send msg to relay
diff --git a/crates/nostr-relay-pool/src/pool/internal.rs b/crates/nostr-relay-pool/src/pool/internal.rs
index e94810542..04bbfeec1 100644
--- a/crates/nostr-relay-pool/src/pool/internal.rs
+++ b/crates/nostr-relay-pool/src/pool/internal.rs
@@ -182,14 +182,14 @@ impl InternalRelayPool {
         let url: Url = url.try_into_url()?;
         let mut relays = self.relays.write().await;
         if let Some(relay) = relays.remove(&url) {
-            relay.terminate().await?;
+            relay.disconnect().await?;
         }
         Ok(())
     }
     pub async fn remove_all_relays(&self) -> Result<(), Error> {
         let mut relays = self.relays.write().await;
         for relay in relays.values() {
-            relay.terminate().await?;
+            relay.disconnect().await?;
         }
         relays.clear();
         Ok(())
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ impl InternalRelayPool {
     pub async fn disconnect(&self) -> Result<(), Error> {
         let relays = self.relays().await;
         for relay in relays.into_values() {
-            relay.terminate().await?;
+            relay.disconnect().await?;
         }
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/crates/nostr-relay-pool/src/relay/internal.rs b/crates/nostr-relay-pool/src/relay/internal.rs
index a8fc39f10..05abfa588 100644
--- a/crates/nostr-relay-pool/src/relay/internal.rs
+++ b/crates/nostr-relay-pool/src/relay/internal.rs
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ impl AtomicDestroyer for InternalRelay {
     fn on_destroy(&self) {
         let relay = self.clone();
         let _ = thread::spawn(async move {
-            if let Err(e) = relay.terminate().await {
-                tracing::error!("Impossible to shutdown {} relay: {e}", relay.url);
+            if let Err(e) = relay.disconnect().await {
+                tracing::error!("Impossible to shutdown '{}': {e}", relay.url);
             }
         });
     }
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ impl InternalRelay {
         }
     }
 
-    pub async fn terminate(&self) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    pub async fn disconnect(&self) -> Result<(), Error> {
         self.schedule_for_termination(true); // TODO: remove?
         if !self.is_disconnected().await {
             self.channels
diff --git a/crates/nostr-relay-pool/src/relay/mod.rs b/crates/nostr-relay-pool/src/relay/mod.rs
index cb0195482..f5690a669 100644
--- a/crates/nostr-relay-pool/src/relay/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nostr-relay-pool/src/relay/mod.rs
@@ -223,9 +223,8 @@ impl Relay {
 
     /// Disconnect from relay and set status to 'Terminated'
     #[inline]
-    pub async fn terminate(&self) -> Result<(), Error> {
-        // TODO: rename to disconnect
-        self.inner.terminate().await
+    pub async fn disconnect(&self) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        self.inner.disconnect().await
     }
 
     /// Send msg to relay
diff --git a/crates/nostr-sdk/src/client/mod.rs b/crates/nostr-sdk/src/client/mod.rs
index f1012340a..7c271bb5c 100644
--- a/crates/nostr-sdk/src/client/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nostr-sdk/src/client/mod.rs
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ impl Client {
         pool::Error: From<<U as TryIntoUrl>::Err>,
     {
         let relay = self.relay(url).await?;
-        relay.terminate().await?;
+        relay.disconnect().await?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/nwc/src/lib.rs b/crates/nwc/src/lib.rs
index 831dee086..0d1e749a7 100644
--- a/crates/nwc/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/nwc/src/lib.rs
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ impl NWC {
 
     /// Completely shutdown [NWC] client
     pub async fn shutdown(self) -> Result<(), Error> {
-        Ok(self.relay.terminate().await?)
+        Ok(self.relay.disconnect().await?)
     }
 }