diff --git a/kittens/transfer/rsync.c b/kittens/transfer/rsync.c
index 2e8a56e5f..966a83e25 100644
--- a/kittens/transfer/rsync.c
+++ b/kittens/transfer/rsync.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ free_job_capsule(PyObject *capsule) {
 }
 
 static PyObject*
-begin_signature(PyObject *self UNUSED, PyObject *args) {
+begin_create_signature(PyObject *self UNUSED, PyObject *args) {
     long long file_size = -1;
     long sl = 0;
     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|Ll", &file_size, &sl)) return NULL;
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ iter_job(PyObject *self UNUSED, PyObject *args) {
 }
 
 static PyMethodDef module_methods[] = {
-    {"begin_signature", (PyCFunction)begin_signature, METH_VARARGS, ""},
+    {"begin_create_signature", (PyCFunction)begin_create_signature, METH_VARARGS, ""},
     {"iter_job", (PyCFunction)iter_job, METH_VARARGS, ""},
     {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}        /* Sentinel */
 };
diff --git a/kittens/transfer/rsync.pyi b/kittens/transfer/rsync.pyi
index b2c33b42b..d9ce4b4a2 100644
--- a/kittens/transfer/rsync.pyi
+++ b/kittens/transfer/rsync.pyi
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class JobCapsule:
     pass
 
 
-def begin_signature(file_size: int = -1, strong_len: int = 0) -> JobCapsule:
+def begin_create_signature(file_size: int = -1, strong_len: int = 0) -> JobCapsule:
     pass