diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/DataStreamWriter.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/DataStreamWriter.scala
index d67e175c24dd..9e3599712fde 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/DataStreamWriter.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/DataStreamWriter.scala
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ final class DataStreamWriter[T] private[sql](ds: Dataset[T]) {
    * @since 3.1.0
    */
   @throws[TimeoutException]
-  def saveAsTable(tableName: String): StreamingQuery = {
+  def toTable(tableName: String): StreamingQuery = {
     this.source = SOURCE_NAME_TABLE
     this.tableName = tableName
     startInternal(None)
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/test/DataStreamTableAPISuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/test/DataStreamTableAPISuite.scala
index 062b1060bc60..bf850432d5c0 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/test/DataStreamTableAPISuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/streaming/test/DataStreamTableAPISuite.scala
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ class DataStreamTableAPISuite extends StreamTest with BeforeAndAfter {
     val query = inputDF
       .writeStream
       .option("checkpointLocation", checkpointDir.getAbsolutePath)
-      .saveAsTable(tableIdentifier)
+      .toTable(tableIdentifier)
 
     inputData.addData(newInputs: _*)