diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTerminalShellIntegration.ts b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTerminalShellIntegration.ts
index 0e2a6358f13..a825c608318 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTerminalShellIntegration.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/api/common/extHostTerminalShellIntegration.ts
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ class InternalTerminalShellExecution {
 			get exitCode(): Promise<number | undefined> {
 				return that._exitCode;
 			},
-			createDataStream(): AsyncIterable<string> {
+			readData(): AsyncIterable<string> {
 				return that._createDataStream();
 			}
 		};
diff --git a/src/vscode-dts/vscode.proposed.terminalShellIntegration.d.ts b/src/vscode-dts/vscode.proposed.terminalShellIntegration.d.ts
index 342211a497e..61434194c00 100644
--- a/src/vscode-dts/vscode.proposed.terminalShellIntegration.d.ts
+++ b/src/vscode-dts/vscode.proposed.terminalShellIntegration.d.ts
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ declare module 'vscode' {
 		 * @example
 		 * // Log all data written to the terminal for a command
 		 * const command = term.shellIntegration.executeCommand({ commandLine: 'echo "Hello world"' });
-		 * const stream = command.createDataStream();
+		 * const stream = command.readData();
 		 * for await (const data of stream) {
 		 *   console.log(data);
 		 * }
 		 */
-		createDataStream(): AsyncIterable<string>;
+		readData(): AsyncIterable<string>;
 	}
 
 	export interface Terminal {