diff --git a/web3.js/module.flow.js b/web3.js/module.flow.js
index c000b541d1..968b3fc524 100644
--- a/web3.js/module.flow.js
+++ b/web3.js/module.flow.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ declare module '@solana/web3.js' {
     ): Promise<SignatureStatus>;
     getTransactionCount(): Promise<number>;
     getLastId(): Promise<TransactionId>;
-    getFinality(): Promise<number>;
+    getConfirmationTime(): Promise<number>;
     requestAirdrop(
       to: PublicKey,
       amount: number,
diff --git a/web3.js/src/connection.js b/web3.js/src/connection.js
index db21598b72..0d683be13e 100644
--- a/web3.js/src/connection.js
+++ b/web3.js/src/connection.js
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ const GetTransactionCountRpcResult = jsonRpcResult('number');
 const GetLastId = jsonRpcResult('string');
 
 /**
- * Expected JSON RPC response for the "getFinality" message
+ * Expected JSON RPC response for the "getConfirmationTime" message
  */
-const GetFinalityRpcResult = jsonRpcResult('number');
+const GetConfirmationTimeRpcResult = jsonRpcResult('number');
 
 /**
  * Expected JSON RPC response for the "requestAirdrop" message
@@ -333,11 +333,11 @@ export class Connection {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Return the current network finality time in millliseconds
+   * Return the current cluster confirmation time in millliseconds
    */
-  async getFinality(): Promise<number> {
-    const unsafeRes = await this._rpcRequest('getFinality', []);
-    const res = GetFinalityRpcResult(unsafeRes);
+  async getConfirmationTime(): Promise<number> {
+    const unsafeRes = await this._rpcRequest('getConfirmationTime', []);
+    const res = GetConfirmationTimeRpcResult(unsafeRes);
     if (res.error) {
       throw new Error(res.error.message);
     }
diff --git a/web3.js/test/connection.test.js b/web3.js/test/connection.test.js
index bd4499f475..b782d8884b 100644
--- a/web3.js/test/connection.test.js
+++ b/web3.js/test/connection.test.js
@@ -123,13 +123,13 @@ test('get last Id', async () => {
   expect(lastId.length).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(43);
 });
 
-test('get finality', async () => {
+test('get confirmation time', async () => {
   const connection = new Connection(url);
 
   mockRpc.push([
     url,
     {
-      method: 'getFinality',
+      method: 'getConfirmationTime',
       params: [],
     },
     {
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ test('get finality', async () => {
     },
   ]);
 
-  const finality = await connection.getFinality();
+  const finality = await connection.getConfirmationTime();
   expect(finality).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
 });