diff --git a/src/cargo/core/source_id.rs b/src/cargo/core/source_id.rs
index 32acd0222c3d..42840b5efaa2 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/source_id.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/source_id.rs
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ impl SourceId {
     }
 
     /// Creates a `SourceId` from a remote registry URL with given name.
-    pub fn for_alt_registry(url: &Url, name: &str) -> CargoResult<SourceId> {
+    pub fn for_named_registry(url: &Url, name: &str) -> CargoResult<SourceId> {
         let kind = Self::remote_source_kind(url);
         SourceId::new(kind, url.to_owned(), Some(name))
     }
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ impl SourceId {
             return Self::crates_io(config);
         }
         let url = config.get_registry_index(key)?;
-        Self::for_alt_registry(&url, key)
+        Self::for_named_registry(&url, key)
     }
 
     /// Gets this source URL.
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(crate::util::hex::short_hash(&source_id), "fb60813d6cb8df79");
 
         let url = "https://your-crates.io".into_url().unwrap();
-        let source_id = SourceId::for_alt_registry(&url, "alt").unwrap();
+        let source_id = SourceId::for_named_registry(&url, "alt").unwrap();
         assert_eq!(gen_hash(source_id), 12862859764592646184);
         assert_eq!(crate::util::hex::short_hash(&source_id), "09c10fd0cbd74bce");
 
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(crate::util::hex::short_hash(&source_id), "d1ea0d96f6f759b5");
 
         let url = "sparse+https://your-crates.io".into_url().unwrap();
-        let source_id = SourceId::for_alt_registry(&url, "alt").unwrap();
+        let source_id = SourceId::for_named_registry(&url, "alt").unwrap();
         assert_eq!(gen_hash(source_id), 5159702466575482972);
         assert_eq!(crate::util::hex::short_hash(&source_id), "135d23074253cb78");
 
diff --git a/src/cargo/sources/config.rs b/src/cargo/sources/config.rs
index f0c214e16d6f..1e9e39157122 100644
--- a/src/cargo/sources/config.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/sources/config.rs
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ impl<'cfg> SourceConfigMap<'cfg> {
             base.add(
                 CRATES_IO_REGISTRY,
                 SourceConfig {
-                    id: SourceId::for_alt_registry(&url.parse()?, CRATES_IO_REGISTRY)?,
+                    id: SourceId::for_named_registry(&url.parse()?, CRATES_IO_REGISTRY)?,
                     replace_with: None,
                 },
             )?;
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ restore the source replacement configuration to continue the build
         let mut srcs = Vec::new();
         if let Some(registry) = def.registry {
             let url = url(&registry, &format!("source.{}.registry", name))?;
-            srcs.push(SourceId::for_alt_registry(&url, &name)?);
+            srcs.push(SourceId::for_named_registry(&url, &name)?);
         }
         if let Some(local_registry) = def.local_registry {
             let path = local_registry.resolve_path(self.config);
diff --git a/src/cargo/util/config/mod.rs b/src/cargo/util/config/mod.rs
index abbf905aeef2..01f92069c37d 100644
--- a/src/cargo/util/config/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/util/config/mod.rs
@@ -1841,7 +1841,7 @@ impl Config {
         let source_id = self.crates_io_source_id.try_borrow_with(|| {
             self.check_registry_index_not_set()?;
             let url = CRATES_IO_INDEX.into_url().unwrap();
-            SourceId::for_alt_registry(&url, CRATES_IO_REGISTRY)
+            SourceId::for_named_registry(&url, CRATES_IO_REGISTRY)
         })?;
         Ok(*source_id)
     }
diff --git a/src/cargo/util/credential/paseto.rs b/src/cargo/util/credential/paseto.rs
index bd49af98acdc..8f7bdd8673f3 100644
--- a/src/cargo/util/credential/paseto.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/util/credential/paseto.rs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ impl<'a> Credential for PasetoCredential<'a> {
     ) -> Result<CredentialResponse, Error> {
         let index_url = Url::parse(registry.index_url).context("parsing index url")?;
         let sid = if let Some(name) = registry.name {
-            SourceId::for_alt_registry(&index_url, name)
+            SourceId::for_named_registry(&index_url, name)
         } else {
             SourceId::for_registry(&index_url)
         }?;
diff --git a/src/cargo/util/credential/token.rs b/src/cargo/util/credential/token.rs
index 7a29e6360d9f..3b012610d586 100644
--- a/src/cargo/util/credential/token.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/util/credential/token.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ impl<'a> Credential for TokenCredential<'a> {
     ) -> Result<CredentialResponse, Error> {
         let index_url = Url::parse(registry.index_url).context("parsing index url")?;
         let sid = if let Some(name) = registry.name {
-            SourceId::for_alt_registry(&index_url, name)
+            SourceId::for_named_registry(&index_url, name)
         } else {
             SourceId::for_registry(&index_url)
         }?;