diff --git a/src/lib/waku_relay/get_waku_peers.ts b/src/lib/waku_relay/get_relay_peers.ts
similarity index 97%
rename from src/lib/waku_relay/get_waku_peers.ts
rename to src/lib/waku_relay/get_relay_peers.ts
index cda6067db3..e31a5280f3 100644
--- a/src/lib/waku_relay/get_waku_peers.ts
+++ b/src/lib/waku_relay/get_relay_peers.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { RelayCodec, WakuRelayPubsub } from './index';
  * @returns {Set<string>}
  *
  */
-export function getWakuPeers(
+export function getRelayPeers(
   router: WakuRelayPubsub,
   topic: string,
   count: number,
diff --git a/src/lib/waku_relay/index.ts b/src/lib/waku_relay/index.ts
index 7b1789db11..09bc941033 100644
--- a/src/lib/waku_relay/index.ts
+++ b/src/lib/waku_relay/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { SignaturePolicy } from 'libp2p-interfaces/src/pubsub/signature-policy';
 import { WakuMessage } from '../waku_message';
 
 import { RelayCodec, RelayDefaultTopic } from './constants';
-import { getWakuPeers } from './get_waku_peers';
+import { getRelayPeers } from './get_relay_peers';
 import { RelayHeartbeat } from './relay_heartbeat';
 
 export * from './constants';
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export class WakuRelayPubsub extends Gossipsub {
       });
       if (fanoutPeers.size < this._options.D) {
         // we need more peers; eager, as this would get fixed in the next heartbeat
-        getWakuPeers(
+        getRelayPeers(
           this,
           topic,
           this._options.D - fanoutPeers.size,
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export class WakuRelayPubsub extends Gossipsub {
       this.fanout.delete(topic);
       this.lastpub.delete(topic);
     } else {
-      const peers = getWakuPeers(
+      const peers = getRelayPeers(
         this,
         topic,
         this._options.D,
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export class WakuRelayPubsub extends Gossipsub {
         meshPeers = this.fanout.get(topic);
         if (!meshPeers) {
           // If we are not in the fanout, then pick peers in topic above the publishThreshold
-          const peers = getWakuPeers(this, topic, this._options.D, (id) => {
+          const peers = getRelayPeers(this, topic, this._options.D, (id) => {
             return (
               this.score.score(id) >=
               this._options.scoreThresholds.publishThreshold
diff --git a/src/lib/waku_relay/relay_heartbeat.ts b/src/lib/waku_relay/relay_heartbeat.ts
index 0842bfee6a..7d418e945e 100644
--- a/src/lib/waku_relay/relay_heartbeat.ts
+++ b/src/lib/waku_relay/relay_heartbeat.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Heartbeat } from 'libp2p-gossipsub/src/heartbeat';
 import { shuffle } from 'libp2p-gossipsub/src/utils';
 
 import * as constants from './constants';
-import { getWakuPeers } from './get_waku_peers';
+import { getRelayPeers } from './get_relay_peers';
 
 export class RelayHeartbeat extends Heartbeat {
   /**
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ export class RelayHeartbeat extends Heartbeat {
       if (peers.size < Dlo) {
         const backoff = this.gossipsub.backoff.get(topic);
         const ineed = D - peers.size;
-        const peersSet = getWakuPeers(
+        const peersSet = getRelayPeers(
           this.gossipsub,
           topic,
           ineed,
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ export class RelayHeartbeat extends Heartbeat {
         if (outbound < Dout) {
           const ineed = Dout - outbound;
           const backoff = this.gossipsub.backoff.get(topic);
-          getWakuPeers(this.gossipsub, topic, ineed, (id: string): boolean => {
+          getRelayPeers(this.gossipsub, topic, ineed, (id: string): boolean => {
             // filter our current mesh peers, direct peers, peers we are backing off, peers with negative score
             return (
               !peers.has(id) &&
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ export class RelayHeartbeat extends Heartbeat {
           this.gossipsub._options.scoreThresholds.opportunisticGraftThreshold
         ) {
           const backoff = this.gossipsub.backoff.get(topic);
-          const peersToGraft = getWakuPeers(
+          const peersToGraft = getRelayPeers(
             this.gossipsub,
             topic,
             constants.RelayOpportunisticGraftPeers,
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ export class RelayHeartbeat extends Heartbeat {
       // do we need more peers?
       if (fanoutPeers.size < D) {
         const ineed = D - fanoutPeers.size;
-        const peersSet = getWakuPeers(
+        const peersSet = getRelayPeers(
           this.gossipsub,
           topic,
           ineed,