diff --git a/spectator-reg-atlas/src/main/java/com/netflix/spectator/atlas/impl/EvalPayload.java b/spectator-reg-atlas/src/main/java/com/netflix/spectator/atlas/impl/EvalPayload.java
index 2c5cec998..41e245176 100644
--- a/spectator-reg-atlas/src/main/java/com/netflix/spectator/atlas/impl/EvalPayload.java
+++ b/spectator-reg-atlas/src/main/java/com/netflix/spectator/atlas/impl/EvalPayload.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public List<Message> getMessages() {
    * @return
    *     List of payloads that have at most {@code batchSize} metrics per payload.
    */
-  public List<EvalPayload> consumeBatches(int batchSize) {
+  public List<EvalPayload> toBatches(int batchSize) {
     List<EvalPayload> payloads = new ArrayList<>(metrics.size() / batchSize + 1);
     consumeBatches(batchSize, payloads::add);
     return payloads;
diff --git a/spectator-reg-atlas/src/test/java/com/netflix/spectator/atlas/impl/EvalPayloadTest.java b/spectator-reg-atlas/src/test/java/com/netflix/spectator/atlas/impl/EvalPayloadTest.java
index 9a2ca5e69..05fdf5b6c 100644
--- a/spectator-reg-atlas/src/test/java/com/netflix/spectator/atlas/impl/EvalPayloadTest.java
+++ b/spectator-reg-atlas/src/test/java/com/netflix/spectator/atlas/impl/EvalPayloadTest.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ private List<EvalPayload.Message> messages(int n) {
   @Test
   public void toBatchesBelowThreshold() {
     EvalPayload payload = new EvalPayload(0L, metrics(4));
-    List<EvalPayload> batches = payload.consumeBatches(4);
+    List<EvalPayload> batches = payload.toBatches(4);
     Assertions.assertEquals(1, batches.size());
     Assertions.assertSame(payload, batches.get(0));
   }
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public void toBatchesBelowThreshold() {
   @Test
   public void toBatchesAboveThreshold() {
     EvalPayload payload = new EvalPayload(0L, metrics(21));
-    List<EvalPayload> batches = payload.consumeBatches(4);
+    List<EvalPayload> batches = payload.toBatches(4);
     Assertions.assertEquals(6, batches.size());
     int i = 0;
     for (EvalPayload batch : batches) {
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public void toBatchesAboveThreshold() {
   @Test
   public void toBatchesWithMessages() {
     EvalPayload payload = new EvalPayload(0L, metrics(21), messages(2));
-    List<EvalPayload> batches = payload.consumeBatches(4);
+    List<EvalPayload> batches = payload.toBatches(4);
     Assertions.assertEquals(6, batches.size());
     int i = 0;
     for (EvalPayload batch : batches) {