diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/DefaultWebClient.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/DefaultWebClient.java
index 071df90393b..084d9fb059b 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/DefaultWebClient.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/DefaultWebClient.java
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ class DefaultWebClient implements WebClient {
 		}
 
 		@Override
-		public <T> Mono<ResponseEntity<T>> bodyToEntity(Class<T> bodyType) {
+		public <T> Mono<ResponseEntity<T>> toEntity(Class<T> bodyType) {
 			return this.responseMono.flatMap(response ->
 					response.bodyToMono(bodyType).map(body -> {
 						HttpHeaders headers = response.headers().asHttpHeaders();
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ class DefaultWebClient implements WebClient {
 		}
 
 		@Override
-		public <T> Mono<ResponseEntity<List<T>>> bodyToEntityList(Class<T> responseType) {
+		public <T> Mono<ResponseEntity<List<T>>> toEntityList(Class<T> responseType) {
 			return this.responseMono.flatMap(response ->
 					response.bodyToFlux(responseType).collectList().map(body -> {
 						HttpHeaders headers = response.headers().asHttpHeaders();
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClient.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClient.java
index 20d5af15be5..8e6d8d8d355 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClient.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClient.java
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ public interface WebClient {
 		 * @param <T> response body type
 		 * @return {@code Mono} with the result
 		 */
-		<T> Mono<ResponseEntity<T>> bodyToEntity(Class<T> bodyType);
+		<T> Mono<ResponseEntity<T>> toEntity(Class<T> bodyType);
 
 		/**
 		 * A variant of {@link #bodyToFlux(Class)} collected via
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ public interface WebClient {
 		 * @param <T> the type of elements in the list
 		 * @return {@code Mono} with the result
 		 */
-		<T> Mono<ResponseEntity<List<T>>> bodyToEntityList(Class<T> elementType);
+		<T> Mono<ResponseEntity<List<T>>> toEntityList(Class<T> elementType);
 
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/kotlin/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClientExtensions.kt b/spring-webflux/src/main/kotlin/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClientExtensions.kt
index 4f68d891847..5f8d2d59a3c 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/kotlin/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClientExtensions.kt
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/kotlin/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClientExtensions.kt
@@ -67,33 +67,33 @@ fun <T : Any> WebClient.ResponseSpec.bodyToFlux(type: KClass<T>): Flux<T> = body
 inline fun <reified T : Any> WebClient.ResponseSpec.bodyToFlux(): Flux<T> = bodyToFlux(T::class.java)
 
 /**
- * Extension for [WebClient.ResponseSpec.bodyToEntity] providing a [KClass] based variant.
+ * Extension for [WebClient.ResponseSpec.toEntity] providing a [KClass] based variant.
  *
  * @author Sebastien Deleuze
  * @since 5.0
  */
-fun <T : Any> WebClient.ResponseSpec.bodyToEntity(type: KClass<T>): Mono<ResponseEntity<T>> = bodyToEntity(type.java)
+fun <T : Any> WebClient.ResponseSpec.toEntity(type: KClass<T>): Mono<ResponseEntity<T>> = toEntity(type.java)
 
 /**
- * Extension for [WebClient.ResponseSpec.bodyToEntity] providing a `bodyToEntity<Foo>()` variant.
+ * Extension for [WebClient.ResponseSpec.toEntity] providing a `bodyToEntity<Foo>()` variant.
  *
  * @author Sebastien Deleuze
  * @since 5.0
  */
-inline fun <reified T : Any> WebClient.ResponseSpec.bodyToEntity(): Mono<ResponseEntity<T>> = bodyToEntity(T::class.java)
+inline fun <reified T : Any> WebClient.ResponseSpec.toEntity(): Mono<ResponseEntity<T>> = toEntity(T::class.java)
 
 /**
- * Extension for [WebClient.ResponseSpec.bodyToEntityList] providing a [KClass] based variant.
+ * Extension for [WebClient.ResponseSpec.toEntityList] providing a [KClass] based variant.
  *
  * @author Sebastien Deleuze
  * @since 5.0
  */
-fun <T : Any> WebClient.ResponseSpec.bodyToEntityList(type: KClass<T>): Mono<ResponseEntity<List<T>>> = bodyToEntityList(type.java)
+fun <T : Any> WebClient.ResponseSpec.toEntityList(type: KClass<T>): Mono<ResponseEntity<List<T>>> = toEntityList(type.java)
 
 /**
- * Extension for [WebClient.ResponseSpec.bodyToEntityList] providing a `bodyToEntityList<Foo>()` variant.
+ * Extension for [WebClient.ResponseSpec.toEntityList] providing a `bodyToEntityList<Foo>()` variant.
  *
  * @author Sebastien Deleuze
  * @since 5.0
  */
-inline fun <reified T : Any> WebClient.ResponseSpec.bodyToEntityList(): Mono<ResponseEntity<List<T>>> = bodyToEntityList(T::class.java)
+inline fun <reified T : Any> WebClient.ResponseSpec.toEntityList(): Mono<ResponseEntity<List<T>>> = toEntityList(T::class.java)
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClientIntegrationTests.java b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClientIntegrationTests.java
index 6d6f2d8f169..63946eb45f4 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClientIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/client/WebClientIntegrationTests.java
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.http.codec.Pojo;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 /**
  * Integration tests using a {@link ExchangeFunction} through {@link WebClient}.
@@ -169,7 +168,7 @@ public class WebClientIntegrationTests {
 				.uri("/json")
 				.accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
 				.retrieve()
-				.bodyToEntity(String.class);
+				.toEntity(String.class);
 
 		StepVerifier.create(result)
 				.consumeNextWith(entity -> {
@@ -196,7 +195,7 @@ public class WebClientIntegrationTests {
 				.uri("/json")
 				.accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
 				.retrieve()
-				.bodyToEntityList(Pojo.class);
+				.toEntityList(Pojo.class);
 
 		StepVerifier.create(result)
 				.consumeNextWith(entity -> {