diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/query-history.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/query-history.ts
index 4e1731ad3..4bd0a11cd 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/query-history.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/query-history.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ import {
   QueryStatus,
   variantAnalysisStatusToQueryStatus,
 } from "./query-status";
-import { slurpQueryHistory, splatQueryHistory } from "./query-serialization";
+import {
+  slurpQueryHistory,
+  serializeQueryHistory,
+} from "./query-serialization";
 import { pathExists } from "fs-extra";
 import { CliVersionConstraint } from "./cli";
 import { HistoryItemLabelProvider } from "./history-item-label-provider";
@@ -808,7 +811,7 @@ export class QueryHistoryManager extends DisposableObject {
   }
 
   async writeQueryHistory(): Promise<void> {
-    await splatQueryHistory(
+    await serializeQueryHistory(
       this.treeDataProvider.allHistory,
       this.queryMetadataStorageLocation,
     );
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/query-serialization.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/query-serialization.ts
index eeee02289..7363a55b1 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/query-serialization.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/query-serialization.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export async function slurpQueryHistory(
  * @param queries the list of queries to save.
  * @param fsPath the path to save the queries to.
  */
-export async function splatQueryHistory(
+export async function serializeQueryHistory(
   queries: QueryHistoryInfo[],
   fsPath: string,
 ): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/no-workspace/query-results.test.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/no-workspace/query-results.test.ts
index c5000a68b..c39e8b08b 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/no-workspace/query-results.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/test/vscode-tests/no-workspace/query-results.test.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { CancellationTokenSource, Uri } from "vscode";
 import { tmpDir } from "../../../src/helpers";
 import {
   slurpQueryHistory,
-  splatQueryHistory,
+  serializeQueryHistory,
 } from "../../../src/query-serialization";
 import {
   formatLegacyMessage,
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ describe("query-results", () => {
       const allHistoryPath = join(tmpDir.name, "workspace-query-history.json");
 
       // splat and slurp
-      await splatQueryHistory(allHistory, allHistoryPath);
+      await serializeQueryHistory(allHistory, allHistoryPath);
       const allHistoryActual = await slurpQueryHistory(allHistoryPath);
 
       // the dispose methods will be different. Ignore them.