diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index b0f5fa70..0e88eeb8 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@
 - [#415]: Renamed many functions following the pattern `unescape_and_decode*` to `decode_and_unescape*`
   to better communicate their function. Renamed functions following the pattern `*_with_custom_entities`
   to `decode_and_unescape_with` to be more consistent across the API.
+- [#415]: `BytesText::escaped()` renamed to `BytesText::escape()`, `BytesText::unescaped()` renamed to
+  `BytesText::unescape()`, `BytesText::unescaped_with()` renamed to `BytesText::unescape_with()`,
+  `Attribute::escaped_value()` renamed to `Attribute::escape_value()`, and `Attribute::escaped_value_with()`
+  renamed to `Attribute::escape_value_with()` for consistency across the API.
 - [#416]: `BytesStart::to_borrowed` renamed to `BytesStart::borrow`, the same method
   added to all events
 
diff --git a/benches/macrobenches.rs b/benches/macrobenches.rs
index 1dc74dac..cdb3c8e9 100644
--- a/benches/macrobenches.rs
+++ b/benches/macrobenches.rs
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ fn parse_document(doc: &[u8]) -> XmlResult<()> {
         match r.read_event()? {
             Event::Start(e) | Event::Empty(e) => {
                 for attr in e.attributes() {
-                    criterion::black_box(attr?.unescaped_value()?);
+                    criterion::black_box(attr?.unescape_value()?);
                 }
             }
             Event::Text(e) => {
-                criterion::black_box(e.unescaped()?);
+                criterion::black_box(e.unescape()?);
             }
             Event::CData(e) => {
                 criterion::black_box(e.into_inner());
diff --git a/benches/microbenches.rs b/benches/microbenches.rs
index 85293bda..a04c63b3 100644
--- a/benches/microbenches.rs
+++ b/benches/microbenches.rs
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ fn one_event(c: &mut Criterion) {
                 .check_comments(false)
                 .trim_text(true);
             match r.read_event_into(&mut buf) {
-                Ok(Event::Comment(ref e)) => nbtxt += e.unescaped().unwrap().len(),
+                Ok(Event::Comment(ref e)) => nbtxt += e.unescape().unwrap().len(),
                 something_else => panic!("Did not expect {:?}", something_else),
             };
 
diff --git a/src/de/mod.rs b/src/de/mod.rs
index 85949d8a..ae94b260 100644
--- a/src/de/mod.rs
+++ b/src/de/mod.rs
@@ -618,14 +618,14 @@ where
         allow_start: bool,
     ) -> Result<BytesCData<'de>, DeError> {
         match self.next()? {
-            DeEvent::Text(e) if unescape => e.unescape().map_err(Into::into),
+            DeEvent::Text(e) if unescape => e.unescape_as_cdata().map_err(Into::into),
             DeEvent::Text(e) => Ok(BytesCData::new(e.into_inner())),
             DeEvent::CData(e) => Ok(e),
             DeEvent::Start(e) if allow_start => {
                 // allow one nested level
                 let inner = self.next()?;
                 let t = match inner {
-                    DeEvent::Text(t) if unescape => t.unescape()?,
+                    DeEvent::Text(t) if unescape => t.unescape_as_cdata()?,
                     DeEvent::Text(t) => BytesCData::new(t.into_inner()),
                     DeEvent::CData(t) => t,
                     DeEvent::Start(s) => {
diff --git a/src/events/attributes.rs b/src/events/attributes.rs
index dc218c32..12715866 100644
--- a/src/events/attributes.rs
+++ b/src/events/attributes.rs
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ use std::{borrow::Cow, ops::Range};
 /// A struct representing a key/value XML attribute.
 ///
 /// Field `value` stores raw bytes, possibly containing escape-sequences. Most users will likely
-/// want to access the value using one of the [`unescaped_value`] and [`decode_and_unescape_value`]
+/// want to access the value using one of the [`unescape_value`] and [`decode_and_unescape_value`]
 /// functions.
 ///
-/// [`unescaped_value`]: Self::unescaped_value
+/// [`unescape_value`]: Self::unescape_value
 /// [`decode_and_unescape_value`]: Self::decode_and_unescape_value
 #[derive(Clone, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Attribute<'a> {
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ impl<'a> Attribute<'a> {
     ///
     /// This will allocate if the value contains any escape sequences.
     ///
-    /// See also [`unescaped_value_with()`](Self::unescaped_value_with)
-    pub fn unescaped_value(&self) -> XmlResult<Cow<[u8]>> {
-        self.unescaped_value_with(|_| None)
+    /// See also [`unescape_value_with()`](Self::unescape_value_with)
+    pub fn unescape_value(&self) -> XmlResult<Cow<[u8]>> {
+        self.unescape_value_with(|_| None)
     }
 
     /// Returns the unescaped value, using custom entities.
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ impl<'a> Attribute<'a> {
     ///
     /// This will allocate if the value contains any escape sequences.
     ///
-    /// See also [`unescaped_value()`](Self::unescaped_value)
+    /// See also [`unescape_value()`](Self::unescape_value)
     ///
     /// # Pre-condition
     ///
     /// The implementation of `resolve_entity` is expected to operate over UTF-8 inputs.
-    pub fn unescaped_value_with<'s, 'entity>(
+    pub fn unescape_value_with<'s, 'entity>(
         &'s self,
         resolve_entity: impl Fn(&[u8]) -> Option<&'entity str>,
     ) -> XmlResult<Cow<'s, [u8]>> {
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ impl<'a> Attribute<'a> {
     /// instead use one of:
     ///
     /// * [`Reader::decoder().decode()`], as it only allocates when the decoding can't be performed otherwise.
-    /// * [`unescaped_value()`], as it doesn't allocate when no escape sequences are used.
+    /// * [`unescape_value()`], as it doesn't allocate when no escape sequences are used.
     ///
-    /// [`unescaped_value()`]: Self::unescaped_value
+    /// [`unescape_value()`]: Self::unescape_value
     /// [`Reader::decoder().decode()`]: crate::reader::Decoder::decode
     pub fn decode_and_unescape_value<B>(&self, reader: &Reader<B>) -> XmlResult<String> {
         self.decode_and_unescape_value_with(reader, |_| None)
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ impl<'a> Attribute<'a> {
     /// instead use one of:
     ///
     /// * [`Reader::decoder().decode()`], as it only allocates when the decoding can't be performed otherwise.
-    /// * [`unescaped_value_with()`], as it doesn't allocate when no escape sequences are used.
+    /// * [`unescape_value_with()`], as it doesn't allocate when no escape sequences are used.
     ///
-    /// [`unescaped_value_with()`]: Self::unescaped_value_with
+    /// [`unescape_value_with()`]: Self::unescape_value_with
     /// [`Reader::decoder().decode()`]: crate::reader::Decoder::decode
     ///
     /// # Pre-condition
diff --git a/src/events/mod.rs b/src/events/mod.rs
index 58b64e35..74540957 100644
--- a/src/events/mod.rs
+++ b/src/events/mod.rs
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ impl<'a> BytesText<'a> {
     /// Returns unescaped version of the text content, that can be written
     /// as CDATA in XML
     #[cfg(feature = "serialize")]
-    pub(crate) fn unescape(self) -> std::result::Result<BytesCData<'a>, EscapeError> {
+    pub(crate) fn unescape_as_cdata(self) -> std::result::Result<BytesCData<'a>, EscapeError> {
         //TODO: need to think about better API instead of dozens similar functions
         // Maybe use builder pattern. After that expose function as public API
         //FIXME: need to take into account entities defined in the document
@@ -752,9 +752,9 @@ impl<'a> BytesText<'a> {
     /// Searches for '&' into content and try to escape the coded character if possible
     /// returns Malformed error with index within element if '&' is not followed by ';'
     ///
-    /// See also [`unescaped_with()`](Self::unescaped_with)
-    pub fn unescaped(&self) -> Result<Cow<[u8]>> {
-        self.unescaped_with(|_| None)
+    /// See also [`unescape_with()`](Self::unescape_with)
+    pub fn unescape(&self) -> Result<Cow<[u8]>> {
+        self.unescape_with(|_| None)
     }
 
     /// gets escaped content with custom entities
@@ -767,8 +767,8 @@ impl<'a> BytesText<'a> {
     ///
     /// The implementation of `resolve_entity` is expected to operate over UTF-8 inputs.
     ///
-    /// See also [`unescaped()`](Self::unescaped)
-    pub fn unescaped_with<'s, 'entity>(
+    /// See also [`unescape()`](Self::unescape)
+    pub fn unescape_with<'s, 'entity>(
         &'s self,
         resolve_entity: impl Fn(&[u8]) -> Option<&'entity str>,
     ) -> Result<Cow<'s, [u8]>> {
@@ -807,7 +807,7 @@ impl<'a> BytesText<'a> {
     }
 
     /// Gets escaped content.
-    pub fn escaped(&self) -> &[u8] {
+    pub fn escape(&self) -> &[u8] {
         self.content.as_ref()
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/writer.rs b/src/writer.rs
index 7c5cf307..ca29954d 100644
--- a/src/writer.rs
+++ b/src/writer.rs
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ impl<W: Write> Writer<W> {
             Event::Empty(ref e) => self.write_wrapped(b"<", e, b"/>"),
             Event::Text(ref e) => {
                 next_should_line_break = false;
-                self.write(&e.escaped())
+                self.write(&e.escape())
             }
             Event::Comment(ref e) => self.write_wrapped(b"<!--", e, b"-->"),
             Event::CData(ref e) => {
diff --git a/tests/test.rs b/tests/test.rs
index 83261c51..162a8bd4 100644
--- a/tests/test.rs
+++ b/tests/test.rs
@@ -157,13 +157,13 @@ fn fuzz_101() {
         match reader.read_event_into(&mut buf) {
             Ok(Start(ref e)) | Ok(Empty(ref e)) => {
                 for a in e.attributes() {
-                    if a.ok().map_or(true, |a| a.unescaped_value().is_err()) {
+                    if a.ok().map_or(true, |a| a.unescape_value().is_err()) {
                         break;
                     }
                 }
             }
             Ok(Text(ref e)) => {
-                if e.unescaped().is_err() {
+                if e.unescape().is_err() {
                     break;
                 }
             }
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests.rs b/tests/unit_tests.rs
index a480adb0..6c6a0615 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/unit_tests.rs
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ fn test_escaped_content() {
                 "content unexpected: expecting '&lt;test&gt;', got '{:?}'",
                 from_utf8(&*e)
             );
-            match e.unescaped() {
+            match e.unescape() {
                 Ok(ref c) => assert_eq!(
                     &**c,
                     b"<test>",
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ fn test_read_write_roundtrip_escape() -> Result<()> {
         match reader.read_event_into(&mut buf)? {
             Eof => break,
             Text(e) => {
-                let t = e.escaped();
+                let t = e.escape();
                 assert!(writer
                     .write_event(Text(BytesText::from_escaped(t.to_vec())))
                     .is_ok());
diff --git a/tests/xmlrs_reader_tests.rs b/tests/xmlrs_reader_tests.rs
index 35ce90f3..8eaa66c1 100644
--- a/tests/xmlrs_reader_tests.rs
+++ b/tests/xmlrs_reader_tests.rs
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ fn xmlrs_display(opt_event: Result<(ResolveResult, Event)>, decoder: Decoder) ->
         Ok((_, Event::CData(e))) => format!("CData({})", decoder.decode(&e).unwrap()),
         Ok((_, Event::Text(e))) => match unescape(decoder.decode(&e).unwrap().as_bytes()) {
             Ok(c) => format!("Characters({})", from_utf8(c.as_ref()).unwrap()),
-            Err(err) => format!("FailedUnescape({:?}; {})", e.escaped(), err),
+            Err(err) => format!("FailedUnescape({:?}; {})", e.escape(), err),
         },
         Ok((_, Event::Decl(e))) => {
             let version_cow = e.version().unwrap();