diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0f505713..94b6da62 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Next
 
-- Add `composed entity` as a new value in the `EntityType` enumeration ([issue](https://github.com/mapping-commons/sssom/issues/402)).
+- Add `composed entity expression` as a new value in the `EntityType` enumeration ([issue](https://github.com/mapping-commons/sssom/issues/402)).
 - TBD
 
 ## SSSOM version 1.0.0
diff --git a/examples/schema/composite-entities.sssom.tsv b/examples/schema/composite-entities.sssom.tsv
index 1e6ff624..8550ec0d 100644
--- a/examples/schema/composite-entities.sssom.tsv
+++ b/examples/schema/composite-entities.sssom.tsv
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
 #license: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
 #comment: This is an example file for the SSSOM for illustration only. Its contents are entirely fabricated.
 subject_id	predicate_id	object_id	mapping_justification	subject_type
-SCHEMA:0001/(disease:'MONDO:0005148',phenotype:'HP:0009124')	skos:exactMatch	MP:0000003	semapv:ManualMappingCuration	composed entity
-SCHEMA:0001/(disease:'MONDO:0005149',phenotype:'HP:0008551')	skos:exactMatch	MP:0000018	semapv:ManualMappingCuration	composed entity
-SCHEMA:0001/(disease:'MONDO:0005150',phenotype:'HP:0000411')	skos:exactMatch	MP:0000018	semapv:ManualMappingCuration	composed entity
+SCHEMA:0001/(disease:'MONDO:0005148',phenotype:'HP:0009124')	skos:exactMatch	MP:0000003	semapv:ManualMappingCuration	composed entity expression
+SCHEMA:0001/(disease:'MONDO:0005149',phenotype:'HP:0008551')	skos:exactMatch	MP:0000018	semapv:ManualMappingCuration	composed entity expression
+SCHEMA:0001/(disease:'MONDO:0005150',phenotype:'HP:0000411')	skos:exactMatch	MP:0000018	semapv:ManualMappingCuration	composed entity expression
diff --git a/src/sssom_schema/schema/sssom_schema.yaml b/src/sssom_schema/schema/sssom_schema.yaml
index 060fead1..6bae0362 100644
--- a/src/sssom_schema/schema/sssom_schema.yaml
+++ b/src/sssom_schema/schema/sssom_schema.yaml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ enums:
         meaning: rdfs:Datatype
       rdf property:
         meaning: rdf:Property
-      composed entity:
+      composed entity expression:
         description: This value indicates that the entity ID does not represent a single entity, but a composite involving several individual entities. This value MUST NOT be used in the predicate_type slot. This specifications does not prescribe how an ID representing a composite entity should be interpreted; this is left at the discretion of applications.
         see_also:
         - https://github.com/mapping-commons/sssom/issues/402