diff --git a/src/pb_stub.cc b/src/pb_stub.cc
index d54e1337..ae178b05 100644
--- a/src/pb_stub.cc
+++ b/src/pb_stub.cc
@@ -747,7 +747,7 @@ Stub::ProcessRequests(RequestBatch* request_batch_shm_ptr)
     // responses after the factories are closed.
     for (py::handle py_request : py_request_list) {
       InferRequest* request = py_request.cast<InferRequest*>();
-      request->GetResponseSender()->ForceClose();
+      request->GetResponseSender()->Close();
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/response_sender.cc b/src/response_sender.cc
index 223f1b70..1af2ee20 100644
--- a/src/response_sender.cc
+++ b/src/response_sender.cc
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 namespace triton { namespace backend { namespace python {
 
 void
-AssertResponseSenderArgumentsWellFormed(
+CheckResponseSenderArguments(
     const std::shared_ptr<InferResponse>& response, const uint32_t flags)
 {
   // Check the correctness of the provided flags.
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ ResponseSender::Send(
   // the next available thread to pick up the job during resource contention.
   py::gil_scoped_release release;
 
-  AssertResponseSenderArgumentsWellFormed(infer_response, flags);
+  CheckResponseSenderArguments(infer_response, flags);
   UpdateStateAndCounters(infer_response, flags);
 
   std::unique_ptr<Stub>& stub = Stub::GetOrCreateInstance();
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ ResponseSender::IsCancelled()
 }
 
 void
-ResponseSender::ForceClose()
+ResponseSender::Close()
 {
   std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lk(mu_);
   closed_ = true;
diff --git a/src/response_sender.h b/src/response_sender.h
index af43bc59..be1d49ae 100644
--- a/src/response_sender.h
+++ b/src/response_sender.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class ResponseSender {
   bool IsCancelled();
 
   // Can be useful at stopping the model from sending any more responses.
-  void ForceClose();
+  void Close();
 
  private:
   void UpdateStateAndCounters(