diff --git a/R/class_junction.R b/R/class_junction.R
index 34867e68..d615604a 100644
--- a/R/class_junction.R
+++ b/R/class_junction.R
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ junction_upstream_edges <- function(junction) {
   data_frame(from = from, to = to)
 }
 
-junction_get_splits <- function(junction) {
+junction_splits <- function(junction) {
   as.character(junction$splits)
 }
 
diff --git a/R/class_pattern.R b/R/class_pattern.R
index bd3e4ad8..5099e816 100644
--- a/R/class_pattern.R
+++ b/R/class_pattern.R
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ pattern_s3_class <- c("tar_pattern", "tar_target")
 
 #' @export
 target_get_children.tar_pattern <- function(target) {
-  junction_get_splits(target$junction)
+  junction_splits(target$junction)
 }
 
 #' @export
diff --git a/R/class_stem.R b/R/class_stem.R
index f28023af..a9109013 100644
--- a/R/class_stem.R
+++ b/R/class_stem.R
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ target_get_children.tar_stem <- function(target) {
   if_any(
     is.null(target$junction),
     character(0),
-    junction_get_splits(target$junction)
+    junction_splits(target$junction)
   )
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-class_junction.R b/tests/testthat/test-class_junction.R
index 8f35e46b..b7d6699a 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-class_junction.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-class_junction.R
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ tar_test("junction deps", {
   expect_equal(out, exp)
 })
 
-tar_test("junction_get_splits()", {
+tar_test("junction_splits()", {
   x <- junction_init("x", letters, list(a = LETTERS, b = rev(letters)))
-  expect_equal(junction_get_splits(x), letters)
+  expect_equal(junction_splits(x), letters)
 })
 
 tar_test("junction_invalidate()", {
   x <- junction_init("x", letters, list(a = LETTERS, b = rev(letters)))
   junction_invalidate(x)
-  expect_equal(junction_get_splits(x), rep(NA_character_, length(x$splits)))
+  expect_equal(junction_splits(x), rep(NA_character_, length(x$splits)))
 })
 
 tar_test("junction_upstream_edges()", {