diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/stream/Streams.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/stream/Streams.java
index f20be935e..e44ed7bf0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/stream/Streams.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/stream/Streams.java
@@ -561,14 +561,14 @@ private static <E> Stream<E> instancesOf(final Class<? super E> clazz, final Str
     }
 
     /**
-     * Streams non-null elements of a collection.
+     * Streams the non-null elements of a collection.
      *
      * @param <E> the type of elements in the collection.
      * @param collection the collection to stream or null.
      * @return A non-null stream that filters out null elements.
      * @since 3.13.0
      */
-    public static <E> Stream<E> nullSafeStream(final Collection<E> collection) {
+    public static <E> Stream<E> nonNull(final Collection<E> collection) {
         return filter(collection, Objects::nonNull);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/stream/StreamsTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/stream/StreamsTest.java
index ea3145264..625bff4cb 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/stream/StreamsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/stream/StreamsTest.java
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ public Stream<DynamicTest> simpleStreamForEachFailing() {
 
     @Test
     public void testNullSafeStreamNotNull() {
-        assertEquals(2, Streams.nullSafeStream(Arrays.asList("A", "B")).collect(Collectors.toList()).size());
-        assertEquals(2, Streams.nullSafeStream(Arrays.asList(null, "A", null, "B", null)).collect(Collectors.toList()).size());
-        assertEquals(0, Streams.nullSafeStream(Arrays.asList(null, null)).collect(Collectors.toList()).size());
+        assertEquals(2, Streams.nonNull(Arrays.asList("A", "B")).collect(Collectors.toList()).size());
+        assertEquals(2, Streams.nonNull(Arrays.asList(null, "A", null, "B", null)).collect(Collectors.toList()).size());
+        assertEquals(0, Streams.nonNull(Arrays.asList(null, null)).collect(Collectors.toList()).size());
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public void testInstanceOfStream() {
     @Test
     public void testNullSafeStreamNull() {
         final List<String> input = null;
-        assertEquals(0, Streams.nullSafeStream(input).collect(Collectors.toList()).size());
+        assertEquals(0, Streams.nonNull(input).collect(Collectors.toList()).size());
     }
 
     @Test