diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/AbstractDelegatingMetadata.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/AbstractDelegatingMetadata.java
index bcf13d1cf9..cfe3d1e0d9 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/AbstractDelegatingMetadata.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/AbstractDelegatingMetadata.java
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractDelegatingMetadata implements MetadataImplementor
 		this.delegate = delegate;
 	}
 
+	protected MetadataImplementor delegate() {
+		return delegate;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public IdentifierGeneratorFactory getIdentifierGeneratorFactory() {
 		return delegate.getIdentifierGeneratorFactory();
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/AbstractDelegatingMetadataBuilderImplementor.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/AbstractDelegatingMetadataBuilderImplementor.java
index 31db0365a5..7b9f6e8e20 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/AbstractDelegatingMetadataBuilderImplementor.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/AbstractDelegatingMetadataBuilderImplementor.java
@@ -45,10 +45,20 @@ public abstract class AbstractDelegatingMetadataBuilderImplementor<T extends Met
 
 	private final MetadataBuilderImplementor delegate;
 
+	/**
+	 * Kept for compatibility reason but should be removed as soon as possible.
+	 *
+	 * @deprecated use {@link #delegate()} instead
+	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	public MetadataBuilderImplementor getDelegate() {
 		return delegate;
 	}
 
+	protected MetadataBuilderImplementor delegate() {
+		return delegate;
+	}
+
 	public AbstractDelegatingMetadataBuilderImplementor(MetadataBuilderImplementor delegate) {
 		this.delegate = delegate;
 	}
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/AbstractDelegatingMetadataBuildingOptions.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/AbstractDelegatingMetadataBuildingOptions.java
index 8bc60dcc4a..3139323a81 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/AbstractDelegatingMetadataBuildingOptions.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/AbstractDelegatingMetadataBuildingOptions.java
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractDelegatingMetadataBuildingOptions implements Metad
 		this.delegate = delegate;
 	}
 
+	protected MetadataBuildingOptions delegate() {
+		return delegate;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public StandardServiceRegistry getServiceRegistry() {
 		return delegate.getServiceRegistry();
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/AbstractDelegatingSessionFactoryBuilder.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/AbstractDelegatingSessionFactoryBuilder.java
index 752338a4db..144b75a95e 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/AbstractDelegatingSessionFactoryBuilder.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/AbstractDelegatingSessionFactoryBuilder.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDelegatingSessionFactoryBuilder<T extends SessionF
 	 */
 	protected abstract T getThis();
 
-	protected SessionFactoryBuilder getDelegate() {
+	protected SessionFactoryBuilder delegate() {
 		return delegate;
 	}
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/AbstractDelegatingSessionFactoryBuilderImplementor.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/AbstractDelegatingSessionFactoryBuilderImplementor.java
index 1e0633c3d0..6a3a691083 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/AbstractDelegatingSessionFactoryBuilderImplementor.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/AbstractDelegatingSessionFactoryBuilderImplementor.java
@@ -21,23 +21,23 @@ public abstract class AbstractDelegatingSessionFactoryBuilderImplementor<T exten
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected SessionFactoryBuilderImplementor getDelegate() {
-		return (SessionFactoryBuilderImplementor) super.getDelegate();
+	protected SessionFactoryBuilderImplementor delegate() {
+		return (SessionFactoryBuilderImplementor) super.delegate();
 	}
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 	@Override
 	public void markAsJpaBootstrap() {
-		getDelegate().markAsJpaBootstrap();
+		delegate().markAsJpaBootstrap();
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void disableJtaTransactionAccess() {
-		getDelegate().disableJtaTransactionAccess();
+		delegate().disableJtaTransactionAccess();
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public SessionFactoryOptions buildSessionFactoryOptions() {
-		return getDelegate().buildSessionFactoryOptions();
+		return delegate().buildSessionFactoryOptions();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/AbstractDelegatingSessionFactoryOptions.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/AbstractDelegatingSessionFactoryOptions.java
index 4a9c37cc64..bd62dbfbfc 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/AbstractDelegatingSessionFactoryOptions.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/boot/spi/AbstractDelegatingSessionFactoryOptions.java
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ public class AbstractDelegatingSessionFactoryOptions implements SessionFactoryOp
 		this.delegate = delegate;
 	}
 
+	protected SessionFactoryOptions delegate() {
+		return delegate;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public StandardServiceRegistry getServiceRegistry() {
 		return delegate.getServiceRegistry();
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/AbstractDelegatingSessionBuilder.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/AbstractDelegatingSessionBuilder.java
index 8a4c91c81f..ca8eb4f2ba 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/AbstractDelegatingSessionBuilder.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/AbstractDelegatingSessionBuilder.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDelegatingSessionBuilder<T extends SessionBuilder>
 		return (T) this;
 	}
 
-	protected SessionBuilder getDelegate() {
+	protected SessionBuilder delegate() {
 		return delegate;
 	}
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/AbstractDelegatingSessionBuilderImplementor.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/AbstractDelegatingSessionBuilderImplementor.java
index e8875bad6c..689d7ee166 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/AbstractDelegatingSessionBuilderImplementor.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/AbstractDelegatingSessionBuilderImplementor.java
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractDelegatingSessionBuilderImplementor<T extends Sess
 		super( delegate );
 	}
 
-	protected SessionBuilderImplementor getDelegate() {
-		return (SessionBuilderImplementor) super.getDelegate();
+	protected SessionBuilderImplementor delegate() {
+		return (SessionBuilderImplementor) super.delegate();
 	}
 
 	@SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "deprecation" })
 	@Override
 	public T owner(SessionOwner sessionOwner) {
-		getDelegate().owner( sessionOwner );
+		delegate().owner( sessionOwner );
 		return (T) this;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/AbstractDelegatingSharedSessionBuilder.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/AbstractDelegatingSharedSessionBuilder.java
index f661f40200..e39b0632e7 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/AbstractDelegatingSharedSessionBuilder.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/AbstractDelegatingSharedSessionBuilder.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDelegatingSharedSessionBuilder<T extends SharedSes
 		return (T) this;
 	}
 
-	public SharedSessionBuilder getDelegate() {
+	public SharedSessionBuilder delegate() {
 		return delegate;
 	}
 
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/SessionDelegatorBaseImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/SessionDelegatorBaseImpl.java
index 4c0da1148e..17342e5db8 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/SessionDelegatorBaseImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/SessionDelegatorBaseImpl.java
@@ -104,6 +104,16 @@ public class SessionDelegatorBaseImpl implements SessionImplementor {
 		this( delegate, delegate );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the underlying delegate. Be careful that is has a different behavior from the {@link #getDelegate()}
+	 * method coming from the EntityManager interface which returns the current session.
+	 *
+	 * @see SessionDelegatorBaseImpl#getDelegate()
+	 */
+	protected SessionImplementor delegate() {
+		return delegate;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public <T> T execute(Callback<T> callback) {
 		return delegate.execute( callback );
@@ -622,6 +632,10 @@ public class SessionDelegatorBaseImpl implements SessionImplementor {
 	 * This is an implementation of EntityManager#getDelegate(). It returns the current session and not the delegate
 	 * session as it is what we want. The name of the method is misleading here but, as it is part of JPA, we cannot do
 	 * anything about it.
+	 * <p>
+	 * To get the underlying delegate, use {@link #delegate()} instead.
+	 *
+	 * @see SessionDelegatorBaseImpl#delegate()
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public Object getDelegate() {
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/SessionFactoryDelegatingImpl.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/SessionFactoryDelegatingImpl.java
index 9f1129a72b..6d072bb4d1 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/SessionFactoryDelegatingImpl.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/engine/spi/SessionFactoryDelegatingImpl.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class SessionFactoryDelegatingImpl implements SessionFactoryImplementor,
 		this.delegate = delegate;
 	}
 
-	protected SessionFactoryImplementor getDelegate() {
+	protected SessionFactoryImplementor delegate() {
 		return delegate;
 	}