diff --git a/include/sta/rtos/thread.hpp b/include/sta/rtos/thread.hpp
index 713cf0b..5490026 100644
--- a/include/sta/rtos/thread.hpp
+++ b/include/sta/rtos/thread.hpp
@@ -104,9 +104,11 @@ namespace sta
 		void requestTermination();
 
 		/**
-		 * @brief Returns true if this thread was requested to terminate.
+		 * @brief Resets the terminate bool to false.
+		 *
+		 * @return Returns the previous value of this variable.
 		 */
-		bool checkTerminationRequest();
+		bool resetTerminationRequest();
 
 		/**
 		 * @brief Forcibly terminate thread.
diff --git a/src/thread.cpp b/src/thread.cpp
index 4c54e92..a4b95a1 100644
--- a/src/thread.cpp
+++ b/src/thread.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ namespace sta
 		terminate_ = true;
 	}
 
-	bool RtosThread::checkTerminationRequest()
+	bool RtosThread::resetTerminationRequest()
 	{
 		bool temp = terminate_;
 		terminate_ = false;