diff --git a/examples/custom_output.php b/examples/custom_output.php
index 1d360490f..1f95ae8dc 100644
--- a/examples/custom_output.php
+++ b/examples/custom_output.php
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ $options = new QROptions([
 $qrcode = new QRCode($options);
 $qrcode->addByteSegment($data);
 
-$qrOutputInterface = new MyCustomOutput($options, $qrcode->getMatrix());
+$qrOutputInterface = new MyCustomOutput($options, $qrcode->getQRMatrix());
 
 var_dump($qrOutputInterface->dump());
 
diff --git a/examples/imageWithLogo.php b/examples/imageWithLogo.php
index fc7b49ff9..67428ff86 100644
--- a/examples/imageWithLogo.php
+++ b/examples/imageWithLogo.php
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ $qrcode->addByteSegment('https://github.com');
 
 header('Content-type: image/png');
 
-$qrOutputInterface = new QRImageWithLogo($options, $qrcode->getMatrix());
+$qrOutputInterface = new QRImageWithLogo($options, $qrcode->getQRMatrix());
 
 // dump the output, with an additional logo
 // the logo could also be supplied via the options, see the svgWithLogo example
diff --git a/examples/imageWithText.php b/examples/imageWithText.php
index 1ea38c134..f586b6a9e 100644
--- a/examples/imageWithText.php
+++ b/examples/imageWithText.php
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ $qrcode->addByteSegment('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ');
 
 header('Content-type: image/png');
 
-$qrOutputInterface = new QRImageWithText($options, $qrcode->getMatrix());
+$qrOutputInterface = new QRImageWithText($options, $qrcode->getQRMatrix());
 
 // dump the output, with additional text
 // the text could also be supplied via the options, see the svgWithLogo example
diff --git a/src/Decoder/DecoderResult.php b/src/Decoder/DecoderResult.php
index bb628c4d8..732c427c5 100644
--- a/src/Decoder/DecoderResult.php
+++ b/src/Decoder/DecoderResult.php
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ final class DecoderResult{
 	/**
 	 * Returns a QRMatrix instance with thesettings and data of the reader result
 	 */
-	public function getMatrix():QRMatrix{
+	public function getQRMatrix():QRMatrix{
 		return (new QRMatrix($this->version, $this->eccLevel, $this->maskPattern))
 			->initFunctionalPatterns()
 			->writeCodewords($this->rawBytes)
diff --git a/src/QRCode.php b/src/QRCode.php
index 7b7794119..7d7cab339 100755
--- a/src/QRCode.php
+++ b/src/QRCode.php
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class QRCode{
 			}
 		}
 
-		return $this->renderMatrix($this->getMatrix(), $file);
+		return $this->renderMatrix($this->getQRMatrix(), $file);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ class QRCode{
 	 *
 	 * @throws \chillerlan\QRCode\Data\QRCodeDataException
 	 */
-	public function getMatrix():QRMatrix{
+	public function getQRMatrix():QRMatrix{
 		$dataInterface = new QRData($this->options, $this->dataSegments);
 		$maskPattern   = $this->options->maskPattern === MaskPattern::AUTO
 			? MaskPattern::getBestPattern($dataInterface)
@@ -267,6 +267,15 @@ class QRCode{
 		return $matrix;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @deprecated 5.0.0 use QRCode::getQRMatrix() instead
+	 * @see \chillerlan\QRCode\QRCode::getQRMatrix()
+	 * @codeCoverageIgnore
+	 */
+	public function getMatrix():QRMatrix{
+		return $this->getQRMatrix();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * initializes a fresh built-in or custom QROutputInterface
 	 *
diff --git a/tests/Data/QRMatrixTest.php b/tests/Data/QRMatrixTest.php
index 598b733aa..b3b75184a 100755
--- a/tests/Data/QRMatrixTest.php
+++ b/tests/Data/QRMatrixTest.php
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ final class QRMatrixTest extends TestCase{
 	 */
 	public function testMaskPattern():void{
 		// set via matrix evaluation
-		$matrix = (new QRCode)->addByteSegment('testdata')->getMatrix();
+		$matrix = (new QRCode)->addByteSegment('testdata')->getQRMatrix();
 
 		$this::assertInstanceOf(MaskPattern::class, $matrix->getMaskPattern());
 		$this::assertSame(MaskPattern::PATTERN_100, $matrix->getMaskPattern()->getPattern());
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ final class QRMatrixTest extends TestCase{
 		$o->addLogoSpace    = true;
 		$o->logoSpaceHeight = 5;
 
-		$matrix = (new QRCode($o))->addByteSegment('testdata')->getMatrix();
+		$matrix = (new QRCode($o))->addByteSegment('testdata')->getQRMatrix();
 
 		self::debugMatrix($matrix);
 
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ final class QRMatrixTest extends TestCase{
 		$o->eccLevel     = EccLevel::H;
 		$o->addQuietzone = false;
 
-		$matrix = (new QRCode($o))->addByteSegment('testdata')->getMatrix();
+		$matrix = (new QRCode($o))->addByteSegment('testdata')->getQRMatrix();
 		// also testing size adjustment to uneven numbers
 		$matrix->setLogoSpace(20, 14);
 
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ final class QRMatrixTest extends TestCase{
 		$o->addQuietzone  = true;
 		$o->quietzoneSize = 10;
 
-		$matrix = (new QRCode($o))->addByteSegment('testdata')->getMatrix();
+		$matrix = (new QRCode($o))->addByteSegment('testdata')->getQRMatrix();
 
 		self::debugMatrix($matrix);
 
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ final class QRMatrixTest extends TestCase{
 		$this->expectException(QRCodeDataException::class);
 		$this->expectExceptionMessage('ECC level "H" required to add logo space');
 
-		(new QRCode)->addByteSegment('testdata')->getMatrix()->setLogoSpace(50, 50);
+		(new QRCode)->addByteSegment('testdata')->getQRMatrix()->setLogoSpace(50, 50);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ final class QRMatrixTest extends TestCase{
 		$o->version  = 5;
 		$o->eccLevel = EccLevel::H;
 
-		(new QRCode($o))->addByteSegment('testdata')->getMatrix()->setLogoSpace(69, 1);
+		(new QRCode($o))->addByteSegment('testdata')->getQRMatrix()->setLogoSpace(69, 1);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ final class QRMatrixTest extends TestCase{
 		$o->version  = 5;
 		$o->eccLevel = EccLevel::H;
 
-		(new QRCode($o))->addByteSegment('testdata')->getMatrix()->setLogoSpace(37, 37);
+		(new QRCode($o))->addByteSegment('testdata')->getQRMatrix()->setLogoSpace(37, 37);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/tests/QRCodeReaderTestAbstract.php b/tests/QRCodeReaderTestAbstract.php
index eed2f01c4..152e3dee0 100644
--- a/tests/QRCodeReaderTestAbstract.php
+++ b/tests/QRCodeReaderTestAbstract.php
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ abstract class QRCodeReaderTestAbstract extends TestCase{
 		/** @noinspection PhpUndefinedMethodInspection */
 		$result = (new QRCode)->readFromSource($this->FQN::fromFile(__DIR__.'/samples/'.$img, $this->options));
 
-		QRMatrixTest::debugMatrix($result->getMatrix());
+		QRMatrixTest::debugMatrix($result->getQRMatrix());
 
 		$this::assertSame($expected, (string)$result);
 	}