diff --git a/API.md b/API.md
index 54d6dfc..d5b0abc 100644
--- a/API.md
+++ b/API.md
@@ -297,9 +297,9 @@ LoRa.setSyncWord(syncWord);
 Enable or disable CRC usage, by default a CRC is not used.
 
 ```arduino
-LoRa.crc();
+LoRa.enableCrc();
 
-LoRa.noCrc();
+LoRa.disableCrc();
 ```
 
 ## Other functions
diff --git a/keywords.txt b/keywords.txt
index cfa183f..6a9ba54 100644
--- a/keywords.txt
+++ b/keywords.txt
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ setSignalBandwidth	KEYWORD2
 setCodingRate4	KEYWORD2
 setPreambleLength	KEYWORD2
 setSyncWord	KEYWORD2
-crc	KEYWORD2
-noCrc	KEYWORD2
+enableCrc	KEYWORD2
+disableCrc	KEYWORD2
 
 random	KEYWORD2
 setPins	KEYWORD2
diff --git a/src/LoRa.cpp b/src/LoRa.cpp
index 6d41414..166700a 100644
--- a/src/LoRa.cpp
+++ b/src/LoRa.cpp
@@ -407,12 +407,12 @@ void LoRaClass::setSyncWord(int sw)
   writeRegister(REG_SYNC_WORD, sw);
 }
 
-void LoRaClass::crc()
+void LoRaClass::enableCrc()
 {
   writeRegister(REG_MODEM_CONFIG_2, readRegister(REG_MODEM_CONFIG_2) | 0x04);
 }
 
-void LoRaClass::noCrc()
+void LoRaClass::disableCrc()
 {
   writeRegister(REG_MODEM_CONFIG_2, readRegister(REG_MODEM_CONFIG_2) & 0xfb);
 }
diff --git a/src/LoRa.h b/src/LoRa.h
index e69dd04..b0c41fc 100644
--- a/src/LoRa.h
+++ b/src/LoRa.h
@@ -48,8 +48,12 @@ public:
   void setCodingRate4(int denominator);
   void setPreambleLength(long length);
   void setSyncWord(int sw);
-  void crc();
-  void noCrc();
+  void enableCrc();
+  void disableCrc();
+
+  // deprecated
+  void crc() { enableCrc(); }
+  void noCrc() { disableCrc(); }
 
   byte random();