diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a287602..bd7adb6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ m.body()   # Cleaned text (no quotes/signatures)
 m.html()   # HTML body (falls back to text wrapped in <pre>)
 
 # View message with headers (as dict or plain text)
-view_msg(m.id)                      # Returns dict with headers + body
-view_msg(m.id, as_json=False)       # Returns formatted text
+view_email(m.id)                    # Returns dict with headers + body
+view_email(m.id, as_json=False)     # Returns formatted text
 
 # View full thread
 view_thread(t.id)                   # Dict of msgid -> msg dict
diff --git a/solvemail/__init__.py b/solvemail/__init__.py
index b4fc6ed..ca827f0 100644
--- a/solvemail/__init__.py
+++ b/solvemail/__init__.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def g():
     if _g is None: raise AttributeError('Call solvemail.init(...) first')
     return _g
 
-def solvemail_tools(): return '&`[search_threads, search_msgs, thread, draft, drafts, labels, label, find_labels, profile, send, reply_draft, reply_to_thread, create_label, trash_msgs, view_inbox, view_inbox_threads, view_msg, view_thread, batch_delete, batch_label, create_draft, message, send_drafts, report_spam]`'
+def solvemail_tools(): return '&`[search_threads, search_msgs, thread, draft, drafts, labels, label, find_labels, profile, send, reply_draft, reply_to_thread, create_label, trash_msgs, view_inbox, view_inbox_threads, view_email, view_thread, batch_delete, batch_label, create_draft, message, send_drafts, report_spam]`'
 
 def wait_secs(secs: float = 1.0):
     "Pause for `secs` seconds; use if rate limited"
diff --git a/solvemail/core.py b/solvemail/core.py
index 1ee6c4b..942f3a0 100644
--- a/solvemail/core.py
+++ b/solvemail/core.py
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ def view_inbox_threads(self, max_threads=20, unread=False):
         threads = self.search_threads(q, max_results=max_threads)
         return self.get_threads(threads, fmt='full')
 
-    def view_msgs(self,
+    def view_emails(self,
         ids:list,            # Message ids to fetch
         fmt:str='metadata'   # Format: 'full', 'metadata', or 'minimal'
     ):
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ def view_threads(self,
         return [{'id': t.id, 'msgs': [{'id': m.id, 'frm': m.frm, 'to': m.to, 'subject': m.subj,
                   'snippet': m.snip, 'labels': list(m.label_ids)} for m in t.msgs()]} for t in threads]
 
-    def view_msg(self,
+    def view_email(self,
         id:str,              # Message id
         clean:bool=True,     # Strip reply quotations and signatures?
         as_text:bool=True,   # Return text body (vs HTML)?
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ def view_thread(self,
     ):
         "View thread messages with optional headers/metadata. This is primarily for LLM and programmatic use. Humans use `thread()` to get HTML view."
         t = self.thread(id, fmt='full')
-        res = {m.id: self.view_msg(m.id, clean=clean, as_text=as_text, as_json=as_json) for m in t.msgs()}
+        res = {m.id: self.view_email(m.id, clean=clean, as_text=as_text, as_json=as_json) for m in t.msgs()}
         if as_json: return res
         return ('\n\n' + '='*60 + '\n\n').join(res.values())