diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 06bb3c5..f4f93f2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ This package provides password management tools in Python. The package consists
 ## List of functions
 - password_creator
 - password_strength
-- password_encryption
-- password_decryption
+- encrypt_password
+- decrypt_password
 
 ## Contributors
 - Michelle Hunn 
diff --git a/src/passwordler/password_encryption.py b/src/passwordler/encrypt_password.py
similarity index 85%
rename from src/passwordler/password_encryption.py
rename to src/passwordler/encrypt_password.py
index 0e14ba0..4898a3c 100644
--- a/src/passwordler/password_encryption.py
+++ b/src/passwordler/encrypt_password.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-def password_encryption(raw_password: str, encrypt_algo: list = ['AES']) -> str:
+def encrypt_password(raw_password: str, encrypt_algo: list = ['AES']) -> str:
     """
     Encrypt a given password.