diff --git a/src/ariel-os-threads/src/lib.rs b/src/ariel-os-threads/src/lib.rs
index 177090f1b..3bb53f139 100644
--- a/src/ariel-os-threads/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/ariel-os-threads/src/lib.rs
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ impl Scheduler {
         Cpu::setup_stack(thread, stack, func, arg);
         thread.prio = prio;
         thread.tid = tid;
-        thread.state = ThreadState::Paused;
+        thread.state = ThreadState::Parked;
         #[cfg(feature = "core-affinity")]
         {
             thread.core_affinity = _core_affinity.unwrap_or_default();
@@ -684,22 +684,24 @@ pub fn yield_same() {
 }
 
 /// Suspends/ pauses the current thread's execution.
-pub fn sleep() {
+#[doc(alias = "sleep")]
+pub fn park() {
     SCHEDULER.with_mut(|mut scheduler| {
         let Some(tid) = scheduler.current_tid() else {
             return;
         };
-        scheduler.set_state(tid, ThreadState::Paused);
+        scheduler.set_state(tid, ThreadState::Parked);
     });
 }
 
 /// Wakes up a thread and adds it to the runqueue.
 ///
-/// Returns `false` if no paused thread exists for `thread_id`.
-pub fn wakeup(thread_id: ThreadId) -> bool {
+/// Returns `false` if no parked thread exists for `thread_id`.
+#[doc(alias = "wakeup")]
+pub fn unpark(thread_id: ThreadId) -> bool {
     SCHEDULER.with_mut(|mut scheduler| {
         match scheduler.get_state(thread_id) {
-            Some(ThreadState::Paused) => {}
+            Some(ThreadState::Parked) => {}
             _ => return false,
         }
         scheduler.set_state(thread_id, ThreadState::Running);
diff --git a/src/ariel-os-threads/src/thread.rs b/src/ariel-os-threads/src/thread.rs
index af62b1d4e..fe1ceb696 100644
--- a/src/ariel-os-threads/src/thread.rs
+++ b/src/ariel-os-threads/src/thread.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ pub enum ThreadState {
     /// but rather that it is in the runqueue.
     Running,
     /// Suspended / paused.
-    Paused,
+    Parked,
     /// Waiting to acquire a [`super::lock::Lock`].
     LockBlocked,
     /// Waiting for [`ThreadFlags`] to be set.