diff --git a/tokio-test/src/io.rs b/tokio-test/src/io.rs
index b91ddc34ea2..3d04a58a68e 100644
--- a/tokio-test/src/io.rs
+++ b/tokio-test/src/io.rs
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ impl AsyncRead for Mock {
                 Err(ref e) if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock => {
                     if let Some(rem) = self.inner.remaining_wait() {
                         let until = Instant::now() + rem;
-                        self.inner.sleep = Some(time::delay_until(until));
+                        self.inner.sleep = Some(time::sleep_until(until));
                     } else {
                         self.inner.read_wait = Some(cx.waker().clone());
                         return Poll::Pending;
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ impl AsyncWrite for Mock {
                 Err(ref e) if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::WouldBlock => {
                     if let Some(rem) = self.inner.remaining_wait() {
                         let until = Instant::now() + rem;
-                        self.inner.sleep = Some(time::delay_until(until));
+                        self.inner.sleep = Some(time::sleep_until(until));
                     } else {
                         panic!("unexpected WouldBlock");
                     }
diff --git a/tokio-test/tests/block_on.rs b/tokio-test/tests/block_on.rs
index d640a13c963..280471dfa39 100644
--- a/tokio-test/tests/block_on.rs
+++ b/tokio-test/tests/block_on.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #![warn(rust_2018_idioms)]
 
-use tokio::time::{delay_until, Duration, Instant};
+use tokio::time::{sleep_until, Duration, Instant};
 use tokio_test::block_on;
 
 #[test]
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ fn test_delay() {
     let deadline = Instant::now() + Duration::from_millis(100);
 
     block_on(async {
-        delay_until(deadline).await;
+        sleep_until(deadline).await;
     });
 }
diff --git a/tokio-util/src/context.rs b/tokio-util/src/context.rs
index e07538d9917..5f6c6b9bcc1 100644
--- a/tokio-util/src/context.rs
+++ b/tokio-util/src/context.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ pub trait RuntimeExt {
     ///
     /// ```no_run
     /// use tokio_util::context::RuntimeExt;
-    /// use tokio::time::{delay_for, Duration};
+    /// use tokio::time::{sleep, Duration};
     ///
     /// let rt = tokio::runtime::Builder::new()
     ///     .threaded_scheduler()
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ pub trait RuntimeExt {
     ///     .threaded_scheduler()
     ///     .build().unwrap();
     ///
-    /// let fut = delay_for(Duration::from_millis(2));
+    /// let fut = sleep(Duration::from_millis(2));
     ///
     /// rt.block_on(
     ///     rt2
-    ///         .wrap(async { delay_for(Duration::from_millis(2)).await }),
+    ///         .wrap(async { sleep(Duration::from_millis(2)).await }),
     /// );
     ///```
     fn wrap<F: Future>(&self, fut: F) -> TokioContext<'_, F>;
diff --git a/tokio-util/src/sync/cancellation_token.rs b/tokio-util/src/sync/cancellation_token.rs
index baab5ce2e90..1f29e34ad0f 100644
--- a/tokio-util/src/sync/cancellation_token.rs
+++ b/tokio-util/src/sync/cancellation_token.rs
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ use core::task::{Context, Poll, Waker};
 ///                 // The token was cancelled
 ///                 5
 ///             }
-///             _ = tokio::time::delay_for(std::time::Duration::from_secs(9999)) => {
+///             _ = tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(9999)) => {
 ///                 99
 ///             }
 ///         }
 ///     });
 ///
 ///     tokio::spawn(async move {
-///         tokio::time::delay_for(std::time::Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
+///         tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
 ///         token.cancel();
 ///     });
 ///
@@ -185,14 +185,14 @@ impl CancellationToken {
     ///                 // The token was cancelled
     ///                 5
     ///             }
-    ///             _ = tokio::time::delay_for(std::time::Duration::from_secs(9999)) => {
+    ///             _ = tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(9999)) => {
     ///                 99
     ///             }
     ///         }
     ///     });
     ///
     ///     tokio::spawn(async move {
-    ///         tokio::time::delay_for(std::time::Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
+    ///         tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
     ///         token.cancel();
     ///     });
     ///
diff --git a/tokio-util/tests/context.rs b/tokio-util/tests/context.rs
index 2e39b14432a..ee5191307ff 100644
--- a/tokio-util/tests/context.rs
+++ b/tokio-util/tests/context.rs
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ fn tokio_context_with_another_runtime() {
 
     // Without the `HandleExt.wrap()` there would be a panic because there is
     // no timer running, since it would be referencing runtime r1.
-    let _ = rt1.block_on(rt2.wrap(async move { delay_for(Duration::from_millis(2)).await }));
+    let _ = rt1.block_on(rt2.wrap(async move { sleep(Duration::from_millis(2)).await }));
 }
diff --git a/tokio/src/lib.rs b/tokio/src/lib.rs
index 4fe82cf2289..1b0dad5d667 100644
--- a/tokio/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/lib.rs
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
 //! In order to use `tokio::time`, the "time" feature flag must be enabled.
 //!
 //! [`tokio::time`]: crate::time
-//! [delay]: crate::time::delay_for()
+//! [delay]: crate::time::sleep()
 //! [interval]: crate::time::interval()
 //! [timeout]: crate::time::timeout()
 //!
diff --git a/tokio/src/macros/select.rs b/tokio/src/macros/select.rs
index ffca0027269..8f15f9aa811 100644
--- a/tokio/src/macros/select.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/macros/select.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 ///
 /// #[tokio::main]
 /// async fn main() {
-///     let mut delay = time::delay_for(Duration::from_millis(50));
+///     let mut delay = time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50));
 ///
 ///     while !delay.is_elapsed() {
 ///         tokio::select! {
@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@
 /// use tokio::time::{self, Duration};
 ///
 /// async fn some_async_work() {
-/// # time::delay_for(Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
+/// # time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
 ///     // do work
 /// }
 ///
 /// #[tokio::main]
 /// async fn main() {
-///     let mut delay = time::delay_for(Duration::from_millis(50));
+///     let mut delay = time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50));
 ///
 ///     loop {
 ///         tokio::select! {
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
 /// #[tokio::main]
 /// async fn main() {
 ///     let mut stream = stream::iter(vec![1, 2, 3]);
-///     let mut delay = time::delay_for(Duration::from_secs(1));
+///     let mut delay = time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1));
 ///
 ///     loop {
 ///         tokio::select! {
diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/task/join.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/task/join.rs
index ae776509723..9b73353d9c0 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/task/join.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/task/join.rs
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ doc_rt_core! {
     /// let original_task = task::spawn(async {
     ///     let _detached_task = task::spawn(async {
     ///         // Here we sleep to make sure that the first task returns before.
-    ///         time::delay_for(Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
+    ///         time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
     ///         // This will be called, even though the JoinHandle is dropped.
     ///         println!("♫ Still alive ♫");
     ///     });
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ doc_rt_core! {
     /// // We make sure that the new task has time to run, before the main
     /// // task returns.
     ///
-    /// time::delay_for(Duration::from_millis(1000)).await;
+    /// time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(1000)).await;
     /// # }
     /// ```
     ///
@@ -172,12 +172,12 @@ impl<T> JoinHandle<T> {
     ///    let mut handles = Vec::new();
     ///
     ///    handles.push(tokio::spawn(async {
-    ///       time::delay_for(time::Duration::from_secs(10)).await;
+    ///       time::sleep(time::Duration::from_secs(10)).await;
     ///       true
     ///    }));
     ///
     ///    handles.push(tokio::spawn(async {
-    ///       time::delay_for(time::Duration::from_secs(10)).await;
+    ///       time::sleep(time::Duration::from_secs(10)).await;
     ///       false
     ///    }));
     ///
diff --git a/tokio/src/stream/mod.rs b/tokio/src/stream/mod.rs
index 59e1482f33b..ec48392be27 100644
--- a/tokio/src/stream/mod.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/stream/mod.rs
@@ -281,18 +281,18 @@ pub trait StreamExt: Stream {
     ///         tx1.send(2).await.unwrap();
     ///
     ///         // Let the other task send values
-    ///         time::delay_for(Duration::from_millis(20)).await;
+    ///         time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(20)).await;
     ///
     ///         tx1.send(4).await.unwrap();
     ///     });
     ///
     ///     tokio::spawn(async move {
     ///         // Wait for the first task to send values
-    ///         time::delay_for(Duration::from_millis(5)).await;
+    ///         time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(5)).await;
     ///
     ///         tx2.send(3).await.unwrap();
     ///
-    ///         time::delay_for(Duration::from_millis(25)).await;
+    ///         time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(25)).await;
     ///
     ///         // Send the final value
     ///         tx2.send(5).await.unwrap();
diff --git a/tokio/src/sync/mod.rs b/tokio/src/sync/mod.rs
index 6531931b365..294b0b5048d 100644
--- a/tokio/src/sync/mod.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/sync/mod.rs
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@
 //!     tokio::spawn(async move {
 //!         loop {
 //!             // Wait 10 seconds between checks
-//!             time::delay_for(Duration::from_secs(10)).await;
+//!             time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(10)).await;
 //!
 //!             // Load the configuration file
 //!             let new_config = Config::load_from_file().await.unwrap();
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@
 //!             let mut conf = rx.borrow().clone();
 //!
 //!             let mut op_start = Instant::now();
-//!             let mut delay = time::delay_until(op_start + conf.timeout);
+//!             let mut delay = time::sleep_until(op_start + conf.timeout);
 //!
 //!             loop {
 //!                 tokio::select! {
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@
 //!                         op_start = Instant::now();
 //!
 //!                         // Restart the timeout
-//!                         delay = time::delay_until(op_start + conf.timeout);
+//!                         delay = time::sleep_until(op_start + conf.timeout);
 //!                     }
 //!                     _ = rx.changed() => {
 //!                         conf = rx.borrow().clone();
diff --git a/tokio/src/sync/mpsc/bounded.rs b/tokio/src/sync/mpsc/bounded.rs
index 5e94e729d18..38fb753e5ae 100644
--- a/tokio/src/sync/mpsc/bounded.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/sync/mpsc/bounded.rs
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ impl<T> Sender<T> {
     ///
     /// ```rust
     /// use tokio::sync::mpsc;
-    /// use tokio::time::{delay_for, Duration};
+    /// use tokio::time::{sleep, Duration};
     ///
     /// #[tokio::main]
     /// async fn main() {
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ impl<T> Sender<T> {
     ///
     ///     while let Some(i) = rx.recv().await {
     ///         println!("got = {}", i);
-    ///         delay_for(Duration::from_millis(200)).await;
+    ///         sleep(Duration::from_millis(200)).await;
     ///     }
     /// }
     /// ```
diff --git a/tokio/src/task/local.rs b/tokio/src/task/local.rs
index 1d7b99d500b..ccb9201ecb6 100644
--- a/tokio/src/task/local.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/task/local.rs
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ cfg_rt_util! {
     ///     });
     ///
     ///     local.spawn_local(async move {
-    ///         time::delay_for(time::Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
+    ///         time::sleep(time::Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
     ///         println!("goodbye {}", unsend_data)
     ///     });
     ///
diff --git a/tokio/src/time/delay.rs b/tokio/src/time/delay.rs
index 744c7e16aea..42ae4b08431 100644
--- a/tokio/src/time/delay.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/time/delay.rs
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ use std::task::{self, Poll};
 ///
 /// Canceling a delay is done by dropping the returned future. No additional
 /// cleanup work is required.
-pub fn delay_until(deadline: Instant) -> Delay {
+pub fn sleep_until(deadline: Instant) -> Delay {
     let registration = Registration::new(deadline, Duration::from_millis(0));
     Delay { registration }
 }
 
 /// Waits until `duration` has elapsed.
 ///
-/// Equivalent to `delay_until(Instant::now() + duration)`. An asynchronous
+/// Equivalent to `sleep_until(Instant::now() + duration)`. An asynchronous
 /// analog to `std::thread::sleep`.
 ///
 /// No work is performed while awaiting on the delay to complete. The delay
@@ -41,23 +41,22 @@ pub fn delay_until(deadline: Instant) -> Delay {
 /// Wait 100ms and print "100 ms have elapsed".
 ///
 /// ```
-/// use tokio::time::{delay_for, Duration};
+/// use tokio::time::{sleep, Duration};
 ///
 /// #[tokio::main]
 /// async fn main() {
-///     delay_for(Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
+///     sleep(Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
 ///     println!("100 ms have elapsed");
 /// }
 /// ```
 ///
 /// [`interval`]: crate::time::interval()
-#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(alias = "sleep"))]
-pub fn delay_for(duration: Duration) -> Delay {
-    delay_until(Instant::now() + duration)
+pub fn sleep(duration: Duration) -> Delay {
+    sleep_until(Instant::now() + duration)
 }
 
-/// Future returned by [`delay_until`](delay_until) and
-/// [`delay_for`](delay_for).
+/// Future returned by [`sleep`](sleep) and
+/// [`sleep_until`](sleep_until).
 #[derive(Debug)]
 #[must_use = "futures do nothing unless you `.await` or poll them"]
 pub struct Delay {
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ impl Future for Delay {
     fn poll(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut task::Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
         // `poll_elapsed` can return an error in two cases:
         //
-        // - AtCapacity: this is a pathlogical case where far too many
+        // - AtCapacity: this is a pathological case where far too many
         //   delays have been scheduled.
         // - Shutdown: No timer has been setup, which is a mis-use error.
         //
diff --git a/tokio/src/time/delay_queue.rs b/tokio/src/time/delay_queue.rs
index 6f755ebacb3..910f75fb320 100644
--- a/tokio/src/time/delay_queue.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/time/delay_queue.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 //! [`DelayQueue`]: struct@DelayQueue
 
 use crate::time::wheel::{self, Wheel};
-use crate::time::{delay_until, Delay, Duration, Error, Instant};
+use crate::time::{sleep_until, Delay, Duration, Error, Instant};
 
 use slab::Slab;
 use std::cmp;
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ use std::task::{self, Poll};
 /// # Implementation
 ///
 /// The [`DelayQueue`] is backed by a separate instance of the same timer wheel used internally by
-/// Tokio's standalone timer utilities such as [`delay_for`]. Because of this, it offers the same
+/// Tokio's standalone timer utilities such as [`sleep`]. Because of this, it offers the same
 /// performance and scalability benefits.
 ///
 /// State associated with each entry is stored in a [`slab`]. This amortizes the cost of allocation,
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ use std::task::{self, Poll};
 /// [`poll_expired`]: method@Self::poll_expired
 /// [`Stream::poll_expired`]: method@Self::poll_expired
 /// [`DelayQueue`]: struct@DelayQueue
-/// [`delay_for`]: fn@super::delay_for
+/// [`sleep`]: fn@super::sleep
 /// [`slab`]: slab
 /// [`capacity`]: method@Self::capacity
 /// [`reserve`]: method@Self::reserve
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ impl<T> DelayQueue<T> {
             if let Some(ref mut delay) = &mut self.delay {
                 delay.reset(delay_time);
             } else {
-                self.delay = Some(delay_until(delay_time));
+                self.delay = Some(sleep_until(delay_time));
             }
         }
 
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ impl<T> DelayQueue<T> {
             // We poll the wheel to get the next value out before finding the next deadline.
             let wheel_idx = self.wheel.poll(&mut self.poll, &mut self.slab);
 
-            self.delay = self.next_deadline().map(delay_until);
+            self.delay = self.next_deadline().map(sleep_until);
 
             if let Some(idx) = wheel_idx {
                 return Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(idx)));
diff --git a/tokio/src/time/driver/handle.rs b/tokio/src/time/driver/handle.rs
index f79f62b46f7..e9e53e5623e 100644
--- a/tokio/src/time/driver/handle.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/time/driver/handle.rs
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ impl Handle {
     /// `Builder::enable_all()` are not included in the builder.
     ///
     /// It can also panic whenever a timer is created outside of a Tokio
-    /// runtime. That is why `rt.block_on(delay_for(...))` will panic,
+    /// runtime. That is why `rt.block_on(sleep(...))` will panic,
     /// since the function is executed outside of the runtime.
-    /// Whereas `rt.block_on(async {delay_for(...).await})` doesn't
+    /// Whereas `rt.block_on(async {sleep(...).await})` doesn't
     /// panic. And this is because wrapping the function on an async makes it
     /// lazy, and so gets executed inside the runtime successfuly without
     /// panicking.
diff --git a/tokio/src/time/instant.rs b/tokio/src/time/instant.rs
index f2cb4bc97db..e14a3004a54 100644
--- a/tokio/src/time/instant.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/time/instant.rs
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@ impl Instant {
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// ```
-    /// use tokio::time::{Duration, Instant, delay_for};
+    /// use tokio::time::{Duration, Instant, sleep};
     ///
     /// #[tokio::main]
     /// async fn main() {
     ///     let now = Instant::now();
-    ///     delay_for(Duration::new(1, 0)).await;
+    ///     sleep(Duration::new(1, 0)).await;
     ///     let new_now = Instant::now();
     ///     println!("{:?}", new_now.checked_duration_since(now));
     ///     println!("{:?}", now.checked_duration_since(new_now)); // None
@@ -71,12 +71,12 @@ impl Instant {
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// ```
-    /// use tokio::time::{Duration, Instant, delay_for};
+    /// use tokio::time::{Duration, Instant, sleep};
     ///
     /// #[tokio::main]
     /// async fn main() {
     ///     let now = Instant::now();
-    ///     delay_for(Duration::new(1, 0)).await;
+    ///     sleep(Duration::new(1, 0)).await;
     ///     let new_now = Instant::now();
     ///     println!("{:?}", new_now.saturating_duration_since(now));
     ///     println!("{:?}", now.saturating_duration_since(new_now)); // 0ns
@@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ impl Instant {
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// ```
-    /// use tokio::time::{Duration, Instant, delay_for};
+    /// use tokio::time::{Duration, Instant, sleep};
     ///
     /// #[tokio::main]
     /// async fn main() {
     ///     let instant = Instant::now();
     ///     let three_secs = Duration::from_secs(3);
-    ///     delay_for(three_secs).await;
+    ///     sleep(three_secs).await;
     ///     assert!(instant.elapsed() >= three_secs);
     /// }
     /// ```
diff --git a/tokio/src/time/interval.rs b/tokio/src/time/interval.rs
index 52e081ce463..5f05b2f9d3f 100644
--- a/tokio/src/time/interval.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/time/interval.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::future::poll_fn;
-use crate::time::{delay_until, Delay, Duration, Instant};
+use crate::time::{sleep_until, Delay, Duration, Instant};
 
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::pin::Pin;
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 ///
 /// A simple example using `interval` to execute a task every two seconds.
 ///
-/// The difference between `interval` and [`delay_for`] is that an `interval`
+/// The difference between `interval` and [`sleep`] is that an `interval`
 /// measures the time since the last tick, which means that `.tick().await`
 /// may wait for a shorter time than the duration specified for the interval
 /// if some time has passed between calls to `.tick().await`.
 ///
-/// If the tick in the example below was replaced with [`delay_for`], the task
+/// If the tick in the example below was replaced with [`sleep`], the task
 /// would only be executed once every three seconds, and not every two
 /// seconds.
 ///
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 ///
 /// async fn task_that_takes_a_second() {
 ///     println!("hello");
-///     time::delay_for(time::Duration::from_secs(1)).await
+///     time::sleep(time::Duration::from_secs(1)).await
 /// }
 ///
 /// #[tokio::main]
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ use std::task::{Context, Poll};
 /// }
 /// ```
 ///
-/// [`delay_for`]: crate::time::delay_for()
+/// [`sleep`]: crate::time::sleep()
 pub fn interval(period: Duration) -> Interval {
     assert!(period > Duration::new(0, 0), "`period` must be non-zero.");
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ pub fn interval_at(start: Instant, period: Duration) -> Interval {
     assert!(period > Duration::new(0, 0), "`period` must be non-zero.");
 
     Interval {
-        delay: delay_until(start),
+        delay: sleep_until(start),
         period,
     }
 }
diff --git a/tokio/src/time/mod.rs b/tokio/src/time/mod.rs
index 72b0317f555..c8c797d9747 100644
--- a/tokio/src/time/mod.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/time/mod.rs
@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@
 //! Wait 100ms and print "100 ms have elapsed"
 //!
 //! ```
-//! use tokio::time::delay_for;
+//! use tokio::time::sleep;
 //!
 //! use std::time::Duration;
 //!
 //!
 //! #[tokio::main]
 //! async fn main() {
-//!     delay_for(Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
+//!     sleep(Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
 //!     println!("100 ms have elapsed");
 //! }
 //! ```
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@
 //!
 //! A simple example using [`interval`] to execute a task every two seconds.
 //!
-//! The difference between [`interval`] and [`delay_for`] is that an
+//! The difference between [`interval`] and [`sleep`] is that an
 //! [`interval`] measures the time since the last tick, which means that
 //! `.tick().await` may wait for a shorter time than the duration specified
 //! for the interval if some time has passed between calls to `.tick().await`.
 //!
-//! If the tick in the example below was replaced with [`delay_for`], the task
+//! If the tick in the example below was replaced with [`sleep`], the task
 //! would only be executed once every three seconds, and not every two
 //! seconds.
 //!
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 //!
 //! async fn task_that_takes_a_second() {
 //!     println!("hello");
-//!     time::delay_for(time::Duration::from_secs(1)).await
+//!     time::sleep(time::Duration::from_secs(1)).await
 //! }
 //!
 //! #[tokio::main]
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 //! }
 //! ```
 //!
-//! [`delay_for`]: crate::time::delay_for()
+//! [`sleep`]: crate::time::sleep()
 //! [`interval`]: crate::time::interval()
 
 mod clock;
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ pub mod delay_queue;
 pub use delay_queue::DelayQueue;
 
 mod delay;
-pub use delay::{delay_for, delay_until, Delay};
+pub use delay::{sleep, sleep_until, Delay};
 
 pub(crate) mod driver;
 
diff --git a/tokio/src/time/tests/mod.rs b/tokio/src/time/tests/mod.rs
index 4710d470f78..e112b8e1dc3 100644
--- a/tokio/src/time/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/time/tests/mod.rs
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ fn registration_is_send_and_sync() {
 #[should_panic]
 fn delay_is_eager() {
     let when = Instant::now() + Duration::from_millis(100);
-    let _ = time::delay_until(when);
+    let _ = time::sleep_until(when);
 }
diff --git a/tokio/src/time/timeout.rs b/tokio/src/time/timeout.rs
index efc3dc5c069..0804f26561c 100644
--- a/tokio/src/time/timeout.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/time/timeout.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 //!
 //! [`Timeout`]: struct@Timeout
 
-use crate::time::{delay_until, Delay, Duration, Instant};
+use crate::time::{sleep_until, Delay, Duration, Instant};
 
 use pin_project_lite::pin_project;
 use std::fmt;
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ pub fn timeout_at<T>(deadline: Instant, future: T) -> Timeout<T>
 where
     T: Future,
 {
-    let delay = delay_until(deadline);
+    let delay = sleep_until(deadline);
 
     Timeout {
         value: future,
diff --git a/tokio/tests/async_send_sync.rs b/tokio/tests/async_send_sync.rs
index b3492b5edf5..c82d8a5a46b 100644
--- a/tokio/tests/async_send_sync.rs
+++ b/tokio/tests/async_send_sync.rs
@@ -243,8 +243,8 @@ async_assert_fn!(tokio::task::LocalSet::run_until(_, BoxFutureSync<()>): !Send &
 assert_value!(tokio::task::LocalSet: !Send & !Sync);
 
 async_assert_fn!(tokio::time::advance(Duration): Send & Sync);
-async_assert_fn!(tokio::time::delay_for(Duration): Send & Sync);
-async_assert_fn!(tokio::time::delay_until(Instant): Send & Sync);
+async_assert_fn!(tokio::time::sleep(Duration): Send & Sync);
+async_assert_fn!(tokio::time::sleep_until(Instant): Send & Sync);
 async_assert_fn!(tokio::time::timeout(Duration, BoxFutureSync<()>): Send & Sync);
 async_assert_fn!(tokio::time::timeout(Duration, BoxFutureSend<()>): Send & !Sync);
 async_assert_fn!(tokio::time::timeout(Duration, BoxFuture<()>): !Send & !Sync);
diff --git a/tokio/tests/macros_select.rs b/tokio/tests/macros_select.rs
index a6c8f8f5ec5..f971409b7aa 100644
--- a/tokio/tests/macros_select.rs
+++ b/tokio/tests/macros_select.rs
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ async fn join_with_select() {
 async fn use_future_in_if_condition() {
     use tokio::time::{self, Duration};
 
-    let mut delay = time::delay_for(Duration::from_millis(50));
+    let mut delay = time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50));
 
     tokio::select! {
         _ = &mut delay, if !delay.is_elapsed() => {
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ async fn async_noop() {}
 async fn async_never() -> ! {
     use tokio::time::Duration;
     loop {
-        tokio::time::delay_for(Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
+        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tokio/tests/process_issue_2174.rs b/tokio/tests/process_issue_2174.rs
index 4493d54ab1a..6ee7d1ab5c3 100644
--- a/tokio/tests/process_issue_2174.rs
+++ b/tokio/tests/process_issue_2174.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ async fn issue_2174() {
     });
 
     // Sleep enough time so that the child process's stdin's buffer fills.
-    time::delay_for(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
+    time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
 
     // Kill the child process.
     child.kill().await.unwrap();
diff --git a/tokio/tests/process_kill_on_drop.rs b/tokio/tests/process_kill_on_drop.rs
index f376c15475d..f67bb23c648 100644
--- a/tokio/tests/process_kill_on_drop.rs
+++ b/tokio/tests/process_kill_on_drop.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::process::Stdio;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
 use tokio::process::Command;
-use tokio::time::delay_for;
+use tokio::time::sleep;
 use tokio_test::assert_ok;
 
 #[tokio::test]
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ async fn kill_on_drop() {
         .spawn()
         .unwrap();
 
-    delay_for(Duration::from_secs(2)).await;
+    sleep(Duration::from_secs(2)).await;
 
     let mut out = child.stdout.take().unwrap();
     drop(child);
diff --git a/tokio/tests/rt_common.rs b/tokio/tests/rt_common.rs
index 7f0491c4872..3e95c2aa4ce 100644
--- a/tokio/tests/rt_common.rs
+++ b/tokio/tests/rt_common.rs
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ rt_test! {
         let dur = Duration::from_millis(50);
 
         rt.block_on(async move {
-            time::delay_for(dur).await;
+            time::sleep(dur).await;
         });
 
         assert!(now.elapsed() >= dur);
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ rt_test! {
             let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
 
             tokio::spawn(async move {
-                time::delay_for(dur).await;
+                time::sleep(dur).await;
                 assert_ok!(tx.send(()));
             });
 
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ rt_test! {
                 // use the futures' block_on fn to make sure we aren't setting
                 // any Tokio context
                 futures::executor::block_on(async {
-                    tokio::time::delay_for(dur).await;
+                    tokio::time::sleep(dur).await;
                 });
 
                 assert!(now.elapsed() >= dur);
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ rt_test! {
         let jh1 = thread::spawn(move || {
                 rt.block_on(async move {
                     rx2.await.unwrap();
-                    time::delay_for(Duration::from_millis(5)).await;
+                    time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(5)).await;
                     tx1.send(()).unwrap();
                 });
         });
@@ -596,9 +596,9 @@ rt_test! {
         let jh2 = thread::spawn(move || {
             rt2.block_on(async move {
                 tx2.send(()).unwrap();
-                time::delay_for(Duration::from_millis(5)).await;
+                time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(5)).await;
                 rx1.await.unwrap();
-                time::delay_for(Duration::from_millis(5)).await;
+                time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(5)).await;
             });
         });
 
@@ -850,11 +850,11 @@ rt_test! {
                     let buf = [0];
                     loop {
                         send_half.send_to(&buf, &addr).await.unwrap();
-                        tokio::time::delay_for(Duration::from_millis(1)).await;
+                        tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(1)).await;
                     }
                 });
 
-                tokio::time::delay_for(Duration::from_millis(5)).await;
+                tokio::time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(5)).await;
             });
         }
     }
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ rt_test! {
         let runtime = rt();
 
         runtime.block_on(async move {
-            tokio::time::delay_for(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
+            tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
         });
 
         Arc::try_unwrap(runtime).unwrap().shutdown_timeout(Duration::from_secs(10_000));
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ rt_test! {
             }).collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
             // Hope that all the tasks complete...
-            time::delay_for(Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
+            time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
 
             poll_fn(|cx| {
                 // At least one task should not be ready
diff --git a/tokio/tests/stream_timeout.rs b/tokio/tests/stream_timeout.rs
index f65c835196c..698c1d399d8 100644
--- a/tokio/tests/stream_timeout.rs
+++ b/tokio/tests/stream_timeout.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 #![cfg(feature = "full")]
 
 use tokio::stream::{self, StreamExt};
-use tokio::time::{self, delay_for, Duration};
+use tokio::time::{self, sleep, Duration};
 use tokio_test::*;
 
 use futures::StreamExt as _;
 
 async fn maybe_delay(idx: i32) -> i32 {
     if idx % 2 == 0 {
-        delay_for(ms(200)).await;
+        sleep(ms(200)).await;
     }
     idx
 }
diff --git a/tokio/tests/task_local.rs b/tokio/tests/task_local.rs
index 7f508997f23..58b58183c29 100644
--- a/tokio/tests/task_local.rs
+++ b/tokio/tests/task_local.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ async fn local() {
             assert_eq!(*v, 2);
         });
 
-        tokio::time::delay_for(std::time::Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
+        tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
 
         assert_eq!(REQ_ID.get(), 2);
     }));
diff --git a/tokio/tests/task_local_set.rs b/tokio/tests/task_local_set.rs
index 23e92586b78..1dc779ced57 100644
--- a/tokio/tests/task_local_set.rs
+++ b/tokio/tests/task_local_set.rs
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ async fn localset_future_timers() {
 
     let local = LocalSet::new();
     local.spawn_local(async move {
-        time::delay_for(Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
+        time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
         RAN1.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
     });
     local.spawn_local(async move {
-        time::delay_for(Duration::from_millis(20)).await;
+        time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(20)).await;
         RAN2.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
     });
     local.await;
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ async fn local_threadpool_timer() {
             assert!(ON_RT_THREAD.with(|cell| cell.get()));
             let join = task::spawn_local(async move {
                 assert!(ON_RT_THREAD.with(|cell| cell.get()));
-                time::delay_for(Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
+                time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(10)).await;
                 assert!(ON_RT_THREAD.with(|cell| cell.get()));
             });
             join.await.unwrap();
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ fn drop_cancels_tasks() {
 
         started_tx.send(()).unwrap();
         loop {
-            time::delay_for(Duration::from_secs(3600)).await;
+            time::sleep(Duration::from_secs(3600)).await;
         }
     });
 
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ fn drop_cancels_remote_tasks() {
         let local = LocalSet::new();
         local.spawn_local(async move { while rx.recv().await.is_some() {} });
         local.block_on(&rt, async {
-            time::delay_for(Duration::from_millis(1)).await;
+            time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(1)).await;
         });
 
         drop(tx);
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ async fn local_tasks_are_polled_after_tick() {
         .run_until(async {
             let task2 = task::spawn(async move {
                 // Wait a bit
-                time::delay_for(Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
+                time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
 
                 let mut oneshots = Vec::with_capacity(EXPECTED);
 
@@ -426,13 +426,13 @@ async fn local_tasks_are_polled_after_tick() {
                     tx.send(oneshot_rx).unwrap();
                 }
 
-                time::delay_for(Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
+                time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100)).await;
 
                 for tx in oneshots.drain(..) {
                     tx.send(()).unwrap();
                 }
 
-                time::delay_for(Duration::from_millis(300)).await;
+                time::sleep(Duration::from_millis(300)).await;
                 let rx1 = RX1.load(SeqCst);
                 let rx2 = RX2.load(SeqCst);
                 println!("EXPECT = {}; RX1 = {}; RX2 = {}", EXPECTED, rx1, rx2);
diff --git a/tokio/tests/time_delay.rs b/tokio/tests/time_delay.rs
index e4804ec6740..559c18c82b7 100644
--- a/tokio/tests/time_delay.rs
+++ b/tokio/tests/time_delay.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ async fn immediate_delay() {
     let now = Instant::now();
 
     // Ready!
-    time::delay_until(now).await;
+    time::sleep_until(now).await;
     assert_elapsed!(now, 0);
 }
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ async fn delayed_delay_level_0() {
     for &i in &[1, 10, 60] {
         let now = Instant::now();
 
-        time::delay_until(now + ms(i)).await;
+        time::sleep_until(now + ms(i)).await;
 
         assert_elapsed!(now, i);
     }
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ async fn sub_ms_delayed_delay() {
         let now = Instant::now();
         let deadline = now + ms(1) + Duration::new(0, 1);
 
-        time::delay_until(deadline).await;
+        time::sleep_until(deadline).await;
 
         assert_elapsed!(now, 1);
     }
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ async fn sub_ms_delayed_delay() {
 async fn delayed_delay_wrapping_level_0() {
     time::pause();
 
-    time::delay_for(ms(5)).await;
+    time::sleep(ms(5)).await;
 
     let now = Instant::now();
-    time::delay_until(now + ms(60)).await;
+    time::sleep_until(now + ms(60)).await;
 
     assert_elapsed!(now, 60);
 }
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ async fn reset_future_delay_before_fire() {
 
     let now = Instant::now();
 
-    let mut delay = task::spawn(time::delay_until(now + ms(100)));
+    let mut delay = task::spawn(time::sleep_until(now + ms(100)));
     assert_pending!(delay.poll());
 
     let mut delay = delay.into_inner();
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ async fn reset_past_delay_before_turn() {
 
     let now = Instant::now();
 
-    let mut delay = task::spawn(time::delay_until(now + ms(100)));
+    let mut delay = task::spawn(time::sleep_until(now + ms(100)));
     assert_pending!(delay.poll());
 
     let mut delay = delay.into_inner();
@@ -109,12 +109,12 @@ async fn reset_past_delay_before_fire() {
 
     let now = Instant::now();
 
-    let mut delay = task::spawn(time::delay_until(now + ms(100)));
+    let mut delay = task::spawn(time::sleep_until(now + ms(100)));
     assert_pending!(delay.poll());
 
     let mut delay = delay.into_inner();
 
-    time::delay_for(ms(10)).await;
+    time::sleep(ms(10)).await;
 
     delay.reset(now + ms(80));
     delay.await;
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ async fn reset_future_delay_after_fire() {
     time::pause();
 
     let now = Instant::now();
-    let mut delay = time::delay_until(now + ms(100));
+    let mut delay = time::sleep_until(now + ms(100));
 
     (&mut delay).await;
     assert_elapsed!(now, 100);
@@ -143,10 +143,10 @@ async fn reset_delay_to_past() {
 
     let now = Instant::now();
 
-    let mut delay = task::spawn(time::delay_until(now + ms(100)));
+    let mut delay = task::spawn(time::sleep_until(now + ms(100)));
     assert_pending!(delay.poll());
 
-    time::delay_for(ms(50)).await;
+    time::sleep(ms(50)).await;
 
     assert!(!delay.is_woken());
 
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ fn creating_delay_outside_of_context() {
 
     // This creates a delay outside of the context of a mock timer. This tests
     // that it will panic.
-    let _fut = time::delay_until(now + ms(500));
+    let _fut = time::sleep_until(now + ms(500));
 }
 
 #[should_panic]
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ fn creating_delay_outside_of_context() {
 async fn greater_than_max() {
     const YR_5: u64 = 5 * 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
 
-    time::delay_until(Instant::now() + ms(YR_5)).await;
+    time::sleep_until(Instant::now() + ms(YR_5)).await;
 }
 
 const NUM_LEVELS: usize = 6;
@@ -182,13 +182,13 @@ const MAX_DURATION: u64 = (1 << (6 * NUM_LEVELS)) - 1;
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn exactly_max() {
     // TODO: this should not panic but `time::ms()` is acting up
-    time::delay_for(ms(MAX_DURATION)).await;
+    time::sleep(ms(MAX_DURATION)).await;
 }
 
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn no_out_of_bounds_close_to_max() {
     time::pause();
-    time::delay_for(ms(MAX_DURATION - 1)).await;
+    time::sleep(ms(MAX_DURATION - 1)).await;
 }
 
 fn ms(n: u64) -> Duration {
diff --git a/tokio/tests/time_delay_queue.rs b/tokio/tests/time_delay_queue.rs
index ba3c985815f..d4878b91016 100644
--- a/tokio/tests/time_delay_queue.rs
+++ b/tokio/tests/time_delay_queue.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #![warn(rust_2018_idioms)]
 #![cfg(feature = "full")]
 
-use tokio::time::{self, delay_for, DelayQueue, Duration, Instant};
+use tokio::time::{self, sleep, DelayQueue, Duration, Instant};
 use tokio_test::{assert_ok, assert_pending, assert_ready, task};
 
 macro_rules! poll {
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ async fn single_immediate_delay() {
     let _key = queue.insert_at("foo", Instant::now());
 
     // Advance time by 1ms to handle thee rounding
-    delay_for(ms(1)).await;
+    sleep(ms(1)).await;
 
     assert_ready_ok!(poll!(queue));
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ async fn multi_immediate_delays() {
     let _k = queue.insert_at("2", Instant::now());
     let _k = queue.insert_at("3", Instant::now());
 
-    delay_for(ms(1)).await;
+    sleep(ms(1)).await;
 
     let mut res = vec![];
 
@@ -74,11 +74,11 @@ async fn single_short_delay() {
 
     assert_pending!(poll!(queue));
 
-    delay_for(ms(1)).await;
+    sleep(ms(1)).await;
 
     assert!(!queue.is_woken());
 
-    delay_for(ms(5)).await;
+    sleep(ms(5)).await;
 
     assert!(queue.is_woken());
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ async fn multi_delay_at_start() {
     assert!(!queue.is_woken());
 
     for elapsed in 0..1200 {
-        delay_for(ms(1)).await;
+        sleep(ms(1)).await;
         let elapsed = elapsed + 1;
 
         if delays.contains(&elapsed) {
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ async fn insert_in_past_fires_immediately() {
     let mut queue = task::spawn(DelayQueue::new());
     let now = Instant::now();
 
-    delay_for(ms(10)).await;
+    sleep(ms(10)).await;
 
     queue.insert_at("foo", now);
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ async fn remove_entry() {
     let entry = queue.remove(&key);
     assert_eq!(entry.into_inner(), "foo");
 
-    delay_for(ms(10)).await;
+    sleep(ms(10)).await;
 
     let entry = assert_ready!(poll!(queue));
     assert!(entry.is_none());
@@ -166,19 +166,19 @@ async fn reset_entry() {
     let key = queue.insert_at("foo", now + ms(5));
 
     assert_pending!(poll!(queue));
-    delay_for(ms(1)).await;
+    sleep(ms(1)).await;
 
     queue.reset_at(&key, now + ms(10));
 
     assert_pending!(poll!(queue));
 
-    delay_for(ms(7)).await;
+    sleep(ms(7)).await;
 
     assert!(!queue.is_woken());
 
     assert_pending!(poll!(queue));
 
-    delay_for(ms(3)).await;
+    sleep(ms(3)).await;
 
     assert!(queue.is_woken());
 
@@ -197,16 +197,16 @@ async fn reset_much_later() {
     let mut queue = task::spawn(DelayQueue::new());
 
     let now = Instant::now();
-    delay_for(ms(1)).await;
+    sleep(ms(1)).await;
 
     let key = queue.insert_at("foo", now + ms(200));
     assert_pending!(poll!(queue));
 
-    delay_for(ms(3)).await;
+    sleep(ms(3)).await;
 
     queue.reset_at(&key, now + ms(5));
 
-    delay_for(ms(20)).await;
+    sleep(ms(20)).await;
 
     assert!(queue.is_woken());
 }
@@ -219,21 +219,21 @@ async fn reset_twice() {
     let mut queue = task::spawn(DelayQueue::new());
     let now = Instant::now();
 
-    delay_for(ms(1)).await;
+    sleep(ms(1)).await;
 
     let key = queue.insert_at("foo", now + ms(200));
 
     assert_pending!(poll!(queue));
 
-    delay_for(ms(3)).await;
+    sleep(ms(3)).await;
 
     queue.reset_at(&key, now + ms(50));
 
-    delay_for(ms(20)).await;
+    sleep(ms(20)).await;
 
     queue.reset_at(&key, now + ms(40));
 
-    delay_for(ms(20)).await;
+    sleep(ms(20)).await;
 
     assert!(queue.is_woken());
 }
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ async fn remove_expired_item() {
 
     let now = Instant::now();
 
-    delay_for(ms(10)).await;
+    sleep(ms(10)).await;
 
     let key = queue.insert_at("foo", now);
 
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ async fn expires_before_last_insert() {
 
     assert_pending!(poll!(queue));
 
-    delay_for(ms(600)).await;
+    sleep(ms(600)).await;
 
     assert!(queue.is_woken());
 
@@ -297,18 +297,18 @@ async fn multi_reset() {
     queue.reset_at(&two, now + ms(350));
     queue.reset_at(&one, now + ms(400));
 
-    delay_for(ms(310)).await;
+    sleep(ms(310)).await;
 
     assert_pending!(poll!(queue));
 
-    delay_for(ms(50)).await;
+    sleep(ms(50)).await;
 
     let entry = assert_ready_ok!(poll!(queue));
     assert_eq!(*entry.get_ref(), "two");
 
     assert_pending!(poll!(queue));
 
-    delay_for(ms(50)).await;
+    sleep(ms(50)).await;
 
     let entry = assert_ready_ok!(poll!(queue));
     assert_eq!(*entry.get_ref(), "one");
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ async fn expire_first_key_when_reset_to_expire_earlier() {
 
     queue.reset_at(&one, now + ms(100));
 
-    delay_for(ms(100)).await;
+    sleep(ms(100)).await;
 
     assert!(queue.is_woken());
 
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ async fn expire_second_key_when_reset_to_expire_earlier() {
 
     queue.reset_at(&two, now + ms(100));
 
-    delay_for(ms(100)).await;
+    sleep(ms(100)).await;
 
     assert!(queue.is_woken());
 
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ async fn reset_first_expiring_item_to_expire_later() {
     assert_pending!(poll!(queue));
 
     queue.reset_at(&one, now + ms(300));
-    delay_for(ms(250)).await;
+    sleep(ms(250)).await;
 
     assert!(queue.is_woken());
 
@@ -399,11 +399,11 @@ async fn insert_before_first_after_poll() {
 
     let _two = queue.insert_at("two", now + ms(100));
 
-    delay_for(ms(99)).await;
+    sleep(ms(99)).await;
 
     assert!(!queue.is_woken());
 
-    delay_for(ms(1)).await;
+    sleep(ms(1)).await;
 
     assert!(queue.is_woken());
 
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ async fn insert_after_ready_poll() {
 
     assert_pending!(poll!(queue));
 
-    delay_for(ms(100)).await;
+    sleep(ms(100)).await;
 
     assert!(queue.is_woken());
 
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ async fn reset_later_after_slot_starts() {
 
     assert_pending!(poll!(queue));
 
-    delay_for(ms(80)).await;
+    sleep(ms(80)).await;
 
     assert!(!queue.is_woken());
 
@@ -471,10 +471,10 @@ async fn reset_later_after_slot_starts() {
 
     assert_pending!(poll!(queue));
 
-    delay_for(ms(39)).await;
+    sleep(ms(39)).await;
     assert!(!queue.is_woken());
 
-    delay_for(ms(1)).await;
+    sleep(ms(1)).await;
     assert!(queue.is_woken());
 
     let entry = assert_ready_ok!(poll!(queue)).into_inner();
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ async fn reset_inserted_expired() {
 
     assert_eq!(1, queue.len());
 
-    delay_for(ms(200)).await;
+    sleep(ms(200)).await;
 
     let entry = assert_ready_ok!(poll!(queue)).into_inner();
     assert_eq!(entry, "foo");
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ async fn reset_earlier_after_slot_starts() {
 
     assert_pending!(poll!(queue));
 
-    delay_for(ms(80)).await;
+    sleep(ms(80)).await;
 
     assert!(!queue.is_woken());
 
@@ -529,10 +529,10 @@ async fn reset_earlier_after_slot_starts() {
 
     assert_pending!(poll!(queue));
 
-    delay_for(ms(39)).await;
+    sleep(ms(39)).await;
     assert!(!queue.is_woken());
 
-    delay_for(ms(1)).await;
+    sleep(ms(1)).await;
     assert!(queue.is_woken());
 
     let entry = assert_ready_ok!(poll!(queue)).into_inner();
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ async fn insert_in_past_after_poll_fires_immediately() {
 
     assert_pending!(poll!(queue));
 
-    delay_for(ms(80)).await;
+    sleep(ms(80)).await;
 
     assert!(!queue.is_woken());
     queue.insert_at("bar", now + ms(40));
diff --git a/tokio/tests/time_rt.rs b/tokio/tests/time_rt.rs
index 19bcd27d9b5..78056f099c4 100644
--- a/tokio/tests/time_rt.rs
+++ b/tokio/tests/time_rt.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ fn timer_with_threaded_runtime() {
     rt.spawn(async move {
         let when = Instant::now() + Duration::from_millis(100);
 
-        delay_until(when).await;
+        sleep_until(when).await;
         assert!(Instant::now() >= when);
 
         tx.send(()).unwrap();
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ fn timer_with_basic_scheduler() {
     rt.block_on(async move {
         let when = Instant::now() + Duration::from_millis(100);
 
-        delay_until(when).await;
+        sleep_until(when).await;
         assert!(Instant::now() >= when);
 
         tx.send(()).unwrap();
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ async fn starving() {
     }
 
     let when = Instant::now() + Duration::from_millis(20);
-    let starve = Starve(delay_until(when), 0);
+    let starve = Starve(sleep_until(when), 0);
 
     starve.await;
     assert!(Instant::now() >= when);