diff --git a/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/src/encryption.rs b/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/src/encryption.rs
index 38a5d1e0b..d89b345c2 100644
--- a/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/src/encryption.rs
+++ b/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/src/encryption.rs
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ impl Encryption {
         &self,
         listener: Box<dyn DehydratedDeviceEventListener>,
     ) -> Arc<TaskHandle> {
-        let mut events = Box::pin(self.inner.dehydrated_devices().events());
+        let mut events = Box::pin(self.inner.dehydrated_devices().state_stream());
         Arc::new(TaskHandle::new(get_runtime_handle().spawn(async move {
             while let Some(event) = events.next().await {
                 let Ok(event) = event else { continue };
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/changelog.d/6606.added.md b/crates/matrix-sdk/changelog.d/6606.added.md
index f287d31ef..43730fe2d 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/changelog.d/6606.added.md
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/changelog.d/6606.added.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Add `Encryption::dehydrated_devices()`, a high-level [MSC3814] dehydrated-device
 manager that wraps the crypto-crate primitives: probe support, create,
 rehydrate, delete, weekly rotation, a Secret Storage round trip for the pickle
-key, and a lifecycle event stream. `MatrixMockServer` gains `mock_*` helpers for
+key, and a lifecycle state stream. `MatrixMockServer` gains `mock_*` helpers for
 the four MSC3814 endpoints.
 
 [MSC3814]: https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals/pull/3814
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/encryption/dehydrated_devices.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/encryption/dehydrated_devices.rs
index 36d1c8e9f..7ac985d3a 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/encryption/dehydrated_devices.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/encryption/dehydrated_devices.rs
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ fn pickle_key_secret_name() -> SecretName {
 
 /// Lifecycle events emitted by [`DehydratedDevices`].
 ///
-/// Subscribe with [`DehydratedDevices::events`] to observe creation,
+/// Subscribe with [`DehydratedDevices::state_stream`] to observe creation,
 /// rehydration progress, and rotation outcomes. [`Self::RehydrationCompleted`]
 /// carries the final imported counts so a caller does not have to fold over the
 /// [`Self::RehydrationProgress`] events, and [`Self::RotationError`] surfaces
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ struct DownloadedDevice {
 }
 
 impl DehydratedDevices {
-    /// Subscribe to [`DehydratedDeviceEvent`]s.
+    /// Subscribe to the stream of [`DehydratedDeviceEvent`]s.
     ///
     /// Each call returns a fresh stream. If a subscriber is slow enough to
     /// fall behind the channel's buffer, it receives a
@@ -277,13 +277,13 @@ impl DehydratedDevices {
     /// # use futures_util::StreamExt;
     /// # async fn example(client: Client) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     /// let dehydrated = client.encryption().dehydrated_devices();
-    /// let mut events = dehydrated.events();
-    /// while let Some(Ok(event)) = events.next().await {
+    /// let mut stream = dehydrated.state_stream();
+    /// while let Some(Ok(event)) = stream.next().await {
     ///     println!("dehydrated devices: {event:?}");
     /// }
     /// # Ok(()) }
     /// ```
-    pub fn events(
+    pub fn state_stream(
         &self,
     ) -> impl Stream<Item = Result<DehydratedDeviceEvent, BroadcastStreamRecvError>> + use<> {
         BroadcastStream::new(self.state().event_sender.subscribe())
diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/tests/integration/encryption/dehydrated_devices.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk/tests/integration/encryption/dehydrated_devices.rs
index 8b2550b36..f7368039a 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/tests/integration/encryption/dehydrated_devices.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/tests/integration/encryption/dehydrated_devices.rs
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ async fn test_create_with_explicit_display_name() {
 
     server.mock_put_dehydrated_device().ok_echo().mock_once().mount().await;
 
-    let mut events = client.encryption().dehydrated_devices().events();
+    let mut events = client.encryption().dehydrated_devices().state_stream();
     let pickle_key = DehydratedDeviceKey::new();
     let device_id = client
         .encryption()
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ async fn test_delete_emits_event_on_success() {
         .mount()
         .await;
 
-    let mut events = client.encryption().dehydrated_devices().events();
+    let mut events = client.encryption().dehydrated_devices().state_stream();
     client.encryption().dehydrated_devices().delete().await.unwrap();
 
     assert_let!(Some(Ok(DehydratedDeviceEvent::Deleted)) = events.next().await);
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ async fn test_delete_silent_on_not_found() {
 
     server.mock_delete_dehydrated_device().not_found().mock_once().mount().await;
 
-    let mut events = client.encryption().dehydrated_devices().events();
+    let mut events = client.encryption().dehydrated_devices().state_stream();
     client.encryption().dehydrated_devices().delete().await.unwrap();
 
     // No event should have fired; the broadcast channel must remain empty.
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ async fn test_delete_silent_on_unrecognized() {
 
     server.mock_delete_dehydrated_device().error_unrecognized().mock_once().mount().await;
 
-    let mut events = client.encryption().dehydrated_devices().events();
+    let mut events = client.encryption().dehydrated_devices().state_stream();
     client.encryption().dehydrated_devices().delete().await.unwrap();
 
     assert!(events.next().now_or_never().is_none());
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ async fn test_rehydrate_round_trip() {
         .await;
     server.mock_delete_dehydrated_device().ok(&uploaded_id).mock_once().mount().await;
 
-    let mut events = client.encryption().dehydrated_devices().events();
+    let mut events = client.encryption().dehydrated_devices().state_stream();
     let outcome = client.encryption().dehydrated_devices().rehydrate(&pickle_key).await.unwrap();
     assert!(outcome);
 
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ async fn test_rehydrate_empty_server() {
 
     server.mock_get_dehydrated_device().not_found().mock_once().mount().await;
 
-    let mut events = client.encryption().dehydrated_devices().events();
+    let mut events = client.encryption().dehydrated_devices().state_stream();
     let pickle_key = DehydratedDeviceKey::new();
     let outcome = client.encryption().dehydrated_devices().rehydrate(&pickle_key).await.unwrap();
     assert!(!outcome);