diff --git a/src/core/CCVector.ml b/src/core/CCVector.ml
index df941e27..42e69a98 100644
--- a/src/core/CCVector.ml
+++ b/src/core/CCVector.ml
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ let map_in_place f v =
 *)
 
 
-let filter' p v =
+let filter_in_place p v =
   let i = ref 0 in (* cur element *)
   let j = ref 0 in  (* cur insertion point *)
   let n = v.size in
@@ -620,15 +620,17 @@ let filter' p v =
   fill_with_junk_ v.vec !j (v.size - !j);
   v.size <- !j
 
+let filter' = filter_in_place
+
 (*$T
-  let v = 1 -- 10 in filter' (fun x->x<4) v; \
+  let v = 1 -- 10 in filter_in_place (fun x->x<4) v; \
     to_list v = [1;2;3]
 *)
 
 (*$QR
   Q.(pair (fun1 Observable.int bool) (small_list small_int)) (fun (Q.Fun (_,f),l) ->
     let v = of_list l in
-    filter' f v;
+    filter_in_place f v;
     to_list v = List.filter f l)
 *)
 
@@ -791,7 +793,7 @@ let filter_map_in_place f v =
   let w = Weak.create 1 in
   Weak.set w 0 (Some s);
   let v = of_list ["a"; s] in
-  filter' (fun s -> String.length s <= 1) v;
+  filter_in_place (fun s -> String.length s <= 1) v;
   assert_equal 1 (length v);
   assert_equal "a" (get v 0);
   Gc.major();
diff --git a/src/core/CCVector.mli b/src/core/CCVector.mli
index c3c6e65e..ab9ec34d 100644
--- a/src/core/CCVector.mli
+++ b/src/core/CCVector.mli
@@ -179,8 +179,14 @@ val filter : ('a -> bool) -> ('a,_) t -> ('a, 'mut) t
 (** Filter elements from the vector. [filter p v] leaves [v] unchanged but
     returns a new vector that only contains elements of [v] satisfying [p]. *)
 
+val filter_in_place : ('a -> bool) -> ('a, rw) t -> unit
+(** Filter elements from the vector in place.
+    @since NEXT_RELEASE *)
+
 val filter' : ('a -> bool) -> ('a, rw) t -> unit
-(** Filter elements in place. *)
+(** Alias of {!filter_in_place}
+    @deprecated since NEXT_RELEASE, use {!filter_in_place} instead. *)
+[@@ocaml.deprecated "use filter_in_place instead"]
 
 val fold : ('b -> 'a -> 'b) -> 'b -> ('a,_) t -> 'b
 (** Fold on elements of the vector *)