diff --git a/src/mod.ts b/src/mod.ts
index 923f364..c2b18f4 100644
--- a/src/mod.ts
+++ b/src/mod.ts
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ export class Workspace implements Disposable {
     }
     const wasmLoader = await this.#inner.create_loader();
     const loader = new Loader(wasmLoader, this.#debug);
-    await loader.addRoots(options.entrypoints);
+    await loader.addEntrypoints(options.entrypoints);
     return loader;
   }
 }
@@ -186,14 +186,14 @@ export class Loader implements Disposable {
     this.#inner.free();
   }
 
-  /** Adds additional roots to the loader.
+  /** Adds additional entrypoints to the loader after the fact.
    *
-   * This may be useful for having a JSR specifier stored
-   * in the internal module graph on the fly, which will allow
-   * it to be resolved.
+   * This may be useful for having a JSR specifier asynchronously
+   * stored in the internal module graph on the fly, which will allow
+   * it to be synchronously resolved.
    */
-  addRoots(entrypoints: string[]): Promise<void> {
-    return this.#inner.add_roots(entrypoints);
+  addEntrypoints(entrypoints: string[]): Promise<void> {
+    return this.#inner.add_entrypoints(entrypoints);
   }
 
   /** Resolves a specifier using the given referrer and resolution mode. */
diff --git a/src/rs_lib/lib.rs b/src/rs_lib/lib.rs
index 611d9e1..0258e9f 100644
--- a/src/rs_lib/lib.rs
+++ b/src/rs_lib/lib.rs
@@ -333,19 +333,27 @@ impl DenoLoader {
     self.graph.serialize(&serializer).unwrap()
   }
 
-  pub async fn add_roots(&mut self, roots: Vec<String>) -> Result<(), JsValue> {
+  pub async fn add_entrypoints(
+    &mut self,
+    entrypoints: Vec<String>,
+  ) -> Result<(), JsValue> {
     // only allow one async task to modify the graph at a time
     let task_queue = self.task_queue.clone();
     task_queue
-      .run(async { self.add_roots_inner(roots).await.map_err(create_js_error) })
+      .run(async {
+        self
+          .add_entrypoints_internal(entrypoints)
+          .await
+          .map_err(create_js_error)
+      })
       .await
   }
 
-  async fn add_roots_inner(
+  async fn add_entrypoints_internal(
     &mut self,
-    roots: Vec<String>,
+    entrypoints: Vec<String>,
   ) -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
-    let roots = roots
+    let roots = entrypoints
       .into_iter()
       .map(|e| self.resolve_entrypoint(e))
       .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;