diff --git a/docs/backends.rst b/docs/backends.rst
index fb23323c..01010194 100644
--- a/docs/backends.rst
+++ b/docs/backends.rst
@@ -44,12 +44,14 @@ It also works out of the box, because the wgpu-native DLL is shipped with wgpu-p
 
 The wgpu_native backend provides a few extra functionalities:
 
-.. py:function:: wgpu.backends.wgpu_native.request_device_tracing(adapter, trace_path, *, label="", required_features, required_limits, default_queue)
+.. py:function:: wgpu.backends.wgpu_native.request_device(adapter, trace_path, *, label="", required_features, required_limits, default_queue)
 
     An alternative to :func:`wgpu.GPUAdapter.request_adapter`, that streams a trace
     of all low level calls to disk, so the visualization can be replayed (also on other systems),
     investigated, and debugged.
 
+    The trace_path argument is ignored on drivers that do not support tracing.
+
     :param adapter: The adapter to create a device for.
     :param trace_path: The path to an (empty) directory. Is created if it does not exist.
     :param label: A human readable label. Optional.
diff --git a/docs/guide.rst b/docs/guide.rst
index 3d476eca..118443ba 100644
--- a/docs/guide.rst
+++ b/docs/guide.rst
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ You can run your application via RenderDoc, which is able to capture a
 frame, including all API calls, objects and the complete pipeline state,
 and display all of that information within a nice UI.
 
-You can use ``adapter.request_device_tracing()`` to provide a directory path
+You can use ``adapter.request_device()`` to provide a directory path
 where a trace of all API calls will be written. This trace can then be used
 to re-play your use-case elsewhere (it's cross-platform).
 
diff --git a/tests/test_wgpu_native_basics.py b/tests/test_wgpu_native_basics.py
index f5ff4d73..b4db2c87 100644
--- a/tests/test_wgpu_native_basics.py
+++ b/tests/test_wgpu_native_basics.py
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ def test_wgpu_native_tracer():
     assert not os.path.isdir(tempdir)
 
     # Works!
-    wgpu.backends.wgpu_native.request_device_tracing(adapter, tempdir)
+    wgpu.backends.wgpu_native.request_device(adapter, tempdir)
     assert os.path.isdir(tempdir)
 
     # Make dir not empty
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ def test_wgpu_native_tracer():
         pass
 
     # Still works, but produces warning
-    wgpu.backends.wgpu_native.request_device_tracing(adapter, tempdir)
+    wgpu.backends.wgpu_native.request_device(adapter, tempdir)
 
 
 @mark.skipif(not can_use_wgpu_lib, reason="Needs wgpu lib")
diff --git a/wgpu/backends/wgpu_native/__init__.py b/wgpu/backends/wgpu_native/__init__.py
index 26366fdb..430200dd 100644
--- a/wgpu/backends/wgpu_native/__init__.py
+++ b/wgpu/backends/wgpu_native/__init__.py
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@
 gpu = GPU()  # noqa: F405
 _register_backend(gpu)  # noqa: F405
 
-from .extras import enumerate_adapters, request_device_tracing  # noqa: F401, E402
+from .extras import enumerate_adapters, request_device  # noqa: F401, E402
diff --git a/wgpu/backends/wgpu_native/extras.py b/wgpu/backends/wgpu_native/extras.py
index b54d44fb..29ad0c7f 100644
--- a/wgpu/backends/wgpu_native/extras.py
+++ b/wgpu/backends/wgpu_native/extras.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ def enumerate_adapters():
     raise RuntimeError("Deprecated: use wgpu.gpu.enumerate_adapters() instead.")
 
 
-def request_device_tracing(
+def request_device(
     adapter,
     trace_path,
     *,