diff --git a/packages/sanity/src/core/store/_legacy/document/buffered-doc/createBufferedDocument.ts b/packages/sanity/src/core/store/_legacy/document/buffered-doc/createBufferedDocument.ts
index 3300568c2bca..17b20f9c5cb1 100644
--- a/packages/sanity/src/core/store/_legacy/document/buffered-doc/createBufferedDocument.ts
+++ b/packages/sanity/src/core/store/_legacy/document/buffered-doc/createBufferedDocument.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import {type SanityDocument} from '@sanity/types'
 import {type Observable} from 'rxjs'
 
-import {type ListenerEvent} from '../getPairListener'
+import {type ListenerEvent} from '../createPairListener'
 import {
   type CommitRequest,
   createObservableBufferedDocument,
diff --git a/packages/sanity/src/core/store/_legacy/document/buffered-doc/createObservableBufferedDocument.ts b/packages/sanity/src/core/store/_legacy/document/buffered-doc/createObservableBufferedDocument.ts
index 431b12bab3c5..acfccc704836 100644
--- a/packages/sanity/src/core/store/_legacy/document/buffered-doc/createObservableBufferedDocument.ts
+++ b/packages/sanity/src/core/store/_legacy/document/buffered-doc/createObservableBufferedDocument.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
   withLatestFrom,
 } from 'rxjs/operators'
 
-import {type ListenerEvent} from '../getPairListener'
+import {type ListenerEvent} from '../createPairListener'
 import {type MutationEvent} from '../types'
 import {
   type DocumentMutationEvent,
diff --git a/packages/sanity/src/core/store/_legacy/document/getPairListener.ts b/packages/sanity/src/core/store/_legacy/document/createPairListener.ts
similarity index 99%
rename from packages/sanity/src/core/store/_legacy/document/getPairListener.ts
rename to packages/sanity/src/core/store/_legacy/document/createPairListener.ts
index d97af20f586a..aa55c9230178 100644
--- a/packages/sanity/src/core/store/_legacy/document/getPairListener.ts
+++ b/packages/sanity/src/core/store/_legacy/document/createPairListener.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ function allPendingTransactionEventsReceived(listenerEvents: ListenerEvent[]) {
 }
 
 /** @internal */
-export function getPairListener(
+export function createPairListener(
   client: SanityClient,
   idPair: IdPair,
   options: PairListenerOptions = {},
diff --git a/packages/sanity/src/core/store/_legacy/document/document-pair/checkoutPair.ts b/packages/sanity/src/core/store/_legacy/document/document-pair/checkoutPair.ts
index 114abf5a7d8a..d8bccd7d2a92 100644
--- a/packages/sanity/src/core/store/_legacy/document/document-pair/checkoutPair.ts
+++ b/packages/sanity/src/core/store/_legacy/document/document-pair/checkoutPair.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
   type MutationPayload,
   type RemoteSnapshotEvent,
 } from '../buffered-doc'
-import {getPairListener, type ListenerEvent} from '../getPairListener'
+import {createPairListener, type ListenerEvent} from '../createPairListener'
 import {type IdPair, type PendingMutationsEvent, type ReconnectEvent} from '../types'
 import {type HttpAction} from './actionTypes'
 
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ export function checkoutPair(
   const {publishedId, draftId} = idPair
 
   const listenerEventsConnector = new Subject<ListenerEvent>()
-  const listenerEvents$ = getPairListener(client, idPair).pipe(
+  const listenerEvents$ = createPairListener(client, idPair).pipe(
     share({connector: () => listenerEventsConnector}),
   )
 
diff --git a/packages/sanity/src/core/store/_legacy/document/index.ts b/packages/sanity/src/core/store/_legacy/document/index.ts
index b4c15fe42ae5..184b8704c25b 100644
--- a/packages/sanity/src/core/store/_legacy/document/index.ts
+++ b/packages/sanity/src/core/store/_legacy/document/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 export * from './buffered-doc'
+export * from './createPairListener'
 export * from './document-pair'
 export * from './document-store'
-export * from './getPairListener'
 export * from './hooks'
 export * from './initialValue'
 export * from './listenQuery'