diff --git a/java/fury-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fury/Fury.java b/java/fury-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fury/Fury.java
index 9f3e84e1bd..bb2aa87e92 100644
--- a/java/fury-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fury/Fury.java
+++ b/java/fury-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fury/Fury.java
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public Fury(FuryBuilder builder, ClassLoader classLoader) {
     config = new Config(builder);
     this.language = config.getLanguage();
     this.refTracking = config.trackingRef();
-    this.copyRefTracking = config.copyTrackingRef();
+    this.copyRefTracking = config.copyRef();
     this.shareMeta = config.isMetaShareEnabled();
     compressInt = config.compressInt();
     longEncoding = config.longEncoding();
diff --git a/java/fury-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fury/config/Config.java b/java/fury-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fury/config/Config.java
index e783044f4f..fad9d3957d 100644
--- a/java/fury-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fury/config/Config.java
+++ b/java/fury-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fury/config/Config.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class Config implements Serializable {
   private final boolean basicTypesRefIgnored;
   private final boolean stringRefIgnored;
   private final boolean timeRefIgnored;
-  private final boolean copyTrackingRef;
+  private final boolean copyRef;
   private final boolean codeGenEnabled;
   private final boolean checkClassVersion;
   private final CompatibleMode compatibleMode;
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public Config(FuryBuilder builder) {
     basicTypesRefIgnored = !trackingRef || builder.basicTypesRefIgnored;
     stringRefIgnored = !trackingRef || builder.stringRefIgnored;
     timeRefIgnored = !trackingRef || builder.timeRefIgnored;
-    copyTrackingRef = builder.copyTrackingRef;
+    copyRef = builder.copyRef;
     compressString = builder.compressString;
     compressInt = builder.compressInt;
     longEncoding = builder.longEncoding;
@@ -101,8 +101,16 @@ public boolean trackingRef() {
     return trackingRef;
   }
 
-  public boolean copyTrackingRef() {
-    return copyTrackingRef;
+  /**
+   * Returns true if copy value by ref, and false copy by value.
+   *
+   * <p>If this option is false, shared reference will be copied into different object, and circular
+   * reference copy will raise stack overflow exception.
+   *
+   * <p>If this option is enabled, the copy performance will be slower.
+   */
+  public boolean copyRef() {
+    return copyRef;
   }
 
   public boolean isBasicTypesRefIgnored() {
@@ -253,7 +261,7 @@ public boolean equals(Object o) {
         && basicTypesRefIgnored == config.basicTypesRefIgnored
         && stringRefIgnored == config.stringRefIgnored
         && timeRefIgnored == config.timeRefIgnored
-        && copyTrackingRef == config.copyTrackingRef
+        && copyRef == config.copyRef
         && codeGenEnabled == config.codeGenEnabled
         && checkClassVersion == config.checkClassVersion
         && checkJdkClassSerializable == config.checkJdkClassSerializable
@@ -283,7 +291,7 @@ public int hashCode() {
         basicTypesRefIgnored,
         stringRefIgnored,
         timeRefIgnored,
-        copyTrackingRef,
+        copyRef,
         codeGenEnabled,
         checkClassVersion,
         compatibleMode,
diff --git a/java/fury-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fury/config/FuryBuilder.java b/java/fury-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fury/config/FuryBuilder.java
index 2080dca6cd..4d5c9686ea 100644
--- a/java/fury-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fury/config/FuryBuilder.java
+++ b/java/fury-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fury/config/FuryBuilder.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public final class FuryBuilder {
   boolean checkClassVersion = false;
   Language language = Language.JAVA;
   boolean trackingRef = false;
-  boolean copyTrackingRef = false;
+  boolean copyRef = false;
   boolean basicTypesRefIgnored = true;
   boolean stringRefIgnored = true;
   boolean timeRefIgnored = true;
@@ -99,9 +99,16 @@ public FuryBuilder withRefTracking(boolean trackingRef) {
     return this;
   }
 
-  /** Whether track {@link Fury#copy(Object)} circular references. */
-  public FuryBuilder withCopyRefTracking(boolean copyTrackingRef) {
-    this.copyTrackingRef = copyTrackingRef;
+  /**
+   * Whether track {@link Fury#copy(Object)} shared or circular references.
+   *
+   * <p>If this option is false, shared reference will be copied into different object, and circular
+   * reference copy will raise stack overflow exception.
+   *
+   * <p>If this option is enabled, the copy performance will be slower.
+   */
+  public FuryBuilder withRefCopy(boolean copyRef) {
+    this.copyRef = copyRef;
     return this;
   }
 
diff --git a/java/fury-core/src/test/java/org/apache/fury/FuryCopyTest.java b/java/fury-core/src/test/java/org/apache/fury/FuryCopyTest.java
index b86fe07ae4..213e82e962 100644
--- a/java/fury-core/src/test/java/org/apache/fury/FuryCopyTest.java
+++ b/java/fury-core/src/test/java/org/apache/fury/FuryCopyTest.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 
 public class FuryCopyTest extends FuryTestBase {
 
-  private final Fury fury = builder().withCopyRefTracking(true).withCodegen(false).build();
+  private final Fury fury = builder().withRefCopy(true).withCodegen(false).build();
 
   @Test
   public void immutableObjectCopyTest() {
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public void threadLocalCopyTest() {
     ExecutorService executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
     AtomicReference<Throwable> ex = new AtomicReference<>();
     ThreadLocalFury threadLocalFury =
-        builder().withCodegen(false).withCopyRefTracking(true).buildThreadLocalFury();
+        builder().withCodegen(false).withRefCopy(true).buildThreadLocalFury();
     threadLocalFury.register(BeanA.class);
     assetEqualsButNotSame(threadLocalFury.copy(beanA));
     executor.execute(
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public void threadpoolCopyTest() throws InterruptedException {
     AtomicBoolean flag = new AtomicBoolean(false);
     ThreadSafeFury threadSafeFury =
         builder()
-            .withCopyRefTracking(true)
+            .withRefCopy(true)
             .withCodegen(false)
             .withAsyncCompilation(true)
             .buildThreadSafeFuryPool(5, 10);