diff --git a/Sources/JSONWebToken/Claims/AudienceClaim.swift b/Sources/JSONWebToken/Claims/AudienceClaim.swift
index 69978f7..d73e7e1 100644
--- a/Sources/JSONWebToken/Claims/AudienceClaim.swift
+++ b/Sources/JSONWebToken/Claims/AudienceClaim.swift
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public struct AudienceClaim: JWTRegisteredClaim {
     
     /// Initializes an `AudienceClaim` with an array of audience values using a result builder.
     /// - Parameter claims: A closure that returns an array of `StringClaim` using the result builder.
-    init(@ArrayClaim.ArrayClaimBuilder claims: () -> [StringClaim]) {
+    public init(@ArrayClaim.ArrayClaimBuilder claims: () -> [StringClaim]) {
         self.value = .init(key: "aud", element: .array(claims().map(\.value)))
     }
 }
diff --git a/Sources/JSONWebToken/JWT+Encryption.swift b/Sources/JSONWebToken/JWT+Encryption.swift
index 7abb1a0..64e19cb 100644
--- a/Sources/JSONWebToken/JWT+Encryption.swift
+++ b/Sources/JSONWebToken/JWT+Encryption.swift
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ extension JWT {
         P: JWERegisteredFieldsHeader,
         U: JWERegisteredFieldsHeader
     >(
-        @JWTClaimsBuilder payload: () -> Claim,
+        @JWTClaimsBuilder claims: () -> Claim,
         protectedHeader: P,
         unprotectedHeader: U? = nil as DefaultJWEHeaderImpl?,
         senderKey: KeyRepresentable?,
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ extension JWT {
         if protectedHeader.type == nil {
             protectedHeader.type = "JWT"
         }
-        let encodedPayload = try JSONEncoder.jwt.encode(payload().value)
+        let encodedPayload = try JSONEncoder.jwt.encode(claims().value)
         return JWT(
             payload: encodedPayload,
             format: .jwe(try JWE(
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ extension JWT {
         NP: JWERegisteredFieldsHeader,
         NU: JWERegisteredFieldsHeader
     >(
-        @JWTClaimsBuilder payload: () -> Claim,
+        @JWTClaimsBuilder claims: () -> Claim,
         protectedHeader: P,
         unprotectedHeader: U? = nil as DefaultJWEHeaderImpl?,
         senderKey: KeyRepresentable? = nil,
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ extension JWT {
         nestedAdditionalAuthenticationData: Data? = nil
     ) throws -> JWE {
         let jwt = try encrypt(
-            payload: payload,
+            claims: claims,
             protectedHeader: nestedProtectedHeader,
             unprotectedHeader: nestedUnprotectedHeader,
             senderKey: nestedSenderKey,
diff --git a/Sources/JSONWebToken/JWT+Signing.swift b/Sources/JSONWebToken/JWT+Signing.swift
index 98fe99e..b52f524 100644
--- a/Sources/JSONWebToken/JWT+Signing.swift
+++ b/Sources/JSONWebToken/JWT+Signing.swift
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ extension JWT {
     /// - Throws: An error if the signing process or encoding fails.
     /// - Returns: A `JWT` instance in JWS format with the signed claims.
     public static func signed<P: JWSRegisteredFieldsHeader, Key>(
-        @JWTClaimsBuilder payload: () -> Claim,
+        @JWTClaimsBuilder claims: () -> Claim,
         protectedHeader: P,
         key: Key?
     ) throws -> JWT {
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ extension JWT {
         if protectedHeader.type == nil {
             protectedHeader.type = "JWT"
         }
-        let encodedPayload = try JSONEncoder.jwt.encode(payload().value)
+        let encodedPayload = try JSONEncoder.jwt.encode(claims().value)
         return JWT(
             payload: encodedPayload,
             format: .jws(try JWS(
@@ -145,14 +145,14 @@ extension JWT {
         P: JWSRegisteredFieldsHeader,
         NP: JWSRegisteredFieldsHeader
     >(
-        @JWTClaimsBuilder payload: () -> Claim,
+        @JWTClaimsBuilder claims: () -> Claim,
         protectedHeader: P,
         key: KeyRepresentable?,
         nestedProtectedHeader: NP,
         nestedKey: KeyRepresentable?
     ) throws -> JWS {
         let jwt = try signed(
-            payload: payload,
+            claims: claims,
             protectedHeader: nestedProtectedHeader,
             key: nestedKey
         )