diff --git a/crates/bevy_app/src/app.rs b/crates/bevy_app/src/app.rs
index 37f27e6a385bd..ecf9245591995 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_app/src/app.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_app/src/app.rs
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ impl App {
     /// These systems sets only run if the [`State<S>`] resource matches their label.
     ///
     /// If you would like to control how other systems run based on the current state,
-    /// you can emulate this behavior using the [`state_equals`] [`Condition`](bevy_ecs::schedule::Condition).
+    /// you can emulate this behavior using the [`in_state`] [`Condition`](bevy_ecs::schedule::Condition).
     ///
     /// Note that you can also apply state transitions at other points in the schedule
     /// by adding the [`apply_state_transition`] system manually.
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ impl App {
             main_schedule.configure_set(
                 OnUpdate(variant.clone())
                     .in_base_set(CoreSet::Update)
-                    .run_if(state_equals(variant))
+                    .run_if(in_state(variant))
                     .after(apply_state_transition::<S>),
             );
         }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/condition.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/condition.rs
index 763d88d8e0901..957eb806d150c 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/condition.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/condition.rs
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ pub mod common_conditions {
     /// # Panics
     ///
     /// The condition will panic if the resource does not exist.
-    pub fn state_equals<S: States>(state: S) -> impl FnMut(Res<State<S>>) -> bool {
+    pub fn in_state<S: States>(state: S) -> impl FnMut(Res<State<S>>) -> bool {
         move |current_state: Res<State<S>>| current_state.0 == state
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/state.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/state.rs
index 2ae15eb888e85..e2b51cf70e8c1 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/state.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/schedule/state.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ pub struct OnExit<S: States>(pub S);
 /// A [`SystemSet`] that will run within `CoreSet::Update` when this state is active.
 ///
 /// This set, when created via `App::add_state`, is configured with both a base set and a run condition.
-/// If all you want is the run condition, use the [`state_equals`](crate::schedule::common_conditions::state_equals)
+/// If all you want is the run condition, use the [`in_state`](crate::schedule::common_conditions::in_state)
 /// [condition](super::Condition) directly.
 #[derive(SystemSet, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
 pub struct OnUpdate<S: States>(pub S);