diff --git a/docs/src/pages/docs/workflows/typescript.mdx b/docs/src/pages/docs/workflows/typescript.mdx
index d923b21e5..b5e33a569 100644
--- a/docs/src/pages/docs/workflows/typescript.mdx
+++ b/docs/src/pages/docs/workflows/typescript.mdx
@@ -88,11 +88,11 @@ function UserPage({user}) {
 
 TypeScript currently has a [limitation](https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/32063) where it infers the types of an imported JSON module as rather broad.
 
-Due to this, `next-intl` provides a stopgap solution that allows you to compile an accompanying `.d.json.ts` file for the messages that you're assigning to your `AppConfig`.
+Due to this, `next-intl` provides a stopgap solution that allows you to generate an accompanying `.d.json.ts` file for the messages that you're assigning to your `AppConfig`.
 
 **Usage:**
 
-1. Enable the `compileMessagesDeclaration` setting in your Next.js config:
+1. Enable the `createMessagesDeclaration` setting in your Next.js config:
 
 ```tsx filename="next.config.mjs"
 import {createNextIntlPlugin} from 'next-intl/plugin';
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ import {createNextIntlPlugin} from 'next-intl/plugin';
 const withNextIntl = createNextIntlPlugin({
   experimental: {
     // Use the path to the messages that you're using in `AppConfig`
-    compileMessagesDeclaration: './messages/en.json'
+    createMessagesDeclaration: './messages/en.json'
   }
 });
 
@@ -118,8 +118,6 @@ const withNextIntl = createNextIntlPlugin({
 }
 ```
 
-3. Upvote [microsoft/TypeScript#32063](https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/32063) so that we can remove this workaround in the future.
-
 With this setup in place, you'll see a new declaration file generated in your `messages` directory once you run `next dev` or `next build`:
 
 ```diff
@@ -127,12 +125,16 @@ With this setup in place, you'll see a new declaration file generated in your `m
 + messages/en.d.json.ts
 ```
 
-You can choose to ignore the generated declaration file in Git:
+This declaration file will provide the exact types for the messages that you're using in `AppConfig`, enabling type safety for message arguments.
+
+You can choose to ignore this file in Git:
 
 ```text filename=".gitignore"
 messages/*.d.json.ts
 ```
 
+Please consider upvoting [microsoft/TypeScript#32063](https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/32063) so that we can hopefully remove this workaround in the future.
+
 ## `Formats`
 
 If you're using [global formats](/docs/usage/configuration#formats), you can strictly type the format names that are referenced in calls to `format.dateTime`, `format.number` and `format.list`.
diff --git a/examples/example-app-router-playground/next.config.mjs b/examples/example-app-router-playground/next.config.mjs
index a323370e7..eb3878299 100644
--- a/examples/example-app-router-playground/next.config.mjs
+++ b/examples/example-app-router-playground/next.config.mjs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import createNextIntlPlugin from 'next-intl/plugin';
 const withNextIntl = createNextIntlPlugin({
   requestConfig: './src/i18n/request.tsx',
   experimental: {
-    compileMessagesDeclaration: './messages/en.json'
+    createMessagesDeclaration: './messages/en.json'
   }
 });
 const withMdx = mdxPlugin();
diff --git a/examples/example-app-router/next.config.mjs b/examples/example-app-router/next.config.mjs
index 7080f2c28..1751fe61a 100644
--- a/examples/example-app-router/next.config.mjs
+++ b/examples/example-app-router/next.config.mjs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import createNextIntlPlugin from 'next-intl/plugin';
 
 const withNextIntl = createNextIntlPlugin({
   experimental: {
-    compileMessagesDeclaration: './messages/en.json'
+    createMessagesDeclaration: './messages/en.json'
   }
 });
 
diff --git a/packages/next-intl/src/plugin/compileMessagesDeclaration.tsx b/packages/next-intl/src/plugin/compileMessagesDeclaration.tsx
index 26607d878..fc1162727 100644
--- a/packages/next-intl/src/plugin/compileMessagesDeclaration.tsx
+++ b/packages/next-intl/src/plugin/compileMessagesDeclaration.tsx
@@ -11,17 +11,17 @@ function runOnce(fn: () => void) {
   fn();
 }
 
-export default function compileMessagesDeclaration(messagesPath: string) {
+export default function createMessagesDeclaration(messagesPath: string) {
   const fullPath = path.resolve(messagesPath);
 
   if (!fs.existsSync(fullPath)) {
     throwError(
-      `\`compileMessagesDeclaration\` points to a non-existent file: ${fullPath}`
+      `\`createMessagesDeclaration\` points to a non-existent file: ${fullPath}`
     );
   }
   if (!fullPath.endsWith('.json')) {
     throwError(
-      `\`compileMessagesDeclaration\` needs to point to a JSON file. Received: ${fullPath}`
+      `\`createMessagesDeclaration\` needs to point to a JSON file. Received: ${fullPath}`
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/next-intl/src/plugin/createNextIntlPlugin.tsx b/packages/next-intl/src/plugin/createNextIntlPlugin.tsx
index 45e94139f..87d81d85a 100644
--- a/packages/next-intl/src/plugin/createNextIntlPlugin.tsx
+++ b/packages/next-intl/src/plugin/createNextIntlPlugin.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type {NextConfig} from 'next';
-import compileMessagesDeclaration from './compileMessagesDeclaration.tsx';
+import createMessagesDeclaration from './createMessagesDeclaration.tsx';
 import getNextConfig from './getNextConfig.tsx';
 import type {PluginConfig} from './types.tsx';
 import {warn} from './utils.tsx';
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ function initPlugin(
     );
   }
 
-  if (pluginConfig.experimental?.compileMessagesDeclaration) {
-    compileMessagesDeclaration(
-      pluginConfig.experimental.compileMessagesDeclaration
+  if (pluginConfig.experimental?.createMessagesDeclaration) {
+    createMessagesDeclaration(
+      pluginConfig.experimental.createMessagesDeclaration
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/next-intl/src/plugin/types.tsx b/packages/next-intl/src/plugin/types.tsx
index d8f87d787..915461238 100644
--- a/packages/next-intl/src/plugin/types.tsx
+++ b/packages/next-intl/src/plugin/types.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export type PluginConfig = {
   requestConfig?: string;
   experimental?: {
-    compileMessagesDeclaration?: string;
+    createMessagesDeclaration?: string;
   };
 };