diff --git a/src/metrics/family.rs b/src/metrics/family.rs
index 3557d78..d3d55c6 100644
--- a/src/metrics/family.rs
+++ b/src/metrics/family.rs
@@ -222,15 +222,15 @@ where
     /// let family = Family::<Vec<(String, String)>, Counter>::default();
     ///
     /// // Will create and return the metric with label `method="GET"` when first called.
-    /// family.get_or_create_clone(&vec![("method".to_owned(), "GET".to_owned())]).inc();
+    /// family.get_or_create_owned(&vec![("method".to_owned(), "GET".to_owned())]).inc();
     ///
     /// // Will return a clone of the existing metric on all subsequent calls.
-    /// family.get_or_create_clone(&vec![("method".to_owned(), "GET".to_owned())]).inc();
+    /// family.get_or_create_owned(&vec![("method".to_owned(), "GET".to_owned())]).inc();
     /// ```
     ///
     /// Callers wishing to avoid a clone of the metric `M` can call [`Family::get_or_create()`] to
     /// return a reference to the metric instead.
-    pub fn get_or_create_clone(&self, label_set: &S) -> M {
+    pub fn get_or_create_owned(&self, label_set: &S) -> M {
         use std::ops::Deref;
 
         let guard = self.get_or_create(label_set);
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ impl<S: Clone + std::hash::Hash + Eq, M, C: MetricConstructor<M>> Family<S, M, C
     /// ```
     ///
     /// NB: This method can cause deadlocks if multiple metrics within this family are read at
-    /// once. Use [`Family::get_or_create_clone()`] if you would like to avoid this by cloning the
+    /// once. Use [`Family::get_or_create_owned()`] if you would like to avoid this by cloning the
     /// metric `M`.
     pub fn get_or_create(&self, label_set: &S) -> MappedRwLockReadGuard<M> {
         if let Some(metric) = self.get(label_set) {
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(non_existent_string.is_none());
     }
 
-    /// Tests that [`Family::get_or_create_clone()`] does not cause deadlocks.
+    /// Tests that [`Family::get_or_create_owned()`] does not cause deadlocks.
     #[test]
     fn counter_family_does_not_deadlock() {
         /// A structure we'll place two counters into, within a single expression.
@@ -560,8 +560,8 @@ mod tests {
 
         let family = Family::<(&str, &str), Counter>::default();
         let s = S {
-            apples: family.get_or_create_clone(&("kind", "apple")),
-            oranges: family.get_or_create_clone(&("kind", "orange")),
+            apples: family.get_or_create_owned(&("kind", "apple")),
+            oranges: family.get_or_create_owned(&("kind", "orange")),
         };
 
         s.apples.inc();