diff --git a/packages/platform-bun/examples/http-client.ts b/packages/platform-bun/examples/http-client.ts
index 57fcdb7afe..eeaab80b82 100644
--- a/packages/platform-bun/examples/http-client.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-bun/examples/http-client.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const makeTodoService = Effect.gen(function*() {
     HttpClient.mapRequest(HttpClientRequest.prependUrl("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com"))
   )
 
-  const addTodoWithoutIdBody = HttpClientRequest.schemaBody(TodoWithoutId)
+  const addTodoWithoutIdBody = HttpClientRequest.schemaBodyJson(TodoWithoutId)
   const create = (todo: TodoWithoutId) =>
     addTodoWithoutIdBody(
       HttpClientRequest.post("/todos"),
diff --git a/packages/platform-node/examples/http-client.ts b/packages/platform-node/examples/http-client.ts
index 773edb4125..abcaf80891 100644
--- a/packages/platform-node/examples/http-client.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-node/examples/http-client.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const makeTodoService = Effect.gen(function*() {
     HttpClient.mapRequest(HttpClientRequest.prependUrl("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com"))
   )
 
-  const addTodoWithoutIdBody = HttpClientRequest.schemaBody(TodoWithoutId)
+  const addTodoWithoutIdBody = HttpClientRequest.schemaBodyJson(TodoWithoutId)
   const create = (todo: TodoWithoutId) =>
     addTodoWithoutIdBody(
       HttpClientRequest.post("/todos"),
diff --git a/packages/platform/src/HttpClientRequest.ts b/packages/platform/src/HttpClientRequest.ts
index ea522eea6d..39f6485d72 100644
--- a/packages/platform/src/HttpClientRequest.ts
+++ b/packages/platform/src/HttpClientRequest.ts
@@ -337,13 +337,13 @@ export const bodyUnsafeJson: {
  * @since 1.0.0
  * @category combinators
  */
-export const bodySchema: <A, I, R>(
+export const schemaBodyJson: <A, I, R>(
   schema: Schema.Schema<A, I, R>,
   options?: ParseOptions | undefined
 ) => {
   (body: A): (self: HttpClientRequest) => Effect.Effect<HttpClientRequest, Body.HttpBodyError, R>
   (self: HttpClientRequest, body: A): Effect.Effect<HttpClientRequest, Body.HttpBodyError, R>
-} = internal.bodySchema
+} = internal.schemaBodyJson
 
 /**
  * @since 1.0.0
diff --git a/packages/platform/src/internal/httpClientRequest.ts b/packages/platform/src/internal/httpClientRequest.ts
index 47cab8991a..9ed4683f55 100644
--- a/packages/platform/src/internal/httpClientRequest.ts
+++ b/packages/platform/src/internal/httpClientRequest.ts
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ export const bodyFileWeb = dual<
 >(2, (self, file) => setBody(self, internalBody.fileWeb(file)))
 
 /** @internal */
-export const bodySchema = <A, I, R>(schema: Schema.Schema<A, I, R>, options?: ParseOptions | undefined): {
+export const schemaBodyJson = <A, I, R>(schema: Schema.Schema<A, I, R>, options?: ParseOptions | undefined): {
   (
     body: A
   ): (self: ClientRequest.HttpClientRequest) => Effect.Effect<ClientRequest.HttpClientRequest, Body.HttpBodyError, R>