diff --git a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
index 523bee9aab0074..842ea199f77232 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pathlib.rst
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ Pure paths provide the following methods and properties:
       PureWindowsPath('README')
 
 
-.. method:: PurePath.with_segments(*pathsegments)
+.. method:: PurePath.with_path(*pathsegments)
 
    Create a new path object of the same type by combining the given
    *pathsegments*. This method is called whenever a derivative path is created,
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ Pure paths provide the following methods and properties:
               super().__init__(*args)
               self.session_id = session_id
 
-          def with_segments(self, *pathsegments):
+          def with_path(self, *pathsegments):
               return type(self)(*pathsegments, session_id=self.session_id)
 
       etc = MyPath('/etc', session_id=42)
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
index 0a67a15661d132..76cf39b573a940 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ pathlib
 
 * Add support for subclassing :class:`pathlib.PurePath` and
   :class:`~pathlib.Path`, plus their Posix- and Windows-specific variants.
-  Subclasses may override the :meth:`~pathlib.PurePath.with_segments` method
+  Subclasses may override the :meth:`~pathlib.PurePath.with_path` method
   to pass information between path instances.
 
 * Add :meth:`~pathlib.Path.walk` for walking the directory trees and generating
diff --git a/Lib/pathlib.py b/Lib/pathlib.py
index b1bc50ad2bb8a5..e3b02efb87b1b3 100644
--- a/Lib/pathlib.py
+++ b/Lib/pathlib.py
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args):
                 f"not {type(path).__name__!r}")
         self._raw_path = path
 
-    def with_segments(self, *pathsegments):
+    def with_path(self, *pathsegments):
         """Construct a new path object from any number of path-like objects.
         Subclasses may override this method to customize how new path objects
         are created from methods like `iterdir()`.
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ def _load_parts(self):
 
     def _from_parsed_parts(self, drv, root, tail):
         path_str = self._format_parsed_parts(drv, root, tail)
-        path = self.with_segments(path_str)
+        path = self.with_path(path_str)
         path._str = path_str or '.'
         path._drv = drv
         path._root = root
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ def relative_to(self, other, /, *_deprecated, walk_up=False):
                    "scheduled for removal in Python {remove}")
             warnings._deprecated("pathlib.PurePath.relative_to(*args)", msg,
                                  remove=(3, 14))
-        other = self.with_segments(other, *_deprecated)
+        other = self.with_path(other, *_deprecated)
         for step, path in enumerate([other] + list(other.parents)):
             if self.is_relative_to(path):
                 break
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ def relative_to(self, other, /, *_deprecated, walk_up=False):
         if step and not walk_up:
             raise ValueError(f"{str(self)!r} is not in the subpath of {str(other)!r}")
         parts = ['..'] * step + self._tail[len(path._tail):]
-        return self.with_segments(*parts)
+        return self.with_path(*parts)
 
     def is_relative_to(self, other, /, *_deprecated):
         """Return True if the path is relative to another path or False.
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ def is_relative_to(self, other, /, *_deprecated):
                    "scheduled for removal in Python {remove}")
             warnings._deprecated("pathlib.PurePath.is_relative_to(*args)",
                                  msg, remove=(3, 14))
-        other = self.with_segments(other, *_deprecated)
+        other = self.with_path(other, *_deprecated)
         return other == self or other in self.parents
 
     @property
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ def joinpath(self, *pathsegments):
         paths) or a totally different path (if one of the arguments is
         anchored).
         """
-        return self.with_segments(self._raw_path, *pathsegments)
+        return self.with_path(self._raw_path, *pathsegments)
 
     def __truediv__(self, key):
         try:
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ def __truediv__(self, key):
 
     def __rtruediv__(self, key):
         try:
-            return self.with_segments(key, self._raw_path)
+            return self.with_path(key, self._raw_path)
         except TypeError:
             return NotImplemented
 
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ def match(self, path_pattern):
         """
         Return True if this path matches the given pattern.
         """
-        pat = self.with_segments(path_pattern)
+        pat = self.with_path(path_pattern)
         if not pat.parts:
             raise ValueError("empty pattern")
         pat_parts = pat._parts_normcase
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ def _make_child_relpath(self, name):
             path_str = f'{path_str}{name}'
         else:
             path_str = name
-        path = self.with_segments(path_str)
+        path = self.with_path(path_str)
         path._str = path_str
         path._drv = self.drive
         path._root = self.root
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ def samefile(self, other_path):
         try:
             other_st = other_path.stat()
         except AttributeError:
-            other_st = self.with_segments(other_path).stat()
+            other_st = self.with_path(other_path).stat()
         return self._flavour.samestat(st, other_st)
 
     def iterdir(self):
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ def absolute(self):
             cwd = self._flavour.abspath(self.drive)
         else:
             cwd = os.getcwd()
-        return self.with_segments(cwd, self._raw_path)
+        return self.with_path(cwd, self._raw_path)
 
     def resolve(self, strict=False):
         """
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ def check_eloop(e):
         except OSError as e:
             check_eloop(e)
             raise
-        p = self.with_segments(s)
+        p = self.with_path(s)
 
         # In non-strict mode, realpath() doesn't raise on symlink loops.
         # Ensure we get an exception by calling stat()
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ def readlink(self):
         """
         if not hasattr(os, "readlink"):
             raise NotImplementedError("os.readlink() not available on this system")
-        return self.with_segments(os.readlink(self))
+        return self.with_path(os.readlink(self))
 
     def touch(self, mode=0o666, exist_ok=True):
         """
@@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ def rename(self, target):
         Returns the new Path instance pointing to the target path.
         """
         os.rename(self, target)
-        return self.with_segments(target)
+        return self.with_path(target)
 
     def replace(self, target):
         """
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@ def replace(self, target):
         Returns the new Path instance pointing to the target path.
         """
         os.replace(self, target)
-        return self.with_segments(target)
+        return self.with_path(target)
 
     def symlink_to(self, target, target_is_directory=False):
         """
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py b/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
index f125ec6afed5c6..cf9ed948b2678f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, session_id):
         super().__init__(*args)
         self.session_id = session_id
 
-    def with_segments(self, *args):
+    def with_path(self, *args):
         return type(self)(*args, session_id=self.session_id)
 
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def test_str_subclass_common(self):
         self._check_str_subclass('a/b.txt')
         self._check_str_subclass('/a/b.txt')
 
-    def test_with_segments_common(self):
+    def test_with_path_common(self):
         class P(_BasePurePathSubclass, self.cls):
             pass
         p = P('foo', 'bar', session_id=42)
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class P(_BasePurePathSubclass, self.cls):
         self.assertEqual(42, p.with_name('foo').session_id)
         self.assertEqual(42, p.with_stem('foo').session_id)
         self.assertEqual(42, p.with_suffix('.foo').session_id)
-        self.assertEqual(42, p.with_segments('foo').session_id)
+        self.assertEqual(42, p.with_path('foo').session_id)
         self.assertEqual(42, p.relative_to('foo').session_id)
         self.assertEqual(42, p.parent.session_id)
         for parent in p.parents:
@@ -1625,13 +1625,13 @@ def test_home(self):
             env['HOME'] = os.path.join(BASE, 'home')
             self._test_home(self.cls.home())
 
-    def test_with_segments(self):
+    def test_with_path(self):
         class P(_BasePurePathSubclass, self.cls):
             pass
         p = P(BASE, session_id=42)
         self.assertEqual(42, p.absolute().session_id)
         self.assertEqual(42, p.resolve().session_id)
-        self.assertEqual(42, p.with_segments('~').expanduser().session_id)
+        self.assertEqual(42, p.with_path('~').expanduser().session_id)
         self.assertEqual(42, (p / 'fileA').rename(p / 'fileB').session_id)
         self.assertEqual(42, (p / 'fileB').replace(p / 'fileA').session_id)
         if os_helper.can_symlink():
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-04-03-22-02-35.gh-issue-100479.kNBjQm.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-04-03-22-02-35.gh-issue-100479.kNBjQm.rst
index 58db90480d2ff0..64a63220124270 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-04-03-22-02-35.gh-issue-100479.kNBjQm.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-04-03-22-02-35.gh-issue-100479.kNBjQm.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Add :meth:`pathlib.PurePath.with_segments`, which creates a path object from
+Add :meth:`pathlib.PurePath.with_path`, which creates a path object from
 arguments. This method is called whenever a derivative path is created, such
 as from :attr:`pathlib.PurePath.parent`. Subclasses may override this method
 to share information between path objects.