diff --git a/src/textual/dom.py b/src/textual/dom.py
index 73591afd7e..3512458447 100644
--- a/src/textual/dom.py
+++ b/src/textual/dom.py
@@ -2290,7 +2290,7 @@ def refresh(
     ) -> Self:
         return self
 
-    def refresh_lines(self) -> Self:
+    def repaint_lines(self) -> Self:
         """A node that paints nothing has no lines to repaint (Widget paints them)."""
         return self
 
diff --git a/src/textual/widget.py b/src/textual/widget.py
index cd7d1b6fa7..f85b116751 100644
--- a/src/textual/widget.py
+++ b/src/textual/widget.py
@@ -4245,7 +4245,7 @@ def refresh(
         self.check_idle()
         return self
 
-    def refresh_lines(self) -> Self:
+    def repaint_lines(self) -> Self:
         """Paint every line again from the content already rendered.
 
         For a change over the lines and not in them: an animation frame tinting the same