diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9fb0d6cd..9785dae5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ end
 ```ruby
 # Generate and store the WebAuthn User ID the first time the user registers a credential
 if !user.webauthn_id
-  user.update!(webauthn_id: WebAuthn.generate_user_id)
+  user.update!(webauthn_id: WebAuthn.generate_user_handle)
 end
 
 options = WebAuthn::Credential.options_for_create(
@@ -327,14 +327,16 @@ A list of all currently defined extensions:
 
 ## API
 
-#### `WebAuthn.generate_user_id`
+#### `WebAuthn.generate_user_handle`
 
 Generates a [WebAuthn User Handle](https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn-2/#user-handle) that follows the WebAuthn spec recommendations.
 
 ```ruby
-WebAuthn.generate_user_id # "lWoMZTGf_ml2RoY5qPwbwrkxrvTqWjGOxEoYBgxft3zG-LlrICvE-y8bxFi06zMyIOyNsJoWx4Fa2TOqoRmnxA"
+WebAuthn.generate_user_handle # "lWoMZTGf_ml2RoY5qPwbwrkxrvTqWjGOxEoYBgxft3zG-LlrICvE-y8bxFi06zMyIOyNsJoWx4Fa2TOqoRmnxA"
 ```
 
+> `WebAuthn.generate_user_id` is also available as an alias.
+
 #### `WebAuthn::Credential.options_for_create(options)`
 
 Helper method to build the necessary [PublicKeyCredentialCreationOptions](https://www.w3.org/TR/webauthn-2/#dictdef-publickeycredentialcreationoptions)
diff --git a/lib/webauthn.rb b/lib/webauthn.rb
index ee2bd098..f966b10d 100644
--- a/lib/webauthn.rb
+++ b/lib/webauthn.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@
 module WebAuthn
   TYPE_PUBLIC_KEY = "public-key"
 
-  def self.generate_user_id
-    configuration.encoder.encode(SecureRandom.random_bytes(64))
+  class << self
+    def generate_user_id
+      configuration.encoder.encode(SecureRandom.random_bytes(64))
+    end
+    alias_method :generate_user_handle, :generate_user_id
   end
 end