diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-link.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-link.ts
index 754f89bd60..93626fb533 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-link.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-link.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { computed, defineComponent, h, inject, onBeforeUnmount, onMounted, provi
 import { hasProtocol, joinURL, parseQuery, parseURL } from 'ufo'
 import { preloadRouteComponents } from '../composables/preload'
 import { onNuxtReady } from '../composables/ready'
-import { createPathResolver, navigateTo, useRouter } from '../composables/router'
+import { createRouteResolver, navigateTo, useRouter } from '../composables/router'
 import { useNuxtApp, useRuntimeConfig } from '../nuxt'
 import { cancelIdleCallback, requestIdleCallback } from '../compat/idle-callback'
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ export function defineNuxtLink (options: NuxtLinkOptions) {
       const router = useRouter()
       const config = useRuntimeConfig()
 
-      const resolvePath = createPathResolver( { trailingSlash: options?.trailingSlash })
+      const resolvePath = createRouteResolver( { trailingSlash: options?.trailingSlash })
 
       // Resolving `to` value from `to` and `href` props
       const to: ComputedRef<string | RouteLocationRaw> = computed(() => {
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/router.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/router.ts
index c1bf2713d8..a086931529 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/router.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/router.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export const onBeforeRouteLeave = (guard: NavigationGuard) => {
   onScopeDispose(unsubscribe)
 }
 
-export const createPathResolver = (options: {
+export const createRouteResolver = (options: {
     trailingSlash?: NuxtAppConfig['trailingSlash'],
 } = {}): RouteLocationRaw | RouteLocation => {
   options.trailingSlash = options.trailingSlash || appTrailingSlash
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ export const navigateTo = (to: RouteLocationRaw | undefined | null, options?: Na
   // normalise to a RouteLocationNamedRaw
   const route: RouteLocationPathRaw = typeof to === 'string' ? { path: to } : to
   const isExternal = options?.external || hasProtocol(route.path, { acceptRelative: true })
-  const resolvePath = createPathResolver({
+  const resolvePath = createRouteResolver({
     external: isExternal,
   })
   const resolvedPath = resolvePath(route)