diff --git a/doc/bdev.md b/doc/bdev.md
index 350dc2e06..24386aa7e 100644
--- a/doc/bdev.md
+++ b/doc/bdev.md
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ reflect all parameters passed to QEMU's vhost-user-scsi-pci device.
 
 Virtio-Block devices can be removed with the following command
 
-`rpc.py remove_virtio_bdev VirtioBlk0`
+`rpc.py bdev_virtio_detach_controller VirtioBlk0`
 
 # Virtio SCSI {#bdev_config_virtio_scsi}
 
@@ -574,6 +574,6 @@ one LUN (LUN0) per SCSI device. The above 2 commands will output names of all ex
 
 Virtio-SCSI devices can be removed with the following command
 
-`rpc.py remove_virtio_bdev VirtioScsi0`
+`rpc.py bdev_virtio_detach_controller VirtioScsi0`
 
 Removing a Virtio-SCSI device will destroy all its bdevs.
diff --git a/doc/jsonrpc.md b/doc/jsonrpc.md
index 791ef0dbf..8cb598dd4 100644
--- a/doc/jsonrpc.md
+++ b/doc/jsonrpc.md
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ Example response:
     "scan_ioat_copy_engine",
     "construct_virtio_dev",
     "get_virtio_scsi_devs",
-    "remove_virtio_bdev",
+    "bdev_virtio_detach_controller",
     "bdev_aio_delete",
     "bdev_aio_create",
     "bdev_split_delete",
@@ -2492,7 +2492,7 @@ Example response:
 }
 ~~~
 
-## remove_virtio_bdev {#rpc_remove_virtio_bdev}
+## bdev_virtio_detach_controller {#rpc_bdev_virtio_detach_controller}
 
 Remove a Virtio device. This command can be used to remove any type of virtio device.
 
@@ -2512,7 +2512,7 @@ Example request:
     "name": "VirtioUser0"
   },
   "jsonrpc": "2.0",
-  "method": "remove_virtio_bdev",
+  "method": "bdev_virtio_detach_controller",
   "id": 1
 }
 
diff --git a/module/bdev/virtio/bdev_virtio_rpc.c b/module/bdev/virtio/bdev_virtio_rpc.c
index de9daab44..e110585db 100644
--- a/module/bdev/virtio/bdev_virtio_rpc.c
+++ b/module/bdev/virtio/bdev_virtio_rpc.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static const struct spdk_json_object_decoder rpc_remove_virtio_dev[] = {
 };
 
 static void
-spdk_rpc_remove_virtio_bdev_cb(void *ctx, int errnum)
+spdk_rpc_bdev_virtio_detach_controller_cb(void *ctx, int errnum)
 {
 	struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request = ctx;
 	struct spdk_json_write_ctx *w;
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ spdk_rpc_remove_virtio_bdev_cb(void *ctx, int errnum)
 }
 
 static void
-spdk_rpc_remove_virtio_bdev(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
-			    const struct spdk_json_val *params)
+spdk_rpc_bdev_virtio_detach_controller(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
+				       const struct spdk_json_val *params)
 {
 	struct rpc_remove_virtio_dev req = {NULL};
 	int rc = 0;
@@ -83,9 +83,9 @@ spdk_rpc_remove_virtio_bdev(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
-	rc = bdev_virtio_blk_dev_remove(req.name, spdk_rpc_remove_virtio_bdev_cb, request);
+	rc = bdev_virtio_blk_dev_remove(req.name, spdk_rpc_bdev_virtio_detach_controller_cb, request);
 	if (rc == -ENODEV) {
-		rc = bdev_virtio_scsi_dev_remove(req.name, spdk_rpc_remove_virtio_bdev_cb, request);
+		rc = bdev_virtio_scsi_dev_remove(req.name, spdk_rpc_bdev_virtio_detach_controller_cb, request);
 	}
 
 	if (rc != 0) {
@@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ spdk_rpc_remove_virtio_bdev(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
 cleanup:
 	free(req.name);
 }
-SPDK_RPC_REGISTER("remove_virtio_bdev", spdk_rpc_remove_virtio_bdev, SPDK_RPC_RUNTIME);
+SPDK_RPC_REGISTER("bdev_virtio_detach_controller",
+		  spdk_rpc_bdev_virtio_detach_controller, SPDK_RPC_RUNTIME)
+SPDK_RPC_REGISTER_ALIAS_DEPRECATED(bdev_virtio_detach_controller, remove_virtio_bdev)
 
 static void
 spdk_rpc_get_virtio_scsi_devs(struct spdk_jsonrpc_request *request,
diff --git a/scripts/rpc.py b/scripts/rpc.py
index 1ab09e9a3..a0b46eff7 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc.py
@@ -1905,14 +1905,15 @@ Format: 'user:u1 secret:s1 muser:mu1 msecret:ms1,user:u2 secret:s2 muser:mu2 mse
     p = subparsers.add_parser('get_virtio_scsi_devs', help='List all Virtio-SCSI devices.')
     p.set_defaults(func=get_virtio_scsi_devs)
 
-    def remove_virtio_bdev(args):
-        rpc.vhost.remove_virtio_bdev(args.client,
-                                     name=args.name)
+    def bdev_virtio_detach_controller(args):
+        rpc.vhost.bdev_virtio_detach_controller(args.client,
+                                                name=args.name)
 
-    p = subparsers.add_parser('remove_virtio_bdev', help="""Remove a Virtio device
+    p = subparsers.add_parser('bdev_virtio_detach_controller', aliases=['remove_virtio_bdev'],
+                              help="""Remove a Virtio device
     This will delete all bdevs exposed by this device""")
     p.add_argument('name', help='Virtio device name. E.g. VirtioUser0')
-    p.set_defaults(func=remove_virtio_bdev)
+    p.set_defaults(func=bdev_virtio_detach_controller)
 
     # ioat
     def scan_ioat_copy_engine(args):
diff --git a/scripts/rpc/vhost.py b/scripts/rpc/vhost.py
index f18a458f2..18ee9f5e1 100644
--- a/scripts/rpc/vhost.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc/vhost.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+from .helpers import deprecated_alias
+
+
 def set_vhost_controller_coalescing(client, ctrlr, delay_base_us, iops_threshold):
     """Set coalescing for vhost controller.
     Args:
@@ -155,14 +158,15 @@ def construct_virtio_dev(client, name, trtype, traddr, dev_type, vq_count=None,
     return client.call('construct_virtio_dev', params)
 
 
-def remove_virtio_bdev(client, name):
+@deprecated_alias('remove_virtio_bdev ')
+def bdev_virtio_detach_controller(client, name):
     """Remove a Virtio device
     This will delete all bdevs exposed by this device.
     Args:
         name: virtio device name
     """
     params = {'name': name}
-    return client.call('remove_virtio_bdev', params)
+    return client.call('bdev_virtio_detach_controller', params)
 
 
 def get_virtio_scsi_devs(client):
diff --git a/scripts/spdkcli/ui_node.py b/scripts/spdkcli/ui_node.py
index 253eaf382..bcd01bb36 100644
--- a/scripts/spdkcli/ui_node.py
+++ b/scripts/spdkcli/ui_node.py
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ class UIVirtioBlkBdev(UIBdev):
         Arguments:
         name - Is a unique identifier of the virtio scsi bdev to be deleted - UUID number or name alias.
         """
-        self.get_root().remove_virtio_bdev(name=name)
+        self.get_root().bdev_virtio_detach_controller(name=name)
 
 
 class UIVirtioScsiBdev(UIBdev):
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ class UIVirtioScsiBdev(UIBdev):
         self.shell.log.info(ret)
 
     def ui_command_delete(self, name):
-        self.get_root().remove_virtio_bdev(name=name)
+        self.get_root().bdev_virtio_detach_controller(name=name)
 
 
 class UIBdevObj(UINode):
diff --git a/scripts/spdkcli/ui_root.py b/scripts/spdkcli/ui_root.py
index 53ee091a6..ab0fa2790 100644
--- a/scripts/spdkcli/ui_root.py
+++ b/scripts/spdkcli/ui_root.py
@@ -245,8 +245,8 @@ class UIRoot(UINode):
         return self.print_array(response)
 
     @verbose
-    def remove_virtio_bdev(self, **kwargs):
-        response = rpc.vhost.remove_virtio_bdev(self.client, **kwargs)
+    def bdev_virtio_detach_controller(self, **kwargs):
+        response = rpc.vhost.bdev_virtio_detach_controller(self.client, **kwargs)
         return response
 
     @verbose