diff --git a/graflog.cabal b/graflog.cabal
--- a/graflog.cabal
+++ b/graflog.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                graflog
-version:             5.0.0
+version:             6.0.0
 synopsis:            Monadic correlated log events
 description:         Please see README.md
 homepage:            https://github.com/m-arnold/graflog#readme
diff --git a/src/Graflog/Logger.hs b/src/Graflog/Logger.hs
--- a/src/Graflog/Logger.hs
+++ b/src/Graflog/Logger.hs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   , CorrelationId(..)
   , EventId(..)
   , Action(..)
-  , logEvent'
+  , logJSON'
   , jsonEncode
   , ToLog(..)
   , Log(..)
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
   toJSON Redacted = String redacted
 
 class Monad m => Logger m where
-  logEvent :: Event -> m ()
+  logJSON :: Event -> m ()
 
 newtype CorrelationId = CorrelationId Integer
   deriving (Eq, Show, Num, FromJSON, ToJSON)
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@
       , "message" .= _message
       ]
 
-logEvent' :: Console m => Event -> m ()
-logEvent' = writeStdout . jsonEncode
+logJSON' :: Console m => Event -> m ()
+logJSON' = writeStdout . jsonEncode
 
 -- this will always work b/c UTF8 spec
 jsonEncode :: ToJSON a => a -> Text
@@ -133,4 +133,4 @@
         byteStringToText bs = fromJust $ decodeConvertText (UTF8 (bs :: ByteString))
 
 instance Logger IO where
-  logEvent = logEvent'
+  logJSON = logJSON'