diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog for unliftio
 
+## 0.2.11
+
+* Deprecate `forkWithUnmask` in favor of the newly added `forkIOWithUnmask` to
+  improve consistency. [https://github.com/fpco/unliftio/issues/44]
+
 ## 0.2.10
 
 * Add pooling related functions for unliftio
diff --git a/src/UnliftIO/Concurrent.hs b/src/UnliftIO/Concurrent.hs
--- a/src/UnliftIO/Concurrent.hs
+++ b/src/UnliftIO/Concurrent.hs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     ThreadId,
 
     -- * Basic concurrency operations
-    myThreadId, forkIO, forkWithUnmask, forkFinally, killThread, throwTo,
+    myThreadId, forkIO, forkWithUnmask, forkIOWithUnmask,  forkFinally, killThread, throwTo,
 
     -- ** Threads with affinity
     forkOn, forkOnWithUnmask, getNumCapabilities, setNumCapabilities,
@@ -60,11 +60,20 @@
 
 -- | Unlifted version of 'C.forkIOWithUnmask'.
 --
+-- @since 0.2.11
+forkIOWithUnmask :: MonadUnliftIO m => ((forall a. m a -> m a) -> m ()) -> m ThreadId
+forkIOWithUnmask m =
+  withRunInIO $ \run -> C.forkIOWithUnmask $ \unmask -> run $ m $ liftIO . unmask . run
+{-# INLINABLE forkIOWithUnmask #-}
+
+-- | Please use 'forkIOWithUnmask' instead. This function has been deprecated
+-- in release 0.2.11 and will be removed in the next major release.
+--
 -- @since 0.1.1.0
 forkWithUnmask :: MonadUnliftIO m => ((forall a. m a -> m a) -> m ()) -> m ThreadId
-forkWithUnmask m =
-  withRunInIO $ \run -> C.forkIOWithUnmask $ \unmask -> run $ m $ liftIO . unmask . run
+forkWithUnmask = forkIOWithUnmask
 {-# INLINABLE forkWithUnmask #-}
+{-# DEPRECATED forkWithUnmask "forkWithUnmask has been renamed to forkIOWithUnmask" #-}
 
 -- | Unlifted version of 'C.forkFinally'.
 --
diff --git a/unliftio.cabal b/unliftio.cabal
--- a/unliftio.cabal
+++ b/unliftio.cabal
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 --
--- hash: 806905923ede98dbf20fe24ac95d14b92b4a62626183173c24b86850dc5beada
+-- hash: 9b54d473debcf0958351a2c8a7924ed9a8d3504243c348545109ffe72b005683
 
 name:           unliftio
-version:        0.2.10
+version:        0.2.11
 synopsis:       The MonadUnliftIO typeclass for unlifting monads to IO (batteries included)
 description:    Please see the documentation and README at <https://www.stackage.org/package/unliftio>
 category:       Control