diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Blazor.Build/Core/RazorCompilation/Engine/BlazorIntermediateNodeWriter.cs b/src/Microsoft.Blazor.Build/Core/RazorCompilation/Engine/BlazorIntermediateNodeWriter.cs
index 1a44498c0f..fac56d764a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Blazor.Build/Core/RazorCompilation/Engine/BlazorIntermediateNodeWriter.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Blazor.Build/Core/RazorCompilation/Engine/BlazorIntermediateNodeWriter.cs
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Blazor.Build.Core.RazorCompilation.Engine
                                 if (TryGetComponentTypeNameFromTagName(tagNameOriginalCase, out var componentTypeName))
                                 {
                                     codeWriter
-                                        .WriteStartMethodInvocation($"{builderVarName}.{nameof(RenderTreeBuilder.AddComponentElement)}<{componentTypeName}>")
+                                        .WriteStartMethodInvocation($"{builderVarName}.{nameof(RenderTreeBuilder.OpenComponentElement)}<{componentTypeName}>")
                                         .Write((_sourceSequence++).ToString())
                                         .WriteEndMethodInvocation();
                                 }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Blazor/RenderTree/RenderTreeBuilder.cs b/src/Microsoft.Blazor/RenderTree/RenderTreeBuilder.cs
index 0c094249bd..2b2692be28 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Blazor/RenderTree/RenderTreeBuilder.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Blazor/RenderTree/RenderTreeBuilder.cs
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Blazor.RenderTree
         /// </summary>
         /// <typeparam name="TComponent">The type of the child component.</typeparam>
         /// <param name="sequence">An integer that represents the position of the instruction in the source code.</param>
-        public void AddComponentElement<TComponent>(int sequence) where TComponent : IComponent
+        public void OpenComponentElement<TComponent>(int sequence) where TComponent : IComponent
         {
             // Currently, child components can't have further grandchildren of their own, so it would
             // technically be possible to skip their CloseElement calls and not track them in _openElementIndices.
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.Blazor.Test/RenderTreeBuilderTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.Blazor.Test/RenderTreeBuilderTest.cs
index a2bac87d8f..fa6346425c 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.Blazor.Test/RenderTreeBuilderTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.Blazor.Test/RenderTreeBuilderTest.cs
@@ -253,13 +253,13 @@ namespace Microsoft.Blazor.Test
 
             // Act
             builder.OpenElement(10, "parent");                   //  0: <parent>
-            builder.AddComponentElement<TestComponent>(11);      //  1:     <testcomponent
+            builder.OpenComponentElement<TestComponent>(11);     //  1:     <testcomponent
             builder.AddAttribute(12, "child1attribute1", "A");   //  2:       child1attribute1="A"
-            builder.AddAttribute(13, "child1attribute2", "B");   //  3:       child1attribute2="B" />
-            builder.CloseElement();
-            builder.AddComponentElement<TestComponent>(14);      //  4:     <testcomponent
-            builder.AddAttribute(15, "child2attribute", "C");    //  5:       child2attribute="C" />
-            builder.CloseElement();
+            builder.AddAttribute(13, "child1attribute2", "B");   //  3:       child1attribute2="B">
+            builder.CloseElement();                              //         </testcomponent>
+            builder.OpenComponentElement<TestComponent>(14);     //  4:     <testcomponent
+            builder.AddAttribute(15, "child2attribute", "C");    //  5:       child2attribute="C">
+            builder.CloseElement();                              //         </testcomponent>
             builder.CloseElement();                              //     </parent>
 
             // Assert
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.Blazor.Test/RenderTreeDiffComputerTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.Blazor.Test/RenderTreeDiffComputerTest.cs
index 19c7014896..4ba06a000f 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.Blazor.Test/RenderTreeDiffComputerTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.Blazor.Test/RenderTreeDiffComputerTest.cs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Blazor.Test
                     builder.AddAttribute(1, "My attribute", "My value");
                     builder.CloseElement();
                 },
-                builder => builder.AddComponentElement<FakeComponent>(0)
+                builder => builder.OpenComponentElement<FakeComponent>(0)
             }.Select(x => new object[] { x });
 
         [Fact]
@@ -350,8 +350,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.Blazor.Test
             var oldTree = new RenderTreeBuilder(renderer);
             var newTree = new RenderTreeBuilder(renderer);
             var diff = new RenderTreeDiffComputer(renderer);
-            oldTree.AddComponentElement<FakeComponent>(123);
-            newTree.AddComponentElement<FakeComponent2>(123);
+            oldTree.OpenComponentElement<FakeComponent>(123);
+            newTree.OpenComponentElement<FakeComponent2>(123);
 
             // Act
             var result = diff.ApplyNewRenderTreeVersion(oldTree.GetNodes(), newTree.GetNodes());
@@ -641,9 +641,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.Blazor.Test
             oldTree.CloseElement();                             //     </container>
             newTree.AddText(10, "text1");                       //  0: text1
             newTree.OpenElement(11, "container");               //  1: <container>
-            newTree.AddComponentElement<FakeComponent>(12);     //  2:   <FakeComponent>
+            newTree.OpenComponentElement<FakeComponent>(12);    //  2:   <FakeComponent>
             newTree.CloseElement();                             //       </FakeComponent>
-            newTree.AddComponentElement<FakeComponent2>(13);    //  3:   <FakeComponent2>
+            newTree.OpenComponentElement<FakeComponent2>(13);   //  3:   <FakeComponent2>
             newTree.CloseElement();                             //       </FakeComponent2>
             newTree.CloseElement();                             //     </container>
 
@@ -684,16 +684,16 @@ namespace Microsoft.Blazor.Test
             var diff = new RenderTreeDiffComputer(renderer);
             oldTree.AddText(10, "text1");                       //  0: text1
             oldTree.OpenElement(11, "container");               //  1: <container>
-            oldTree.AddComponentElement<FakeComponent>(12);     //  2:   <FakeComponent>
+            oldTree.OpenComponentElement<FakeComponent>(12);    //  2:   <FakeComponent>
             oldTree.CloseElement();                             //       </FakeComponent>
-            oldTree.AddComponentElement<FakeComponent2>(13);    //  3:   <FakeComponent2>
+            oldTree.OpenComponentElement<FakeComponent2>(13);   //  3:   <FakeComponent2>
             oldTree.CloseElement();                             //       </FakeComponent2>
             oldTree.CloseElement();                             //     </container
             newTree.AddText(10, "text1");                       //  0: text1
             newTree.OpenElement(11, "container");               //  1: <container>
-            newTree.AddComponentElement<FakeComponent>(12);     //  2:   <FakeComponent>
+            newTree.OpenComponentElement<FakeComponent>(12);    //  2:   <FakeComponent>
             newTree.CloseElement();                             //       </FakeComponent>
-            newTree.AddComponentElement<FakeComponent2>(13);    //  3:   <FakeComponent2>
+            newTree.OpenComponentElement<FakeComponent2>(13);   //  3:   <FakeComponent2>
             newTree.CloseElement();                             //       </FakeComponent2>
             newTree.CloseElement();                             //     </container
 
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.Blazor.Test/RendererTest.cs b/test/Microsoft.Blazor.Test/RendererTest.cs
index fcc1fec83b..d748d6ba18 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.Blazor.Test/RendererTest.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.Blazor.Test/RendererTest.cs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Blazor.Test
             var component = new TestComponent(builder =>
             {
                 builder.AddText(0, "Hello");
-                builder.AddComponentElement<MessageComponent>(1);
+                builder.OpenComponentElement<MessageComponent>(1);
                 builder.CloseElement();
             });
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Blazor.Test
             var renderer = new TestRenderer();
             var parentComponent = new TestComponent(builder =>
             {
-                builder.AddComponentElement<MessageComponent>(0);
+                builder.OpenComponentElement<MessageComponent>(0);
                 builder.CloseElement();
             });
             var parentComponentId = renderer.AssignComponentId(parentComponent);
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Blazor.Test
             var renderer = new TestRenderer();
             var parentComponent = new TestComponent(builder =>
             {
-                builder.AddComponentElement<EventComponent>(0);
+                builder.OpenComponentElement<EventComponent>(0);
                 builder.CloseElement();
             });
             var parentComponentId = renderer.AssignComponentId(parentComponent);
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.Blazor.Test
             var component = new TestComponent(builder =>
             {
                 builder.AddText(0, message);
-                builder.AddComponentElement<MessageComponent>(1);
+                builder.OpenComponentElement<MessageComponent>(1);
                 builder.CloseElement();
             });