lib/PublicInbox/Over.pm       | 4 ++--
 lib/PublicInbox/OverIdx.pm    | 6 +++---
 lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm | 4 ++--
 t/over.t                      | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Over.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Over.pm
index 0ebc800314888827ea8778232cccc43aa6f5b6ee..a2cf9f217a88506e1dbe0f8bdf3d952ebaa888ec 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Over.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Over.pm
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ 	my ($class, $f) = @_;
 	bless { filename => $f }, $class;
 }
 
-sub disconnect {
+sub dbh_close {
 	my ($self) = @_;
 	if (my $dbh = delete $self->{dbh}) {
 		delete $self->{-get_art};
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ 	if (my @st = stat($f)) { # did st_dev, st_ino change?
 		my $st = pack('dd', $st[0], $st[1]);
 
 		# don't actually reopen, just let {dbh} be recreated later
-		disconnect($self) if $st ne ($self->{st} // $st);
+		dbh_close($self) if $st ne ($self->{st} // $st);
 	} else {
 		warn "W: stat $f: $!\n";
 	}
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/OverIdx.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/OverIdx.pm
index c521464a7447cc5725f7c5db11b6bde56493cd34..512c5f463f008f0c3e3532ccd803e2d7ca54fc69 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/OverIdx.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/OverIdx.pm
@@ -455,10 +455,10 @@ 	delete $self->{txn} or return;
 	$self->{dbh}->rollback;
 }
 
-sub disconnect {
+sub dbh_close {
 	my ($self) = @_;
 	die "in transaction" if $self->{txn};
-	$self->SUPER::disconnect;
+	$self->SUPER::dbh_close;
 }
 
 sub create {
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ 		File::Path::mkpath(File::Basename::dirname($self->{filename}));
 	}
 	# create the DB:
 	PublicInbox::Over::dbh($self);
-	$self->disconnect;
+	$self->dbh_close;
 }
 
 sub rethread_prepare {
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
index c926446c87ef0697057fdf1973228891ce2a8194..f2288904638e98e147af30bc68a1678a5dcda7f7 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
@@ -679,8 +679,8 @@ 			eval { $_->shard_close };
 			$err .= "shard close: $@\n" if $@;
 		}
 	}
-	eval { $self->{over}->disconnect };
-	$err .= "over disconnect: $@\n" if $@;
+	eval { $self->{over}->dbh_close };
+	$err .= "over close: $@\n" if $@;
 	delete $self->{bnote};
 	my $nbytes = $self->{total_bytes};
 	$self->{total_bytes} = 0;
diff --git a/t/over.t b/t/over.t
index 6c4c8ee6b0b356b39d7facdf64b03dc63f740f1f..41c13872c4e94095cede8b3eddd08e839a7085c7 100644
--- a/t/over.t
+++ b/t/over.t
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ $y = $over->sid('hello-WORLD');
 is($y, $x+1, 'sid increases');
 is($over->sid('hello-world'), $x, 'idempotent');
 ok(!$over->{dbh}->{ReadOnly}, 'OverIdx is not ReadOnly');
-$over->disconnect;
+$over->dbh_close;
 
 $over = PublicInbox::Over->new("$tmpdir/over.sqlite3");
 ok($over->dbh->{ReadOnly}, 'Over is ReadOnly');