diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/eth/filter.rs b/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/eth/filter.rs
index 370395f73..710f53cae 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/eth/filter.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/eth/filter.rs
@@ -393,18 +393,26 @@ impl Filter {
     #[must_use]
     pub fn event(self, event_name: &str) -> Self {
         let hash = keccak256(event_name.as_bytes());
-        self.topic0(hash)
+        self.event_signature(hash)
     }
 
-    /// Hashes all event signatures and sets them as array to topic0
+    /// Hashes all event signatures and sets them as array to event_signature(topic0)
     #[must_use]
     pub fn events(self, events: impl IntoIterator<Item = impl AsRef<[u8]>>) -> Self {
         let events = events.into_iter().map(|e| keccak256(e.as_ref())).collect::<Vec<_>>();
-        self.topic0(events)
+        self.event_signature(events)
+    }
+
+    /// Sets event_signature(topic0) (the event name for non-anonymous events)
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn event_signature<T: Into<Topic>>(mut self, topic: T) -> Self {
+        self.topics[0] = topic.into();
+        self
     }
 
     /// Sets topic0 (the event name for non-anonymous events)
     #[must_use]
+    #[deprecated(note = "use `event_signature` instead")]
     pub fn topic0<T: Into<Topic>>(mut self, topic: T) -> Self {
         self.topics[0] = topic.into();
         self
diff --git a/examples/db-access.rs b/examples/db-access.rs
index 289f895be..faed7fc1d 100644
--- a/examples/db-access.rs
+++ b/examples/db-access.rs
@@ -182,9 +182,9 @@ fn receipts_provider_example<T: ReceiptProvider + TransactionsProvider + HeaderP
     let addr = Address::random();
     let topic = B256::random();
 
-    // TODO: Make it clearer how to choose between topic0 (event name) and the other 3 indexed
-    // topics. This API is a bit clunky and not obvious to use at the moemnt.
-    let filter = Filter::new().address(addr).topic0(topic);
+    // TODO: Make it clearer how to choose between event_signature(topic0) (event name) and the
+    // other 3 indexed topics. This API is a bit clunky and not obvious to use at the moemnt.
+    let filter = Filter::new().address(addr).event_signature(topic);
     let filter_params = FilteredParams::new(Some(filter));
     let address_filter = FilteredParams::address_filter(&addr.into());
     let topics_filter = FilteredParams::topics_filter(&[topic.into()]);