diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9705abfb4..a9cb2d0aa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
 ## [next]
- - Adding BaseGame#remove
+ - Adding BaseGame#markToRemove
  - Upgrade tiled and flutter_svg dependencies
  
 ## 0.22.1
diff --git a/doc/game.md b/doc/game.md
index 86ce970fe..a1097bca4 100644
--- a/doc/game.md
+++ b/doc/game.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ A very simple `BaseGame` implementation example can be seen below:
     }
 ```
 
-To remove components from the list on a `BaseGame` the `remove` can be used.
+To remove components from the list on a `BaseGame` the `markToRemove` method can be used.
 
 ## Flutter Widgets and Game instances
 
diff --git a/example/lib/main.dart b/example/lib/main.dart
index ec4a7a710..fa70e444b 100644
--- a/example/lib/main.dart
+++ b/example/lib/main.dart
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class MyGame extends BaseGame with DoubleTapDetector, TapDetector {
     components.forEach((c) {
       if (c is PositionComponent && c.toRect().overlaps(touchArea)) {
         handled = true;
-        remove(c);
+        markToRemove(c);
       }
     });
 
diff --git a/lib/components/composed_component.dart b/lib/components/composed_component.dart
index 74109923f..e536c2c0f 100644
--- a/lib/components/composed_component.dart
+++ b/lib/components/composed_component.dart
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ mixin ComposedComponent on Component, HasGameRef, Tapable {
     components.add(c);
   }
 
-  void remove(Component component) {
+  void markToRemove(Component component) {
     _removeLater.add(component);
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/game/base_game.dart b/lib/game/base_game.dart
index 86e020a73..c8246a7e9 100644
--- a/lib/game/base_game.dart
+++ b/lib/game/base_game.dart
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ class BaseGame extends Game {
     _addLater.add(c);
   }
 
-  /// Removes a component from the components list
-  void remove(Component c) {
+  /// Marks a component to be removed from the components list on the next game loop cycle
+  void markToRemove(Component c) {
     _removeLater.add(c);
   }