diff --git a/.changeset/nasty-hats-rhyme.md b/.changeset/nasty-hats-rhyme.md
index 9f88ad32af5a..a6d754c6d60f 100644
--- a/.changeset/nasty-hats-rhyme.md
+++ b/.changeset/nasty-hats-rhyme.md
@@ -2,4 +2,9 @@
 "wrangler": minor
 ---
 
-feat: experimental workers assets can be ignored by adding a .cfassetsignore file
+feat: experimental workers assets can be ignored by adding a .assetsignore file
+
+This file can be added to the root of the assets directory that is to be uploaded alongside the Worker
+when using `experimental_assets`.
+
+The file follows the `.gitignore` syntax, and any matching paths will not be included in the upload.
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 3d6691718c5e..af3e13c4c8a8 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	"editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
 	"cSpell.words": [
 		"Abortable",
-		"cfassetsignore",
+		"assetsignore",
 		"cfetch",
 		"chatgpt",
 		"clipboardy",
diff --git a/packages/wrangler/src/__tests__/deploy.test.ts b/packages/wrangler/src/__tests__/deploy.test.ts
index 921395cc14bb..b1e2759bddf3 100644
--- a/packages/wrangler/src/__tests__/deploy.test.ts
+++ b/packages/wrangler/src/__tests__/deploy.test.ts
@@ -4371,9 +4371,9 @@ addEventListener('fetch', event => {});`
 			});
 		});
 
-		it("should ignore assets that match patterns in an .cfassetsignore file in the root of the assets directory", async () => {
+		it("should ignore assets that match patterns in an .assetsignore file in the root of the assets directory", async () => {
 			const assets = [
-				{ filePath: ".cfassetsignore", content: "*.bak\nsub-dir" },
+				{ filePath: ".assetsignore", content: "*.bak\nsub-dir" },
 				{ filePath: "file-1.txt", content: "Content of file-1" },
 				{ filePath: "file-2.bak", content: "Content of file-2" },
 				{ filePath: "file-3.txt", content: "Content of file-3" },
diff --git a/packages/wrangler/src/experimental-assets.ts b/packages/wrangler/src/experimental-assets.ts
index 3edf234f1926..11376ad36ac1 100644
--- a/packages/wrangler/src/experimental-assets.ts
+++ b/packages/wrangler/src/experimental-assets.ts
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ const decodeFilepath = (filePath: string) => {
  * and returns true if the asset should not be ignored.
  */
 async function createAssetIgnoreFunction(dir: string) {
-	const CF_ASSETS_IGNORE_FILENAME = ".cfassetsignore";
+	const CF_ASSETS_IGNORE_FILENAME = ".assetsignore";
 
 	const cfAssetIgnorePath = path.resolve(dir, CF_ASSETS_IGNORE_FILENAME);
 
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ async function createAssetIgnoreFunction(dir: string) {
 		await readFile(cfAssetIgnorePath, { encoding: "utf8" })
 	).split("\n");
 
-	// Always ignore the `.cfassetsignore` file.
+	// Always ignore the `.assetsignore` file.
 	ignorePatterns.push(CF_ASSETS_IGNORE_FILENAME);
 
 	return createPatternMatcher(ignorePatterns, true);