diff --git a/tooling/noir_js/test/backend/barretenberg.ts b/tooling/noir_js/test/backend/barretenberg.ts
index 6a770cde2f2..cc812084f87 100644
--- a/tooling/noir_js/test/backend/barretenberg.ts
+++ b/tooling/noir_js/test/backend/barretenberg.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export class Backend {
   //
   // The settings for this proof are the same as the settings for a "normal" proof
   // ie one that is not in the recursive setting.
-  async generateOuterProof(decompressedWitness: Uint8Array) {
+  async generateFinalProof(decompressedWitness: Uint8Array) {
     const makeEasyToVerifyInCircuit = false;
     return this.generateProof(decompressedWitness, makeEasyToVerifyInCircuit);
   }
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export class Backend {
   // We set `makeEasyToVerifyInCircuit` to true, which will tell the backend to
   // generate the proof using components that will make the proof
   // easier to verify in a circuit.
-  async generateInnerProof(witness: Uint8Array) {
+  async generateIntermediateProof(witness: Uint8Array) {
     const makeEasyToVerifyInCircuit = true;
     return this.generateProof(witness, makeEasyToVerifyInCircuit);
   }
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export class Backend {
   // method.
   //
   // The number of public inputs denotes how many public inputs are in the inner proof.
-  async generateInnerProofArtifacts(proof: Uint8Array, numOfPublicInputs = 0) {
+  async generateIntermediateProofArtifacts(proof: Uint8Array, numOfPublicInputs = 0) {
     const proofAsFields = await this.api.acirSerializeProofIntoFields(this.acirComposer, proof, numOfPublicInputs);
 
     // TODO: perhaps we should put this in the init function. Need to benchmark
@@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ export class Backend {
     };
   }
 
-  async verifyOuterProof(proof: Uint8Array) {
+  async verifyFinalProof(proof: Uint8Array) {
     const makeEasyToVerifyInCircuit = false;
     const verified = await this.verifyProof(proof, makeEasyToVerifyInCircuit);
     return verified;
   }
 
-  async verifyInnerProof(proof: Uint8Array) {
+  async verifyIntermediateProof(proof: Uint8Array) {
     const makeEasyToVerifyInCircuit = true;
     return this.verifyProof(proof, makeEasyToVerifyInCircuit);
   }
diff --git a/tooling/noir_js/test/node/e2e.test.ts b/tooling/noir_js/test/node/e2e.test.ts
index 18413074871..bbb936ea6e5 100644
--- a/tooling/noir_js/test/node/e2e.test.ts
+++ b/tooling/noir_js/test/node/e2e.test.ts
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ it('end-to-end proof creation and verification (outer)', async () => {
   // Proof creation
   const prover = new Backend(assert_lt_json.bytecode);
   await prover.init();
-  const proof = await prover.generateOuterProof(serializedWitness);
+  const proof = await prover.generateFinalProof(serializedWitness);
 
   // Proof verification
-  const isValid = await prover.verifyOuterProof(proof);
+  const isValid = await prover.verifyFinalProof(proof);
   expect(isValid).to.be.true;
 });
 
@@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ it('end-to-end proof creation and verification (inner)', async () => {
   // Proof creation
   const prover = new Backend(assert_lt_json.bytecode);
   await prover.init();
-  const proof = await prover.generateInnerProof(serializedWitness);
+  const proof = await prover.generateIntermediateProof(serializedWitness);
 
   // Proof verification
-  const isValid = await prover.verifyInnerProof(proof);
+  const isValid = await prover.verifyIntermediateProof(proof);
   expect(isValid).to.be.true;
 });
 
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@ it('[BUG] -- bb.js null function or function signature mismatch (different insta
   const prover = new Backend(assert_lt_json.bytecode);
   await prover.init();
 
-  const proof = await prover.generateOuterProof(serializedWitness);
+  const proof = await prover.generateFinalProof(serializedWitness);
 
   try {
     const verifier = new Backend(assert_lt_json.bytecode);
     await verifier.init();
-    await verifier.verifyOuterProof(proof);
+    await verifier.verifyFinalProof(proof);
     expect.fail(
       'bb.js currently returns a bug when we try to verify a proof with a different Barretenberg instance that created it.',
     );
@@ -105,13 +105,13 @@ it('[BUG] -- bb.js null function or function signature mismatch (outer-inner) ',
   await prover.init();
   // Create a proof using both proving systems, the majority of the time
   // one would only use outer proofs.
-  const proofOuter = await prover.generateOuterProof(serializedWitness);
-  const _proofInner = await prover.generateInnerProof(serializedWitness);
+  const proofOuter = await prover.generateFinalProof(serializedWitness);
+  const _proofInner = await prover.generateIntermediateProof(serializedWitness);
 
   // Proof verification
   //
   try {
-    const isValidOuter = await prover.verifyOuterProof(proofOuter);
+    const isValidOuter = await prover.verifyFinalProof(proofOuter);
     expect(isValidOuter).to.be.true;
     // We can also try verifying an inner proof and it will fail.
     // const isValidInner = await prover.verifyInnerProof(_proofInner);