diff --git a/py-polars/polars/dataframe/frame.py b/py-polars/polars/dataframe/frame.py
index 6060bcfc11e2c..e89e4169c3343 100644
--- a/py-polars/polars/dataframe/frame.py
+++ b/py-polars/polars/dataframe/frame.py
@@ -1386,7 +1386,7 @@ def item(self, row: int | None = None, column: int | str | None = None) -> Any:
         )
         return s.get_index_signed(row)
 
-    def to_arrow(self, *, flavor: Flavor = Flavor.Compatible) -> pa.Table:
+    def to_arrow(self, *, future: Flavor = Flavor.Compatible) -> pa.Table:
         """
         Collect the underlying arrow arrays in an Arrow Table.
 
@@ -1397,7 +1397,7 @@ def to_arrow(self, *, flavor: Flavor = Flavor.Compatible) -> pa.Table:
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        flavor
+        future
             Use a specific version of Polars' internal data structures.
 
         Examples
@@ -1416,10 +1416,10 @@ def to_arrow(self, *, flavor: Flavor = Flavor.Compatible) -> pa.Table:
         if not self.width:  # 0x0 dataframe, cannot infer schema from batches
             return pa.table({})
 
-        if isinstance(flavor, Flavor):
-            flavor = flavor.value  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        if isinstance(future, Flavor):
+            future = future.value  # type: ignore[assignment]
 
-        record_batches = self._df.to_arrow(flavor)
+        record_batches = self._df.to_arrow(future)
         return pa.Table.from_batches(record_batches)
 
     @overload
@@ -3294,7 +3294,7 @@ def write_ipc(
         file: None,
         *,
         compression: IpcCompression = "uncompressed",
-        flavor: Flavor = Flavor.Future1,
+        future: Flavor = Flavor.Future1,
     ) -> BytesIO: ...
 
     @overload
@@ -3303,7 +3303,7 @@ def write_ipc(
         file: str | Path | IO[bytes],
         *,
         compression: IpcCompression = "uncompressed",
-        flavor: Flavor = Flavor.Future1,
+        future: Flavor = Flavor.Future1,
     ) -> None: ...
 
     def write_ipc(
@@ -3311,7 +3311,7 @@ def write_ipc(
         file: str | Path | IO[bytes] | None,
         *,
         compression: IpcCompression = "uncompressed",
-        flavor: Flavor = Flavor.Future1,
+        future: Flavor = Flavor.Future1,
     ) -> BytesIO | None:
         """
         Write to Arrow IPC binary stream or Feather file.
@@ -3325,7 +3325,7 @@ def write_ipc(
             written. If set to `None`, the output is returned as a BytesIO object.
         compression : {'uncompressed', 'lz4', 'zstd'}
             Compression method. Defaults to "uncompressed".
-        flavor
+        future
             Use a specific version of Polars' internal data structures.
 
         Examples
@@ -3348,13 +3348,13 @@ def write_ipc(
         elif isinstance(file, (str, Path)):
             file = normalize_filepath(file)
 
-        if isinstance(flavor, Flavor):
-            flavor = flavor.value  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        if isinstance(future, Flavor):
+            future = future.value  # type: ignore[assignment]
 
         if compression is None:
             compression = "uncompressed"
 
-        self._df.write_ipc(file, compression, flavor)
+        self._df.write_ipc(file, compression, future)
         return file if return_bytes else None  # type: ignore[return-value]
 
     @overload
@@ -3363,7 +3363,7 @@ def write_ipc_stream(
         file: None,
         *,
         compression: IpcCompression = "uncompressed",
-        flavor: Flavor = Flavor.Future1,
+        future: Flavor = Flavor.Future1,
     ) -> BytesIO: ...
 
     @overload
@@ -3372,7 +3372,7 @@ def write_ipc_stream(
         file: str | Path | IO[bytes],
         *,
         compression: IpcCompression = "uncompressed",
-        flavor: Flavor = Flavor.Future1,
+        future: Flavor = Flavor.Future1,
     ) -> None: ...
 
     def write_ipc_stream(
@@ -3380,7 +3380,7 @@ def write_ipc_stream(
         file: str | Path | IO[bytes] | None,
         *,
         compression: IpcCompression = "uncompressed",
-        flavor: Flavor = Flavor.Future1,
+        future: Flavor = Flavor.Future1,
     ) -> BytesIO | None:
         """
         Write to Arrow IPC record batch stream.
@@ -3394,7 +3394,7 @@ def write_ipc_stream(
             be written. If set to `None`, the output is returned as a BytesIO object.
         compression : {'uncompressed', 'lz4', 'zstd'}
             Compression method. Defaults to "uncompressed".
-        flavor
+        future
             Use a specific version of Polars' internal data structures.
 
         Examples
@@ -3417,13 +3417,13 @@ def write_ipc_stream(
         elif isinstance(file, (str, Path)):
             file = normalize_filepath(file)
 
-        if isinstance(flavor, Flavor):
-            flavor = flavor.value  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        if isinstance(future, Flavor):
+            future = future.value  # type: ignore[assignment]
 
         if compression is None:
             compression = "uncompressed"
 
-        self._df.write_ipc_stream(file, compression, flavor)
+        self._df.write_ipc_stream(file, compression, future)
         return file if return_bytes else None  # type: ignore[return-value]
 
     def write_parquet(
diff --git a/py-polars/polars/series/series.py b/py-polars/polars/series/series.py
index d77e8d36ce127..cd70a53c6ebc5 100644
--- a/py-polars/polars/series/series.py
+++ b/py-polars/polars/series/series.py
@@ -4343,7 +4343,7 @@ def to_torch(self) -> torch.Tensor:
         # tensor.rename(self.name)
         return tensor
 
-    def to_arrow(self, *, flavor: Flavor = Flavor.Compatible) -> pa.Array:
+    def to_arrow(self, *, future: Flavor = Flavor.Compatible) -> pa.Array:
         """
         Return the underlying Arrow array.
 
@@ -4351,7 +4351,7 @@ def to_arrow(self, *, flavor: Flavor = Flavor.Compatible) -> pa.Array:
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        flavor
+        future
             Use a specific version of Polars' internal data structures.
 
         Examples
@@ -4366,9 +4366,9 @@ def to_arrow(self, *, flavor: Flavor = Flavor.Compatible) -> pa.Array:
           3
         ]
         """
-        if isinstance(flavor, Flavor):
-            flavor = flavor.value  # type: ignore[assignment]
-        return self._s.to_arrow(flavor)
+        if isinstance(future, Flavor):
+            future = future.value  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        return self._s.to_arrow(future)
 
     def to_pandas(
         self, *, use_pyarrow_extension_array: bool = False, **kwargs: Any