diff --git a/lib/bin/process-held-submissions.js b/lib/bin/process-backlog.js
similarity index 89%
rename from lib/bin/process-held-submissions.js
rename to lib/bin/process-backlog.js
index 3f5b4336b..be84f9f91 100644
--- a/lib/bin/process-held-submissions.js
+++ b/lib/bin/process-backlog.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 // were previously held in a backlog due to submissions coming in out of order.
 
 const { run } = require('../task/task');
-const { processHeldSubmissions } = require('../task/process-held-submissions');
+const { processBacklog } = require('../task/process-backlog');
 
 const { program } = require('commander');
 program.option('-f, --force', 'Force all submissions in the backlog to be processed immediately.');
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ program.parse();
 
 const options = program.opts();
 
-run(processHeldSubmissions(options.force)
+run(processBacklog(options.force)
   .then((count) => `Submissions processed: ${count}`));
diff --git a/lib/model/query/entities.js b/lib/model/query/entities.js
index 1b55e4928..8a4667231 100644
--- a/lib/model/query/entities.js
+++ b/lib/model/query/entities.js
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ const _getHeldSubmissionsAsEvents = (force) => ({ all }) => all(sql`
   ORDER BY "branchId", "branchBaseVersion"`)
   .then(map(construct(Audit)));
 
-const processHeldSubmissions = (force = false) => async (container) => {
+const processBacklog = (force = false) => async (container) => {
   const events = await container.Entities._getHeldSubmissionsAsEvents(force);
   return runSequentially(events.map(event =>
     async () => {
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ module.exports = {
   _computeBaseVersion,
   _holdSubmission, _checkHeldSubmission,
   _getNextHeldSubmissionInBranch, _deleteHeldSubmissionByEventId,
-  _getHeldSubmissionsAsEvents, processHeldSubmissions,
+  _getHeldSubmissionsAsEvents, processBacklog,
   processSubmissionEvent, streamForExport,
   getDefBySubmissionId,
   createVersion,
diff --git a/lib/task/process-held-submissions.js b/lib/task/process-backlog.js
similarity index 82%
rename from lib/task/process-held-submissions.js
rename to lib/task/process-backlog.js
index 152075cbf..f73701970 100644
--- a/lib/task/process-held-submissions.js
+++ b/lib/task/process-backlog.js
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
 // overladen and bogged down over time.
 
 const { task } = require('./task');
-const processHeldSubmissions = task.withContainer(({ Entities }) => Entities.processHeldSubmissions);
-module.exports = { processHeldSubmissions };
+const processBacklog = task.withContainer(({ Entities }) => Entities.processBacklog);
+module.exports = { processBacklog };
 
diff --git a/test/integration/api/offline-entities.js b/test/integration/api/offline-entities.js
index f554b93a8..56c853add 100644
--- a/test/integration/api/offline-entities.js
+++ b/test/integration/api/offline-entities.js
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ describe('Offline Entities', () => {
       let backlogCount = await container.oneFirst(sql`select count(*) from entity_submission_backlog`);
       backlogCount.should.equal(1);
 
-      await container.Entities.processHeldSubmissions(true);
+      await container.Entities.processBacklog(true);
 
       await asAlice.get('/v1/projects/1/datasets/people/entities/12345678-1234-4123-8234-123456789abc')
         .expect(200)
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ describe('Offline Entities', () => {
       let backlogCount = await container.oneFirst(sql`select count(*) from entity_submission_backlog`);
       backlogCount.should.equal(2);
 
-      await container.Entities.processHeldSubmissions(true);
+      await container.Entities.processBacklog(true);
 
       await asAlice.get('/v1/projects/1/datasets/people/entities/12345678-1234-4123-8234-123456789abc')
         .expect(200)
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ describe('Offline Entities', () => {
       let backlogCount = await container.oneFirst(sql`select count(*) from entity_submission_backlog`);
       backlogCount.should.equal(1);
 
-      await container.Entities.processHeldSubmissions(true);
+      await container.Entities.processBacklog(true);
 
       await asAlice.get(`/v1/projects/1/datasets/people/entities/${newUuid}`)
         .expect(200)
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ describe('Offline Entities', () => {
       let backlogCount = await container.oneFirst(sql`select count(*) from entity_submission_backlog`);
       backlogCount.should.equal(2);
 
-      await container.Entities.processHeldSubmissions(true);
+      await container.Entities.processBacklog(true);
 
       await asAlice.get(`/v1/projects/1/datasets/people/entities/${newUuid}`)
         .expect(200)
@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@ describe('Offline Entities', () => {
       backlogCount = await container.oneFirst(sql`select count(*) from entity_submission_backlog`);
       backlogCount.should.equal(1);
 
-      await container.Entities.processHeldSubmissions(true);
+      await container.Entities.processBacklog(true);
 
       await asAlice.get(`/v1/projects/1/datasets/people/entities/${newUuid}`)
         .expect(200)
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ describe('Offline Entities', () => {
       backlogCount.should.equal(1);
 
       // Force the update submission to be processed as a create
-      await container.Entities.processHeldSubmissions(true);
+      await container.Entities.processBacklog(true);
 
       await asAlice.get(`/v1/projects/1/datasets/people/entities/12345678-1234-4123-8234-123456789ddd`)
         .expect(200)
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ describe('Offline Entities', () => {
 
         // Process submissions that have been in the backlog for a long time
         // (only 1 of 2 should be processed)
-        const count = await container.Entities.processHeldSubmissions();
+        const count = await container.Entities.processBacklog();
         count.should.equal(1);
 
         await asAlice.get('/v1/projects/1/datasets/people/entities/12345678-1234-4123-8234-123456789abc')