diff --git a/vlib/net/openssl/ssl_connection.v b/vlib/net/openssl/ssl_connection.v
index fa43271d8c..c3e9c3cac9 100644
--- a/vlib/net/openssl/ssl_connection.v
+++ b/vlib/net/openssl/ssl_connection.v
@@ -179,7 +179,13 @@ pub fn (mut s SSLConn) socket_read_into_ptr(buf_ptr &byte, len int) ?int {
 	return res
 }
 
+[deprecated: 'call SSLConn.read instead']
+[deprecated_after: '2021-11-04']
 pub fn (mut s SSLConn) read_into(mut buffer []byte) ?int {
+	return s.read(mut buffer)
+}
+
+pub fn (mut s SSLConn) read(mut buffer []byte) ?int {
 	res := s.socket_read_into_ptr(&byte(buffer.data), buffer.len) ?
 	return res
 }
diff --git a/vlib/net/websocket/io.v b/vlib/net/websocket/io.v
index 5408a4ed55..2ef7870a80 100644
--- a/vlib/net/websocket/io.v
+++ b/vlib/net/websocket/io.v
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ fn (mut ws Client) socket_read(mut buffer []byte) ?int {
 			return error('socket_read: trying to read a closed socket')
 		}
 		if ws.is_ssl {
-			r := ws.ssl_conn.read_into(mut buffer) ?
+			r := ws.ssl_conn.read(mut buffer) ?
 			return r
 		} else {
 			for {