diff --git a/doc/qweb.md b/doc/qweb.md
index ac08b5a0..c0e27025 100644
--- a/doc/qweb.md
+++ b/doc/qweb.md
@@ -138,14 +138,14 @@ It's API is quite simple:
   QWeb.registerTemplate('mytemplate', `<div>some template`);
   ```
 
-- **`register(name, Component)`**: static function to register an OWL Component
+- **`registerComponent(name, Component)`**: static function to register an OWL Component
   to QWeb's global registry. Globally registered Components can be used in
   templates (see the `t-component` directive). This is useful for commonly used
   components accross the application.
 
   ```js
   class Dialog extends owl.Component { ... }
-  QWeb.register("Dialog", Dialog);
+  QWeb.registerComponent("Dialog", Dialog);
 
   ...
 
diff --git a/src/qweb/qweb.ts b/src/qweb/qweb.ts
index b61f075d..45c62e96 100644
--- a/src/qweb/qweb.ts
+++ b/src/qweb/qweb.ts
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ export class QWeb extends EventBus {
     }
   }
 
-  static register(name: string, Component: any) {
+  static registerComponent(name: string, Component: any) {
     if (QWeb.components[name]) {
       throw new Error(`Component '${name}' has already been registered`);
     }
diff --git a/src/router/Router.ts b/src/router/Router.ts
index 91dd3525..d039c4f1 100644
--- a/src/router/Router.ts
+++ b/src/router/Router.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export class Router {
         partialRoute.name = "__route__" + nextId++;
       }
       if (partialRoute.component) {
-        QWeb.register("__component__" + partialRoute.name, partialRoute.component);
+        QWeb.registerComponent("__component__" + partialRoute.name, partialRoute.component);
       }
       if (partialRoute.redirect) {
         this.validateDestination(partialRoute.redirect);
diff --git a/tests/component/component.test.ts b/tests/component/component.test.ts
index 791e5753..4f7f0a2c 100644
--- a/tests/component/component.test.ts
+++ b/tests/component/component.test.ts
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ describe("composition", () => {
   });
 
   test("can use components from the global registry", async () => {
-    QWeb.register("WidgetB", WidgetB);
+    QWeb.registerComponent("WidgetB", WidgetB);
     env.qweb.addTemplate("ParentWidget", `<div><t t-component="WidgetB"/></div>`);
     class ParentWidget extends Widget {}
     const widget = new ParentWidget(env);
@@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ describe("composition", () => {
   });
 
   test("don't fallback to global registry if widget defined locally", async () => {
-    QWeb.register("WidgetB", WidgetB); // should not use this widget
+    QWeb.registerComponent("WidgetB", WidgetB); // should not use this widget
     env.qweb.addTemplate("ParentWidget", `<div><t t-component="WidgetB"/></div>`);
     env.qweb.addTemplate("AnotherWidgetB", `<span>Belgium</span>`);
     class AnotherWidgetB extends Widget {}