diff --git a/MIGRATION.md b/MIGRATION.md
index 45c35d7de..24ccdb3a6 100644
--- a/MIGRATION.md
+++ b/MIGRATION.md
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 * `ws::Message::Close` now includes optional close reason.
   `ws::CloseCode::Status` and `ws::CloseCode::Empty` have been removed.
 
+* `HttpServer::threads()` renamed to `HttpServer::workers()`.
+
 * `HttpServer::start_ssl()` and `HttpServer::start_tls()` deprecated.
   Use `HttpServer::bind_ssl()` and `HttpServer::bind_tls()` instead.
 
diff --git a/src/server/srv.rs b/src/server/srv.rs
index 4ba263e7c..df3978411 100644
--- a/src/server/srv.rs
+++ b/src/server/srv.rs
@@ -109,11 +109,17 @@ where
     ///
     /// By default http server uses number of available logical cpu as threads
     /// count.
-    pub fn threads(mut self, num: usize) -> Self {
+    pub fn workers(mut self, num: usize) -> Self {
         self.threads = num;
         self
     }
 
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    #[deprecated(since = "0.6.0", note = "please use `HttpServer::workers()` instead")]
+    pub fn threads(self, num: usize) -> Self {
+        self.workers(num)
+    }
+
     /// Set the maximum number of pending connections.
     ///
     /// This refers to the number of clients that can be waiting to be served.