diff --git a/block/backup.c b/block/backup.c
index 00cafdb..b429666 100644
--- a/block/backup.c
+++ b/block/backup.c
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ static void coroutine_fn backup_run(void *opaque)
 
     data = g_malloc(sizeof(*data));
     data->ret = ret;
-    block_job_defer_to_main_loop(&job->common, backup_complete, data);
+    block_job_coroutine_complete(&job->common, backup_complete, data);
 }
 
 void backup_start(BlockDriverState *bs, BlockDriverState *target,
diff --git a/block/commit.c b/block/commit.c
index 446a3ae..f6b93bd 100644
--- a/block/commit.c
+++ b/block/commit.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ out:
 
     data = g_malloc(sizeof(*data));
     data->ret = ret;
-    block_job_defer_to_main_loop(&s->common, commit_complete, data);
+    block_job_coroutine_complete(&s->common, commit_complete, data);
 }
 
 static void commit_set_speed(BlockJob *job, int64_t speed, Error **errp)
diff --git a/block/mirror.c b/block/mirror.c
index e9e151c..d665f2b 100644
--- a/block/mirror.c
+++ b/block/mirror.c
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ immediate_exit:
     /* Before we switch to target in mirror_exit, make sure data doesn't
      * change. */
     bdrv_drained_begin(s->common.bs);
-    block_job_defer_to_main_loop(&s->common, mirror_exit, data);
+    block_job_coroutine_complete(&s->common, mirror_exit, data);
 }
 
 static void mirror_set_speed(BlockJob *job, int64_t speed, Error **errp)
diff --git a/block/stream.c b/block/stream.c
index cafaa07..9572ce3 100644
--- a/block/stream.c
+++ b/block/stream.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ wait:
     data = g_malloc(sizeof(*data));
     data->ret = ret;
     data->reached_end = sector_num == end;
-    block_job_defer_to_main_loop(&s->common, stream_complete, data);
+    block_job_coroutine_complete(&s->common, stream_complete, data);
 }
 
 static void stream_set_speed(BlockJob *job, int64_t speed, Error **errp)
diff --git a/blockjob.c b/blockjob.c
index 80adb9d..4b16720 100644
--- a/blockjob.c
+++ b/blockjob.c
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ static void block_job_defer_to_main_loop_bh(void *opaque)
 
     qemu_bh_delete(data->bh);
 
-    /* Prevent race with block_job_defer_to_main_loop() */
+    /* Prevent race with block_job_coroutine_complete() */
     aio_context_acquire(data->aio_context);
 
     /* Fetch BDS AioContext again, in case it has changed */
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ static void block_job_defer_to_main_loop_bh(void *opaque)
     g_free(data);
 }
 
-void block_job_defer_to_main_loop(BlockJob *job,
+void block_job_coroutine_complete(BlockJob *job,
                                   BlockJobDeferToMainLoopFn *fn,
                                   void *opaque)
 {
diff --git a/include/block/blockjob.h b/include/block/blockjob.h
index d84ccd8..de59fc2 100644
--- a/include/block/blockjob.h
+++ b/include/block/blockjob.h
@@ -393,18 +393,20 @@ BlockErrorAction block_job_error_action(BlockJob *job, BlockDriverState *bs,
 typedef void BlockJobDeferToMainLoopFn(BlockJob *job, void *opaque);
 
 /**
- * block_job_defer_to_main_loop:
+ * block_job_coroutine_complete:
  * @job: The job
  * @fn: The function to run in the main loop
  * @opaque: The opaque value that is passed to @fn
  *
- * Execute a given function in the main loop with the BlockDriverState
- * AioContext acquired.  Block jobs must call bdrv_unref(), bdrv_close(), and
- * anything that uses bdrv_drain_all() in the main loop.
+ * Complete the block job coroutine and execute a given function in the main
+ * loop with the BlockDriverState AioContext acquired.  Block jobs must call
+ * bdrv_unref(), bdrv_close(), and anything that uses bdrv_drain_all() in the
+ * main loop. After calling this, the block job coroutine should complete right
+ * away, without doing any heavy operations such as I/O or block_job_yield().
  *
  * The @job AioContext is held while @fn executes.
  */
-void block_job_defer_to_main_loop(BlockJob *job,
+void block_job_coroutine_complete(BlockJob *job,
                                   BlockJobDeferToMainLoopFn *fn,
                                   void *opaque);
 
diff --git a/tests/test-blockjob-txn.c b/tests/test-blockjob-txn.c
index 34747e9..56442f2 100644
--- a/tests/test-blockjob-txn.c
+++ b/tests/test-blockjob-txn.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static void coroutine_fn test_block_job_run(void *opaque)
         }
     }
 
-    block_job_defer_to_main_loop(job, test_block_job_complete,
+    block_job_coroutine_complete(job, test_block_job_complete,
                                  (void *)(intptr_t)s->rc);
 }
 
