diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5ae643d..b1045b0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ An example ripley request:
 ```JSON
 {
   "url": "http://localhost:8080/",
-  "verb": "POST",
+  "method": "POST",
   "body": "{\"foo\": \"bar\"}",
   "headers": {
     "Accept": "text/plain"
@@ -58,14 +58,14 @@ An example ripley request:
 }
 ```
 
-`url`, `verb` and `timestamp` are required, `headers` and `body` are optional.
+`url`, `method` and `timestamp` are required, `headers` and `body` are optional.
 
 `-pace` specifies rate phases in `[duration]@[rate]` format. For example, `10s@5 5m@10 1h30m@100` means replay traffic at 5x for 10 seconds, 10x for 5 minutes and 100x for one and a half hours. The run will stop either when ripley stops receiving requests from `STDIN` or when the last phase elapses, whichever happens first.
 
 Ripley writes request results as JSON Lines to `STDOUT`
 
 ```bash
-echo '{"url": "http://localhost:8080/", "verb": "GET", "timestamp": "2021-11-08T18:59:50.9Z"}' | ./ripley | jq
+echo '{"url": "http://localhost:8080/", "method": "GET", "timestamp": "2021-11-08T18:59:50.9Z"}' | ./ripley | jq
 ```
 
 produces
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ produces
   "statusCode": 200,
   "latency": 3915447,
   "request": {
-    "verb": "GET",
+    "method": "GET",
     "url": "http://localhost:8080/",
     "body": "",
     "timestamp": "2021-11-08T18:59:50.9Z",
diff --git a/etc/requests.jsonl b/etc/requests.jsonl
index a3eeb92..ca441e0 100644
--- a/etc/requests.jsonl
+++ b/etc/requests.jsonl
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-{"url": "http://localhost:8080/", "verb": "GET", "timestamp": "2021-11-08T18:59:50.9Z"}
-{"url": "http://localhost:8080/", "verb": "GET", "timestamp": "2021-11-08T18:59:51.9Z"}
-{"url": "http://localhost:8080/", "verb": "GET", "timestamp": "2021-11-08T18:59:52.9Z"}
-{"url": "http://localhost:8080/", "verb": "GET", "timestamp": "2021-11-08T18:59:53.9Z"}
-{"url": "http://localhost:8080/", "verb": "GET", "timestamp": "2021-11-08T18:59:54.9Z"}
-{"url": "http://localhost:8080/", "verb": "GET", "timestamp": "2021-11-08T18:59:55.9Z"}
-{"url": "http://localhost:8080/", "verb": "GET", "timestamp": "2021-11-08T18:59:56.9Z"}
-{"url": "http://localhost:8080/", "verb": "GET", "timestamp": "2021-11-08T18:59:57.9Z"}
-{"url": "http://localhost:8080/", "verb": "POST", "body": "{\"foo\": \"bar\"}", "headers": {"Accept": "text/plain"}, "timestamp": "2021-11-08T18:59:58.9Z"}
-{"url": "http://localhost:8080/", "verb": "GET", "headers": {"Accept": "text/plain"}, "timestamp": "2021-11-08T18:59:59.9Z"}
+{"url": "http://localhost:8080/", "method": "GET", "timestamp": "2021-11-08T18:59:50.9Z"}
+{"url": "http://localhost:8080/", "method": "GET", "timestamp": "2021-11-08T18:59:51.9Z"}
+{"url": "http://localhost:8080/", "method": "GET", "timestamp": "2021-11-08T18:59:52.9Z"}
+{"url": "http://localhost:8080/", "method": "GET", "timestamp": "2021-11-08T18:59:53.9Z"}
+{"url": "http://localhost:8080/", "method": "GET", "timestamp": "2021-11-08T18:59:54.9Z"}
+{"url": "http://localhost:8080/", "method": "GET", "timestamp": "2021-11-08T18:59:55.9Z"}
+{"url": "http://localhost:8080/", "method": "GET", "timestamp": "2021-11-08T18:59:56.9Z"}
+{"url": "http://localhost:8080/", "method": "GET", "timestamp": "2021-11-08T18:59:57.9Z"}
+{"url": "http://localhost:8080/", "method": "POST", "body": "{\"foo\": \"bar\"}", "headers": {"Accept": "text/plain"}, "timestamp": "2021-11-08T18:59:58.9Z"}
+{"url": "http://localhost:8080/", "method": "GET", "headers": {"Accept": "text/plain"}, "timestamp": "2021-11-08T18:59:59.9Z"}
diff --git a/pkg/request.go b/pkg/request.go
index f14f1e8..5d56f28 100644
--- a/pkg/request.go
+++ b/pkg/request.go
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	validVerbs = [9]string{"GET", "HEAD", "POST", "PUT", "DELETE", "CONNECT", "OPTIONS", "TRACE", "PATCH"}
+	validMethods = [9]string{"GET", "HEAD", "POST", "PUT", "DELETE", "CONNECT", "OPTIONS", "TRACE", "PATCH"}
 )
 
 type request struct {
-	Verb      string            `json:"verb"`
+	Method    string            `json:"method"`
 	Url       string            `json:"url"`
 	Body      string            `json:"body"`
 	Timestamp time.Time         `json:"timestamp"`
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ type request struct {
 }
 
 func (r *request) httpRequest() (*http.Request, error) {
-	req, err := http.NewRequest(r.Verb, r.Url, bytes.NewReader([]byte(r.Body)))
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(r.Method, r.Url, bytes.NewReader([]byte(r.Body)))
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ func unmarshalRequest(jsonRequest []byte) (*request, error) {
 
 	// Validate
 
-	if !validVerb(req.Verb) {
-		return nil, errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Invalid verb: %s", req.Verb))
+	if !validMethod(req.Method) {
+		return nil, errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Invalid method: %s", req.Method))
 	}
 
 	if req.Url == "" {
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ func unmarshalRequest(jsonRequest []byte) (*request, error) {
 	return req, nil
 }
 
-func validVerb(requestVerb string) bool {
-	for _, verb := range validVerbs {
-		if requestVerb == verb {
+func validMethod(requestMethod string) bool {
+	for _, method := range validMethods {
+		if requestMethod == method {
 			return true
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/request_test.go b/pkg/request_test.go
index 91fc20d..d30b524 100644
--- a/pkg/request_test.go
+++ b/pkg/request_test.go
@@ -23,29 +23,29 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-func TestUnrmarshalInvalidVerb(t *testing.T) {
-	jsonRequest := `{"verb": "WHAT"}`
+func TestUnrmarshalInvalidMethod(t *testing.T) {
+	jsonRequest := `{"method": "WHAT"}`
 	req, err := unmarshalRequest([]byte(jsonRequest))
 
 	if req != nil {
 		t.Errorf("req = %v; want nil", req)
 	}
 
-	if err.Error() != "Invalid verb: WHAT" {
-		t.Errorf(`err.Error() = %v; want "Invalid verb: WHAT"`, err.Error())
+	if err.Error() != "Invalid method: WHAT" {
+		t.Errorf(`err.Error() = %v; want "Invalid method: WHAT"`, err.Error())
 	}
 }
 
 func TestUnrmarshalValid(t *testing.T) {
-	jsonRequest := `{"verb": "GET", "url": "http://example.com", "timestamp": "2021-11-08T18:59:59.9Z"}`
+	jsonRequest := `{"method": "GET", "url": "http://example.com", "timestamp": "2021-11-08T18:59:59.9Z"}`
 	req, err := unmarshalRequest([]byte(jsonRequest))
 
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("err = %v; want nil", err)
 	}
 
-	if req.Verb != "GET" {
-		t.Errorf("req.Verb = %v; want GET", req.Verb)
+	if req.Method != "GET" {
+		t.Errorf("req.Method = %v; want GET", req.Method)
 	}
 
 	if req.Url != "http://example.com" {