diff --git a/docs/list-of-rules.md b/docs/list-of-rules.md
index af2aeb47..2998d884 100644
--- a/docs/list-of-rules.md
+++ b/docs/list-of-rules.md
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
 - [Alpha](rules/Alpha.md)
 - [Base64](rules/Base64.md)
 - [Charset](rules/Charset.md)
-- [Cntrl](rules/Cntrl.md)
+- [Control](rules/Control.md)
 - [Consonant](rules/Consonant.md)
 - [Contains](rules/Contains.md)
 - [ContainsAny](rules/ContainsAny.md)
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
 - [Charset](rules/Charset.md)
 - [Cnh](rules/Cnh.md)
 - [Cnpj](rules/Cnpj.md)
-- [Cntrl](rules/Cntrl.md)
+- [Control](rules/Control.md)
 - [Consonant](rules/Consonant.md)
 - [Contains](rules/Contains.md)
 - [ContainsAny](rules/ContainsAny.md)
diff --git a/docs/rules/Alnum.md b/docs/rules/Alnum.md
index c9c5de0a..df2bd3a1 100644
--- a/docs/rules/Alnum.md
+++ b/docs/rules/Alnum.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ See also:
 
 - [Alpha](Alpha.md)
 - [Charset](Charset.md)
-- [Cntrl](Cntrl.md)
+- [Control](Control.md)
 - [Consonant](Consonant.md)
 - [Digit](Digit.md)
 - [Lowercase](Lowercase.md)
diff --git a/docs/rules/Cntrl.md b/docs/rules/Control.md
similarity index 67%
rename from docs/rules/Cntrl.md
rename to docs/rules/Control.md
index 110780da..126fb838 100644
--- a/docs/rules/Cntrl.md
+++ b/docs/rules/Control.md
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-# Cntrl
+# Control
 
-- `Cntrl()`
-- `Cntrl(string ...$additionalChars)`
+- `Control()`
+- `Control(string ...$additionalChars)`
 
 Validates if all of the characters in the provided string, are control
 characters.
 
 ```php
-v::cntrl()->validate("\n\r\t"); // true
+v::control()->validate("\n\r\t"); // true
 ```
 
 ## Categorization
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ v::cntrl()->validate("\n\r\t"); // true
 
 Version | Description
 --------|-------------
+  2.0.0 | Renamed from `Cntrl` to `Control`
   0.5.0 | Created
 
 ***
diff --git a/docs/rules/Printable.md b/docs/rules/Printable.md
index fe91fa0c..e61473b0 100644
--- a/docs/rules/Printable.md
+++ b/docs/rules/Printable.md
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ Version | Description
 ***
 See also:
 
-- [Cntrl](Cntrl.md)
+- [Control](Control.md)
 - [Graph](Graph.md)
 - [Punct](Punct.md)
diff --git a/docs/rules/Punct.md b/docs/rules/Punct.md
index 1cf0c855..ad06a35b 100644
--- a/docs/rules/Punct.md
+++ b/docs/rules/Punct.md
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ Version | Description
 ***
 See also:
 
-- [Cntrl](Cntrl.md)
+- [Control](Control.md)
 - [Graph](Graph.md)
 - [Printable](Printable.md)
diff --git a/docs/rules/Space.md b/docs/rules/Space.md
index ecb1417d..f0081dfc 100644
--- a/docs/rules/Space.md
+++ b/docs/rules/Space.md
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ Version | Description
 ***
 See also:
 
-- [Cntrl](Cntrl.md)
+- [Control](Control.md)
diff --git a/library/Exceptions/CntrlException.php b/library/Exceptions/ControlException.php
similarity index 93%
rename from library/Exceptions/CntrlException.php
rename to library/Exceptions/ControlException.php
index c50ac9e6..9228c219 100644
--- a/library/Exceptions/CntrlException.php
+++ b/library/Exceptions/ControlException.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace Respect\Validation\Exceptions;
  * @author Danilo Correa <danilosilva87@gmail.com>
  * @author Henrique Moody <henriquemoody@gmail.com>
  */
-final class CntrlException extends FilteredValidationException
+final class ControlException extends FilteredValidationException
 {
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
diff --git a/library/Rules/Cntrl.php b/library/Rules/Control.php
similarity index 94%
rename from library/Rules/Cntrl.php
rename to library/Rules/Control.php
index a1b702b4..2dbd66e4 100644
--- a/library/Rules/Cntrl.php
+++ b/library/Rules/Control.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use function ctype_cntrl;
  * @author Henrique Moody <henriquemoody@gmail.com>
  * @author Nick Lombard <github@jigsoft.co.za>
  */
-final class Cntrl extends AbstractFilterRule
+final class Control extends AbstractFilterRule
 {
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
diff --git a/library/Validator.php b/library/Validator.php
index 6aaad420..8e257500 100644
--- a/library/Validator.php
+++ b/library/Validator.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ use function count;
  * @method static Validator charset(string ...$charset)
  * @method static Validator cnh()
  * @method static Validator cnpj()
- * @method static Validator cntrl(string ...$additionalChars)
+ * @method static Validator control(string ...$additionalChars)
  * @method static Validator consonant(string ...$additionalChars)
  * @method static Validator contains($containsValue, bool $identical = false)
  * @method static Validator containsAny(array $needles, bool $strictCompareArray = false)
diff --git a/tests/integration/rules/cntrl.phpt b/tests/integration/rules/cntrl.phpt
index 6c266533..55dbc3aa 100644
--- a/tests/integration/rules/cntrl.phpt
+++ b/tests/integration/rules/cntrl.phpt
@@ -7,54 +7,54 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';
 
-use Respect\Validation\Exceptions\CntrlException;
+use Respect\Validation\Exceptions\ControlException;
 use Respect\Validation\Exceptions\NestedValidationException;
 use Respect\Validation\Validator as v;
 
 try {
-    v::cntrl()->check('16-50');
-} catch (CntrlException $exception) {
+    v::control()->check('16-50');
+} catch (ControlException $exception) {
     echo $exception->getMessage().PHP_EOL;
 }
 
 try {
-    v::cntrl('16')->check('16-50');
-} catch (CntrlException $exception) {
+    v::control('16')->check('16-50');
+} catch (ControlException $exception) {
     echo $exception->getMessage().PHP_EOL;
 }
 
 try {
-    v::not(v::cntrl())->check("\n");
-} catch (CntrlException $exception) {
+    v::not(v::control())->check("\n");
+} catch (ControlException $exception) {
     echo $exception->getMessage().PHP_EOL;
 }
 
 try {
-    v::not(v::cntrl('16'))->check("16\n");
-} catch (CntrlException $exception) {
+    v::not(v::control('16'))->check("16\n");
+} catch (ControlException $exception) {
     echo $exception->getMessage().PHP_EOL;
 }
 
 try {
-    v::cntrl()->assert('Foo');
+    v::control()->assert('Foo');
 } catch (NestedValidationException $exception) {
     echo $exception->getFullMessage().PHP_EOL;
 }
 
 try {
-    v::cntrl('Bar')->assert('Foo');
+    v::control('Bar')->assert('Foo');
 } catch (NestedValidationException $exception) {
     echo $exception->getFullMessage().PHP_EOL;
 }
 
 try {
-    v::not(v::cntrl())->assert("\n");
+    v::not(v::control())->assert("\n");
 } catch (NestedValidationException $exception) {
     echo $exception->getFullMessage().PHP_EOL;
 }
 
 try {
-    v::not(v::cntrl('Bar'))->assert("Bar\n");
+    v::not(v::control('Bar'))->assert("Bar\n");
 } catch (NestedValidationException $exception) {
     echo $exception->getFullMessage().PHP_EOL;
 }
diff --git a/tests/unit/Rules/CntrlTest.php b/tests/unit/Rules/ControlTest.php
similarity index 50%
rename from tests/unit/Rules/CntrlTest.php
rename to tests/unit/Rules/ControlTest.php
index f4ab373a..6628c1a9 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Rules/CntrlTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Rules/ControlTest.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use stdClass;
  * @group rule
  *
  * @covers \Respect\Validation\Rules\AbstractFilterRule
- * @covers \Respect\Validation\Rules\Cntrl
+ * @covers \Respect\Validation\Rules\Control
  *
  * @author Andre Ramaciotti <andre@ramaciotti.com>
  * @author Gabriel Caruso <carusogabriel34@gmail.com>
@@ -28,22 +28,22 @@ use stdClass;
  * @author Nick Lombard <github@jigsoft.co.za>
  * @author Pascal Borreli <pascal@borreli.com>
  */
-final class CntrlTest extends RuleTestCase
+final class ControlTest extends RuleTestCase
 {
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */
     public function providerForValidInput(): array
     {
-        $cntrl = new Cntrl();
+        $sut = new Control();
 
         return [
-            '\n' => [$cntrl, "\n"],
-            '\r' => [$cntrl, "\r"],
-            '\t' => [$cntrl, "\t"],
-            '\n\r\t' => [$cntrl, "\n\r\t"],
-            'Ignoring all characters' => [new Cntrl('!@#$%^&*(){} '), '!@#$%^&*(){} '],
-            'Ignoring some characters' => [new Cntrl('[]?+=/\\-_|"\',<>. '), "[]?+=/\\-_|\"',<>. \t \n"],
+            '\n' => [$sut, "\n"],
+            '\r' => [$sut, "\r"],
+            '\t' => [$sut, "\t"],
+            '\n\r\t' => [$sut, "\n\r\t"],
+            'Ignoring all characters' => [new Control('!@#$%^&*(){} '), '!@#$%^&*(){} '],
+            'Ignoring some characters' => [new Control('[]?+=/\\-_|"\',<>. '), "[]?+=/\\-_|\"',<>. \t \n"],
         ];
     }
 
@@ -52,20 +52,20 @@ final class CntrlTest extends RuleTestCase
      */
     public function providerForInvalidInput(): array
     {
-        $cntrl = new Cntrl();
+        $sut = new Control();
 
         return [
-            'empty parameter' => [$cntrl, ''],
-            '16-50' => [$cntrl, '16-50'],
-            'a' => [$cntrl, 'a'],
-            'white space' => [$cntrl, ' '],
-            'Foo' => [$cntrl, 'Foo'],
-            '12.1' => [$cntrl, '12.1'],
-            '"-12"' => [$cntrl, '-12'],
-            '-12' => [$cntrl, -12],
-            'alganet' => [$cntrl, 'alganet'],
-            'empty array parameter' => [$cntrl, []],
-            'object' => [$cntrl, new stdClass()],
+            'empty parameter' => [$sut, ''],
+            '16-50' => [$sut, '16-50'],
+            'a' => [$sut, 'a'],
+            'white space' => [$sut, ' '],
+            'Foo' => [$sut, 'Foo'],
+            '12.1' => [$sut, '12.1'],
+            '"-12"' => [$sut, '-12'],
+            '-12' => [$sut, -12],
+            'alganet' => [$sut, 'alganet'],
+            'empty array parameter' => [$sut, []],
+            'object' => [$sut, new stdClass()],
         ];
     }
 }