diff --git a/src/Tempest/Support/src/StringHelper.php b/src/Tempest/Support/src/StringHelper.php
index b94ad3c07..0193b6522 100644
--- a/src/Tempest/Support/src/StringHelper.php
+++ b/src/Tempest/Support/src/StringHelper.php
@@ -657,20 +657,20 @@ public function excerpt(int $from, int $to, bool $asArray = false): self|ArrayHe
     }
 
     /**
-     * Limits the number of characters of the instance.
+     * Truncates the instance to the specified amount of characters.
      *
      * ### Example
      * ```php
-     * str('Lorem ipsum')->limit(5, end: '...'); // Lorem...
+     * str('Lorem ipsum')->truncate(5, end: '...'); // Lorem...
      * ```
      */
-    public function limit(int $characters, string $end = ''): self
+    public function truncate(int $characters, string $end = ''): self
     {
         if (mb_strwidth($this->string, 'UTF-8') <= $characters) {
             return $this;
         }
 
-        return new self(rtrim(mb_strimwidth($this->string, 0, $characters, '', 'UTF-8')) . $end);
+        return new self(rtrim(mb_strimwidth($this->string, 0, $characters, encoding: 'UTF-8')) . $end);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Tempest/Support/tests/StringHelperTest.php b/src/Tempest/Support/tests/StringHelperTest.php
index 05405b5b9..0d8fc114b 100644
--- a/src/Tempest/Support/tests/StringHelperTest.php
+++ b/src/Tempest/Support/tests/StringHelperTest.php
@@ -484,12 +484,12 @@ public function test_start(): void
 
     public function test_limit(): void
     {
-        $this->assertSame('Lorem', str('Lorem ipsum')->limit(5)->toString());
-        $this->assertSame('Lorem...', str('Lorem ipsum')->limit(5, end: '...')->toString());
-        $this->assertSame('...', str('Lorem ipsum')->limit(0, end: '...')->toString());
-        $this->assertSame('L...', str('Lorem ipsum')->limit(1, end: '...')->toString());
-        $this->assertSame('Lorem ipsum', str('Lorem ipsum')->limit(100)->toString());
-        $this->assertSame('Lorem ipsum', str('Lorem ipsum')->limit(100, end: '...')->toString());
+        $this->assertSame('Lorem', str('Lorem ipsum')->truncate(5)->toString());
+        $this->assertSame('Lorem...', str('Lorem ipsum')->truncate(5, end: '...')->toString());
+        $this->assertSame('...', str('Lorem ipsum')->truncate(0, end: '...')->toString());
+        $this->assertSame('L...', str('Lorem ipsum')->truncate(1, end: '...')->toString());
+        $this->assertSame('Lorem ipsum', str('Lorem ipsum')->truncate(100)->toString());
+        $this->assertSame('Lorem ipsum', str('Lorem ipsum')->truncate(100, end: '...')->toString());
     }
 
     public function test_substr(): void