diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9f32dae0..3142ab9f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ A client of the library must implement its own event loop.
 The library provides 5 callbacks that change the state of the consensus
 process:
 - `Start()` which initializes internal dBFT structures
-- `InitializeConsensus()` which resets the consensus process
+- `Reset()` which reinitializes the consensus process
 - `OnTransaction()` which must be called everytime new transaction appears
 - `OnReceive()` which must be called everytime new payload is received
 - `OnTimer()` which must be called everytime timer fires
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ callback which is called at the start of every epoch. In the simple case where v
 it can return the same value everytime it is called.
 3. `ProcessBlock` is a callback which is called synchronously every time new block is accepted.
 It can or can not persist block; it also may keep the blockchain state unchanged. dBFT will NOT
-be initialized at the next height by itself to collect the next block until the `InitializeConsensus`
+be initialized at the next height by itself to collect the next block until `Reset`
 is called. In other words, it's the caller's responsibility to initialize dBFT at the next height even
 after block collection at the current height. It's also the caller's responsibility to update the
 blockchain state before the next height initialization so that other callbacks including
diff --git a/check.go b/check.go
index 14b2bb46..5a967487 100644
--- a/check.go
+++ b/check.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func (d *DBFT[H, A]) checkCommit() {
 	d.ProcessBlock(d.block)
 
 	// Do not initialize consensus process immediately. It's the caller's duty to
-	// start the new block acceptance process and call InitializeConsensus at the
+	// start the new block acceptance process and call initializeConsensus at the
 	// new height.
 }
 
@@ -102,5 +102,5 @@ func (d *DBFT[H, A]) checkChangeView(view byte) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	d.InitializeConsensus(view, d.lastBlockTimestamp)
+	d.initializeConsensus(view, d.lastBlockTimestamp)
 }
diff --git a/context.go b/context.go
index 83e0f99f..8bb97eaf 100644
--- a/context.go
+++ b/context.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ type Context[H crypto.Hash, A crypto.Address] struct {
 	// blockProcessed denotes whether Config.ProcessBlock callback was called for the current
 	// height. If so, then no second call must happen. After new block is received by the user,
 	// dBFT stops any new transaction or messages processing as far as timeouts handling till
-	// the next call to InitializeConsensus.
+	// the next call to Reset.
 	blockProcessed bool
 
 	// BlockIndex is current block index.
diff --git a/dbft.go b/dbft.go
index c0cd63f1..44194aab 100644
--- a/dbft.go
+++ b/dbft.go
@@ -74,15 +74,20 @@ func (d *DBFT[H, A]) addTransaction(tx block.Transaction[H]) {
 // per DBFT lifetime.
 func (d *DBFT[H, A]) Start(ts uint64) {
 	d.cache = newCache[H, A]()
-	d.InitializeConsensus(0, ts)
+	d.initializeConsensus(0, ts)
 	d.start()
 }
 
-// InitializeConsensus reinitializes dBFT instance and the given view with the
-// given timestamp of the previous block. It's used if the current consensus
-// state is outdated (which can happen when a new block is received by node
-// before completing its assembly via dBFT). View 0 is expected to be used.
-func (d *DBFT[H, A]) InitializeConsensus(view byte, ts uint64) {
+// Reset reinitializes dBFT instance with the given timestamp of the previous
+// block. It's used if the current consensus  state is outdated (which can
+// happen when a new block is received by node before completing its assembly
+// via dBFT). The height is to be derived from the configured CurrentHeight
+// callback and view will be set to 0.
+func (d *DBFT[H, A]) Reset(ts uint64) {
+	d.initializeConsensus(0, ts)
+}
+
+func (d *DBFT[H, A]) initializeConsensus(view byte, ts uint64) {
 	d.reset(view, ts)
 
 	var role string