diff --git a/lib/rack/attack.rb b/lib/rack/attack.rb
index c7596ef..8334dc6 100644
--- a/lib/rack/attack.rb
+++ b/lib/rack/attack.rb
@@ -120,12 +120,17 @@ class Rack::Attack
       @cache ||= Cache.new
     end
 
-    def clear!
+    def clear_configuration
       @safelists, @blocklists, @throttles, @tracks = {}, {}, {}, {}
       @ip_blocklists = []
       @ip_safelists = []
     end
 
+    def clear!
+      warn "[DEPRECATION] Rack::Attack.clear! is deprecated. Please use Rack::Attack.clear_configuration instead"
+      clear_configuration
+    end
+
     def blacklisted_response=(res)
       warn "[DEPRECATION] 'Rack::Attack.blacklisted_response=' is deprecated.  Please use 'blocklisted_response=' instead."
       self.blocklisted_response = res
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 8f8a71d..3f19b8f 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class MiniTest::Spec
   end
 
   after do
-    Rack::Attack.clear!
+    Rack::Attack.clear_configuration
     Rack::Attack.instance_variable_set(:@cache, nil)
 
     Rack::Attack.throttled_response = @_original_throttled_response