diff --git a/src/Streamly/Internal/System/Command.hs b/src/Streamly/Internal/System/Command.hs
index fd8d402..0603852 100644
--- a/src/Streamly/Internal/System/Command.hs
+++ b/src/Streamly/Internal/System/Command.hs
@@ -35,11 +35,14 @@ module Streamly.Internal.System.Command
     , foreground
     , daemon
 
-    -- * Helpers
-    , quotedWord
+    -- * Low-level Functions
+    , shellWord
     , runWith
     , streamWith
     , pipeWith
+
+    -- * Deprecated
+    , quotedWord
     )
 where
 
@@ -63,7 +66,10 @@ import qualified Streamly.Internal.System.Process as Process
 
 #include "DocTestCommand.hs"
 
--- | Posix compliant quote escaping:
+-- | Posix compliant quoted shell command string parsing with escaping:
+--
+-- Quotes and escapes are parsed as in a standard POSIX shell.
+-- Examples (using shell @echo@ command):
 --
 -- $ echo 'hello\\"world'
 -- hello\\"world
@@ -73,9 +79,9 @@ import qualified Streamly.Internal.System.Process as Process
 --
 -- $ echo 'hello\'
 -- hello\
-{-# INLINE quotedWord #-}
-quotedWord :: MonadCatch m => Parser Char m String
-quotedWord =
+{-# INLINE shellWord #-}
+shellWord :: MonadCatch m => Parser Char m String
+shellWord =
     let toRQuote x =
             case x of
                 '"' -> Just x
@@ -92,6 +98,11 @@ quotedWord =
         trEsc _ _ = Nothing
      in Parser.wordWithQuotes False trEsc '\\' toRQuote isSpace Fold.toList
 
+{-# DEPRECATED quotedWord "Use shellWord instead." #-}
+{-# INLINE quotedWord #-}
+quotedWord :: MonadCatch m => Parser Char m String
+quotedWord = shellWord
+
 -- | A modifier for stream generation APIs in "Streamly.System.Process" to
 -- generate streams from command strings.
 --
@@ -110,7 +121,7 @@ streamWith f cmd =
     Stream.concatEffect $ do
         xs <- Stream.fold Fold.toList
                 $ Stream.catRights
-                $ Stream.parseMany quotedWord
+                $ Stream.parseMany shellWord
                 $ Stream.fromList cmd
         case xs of
             y:ys -> return $ f y ys
@@ -133,7 +144,7 @@ runWith :: MonadCatch m =>
 runWith f cmd = do
     xs <- Stream.fold Fold.toList
             $ Stream.catRights
-            $ Stream.parseMany quotedWord
+            $ Stream.parseMany shellWord
             $ Stream.fromList cmd
     case xs of
         y:ys -> f y ys
@@ -161,7 +172,7 @@ pipeWith f cmd input =
     Stream.concatEffect $ do
         xs <- Stream.fold Fold.toList
                 $ Stream.catRights
-                $ Stream.parseMany quotedWord
+                $ Stream.parseMany shellWord
                 $ Stream.fromList cmd
         case xs of
             y:ys -> return $ f y ys input
diff --git a/test/Streamly/System/Process.hs b/test/Streamly/System/Process.hs
index 5193775..2ea4b73 100644
--- a/test/Streamly/System/Process.hs
+++ b/test/Streamly/System/Process.hs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import qualified Streamly.System.Process as Proc
 import qualified Streamly.Data.Stream as Stream
 
 import qualified Streamly.Internal.FileSystem.Handle as FH (putBytes, read)
-import qualified Streamly.Internal.System.Command as Cmd (quotedWord)
+import qualified Streamly.Internal.System.Command as Cmd (shellWord)
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Compatibility
@@ -486,12 +486,12 @@ pipeChunksEither4 = monadicIO $ run checkFailAction
 
     checkFailAction = catch action failAction
 
-quotedWordTest :: String -> [String] -> IO ()
-quotedWordTest inp expected = do
+shellWordTest :: String -> [String] -> IO ()
+shellWordTest inp expected = do
     res <-
         Stream.fold Fold.toList
             $ Stream.catRights
-            $ Stream.parseMany Cmd.quotedWord $ Stream.fromList inp
+            $ Stream.parseMany Cmd.shellWord $ Stream.fromList inp
     res `shouldBe` expected
 
 main :: IO ()
@@ -551,14 +551,14 @@ main = do
                 prop "toBytesEither cat = FH.toBytes" toBytes1
                 prop "toBytesEither on failing executable" toBytes2
 
-            describe "quotedWord" $ do
+            describe "shellWord" $ do
                 it "Single quote test" $
-                   quotedWordTest "'hello\\\\\"world'" ["hello\\\\\"world"]
+                   shellWordTest "'hello\\\\\"world'" ["hello\\\\\"world"]
                 it "Double quote test" $
-                   quotedWordTest
+                   shellWordTest
                        "\"hello\\\"\\\\w\\'orld\""
                        ["hello\"\\w\\'orld"]
-                -- TODO: We need to let the escape character be at the end
-                -- "wordWithQuotes" needs to be fixed!
-                -- it "Double quote test" $
-                --    quotedWordTest "'hello\'" ["hello\\"]
+#if MIN_VERSION_streamly_core(0,3,0)
+                it "Double quote test, escape at end" $
+                    shellWordTest "'hello\\'" ["hello\\"]
+#endif