diff --git a/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift b/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift
index 34b4ba2b8..7a11e6ac1 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/App/macOS/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject,
     
     @IBOutlet private var menuNewWindow: NSMenuItem?
     @IBOutlet private var menuNewTab: NSMenuItem?
-    @IBOutlet private var menuSplitHorizontal: NSMenuItem?
-    @IBOutlet private var menuSplitVertical: NSMenuItem?
+    @IBOutlet private var menuSplitRight: NSMenuItem?
+    @IBOutlet private var menuSplitDown: NSMenuItem?
     @IBOutlet private var menuClose: NSMenuItem?
     @IBOutlet private var menuCloseWindow: NSMenuItem?
     @IBOutlet private var menuCloseAllWindows: NSMenuItem?
@@ -257,8 +257,8 @@ class AppDelegate: NSObject,
         syncMenuShortcut(action: "close_surface", menuItem: self.menuClose)
         syncMenuShortcut(action: "close_window", menuItem: self.menuCloseWindow)
         syncMenuShortcut(action: "close_all_windows", menuItem: self.menuCloseAllWindows)
-        syncMenuShortcut(action: "new_split:right", menuItem: self.menuSplitHorizontal)
-        syncMenuShortcut(action: "new_split:down", menuItem: self.menuSplitVertical)
+        syncMenuShortcut(action: "new_split:right", menuItem: self.menuSplitRight)
+        syncMenuShortcut(action: "new_split:down", menuItem: self.menuSplitDown)
         
         syncMenuShortcut(action: "copy_to_clipboard", menuItem: self.menuCopy)
         syncMenuShortcut(action: "paste_from_clipboard", menuItem: self.menuPaste)
diff --git a/macos/Sources/App/macOS/MainMenu.xib b/macos/Sources/App/macOS/MainMenu.xib
index cd627f762..bbfd59eae 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/App/macOS/MainMenu.xib
+++ b/macos/Sources/App/macOS/MainMenu.xib
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
                 <outlet property="menuSelectSplitLeft" destination="cTK-oy-KuV" id="Jpr-5q-dqz"/>
                 <outlet property="menuSelectSplitRight" destination="upj-mc-L7X" id="nLY-o1-lky"/>
                 <outlet property="menuServices" destination="aQe-vS-j8Q" id="uWQ-Wo-T1L"/>
-                <outlet property="menuSplitHorizontal" destination="VUR-Ld-nLx" id="RxO-Zw-ovb"/>
-                <outlet property="menuSplitVertical" destination="UDZ-4y-6xL" id="fgZ-Wb-8OR"/>
+                <outlet property="menuSplitRight" destination="VUR-Ld-nLx" id="RxO-Zw-ovb"/>
+                <outlet property="menuSplitDown" destination="UDZ-4y-6xL" id="fgZ-Wb-8OR"/>
                 <outlet property="menuTerminalInspector" destination="QwP-M5-fvh" id="wJi-Dh-S9f"/>
                 <outlet property="menuToggleFullScreen" destination="8kY-Pi-KaY" id="yQg-6V-OO6"/>
                 <outlet property="menuZoomSplit" destination="oPd-mn-IEH" id="wTu-jK-egI"/>
@@ -126,16 +126,16 @@
                                 </connections>
                             </menuItem>
                             <menuItem isSeparatorItem="YES" id="m54-Is-iLE"/>
-                            <menuItem title="Split Horizontally" id="VUR-Ld-nLx">
+                            <menuItem title="Split Right" id="VUR-Ld-nLx">
                                 <modifierMask key="keyEquivalentModifierMask"/>
                                 <connections>
-                                    <action selector="splitHorizontally:" target="-1" id="cv2-Xg-FR4"/>
+                                    <action selector="splitRight:" target="-1" id="cv2-Xg-FR4"/>
                                 </connections>
                             </menuItem>
-                            <menuItem title="Split Vertically" id="UDZ-4y-6xL">
+                            <menuItem title="Split Down" id="UDZ-4y-6xL">
                                 <modifierMask key="keyEquivalentModifierMask"/>
                                 <connections>
-                                    <action selector="splitVertically:" target="-1" id="c6x-CF-u52"/>
+                                    <action selector="splitDown:" target="-1" id="c6x-CF-u52"/>
                                 </connections>
                             </menuItem>
                             <menuItem isSeparatorItem="YES" id="sjq-M1-UGS"/>
diff --git a/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/TerminalController.swift b/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/TerminalController.swift
index cea140995..84b8ad01c 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/TerminalController.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Features/Terminal/TerminalController.swift
@@ -461,12 +461,12 @@ class TerminalController: NSWindowController, NSWindowDelegate,
         })
     }
     
-    @IBAction func splitHorizontally(_ sender: Any) {
+    @IBAction func splitRight(_ sender: Any) {
         guard let surface = focusedSurface?.surface else { return }
         ghostty.split(surface: surface, direction: GHOSTTY_SPLIT_RIGHT)
     }
     
-    @IBAction func splitVertically(_ sender: Any) {
+    @IBAction func splitDown(_ sender: Any) {
         guard let surface = focusedSurface?.surface else { return }
         ghostty.split(surface: surface, direction: GHOSTTY_SPLIT_DOWN)
     }