diff --git a/changelog.d/12192.misc b/changelog.d/12192.misc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bdfe8dad98a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/12192.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Rename `HomeServer.get_tcp_replication` to `get_replication_command_handler`.
diff --git a/synapse/app/generic_worker.py b/synapse/app/generic_worker.py
index 1536a4272333..a10a63b06c7e 100644
--- a/synapse/app/generic_worker.py
+++ b/synapse/app/generic_worker.py
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ def start_listening(self) -> None:
             else:
                 logger.warning("Unsupported listener type: %s", listener.type)
 
-        self.get_tcp_replication().start_replication(self)
+        self.get_replication_command_handler().start_replication(self)
 
 
 def start(config_options: List[str]) -> None:
diff --git a/synapse/app/homeserver.py b/synapse/app/homeserver.py
index a6789a840ede..e4dc04c0b40f 100644
--- a/synapse/app/homeserver.py
+++ b/synapse/app/homeserver.py
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ def start_listening(self) -> None:
             # If redis is enabled we connect via the replication command handler
             # in the same way as the workers (since we're effectively a client
             # rather than a server).
-            self.get_tcp_replication().start_replication(self)
+            self.get_replication_command_handler().start_replication(self)
 
         for listener in self.config.server.listeners:
             if listener.type == "http":
diff --git a/synapse/federation/transport/server/_base.py b/synapse/federation/transport/server/_base.py
index 87e99c7ddf5b..2529dee613aa 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/transport/server/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/transport/server/_base.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def __init__(self, hs: "HomeServer"):
 
         self.replication_client = None
         if hs.config.worker.worker_app:
-            self.replication_client = hs.get_tcp_replication()
+            self.replication_client = hs.get_replication_command_handler()
 
     # A method just so we can pass 'self' as the authenticator to the Servlets
     async def authenticate_request(
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/presence.py b/synapse/handlers/presence.py
index c155098beeb8..9927a30e6ed5 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/presence.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/presence.py
@@ -424,13 +424,13 @@ def __init__(self, hs: "HomeServer"):
 
     async def _on_shutdown(self) -> None:
         if self._presence_enabled:
-            self.hs.get_tcp_replication().send_command(
+            self.hs.get_replication_command_handler().send_command(
                 ClearUserSyncsCommand(self.instance_id)
             )
 
     def send_user_sync(self, user_id: str, is_syncing: bool, last_sync_ms: int) -> None:
         if self._presence_enabled:
-            self.hs.get_tcp_replication().send_user_sync(
+            self.hs.get_replication_command_handler().send_user_sync(
                 self.instance_id, user_id, is_syncing, last_sync_ms
             )
 
diff --git a/synapse/replication/slave/storage/client_ips.py b/synapse/replication/slave/storage/client_ips.py
index b5b84c09ae41..14706a081755 100644
--- a/synapse/replication/slave/storage/client_ips.py
+++ b/synapse/replication/slave/storage/client_ips.py
@@ -54,6 +54,6 @@ async def insert_client_ip(
 
         self.client_ip_last_seen.set(key, now)
 
-        self.hs.get_tcp_replication().send_user_ip(
+        self.hs.get_replication_command_handler().send_user_ip(
             user_id, access_token, ip, user_agent, device_id, now
         )
diff --git a/synapse/replication/tcp/client.py b/synapse/replication/tcp/client.py
index b8fc1d4db95e..deeaaec4e66c 100644
--- a/synapse/replication/tcp/client.py
+++ b/synapse/replication/tcp/client.py
@@ -462,6 +462,8 @@ async def _save_and_send_ack(self) -> None:
 
                 # We ACK this token over replication so that the master can drop
                 # its in memory queues
-                self._hs.get_tcp_replication().send_federation_ack(current_position)
+                self._hs.get_replication_command_handler().send_federation_ack(
+                    current_position
+                )
         except Exception:
             logger.exception("Error updating federation stream position")
diff --git a/synapse/replication/tcp/handler.py b/synapse/replication/tcp/handler.py
index 0d2013a3cfc5..d51f045f229a 100644
--- a/synapse/replication/tcp/handler.py
+++ b/synapse/replication/tcp/handler.py
@@ -295,9 +295,7 @@ async def _process_command(
             raise Exception("Unrecognised command %s in stream queue", cmd.NAME)
 
     def start_replication(self, hs: "HomeServer") -> None:
-        """Helper method to start a replication connection to the remote server
-        using TCP.
-        """
+        """Helper method to start replication."""
         if hs.config.redis.redis_enabled:
             from synapse.replication.tcp.redis import (
                 RedisDirectTcpReplicationClientFactory,
diff --git a/synapse/replication/tcp/redis.py b/synapse/replication/tcp/redis.py
index b84e572da136..989c5be0327e 100644
--- a/synapse/replication/tcp/redis.py
+++ b/synapse/replication/tcp/redis.py
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ def __init__(
             password=hs.config.redis.redis_password,
         )
 
-        self.synapse_handler = hs.get_tcp_replication()
+        self.synapse_handler = hs.get_replication_command_handler()
         self.synapse_stream_name = hs.hostname
 
         self.synapse_outbound_redis_connection = outbound_redis_connection
diff --git a/synapse/replication/tcp/resource.py b/synapse/replication/tcp/resource.py
index 494e42a2be8f..ab829040cde9 100644
--- a/synapse/replication/tcp/resource.py
+++ b/synapse/replication/tcp/resource.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class ReplicationStreamProtocolFactory(ServerFactory):
     """Factory for new replication connections."""
 
     def __init__(self, hs: "HomeServer"):
-        self.command_handler = hs.get_tcp_replication()
+        self.command_handler = hs.get_replication_command_handler()
         self.clock = hs.get_clock()
         self.server_name = hs.config.server.server_name
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def __init__(self, hs: "HomeServer"):
         self.is_looping = False
         self.pending_updates = False
 
-        self.command_handler = hs.get_tcp_replication()
+        self.command_handler = hs.get_replication_command_handler()
 
         # Set of streams to replicate.
         self.streams = self.command_handler.get_streams_to_replicate()
diff --git a/synapse/server.py b/synapse/server.py
index 46a64418ea0c..1270abb5a335 100644
--- a/synapse/server.py
+++ b/synapse/server.py
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ def get_read_marker_handler(self) -> ReadMarkerHandler:
         return ReadMarkerHandler(self)
 
     @cache_in_self
-    def get_tcp_replication(self) -> ReplicationCommandHandler:
+    def get_replication_command_handler(self) -> ReplicationCommandHandler:
         return ReplicationCommandHandler(self)
 
     @cache_in_self
diff --git a/tests/replication/_base.py b/tests/replication/_base.py
index a7a05a564fe9..9c5df266bd1f 100644
--- a/tests/replication/_base.py
+++ b/tests/replication/_base.py
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ def setUp(self):
                 self.connect_any_redis_attempts,
             )
 
-            self.hs.get_tcp_replication().start_replication(self.hs)
+            self.hs.get_replication_command_handler().start_replication(self.hs)
 
         # When we see a connection attempt to the master replication listener we
         # automatically set up the connection. This is so that tests don't
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ def make_worker_hs(
         )
 
         if worker_hs.config.redis.redis_enabled:
-            worker_hs.get_tcp_replication().start_replication(worker_hs)
+            worker_hs.get_replication_command_handler().start_replication(worker_hs)
 
         return worker_hs
 
diff --git a/tests/replication/tcp/streams/test_events.py b/tests/replication/tcp/streams/test_events.py
index f9d5da723cce..641a94133b1d 100644
--- a/tests/replication/tcp/streams/test_events.py
+++ b/tests/replication/tcp/streams/test_events.py
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ def test_backwards_stream_id(self):
 
         # Manually send an old RDATA command, which should get dropped. This
         # re-uses the row from above, but with an earlier stream token.
-        self.hs.get_tcp_replication().send_command(
+        self.hs.get_replication_command_handler().send_command(
             RdataCommand("events", "master", 1, row)
         )
 
diff --git a/tests/replication/tcp/streams/test_typing.py b/tests/replication/tcp/streams/test_typing.py
index 3ff5afc6e501..9a229dd23f4a 100644
--- a/tests/replication/tcp/streams/test_typing.py
+++ b/tests/replication/tcp/streams/test_typing.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def test_reset(self):
 
         # Reset the typing handler
         self.hs.get_replication_streams()["typing"].last_token = 0
-        self.hs.get_tcp_replication()._streams["typing"].last_token = 0
+        self.hs.get_replication_command_handler()._streams["typing"].last_token = 0
         typing._latest_room_serial = 0
         typing._typing_stream_change_cache = StreamChangeCache(
             "TypingStreamChangeCache", typing._latest_room_serial
diff --git a/tests/replication/test_federation_ack.py b/tests/replication/test_federation_ack.py
index 1b6a4bf4b0b1..26b8bd512a7f 100644
--- a/tests/replication/test_federation_ack.py
+++ b/tests/replication/test_federation_ack.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def test_federation_ack_sent(self):
         transport, rather than assuming that the implementation has a
         ReplicationCommandHandler.
         """
-        rch = self.hs.get_tcp_replication()
+        rch = self.hs.get_replication_command_handler()
 
         # wire up the ReplicationCommandHandler to a mock connection, which needs
         # to implement IReplicationConnection. (Note that Mock doesn't understand