diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp
index 9986196221..66942463e6 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.cpp
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ bool AsyncEventSource::loop() {
       if (this->on_connect_) {
         this->on_connect_(rsp);
       }
-      rsp->prime_();
+      rsp->start_session_main_loop_();
     }
   }
 
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ AsyncEventSourceResponse::AsyncEventSourceResponse(const AsyncWebServerRequest *
                                                    esphome::web_server_idf::AsyncEventSource *server,
                                                    esphome::web_server::WebServer *ws)
     : server_(server), web_server_(ws), entities_iterator_(ws, server) {
-  // Httpd task only. prime_() on the main loop handles event_buffer_ / iterator setup.
+  // Httpd task only. start_session_main_loop_() handles event_buffer_ / iterator setup.
   httpd_req_t *req = *request;
 
   httpd_resp_set_status(req, HTTPD_200);
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ AsyncEventSourceResponse::AsyncEventSourceResponse(const AsyncWebServerRequest *
   httpd_sess_set_send_override(this->hd_, this->fd_.load(), nonblocking_send);
 }
 
-void AsyncEventSourceResponse::prime_() {
+void AsyncEventSourceResponse::start_session_main_loop_() {
   auto *ws = this->web_server_;
 
   // tcp send buffer is empty on connect, so these should always go through
diff --git a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.h b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.h
index 4f754846ab..89e1c5fada 100644
--- a/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.h
+++ b/esphome/components/web_server_idf/web_server_idf.h
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ class AsyncEventSourceResponse {
                            esphome::web_server::WebServer *ws);
 
   // Main-loop only: sends initial ping/config/sorting_groups, starts entity iterator.
-  void prime_();
+  void start_session_main_loop_();
 
   void deq_push_back_with_dedup_(void *source, message_generator_t *message_generator);
   void process_deferred_queue_();