diff --git a/History.rdoc b/History.rdoc
index 5c18c86..19d79d6 100644
--- a/History.rdoc
+++ b/History.rdoc
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   * Deprecate all #orm= setter methods: https://github.com/DatabaseCleaner/database_cleaner/pull/643
   * Deprecate non-functional :reset_ids option in ActiveRecord truncation strategy: https://github.com/DatabaseCleaner/database_cleaner/issues/559
   * Deprecate mongo truncation's `:cache_tables => true` option in favor of `false`, to prep for caching removal in v2.0: https://github.com/DatabaseCleaner/database_cleaner/pull/646"
+  * Deprecate redis truncation's #url method in favor of #db: @botandrose
 
 == Bugfixes
 
diff --git a/adapters/database_cleaner-redis/lib/database_cleaner/redis/base.rb b/adapters/database_cleaner-redis/lib/database_cleaner/redis/base.rb
index 1d90479..4a76e8d 100644
--- a/adapters/database_cleaner-redis/lib/database_cleaner/redis/base.rb
+++ b/adapters/database_cleaner-redis/lib/database_cleaner/redis/base.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require 'database_cleaner/generic/base'
+require 'database_cleaner/deprecation'
 
 module DatabaseCleaner
   module Redis
@@ -21,7 +22,10 @@ module DatabaseCleaner
         @db ||= :default
       end
 
-      alias url db
+      def url
+        DatabaseCleaner.deprecate "The redis truncation strategy's #url method is deprecated. It will be removed in database_cleaner-redis 2.0 in favor of #db."
+        db
+      end
 
       private
 
@@ -32,7 +36,7 @@ module DatabaseCleaner
           elsif db.is_a?(::Redis) # pass directly the connection
             db
           else
-            ::Redis.new(:url => url)
+            ::Redis.new(:url => db)
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/adapters/database_cleaner-redis/lib/database_cleaner/redis/truncation.rb b/adapters/database_cleaner-redis/lib/database_cleaner/redis/truncation.rb
index 32badcc..3216809 100644
--- a/adapters/database_cleaner-redis/lib/database_cleaner/redis/truncation.rb
+++ b/adapters/database_cleaner-redis/lib/database_cleaner/redis/truncation.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ module DatabaseCleaner
         else
           connection.flushdb
         end
-        connection.quit unless url == :default
+        connection.quit unless db == :default
       end
     end
   end