diff --git a/test/test_local_io.py b/test/test_local_io.py
index 9fcef2b74..43c310059 100644
--- a/test/test_local_io.py
+++ b/test/test_local_io.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     FileOpener,
     HashChecker,
     IoPathFileLister,
-    IoPathFileLoader,
+    IoPathFileOpener,
     IoPathSaver,
     IterableWrapper,
     JsonParser,
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ def test_io_path_file_lister_iterdatapipe(self):
     @skipIfNoIoPath
     def test_io_path_file_loader_iterdatapipe(self):
         datapipe1 = IoPathFileLister(root=self.temp_sub_dir.name)
-        datapipe2 = IoPathFileLoader(datapipe1)
+        datapipe2 = IoPathFileOpener(datapipe1)
 
         # check contents of file match
         for _, f in datapipe2:
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ def test_io_path_file_loader_iterdatapipe(self):
         # Reset Test: Ensure the resulting streams are still readable after the DataPipe is reset/exhausted
         self._write_text_files()
         lister_dp = FileLister(self.temp_dir.name, "*.text")
-        iopath_file_loader_dp = IoPathFileLoader(lister_dp, mode="rb")
+        iopath_file_loader_dp = IoPathFileOpener(lister_dp, mode="rb")
 
         n_elements_before_reset = 2
         res_before_reset, res_after_reset = reset_after_n_next_calls(iopath_file_loader_dp, n_elements_before_reset)
diff --git a/torchdata/datapipes/iter/__init__.py b/torchdata/datapipes/iter/__init__.py
index 90c6095a2..61fae45e5 100644
--- a/torchdata/datapipes/iter/__init__.py
+++ b/torchdata/datapipes/iter/__init__.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 from torchdata.datapipes.iter.load.iopath import (
     IoPathFileListerIterDataPipe as IoPathFileLister,
     IoPathFileLoaderIterDataPipe as IoPathFileLoader,
+    IoPathFileOpenerIterDataPipe as IoPathFileOpener,
     IoPathSaverIterDataPipe as IoPathSaver,
 )
 
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@
     "IndexAdder",
     "IoPathFileLister",
     "IoPathFileLoader",
+    "IoPathFileOpener",
     "IoPathSaver",
     "IterDataPipe",
     "IterKeyZipper",
diff --git a/torchdata/datapipes/iter/load/iopath.py b/torchdata/datapipes/iter/load/iopath.py
index 70500d335..3d5982fd3 100644
--- a/torchdata/datapipes/iter/load/iopath.py
+++ b/torchdata/datapipes/iter/load/iopath.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
 import os
+import warnings
 
 from typing import Any, Callable, Iterator, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
@@ -82,7 +83,18 @@ def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[str]:
 
 @functional_datapipe("load_file_by_iopath")
 class IoPathFileLoaderIterDataPipe(IterDataPipe[Tuple[str, StreamWrapper]]):
-    r""":class:`IoPathFileLoaderIterDataPipe`.
+    def __new__(cls, source_datapipe: IterDataPipe[str], mode: str = "r", pathmgr=None):
+        warnings.warn(
+            "IoPathFileLoaderIterDataPipe and its functional API has been renamed and will be removed "
+            "from this package. Please use 'IoPathFileOpenerIterDataPipe' instead.",
+            DeprecationWarning,
+        )
+        return IoPathFileOpenerIterDataPipe(source_datapipe=source_datapipe, mode=mode, pathmgr=pathmgr)
+
+
+@functional_datapipe("open_file_by_iopath")
+class IoPathFileOpenerIterDataPipe(IterDataPipe[Tuple[str, StreamWrapper]]):
+    r""":class:`IoPathFileOpenerIterDataPipe`.
 
     Iterable DataPipe to open files from input datapipe which contains pathnames or URLs,
     and yields a tuple of pathname and opened file stream.