diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 78f5ae2033d9..c48ee05b6c29 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 - "You miss 100 percent of the chances you don't take. — Wayne Gretzky" — Michael Scott
 - [react] feat: Export `createReduxEnhancer` to log redux actions as breadcrumbs, and attach state as an extra. (#2717)
 - [tracing] feat: `Add @sentry/tracing` (#2719)
-- [react] feat: Add `beforeSend` option to ErrorBoundary
+- [react] feat: Add `beforeCapture` option to ErrorBoundary (#2753)
 
 ## 5.19.2
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/errorboundary.tsx b/packages/react/src/errorboundary.tsx
index c1995aa4c59d..0398e05e6bd2 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/errorboundary.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/errorboundary.tsx
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export type ErrorBoundaryProps = {
   /** Called on componentWillUnmount() */
   onUnmount?(error: Error | null, componentStack: string | null, eventId: string | null): void;
   /** Called before error is sent to Sentry, allows for you to add tags or context using the scope */
-  beforeSend?(scope: Scope, error: Error | null, componentStack: string | null): void;
+  beforeCapture?(scope: Scope, error: Error | null, componentStack: string | null): void;
 };
 
 type ErrorBoundaryState = {
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ class ErrorBoundary extends React.Component<ErrorBoundaryProps, ErrorBoundarySta
   public state: ErrorBoundaryState = INITIAL_STATE;
 
   public componentDidCatch(error: Error, { componentStack }: React.ErrorInfo): void {
-    const { beforeSend, onError, showDialog, dialogOptions } = this.props;
+    const { beforeCapture, onError, showDialog, dialogOptions } = this.props;
 
     withScope(scope => {
-      if (beforeSend) {
-        beforeSend(scope, error, componentStack);
+      if (beforeCapture) {
+        beforeCapture(scope, error, componentStack);
       }
       const eventId = captureException(error, { contexts: { react: { componentStack } } });
       if (onError) {
diff --git a/packages/react/test/errorboundary.test.tsx b/packages/react/test/errorboundary.test.tsx
index 62cfd716fe6c..fe427d0e53ac 100644
--- a/packages/react/test/errorboundary.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/test/errorboundary.test.tsx
@@ -202,28 +202,28 @@ describe('ErrorBoundary', () => {
       });
     });
 
-    it('calls `beforeSend()` when an error occurs', () => {
-      const mockBeforeSend = jest.fn();
+    it('calls `beforeCapture()` when an error occurs', () => {
+      const mockBeforeCapture = jest.fn();
 
-      const testBeforeSend = (...args: any[]) => {
+      const testBeforeCapture = (...args: any[]) => {
         expect(mockCaptureException).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
-        mockBeforeSend(...args);
+        mockBeforeCapture(...args);
       };
 
       render(
-        <TestApp fallback={<p>You have hit an error</p>} beforeSend={testBeforeSend}>
+        <TestApp fallback={<p>You have hit an error</p>} beforeCapture={testBeforeCapture}>
           <h1>children</h1>
         </TestApp>,
       );
 
-      expect(mockBeforeSend).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
+      expect(mockBeforeCapture).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
       expect(mockCaptureException).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
 
       const btn = screen.getByTestId('errorBtn');
       fireEvent.click(btn);
 
-      expect(mockBeforeSend).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-      expect(mockBeforeSend).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(expect.any(Scope), expect.any(Error), expect.any(String));
+      expect(mockBeforeCapture).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(mockBeforeCapture).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith(expect.any(Scope), expect.any(Error), expect.any(String));
       expect(mockCaptureException).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     });