diff --git a/api/Makefile b/api/Makefile
index 175189ed0..550e654b7 100644
--- a/api/Makefile
+++ b/api/Makefile
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ check: format-check lint test
 # Docker starts the image for the DB but it's not quite
 # fully ready, so add a 5 second sleep so upgrade doesn't
 # fail because the DB hasn't started yet.
-init-db: start-db sleep-5 db-upgrade
+init-db: start-db sleep-5 db-migrate
 
 start-db:
 	docker-compose up --detach main-db
@@ -131,13 +131,13 @@ db-recreate: clean-volumes init-db
 alembic_config := ./src/db/migrations/alembic.ini
 alembic_cmd := $(PY_RUN_CMD) alembic --config $(alembic_config)
 
-db-upgrade: ## Apply pending migrations to db
+db-migrate: ## Apply pending migrations to db
 	$(PY_RUN_CMD) db-migrate
 
-db-downgrade: ## Rollback last migration in db
+db-migrate-down: ## Rollback last migration in db
 	$(PY_RUN_CMD) db-migrate-down
 
-db-downgrade-all: ## Rollback all migrations
+db-migrate-down-all: ## Rollback all migrations
 	$(PY_RUN_CMD) db-migrate-down-all
 
 check-migrate-msg:
diff --git a/documentation/api/database/database-management.md b/documentation/api/database/database-management.md
index 114aedc2a..42c2c0778 100644
--- a/documentation/api/database/database-management.md
+++ b/documentation/api/database/database-management.md
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 # Database Management
 
-- [Basic operations](#basic-operations)
-  - [Initialize](#initialize)
-  - [Start](#start)
-  - [Destroy and reinitialize](#destroy-and-reinitialize)
-- [Running migrations](#running-migrations)
-- [Creating new migrations](#creating-new-migrations)
-- [Multi-head situations](#multi-head-situations)
+- [Database Management](#database-management)
+  - [Basic operations](#basic-operations)
+    - [Initialize](#initialize)
+    - [Start](#start)
+    - [Destroy and reinitialize](#destroy-and-reinitialize)
+  - [Running migrations](#running-migrations)
+  - [Creating new migrations](#creating-new-migrations)
+  - [Multi-head situations](#multi-head-situations)
 
 ## Basic operations
 ### Initialize
@@ -32,8 +33,8 @@ To clean the database, use the following command:
 make db-recreate
 ```
 
-This will remove _all_ docker project volumes, rebuild the database volume, and 
-run all pending migrations. Once completed, only the database container will be 
+This will remove _all_ docker project volumes, rebuild the database volume, and
+run all pending migrations. Once completed, only the database container will be
 running. Simply run `make start` to bring up all other project containers.
 
 ## Running migrations
@@ -43,9 +44,9 @@ against your db so it has all the required tables. `make init` does this, but if
 needing to work with the migrations directly, some common commands:
 
 ```sh
-make db-upgrade       # Apply pending migrations to db
-make db-downgrade     # Rollback last migration to db
-make db-downgrade-all # Rollback all migrations
+make db-migrate       # Apply pending migrations to db
+make db-migrate-down     # Rollback last migration to db
+make db-migrate-down-all # Rollback all migrations
 ```
 
 ## Creating new migrations
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ If you've changed a python object model, auto-generate a migration file for the
 
 ```sh
 $ make db-migrate-create MIGRATE_MSG="<brief description of change>"
-$ make db-upgrade
+$ make db-migrate
 ```
 
 <details>
@@ -121,4 +122,3 @@ Or, if you wish to avoid creating extra migrations, you can manually adjust
 the `down_revision` of one of the migrations to point to the other one. This
 is also the necessary approach if the migrations need to happen in a defined
 order.
-