diff --git a/R-package/DESCRIPTION b/R-package/DESCRIPTION
index 6fbeeee859be..75f7b938cb29 100755
--- a/R-package/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/R-package/DESCRIPTION
@@ -63,4 +63,4 @@ Imports:
     utils
 SystemRequirements:
     ~~CXXSTD~~
-RoxygenNote: 7.2.3
+RoxygenNote: 7.3.1
diff --git a/R-package/NAMESPACE b/R-package/NAMESPACE
index 718f0e55a0d7..1f6ed248811c 100644
--- a/R-package/NAMESPACE
+++ b/R-package/NAMESPACE
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ S3method(get_field,lgb.Dataset)
 S3method(predict,lgb.Booster)
 S3method(print,lgb.Booster)
 S3method(set_field,lgb.Dataset)
-S3method(slice,lgb.Dataset)
 S3method(summary,lgb.Booster)
 export(getLGBMthreads)
 export(get_field)
@@ -32,11 +31,11 @@ export(lgb.plot.importance)
 export(lgb.plot.interpretation)
 export(lgb.restore_handle)
 export(lgb.save)
+export(lgb.slice.Dataset)
 export(lgb.train)
 export(lightgbm)
 export(setLGBMthreads)
 export(set_field)
-export(slice)
 import(methods)
 importClassesFrom(Matrix,CsparseMatrix)
 importClassesFrom(Matrix,RsparseMatrix)
diff --git a/R-package/R/lgb.Dataset.R b/R-package/R/lgb.Dataset.R
index ff9b0b4fa38a..98b9505120de 100644
--- a/R-package/R/lgb.Dataset.R
+++ b/R-package/R/lgb.Dataset.R
@@ -1061,21 +1061,15 @@ dimnames.lgb.Dataset <- function(x) {
 #' train <- agaricus.train
 #' dtrain <- lgb.Dataset(train$data, label = train$label)
 #'
-#' dsub <- lightgbm::slice(dtrain, seq_len(42L))
+#' dsub <- lgb.slice.Dataset(dtrain, seq_len(42L))
 #' lgb.Dataset.construct(dsub)
 #' labels <- lightgbm::get_field(dsub, "label")
 #' }
 #' @export
-slice <- function(dataset, idxset) {
-  UseMethod("slice")
-}
-
-#' @rdname slice
-#' @export
-slice.lgb.Dataset <- function(dataset, idxset) {
+lgb.slice.Dataset <- function(dataset, idxset) {
 
   if (!.is_Dataset(x = dataset)) {
-    stop("slice.lgb.Dataset: input dataset should be an lgb.Dataset object")
+    stop("lgb.slice.Dataset: input dataset should be an lgb.Dataset object")
   }
 
   return(invisible(dataset$slice(idxset = idxset)))
diff --git a/R-package/R/lgb.cv.R b/R-package/R/lgb.cv.R
index 0545fbf71899..13685e7f2204 100644
--- a/R-package/R/lgb.cv.R
+++ b/R-package/R/lgb.cv.R
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ lgb.cv <- function(params = list()
         , init_score = get_field(dataset = data, field_name = "init_score")[test_indices]
       )
       data.table::setorderv(x = indexDT, cols = "indices", order = 1L)
-      dtest <- slice(data, indexDT$indices)
+      dtest <- lgb.slice.Dataset(data, indexDT$indices)
       set_field(dataset = dtest, field_name = "weight", data = indexDT$weight)
       set_field(dataset = dtest, field_name = "init_score", data = indexDT$init_score)
 
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ lgb.cv <- function(params = list()
         , init_score = get_field(dataset = data, field_name = "init_score")[train_indices]
       )
       data.table::setorderv(x = indexDT, cols = "indices", order = 1L)
-      dtrain <- slice(data, indexDT$indices)
+      dtrain <- lgb.slice.Dataset(data, indexDT$indices)
       set_field(dataset = dtrain, field_name = "weight", data = indexDT$weight)
       set_field(dataset = dtrain, field_name = "init_score", data = indexDT$init_score)
 
diff --git a/R-package/man/slice.Rd b/R-package/man/lgb.slice.Dataset.Rd
similarity index 80%
rename from R-package/man/slice.Rd
rename to R-package/man/lgb.slice.Dataset.Rd
index a65809a239d8..f2a47bcb1885 100644
--- a/R-package/man/slice.Rd
+++ b/R-package/man/lgb.slice.Dataset.Rd
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 % Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
 % Please edit documentation in R/lgb.Dataset.R
-\name{slice}
-\alias{slice}
-\alias{slice.lgb.Dataset}
+\name{lgb.slice.Dataset}
+\alias{lgb.slice.Dataset}
 \title{Slice a dataset}
 \usage{
-slice(dataset, idxset)
-
-\method{slice}{lgb.Dataset}(dataset, idxset)
+lgb.slice.Dataset(dataset, idxset)
 }
 \arguments{
 \item{dataset}{Object of class \code{lgb.Dataset}}
@@ -29,7 +26,7 @@ data(agaricus.train, package = "lightgbm")
 train <- agaricus.train
 dtrain <- lgb.Dataset(train$data, label = train$label)
 
-dsub <- lightgbm::slice(dtrain, seq_len(42L))
+dsub <- lgb.slice.Dataset(dtrain, seq_len(42L))
 lgb.Dataset.construct(dsub)
 labels <- lightgbm::get_field(dsub, "label")
 }
diff --git a/R-package/tests/testthat/test_dataset.R b/R-package/tests/testthat/test_dataset.R
index a8585baa2621..65255a730017 100644
--- a/R-package/tests/testthat/test_dataset.R
+++ b/R-package/tests/testthat/test_dataset.R
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ test_that("lgb.Dataset: slice, dim", {
   dtest <- lgb.Dataset(test_data, label = test_label)
   lgb.Dataset.construct(dtest)
   expect_equal(dim(dtest), dim(test_data))
-  dsub1 <- slice(dtest, seq_len(42L))
+  dsub1 <- lgb.slice.Dataset(dtest, seq_len(42L))
   lgb.Dataset.construct(dsub1)
   expect_equal(nrow(dsub1), 42L)
   expect_equal(ncol(dsub1), ncol(test_data))