diff --git a/http_server.go b/http_server.go
index 623170c..d9d8920 100644
--- a/http_server.go
+++ b/http_server.go
@@ -9,24 +9,27 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-// HTTPServer owns the health endpoint listener and server.
+// HealthServer owns the `/health` listener and server.
 //
 //	server, err := service.ServeHTTPHealth("127.0.0.1", 5554)
 //	defer func() { _ = server.Close() }()
 //	fmt.Println("health at", server.Address())
-type HTTPServer struct {
+type HealthServer struct {
 	listener net.Listener
 	server   *http.Server
 }
 
-func (server *HTTPServer) Address() string {
+// HTTPServer is kept as a compatibility alias for HealthServer.
+type HTTPServer = HealthServer
+
+func (server *HealthServer) Address() string {
 	if server == nil || server.listener == nil {
 		return ""
 	}
 	return server.listener.Addr().String()
 }
 
-func (server *HTTPServer) Close() error {
+func (server *HealthServer) Close() error {
 	if server == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -52,7 +55,7 @@ func (server *HTTPServer) Close() error {
 //	server, err := service.ServeHTTPHealth("127.0.0.1", 5554)
 //	defer func() { _ = server.Close() }()
 //	resp, _ := http.Get("http://" + server.Address() + "/health")
-func (service *Service) ServeHTTPHealth(bind string, port int) (*HTTPServer, error) {
+func (service *Service) ServeHTTPHealth(bind string, port int) (*HealthServer, error) {
 	if bind == "" {
 		bind = "127.0.0.1"
 	}
@@ -78,7 +81,7 @@ func (service *Service) ServeHTTPHealth(bind string, port int) (*HTTPServer, err
 		Handler: mux,
 	}
 
-	httpServer := &HTTPServer{
+	httpServer := &HealthServer{
 		listener: listener,
 		server:   server,
 	}
diff --git a/serve.go b/serve.go
index 0bdcc9c..c21d294 100644
--- a/serve.go
+++ b/serve.go
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ type DNSServer struct {
 	tcpServer   *dnsprotocol.Server
 }
 
-// ServiceRuntime owns the DNS and HTTP listeners created by ServeAll.
+// ServiceRuntime owns the DNS and health listeners created by ServeAll.
 //
 //	runtime, err := service.ServeAll("127.0.0.1", 53, 5554)
 //	defer func() { _ = runtime.Close() }()
-//	fmt.Println(runtime.DNSAddress(), runtime.HTTPAddress())
+//	fmt.Println(runtime.DNSAddress(), runtime.HealthAddress())
 type ServiceRuntime struct {
 	DNS  *DNSServer
-	HTTP *HTTPServer
+	HTTP *HealthServer
 }
 
 func (runtime *ServiceRuntime) DNSAddress() string {
@@ -40,13 +40,18 @@ func (runtime *ServiceRuntime) DNSAddress() string {
 	return runtime.DNS.Address()
 }
 
-func (runtime *ServiceRuntime) HTTPAddress() string {
+func (runtime *ServiceRuntime) HealthAddress() string {
 	if runtime == nil || runtime.HTTP == nil {
 		return ""
 	}
 	return runtime.HTTP.Address()
 }
 
+// HTTPAddress is retained for compatibility with older call sites.
+func (runtime *ServiceRuntime) HTTPAddress() string {
+	return runtime.HealthAddress()
+}
+
 func (runtime *ServiceRuntime) Close() error {
 	if runtime == nil {
 		return nil
@@ -140,7 +145,7 @@ func (service *Service) Serve(bind string, port int) (*DNSServer, error) {
 //
 //	runtime, err := service.ServeAll("127.0.0.1", 53, 5554)
 //	defer func() { _ = runtime.Close() }()
-//	fmt.Println("dns:", runtime.DNSAddress(), "health:", runtime.HTTPAddress())
+//	fmt.Println("dns:", runtime.DNSAddress(), "health:", runtime.HealthAddress())
 func (service *Service) ServeAll(bind string, dnsPort int, httpPort int) (*ServiceRuntime, error) {
 	if dnsPort == 0 {
 		dnsPort = service.dnsPort
diff --git a/service_test.go b/service_test.go
index 54c1ca2..ba55488 100644
--- a/service_test.go
+++ b/service_test.go
@@ -461,11 +461,14 @@ func TestServiceServeAllStartsDNSAndHTTPTogether(t *testing.T) {
 	if runtime.DNSAddress() == "" {
 		t.Fatal("expected DNS address from combined runtime")
 	}
-	if runtime.HTTPAddress() == "" {
-		t.Fatal("expected HTTP address from combined runtime")
+	if runtime.HealthAddress() == "" {
+		t.Fatal("expected health address from combined runtime")
+	}
+	if runtime.HTTPAddress() != runtime.HealthAddress() {
+		t.Fatalf("expected HTTPAddress and HealthAddress to match, got %q and %q", runtime.HTTPAddress(), runtime.HealthAddress())
 	}
 
-	response, err := http.Get("http://" + runtime.HTTPAddress() + "/health")
+	response, err := http.Get("http://" + runtime.HealthAddress() + "/health")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("expected combined HTTP health endpoint to respond: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -519,7 +522,7 @@ func TestServiceServeConfiguredUsesPortsFromServiceOptions(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("expected configured DNS port %d, got %s", dnsPort, dnsActualPort)
 	}
 
-	_, httpActualPort, err := net.SplitHostPort(runtime.HTTPAddress())
+	_, httpActualPort, err := net.SplitHostPort(runtime.HealthAddress())
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("expected HTTP address to parse: %v", err)
 	}