diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6a9203f..8685556 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ logic remains common and can be updated through Git.
 `backup.sh` runs these stages in order:
 
 1. `stages/10-containers.sh` — stop, archive, pull, start and verify projects.
-2. `methods/20-rclone.sh` — copy archives to an rclone destination when enabled.
-3. `methods/30-smb.sh` — copy archives to a mounted SMB share when enabled.
+2. `stages/20-rclone.sh` — copy archives to an rclone destination when enabled.
+3. `stages/30-smb.sh` — copy archives to a mounted SMB share when enabled.
 4. `stages/90-prune.sh` — retain the newest configured number of `.zst`
    archives locally, including legacy `.zst` and current `.tar.zst` names.
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ cd /backupdockerscripts
 sudo cp .env.example .env
 sudo cp containers.txt containers.local.txt
 sudo chmod 600 .env
-sudo chmod +x backup.sh docker-backup.sh dockerbackup_prune.sh stages/*.sh methods/*.sh
+sudo chmod +x backup.sh stages/*.sh
 ```
 
 Edit `.env`. Beaver's Docker source is already represented by:
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ Run individual parts:
 
 ```bash
 sudo stages/10-containers.sh --dry-run
-sudo methods/20-rclone.sh --dry-run --force
-sudo methods/30-smb.sh --dry-run --force
+sudo stages/20-rclone.sh --dry-run --force
+sudo stages/30-smb.sh --dry-run --force
 sudo stages/90-prune.sh --dry-run
 ```
 
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ pipeline lock prevents concurrent runs.
 
 ## Adding another backup method
 
-Add an executable script named `methods/NN-name.sh`, for example
-`methods/40-restic.sh`. It should load `lib/common.sh`, accept `--dry-run`, and
+Add an executable script named `stages/NN-name.sh`, for example
+`stages/40-restic.sh`. It should load `lib/common.sh`, accept `--dry-run`, and
 return a non-zero status on failure. Add its short name to `.env`:
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index 0f47676..3f58b17 100755
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
     --containers|-f) CONTAINERS_OVERRIDE="${2:?Missing containers file}"; shift ;;
     -h|--help)
       echo "Usage: ${0##*/} [--dry-run] [--containers FILE] [--skip-containers] [--skip-prune]"
-      echo "Methods run in BACKUP_METHODS order. Add methods/NN-name.sh and list name in BACKUP_METHODS."
+      echo "Transfer stages run in BACKUP_METHODS order. Add stages/NN-name.sh and list name in BACKUP_METHODS."
       exit 0 ;;
     *) die "Unknown option: $1" 2 ;;
   esac
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ fi
 method_args=(); (( DRY_RUN )) && method_args+=(--dry-run)
 for method in $BACKUP_METHODS; do
   method_script=""
-  while IFS= read -r candidate; do method_script="$candidate"; break; done < <(find "$SCRIPT_DIR/methods" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "*-${method}.sh" -print | sort)
+  while IFS= read -r candidate; do method_script="$candidate"; break; done < <(find "$SCRIPT_DIR/stages" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "*-${method}.sh" -print | sort)
   [[ -n "$method_script" ]] || die "Configured backup method not found: $method"
   "$method_script" "${method_args[@]}"
 done
diff --git a/methods/20-rclone.sh b/stages/20-rclone.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from methods/20-rclone.sh
rename to stages/20-rclone.sh
diff --git a/methods/30-smb.sh b/stages/30-smb.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from methods/30-smb.sh
rename to stages/30-smb.sh