diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/event.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/event.rs
index 95ef6ebbe4..9693bc18fa 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/event.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/event.rs
@@ -390,12 +390,12 @@ impl<'w, 's, E: Event> EventReader<'w, 's, E> {
     /// Iterates over the events this [`EventReader`] has not seen yet. This updates the
     /// [`EventReader`]'s event counter, which means subsequent event reads will not include events
     /// that happened before now.
-    pub fn iter(&mut self) -> ManualEventIterator<'_, E> {
+    pub fn iter(&mut self) -> EventIterator<'_, E> {
         self.reader.iter(&self.events)
     }
 
     /// Like [`iter`](Self::iter), except also returning the [`EventId`] of the events.
-    pub fn iter_with_id(&mut self) -> ManualEventIteratorWithId<'_, E> {
+    pub fn iter_with_id(&mut self) -> EventIteratorWithId<'_, E> {
         self.reader.iter_with_id(&self.events)
     }
 
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ impl<'w, 's, E: Event> EventReader<'w, 's, E> {
 
 impl<'a, 'w, 's, E: Event> IntoIterator for &'a mut EventReader<'w, 's, E> {
     type Item = &'a E;
-    type IntoIter = ManualEventIterator<'a, E>;
+    type IntoIter = EventIterator<'a, E>;
     fn into_iter(self) -> Self::IntoIter {
         self.iter()
     }
@@ -541,16 +541,13 @@ impl<E: Event> Default for ManualEventReader<E> {
 #[allow(clippy::len_without_is_empty)] // Check fails since the is_empty implementation has a signature other than `(&self) -> bool`
 impl<E: Event> ManualEventReader<E> {
     /// See [`EventReader::iter`]
-    pub fn iter<'a>(&'a mut self, events: &'a Events<E>) -> ManualEventIterator<'a, E> {
+    pub fn iter<'a>(&'a mut self, events: &'a Events<E>) -> EventIterator<'a, E> {
         self.iter_with_id(events).without_id()
     }
 
     /// See [`EventReader::iter_with_id`]
-    pub fn iter_with_id<'a>(
-        &'a mut self,
-        events: &'a Events<E>,
-    ) -> ManualEventIteratorWithId<'a, E> {
-        ManualEventIteratorWithId::new(self, events)
+    pub fn iter_with_id<'a>(&'a mut self, events: &'a Events<E>) -> EventIteratorWithId<'a, E> {
+        EventIteratorWithId::new(self, events)
     }
 
     /// See [`EventReader::len`]
@@ -585,11 +582,18 @@ impl<E: Event> ManualEventReader<E> {
 
 /// An iterator that yields any unread events from an [`EventReader`] or [`ManualEventReader`].
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct ManualEventIterator<'a, E: Event> {
-    iter: ManualEventIteratorWithId<'a, E>,
+pub struct EventIterator<'a, E: Event> {
+    iter: EventIteratorWithId<'a, E>,
 }
 
-impl<'a, E: Event> Iterator for ManualEventIterator<'a, E> {
+/// An iterator that yields any unread events from an [`EventReader`] or [`ManualEventReader`].
+///
+/// This is a type alias for [`EventIterator`], which used to be called `ManualEventIterator`.
+/// This type alias will be removed in the next release of bevy, so you should use [`EventIterator`] directly instead.
+#[deprecated = "This type has been renamed to `EventIterator`."]
+pub type ManualEventIterator<'a, E> = EventIterator<'a, E>;
+
+impl<'a, E: Event> Iterator for EventIterator<'a, E> {
     type Item = &'a E;
     fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
         self.iter.next().map(|(event, _)| event)
@@ -615,7 +619,7 @@ impl<'a, E: Event> Iterator for ManualEventIterator<'a, E> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a, E: Event> ExactSizeIterator for ManualEventIterator<'a, E> {
+impl<'a, E: Event> ExactSizeIterator for EventIterator<'a, E> {
     fn len(&self) -> usize {
         self.iter.len()
     }
@@ -623,13 +627,20 @@ impl<'a, E: Event> ExactSizeIterator for ManualEventIterator<'a, E> {
 
 /// An iterator that yields any unread events (and their IDs) from an [`EventReader`] or [`ManualEventReader`].
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct ManualEventIteratorWithId<'a, E: Event> {
+pub struct EventIteratorWithId<'a, E: Event> {
     reader: &'a mut ManualEventReader<E>,
     chain: Chain<Iter<'a, EventInstance<E>>, Iter<'a, EventInstance<E>>>,
     unread: usize,
 }
 
-impl<'a, E: Event> ManualEventIteratorWithId<'a, E> {
+/// An iterator that yields any unread events (and their IDs) from an [`EventReader`] or [`ManualEventReader`].
+///
+/// This is a type alias for [`EventIteratorWithId`], which used to be called `ManualEventIteratorWithId`.
+/// This type alias will be removed in the next release of bevy, so you should use [`EventIteratorWithId`] directly instead.
+#[deprecated = "This type has been renamed to `EventIteratorWithId`."]
+pub type ManualEventIteratorWithId<'a, E> = EventIteratorWithId<'a, E>;
+
+impl<'a, E: Event> EventIteratorWithId<'a, E> {
     /// Creates a new iterator that yields any `events` that have not yet been seen by `reader`.
     pub fn new(reader: &'a mut ManualEventReader<E>, events: &'a Events<E>) -> Self {
         let a_index = (reader.last_event_count).saturating_sub(events.events_a.start_event_count);
@@ -652,12 +663,12 @@ impl<'a, E: Event> ManualEventIteratorWithId<'a, E> {
     }
 
     /// Iterate over only the events.
-    pub fn without_id(self) -> ManualEventIterator<'a, E> {
-        ManualEventIterator { iter: self }
+    pub fn without_id(self) -> EventIterator<'a, E> {
+        EventIterator { iter: self }
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a, E: Event> Iterator for ManualEventIteratorWithId<'a, E> {
+impl<'a, E: Event> Iterator for EventIteratorWithId<'a, E> {
     type Item = (&'a E, EventId<E>);
     fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
         match self
@@ -706,7 +717,7 @@ impl<'a, E: Event> Iterator for ManualEventIteratorWithId<'a, E> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a, E: Event> ExactSizeIterator for ManualEventIteratorWithId<'a, E> {
+impl<'a, E: Event> ExactSizeIterator for EventIteratorWithId<'a, E> {
     fn len(&self) -> usize {
         self.unread
     }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/removal_detection.rs b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/removal_detection.rs
index 5546f17eac..cd58cfd019 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_ecs/src/removal_detection.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_ecs/src/removal_detection.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ use crate::{
     self as bevy_ecs,
     component::{Component, ComponentId, ComponentIdFor, Tick},
     entity::Entity,
-    event::{
-        Event, EventId, Events, ManualEventIterator, ManualEventIteratorWithId, ManualEventReader,
-    },
+    event::{Event, EventId, EventIterator, EventIteratorWithId, Events, ManualEventReader},
     prelude::Local,
     storage::SparseSet,
     system::{ReadOnlySystemParam, SystemMeta, SystemParam},
@@ -145,7 +143,7 @@ pub struct RemovedComponents<'w, 's, T: Component> {
 ///
 /// See [`RemovedComponents`].
 pub type RemovedIter<'a> = iter::Map<
-    iter::Flatten<option::IntoIter<iter::Cloned<ManualEventIterator<'a, RemovedComponentEntity>>>>,
+    iter::Flatten<option::IntoIter<iter::Cloned<EventIterator<'a, RemovedComponentEntity>>>>,
     fn(RemovedComponentEntity) -> Entity,
 >;
 
@@ -153,7 +151,7 @@ pub type RemovedIter<'a> = iter::Map<
 ///
 /// See [`RemovedComponents`].
 pub type RemovedIterWithId<'a> = iter::Map<
-    iter::Flatten<option::IntoIter<ManualEventIteratorWithId<'a, RemovedComponentEntity>>>,
+    iter::Flatten<option::IntoIter<EventIteratorWithId<'a, RemovedComponentEntity>>>,
     fn(
         (&RemovedComponentEntity, EventId<RemovedComponentEntity>),
     ) -> (Entity, EventId<RemovedComponentEntity>),