diff -r be3fcd9e5e52 -r f075a9463ee7 mercurial/sshpeer.py
--- a/mercurial/sshpeer.py	Fri Dec 02 18:04:37 2022 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/sshpeer.py	Fri Dec 02 18:04:51 2022 +0100
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@
         )
 
 
-def instance(ui, path, create, intents=None, createopts=None):
+def make_peer(ui, path, create, intents=None, createopts=None):
     """Create an SSH peer.
 
     The returned object conforms to the ``wireprotov1peer.wirepeer`` interface.