diff --git a/src/response/waypoint.rs b/src/response/waypoint.rs
index b42c57c7..08d4f96e 100644
--- a/src/response/waypoint.rs
+++ b/src/response/waypoint.rs
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ impl Waypoint {
     }
 
     /// Devuelve la URL de destino, si se proporcionó una y es una ruta local válida.
-    pub fn as_str(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+    pub fn as_deref(&self) -> Option<&str> {
         self.waypoint.as_deref()
     }
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ impl Waypoint {
     /// ```
     pub fn append_to(&self, route: impl Into<RoutePath>) -> RoutePath {
         let mut route = route.into();
-        if let Some(d) = self.as_str() {
+        if let Some(d) = self.as_deref() {
             route.alter_param("waypoint", d);
         }
         route
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ impl Waypoint {
     /// }
     /// ```
     pub fn or(&self, fallback: impl Into<RoutePath>) -> RoutePath {
-        match self.as_str() {
+        match self.as_deref() {
             Some(d) => RoutePath::new(d.to_owned()),
             None => fallback.into(),
         }
diff --git a/tests/waypoint.rs b/tests/waypoint.rs
index 76422e4e..40112b2e 100644
--- a/tests/waypoint.rs
+++ b/tests/waypoint.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use pagetop::prelude::*;
 async fn waypoint_accepts_local_paths() {
     for path in ["/", "/admin/users", "/admin/users?page=2"] {
         let w = Waypoint::from(path.to_owned());
-        assert_eq!(w.as_str(), Some(path));
+        assert_eq!(w.as_deref(), Some(path));
     }
 }
 
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ async fn waypoint_rejects_open_redirect_targets() {
         "javascript:alert(1)",
     ] {
         let w = Waypoint::from(target.to_owned());
-        assert_eq!(w.as_str(), None, "expected {target:?} to be rejected");
+        assert_eq!(w.as_deref(), None, "expected {target:?} to be rejected");
     }
 }
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ async fn waypoint_deserialize_rejects_open_redirect_targets() {
     // Reproduces the real entry point (`web::Query<Waypoint>`): the value arrives via
     // deserialization, not through `Waypoint::from(String)` as in the previous test.
     let w: Waypoint = serde_json::from_str(r#"{"waypoint":"https://evil.example"}"#).unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(w.as_str(), None);
+    assert_eq!(w.as_deref(), None);
 }
 
 // **< Waypoint::or() >*****************************************************************************