diff --git a/bigframes/pandas/__init__.py b/bigframes/pandas/__init__.py
index 24b19fa70a..971d40f801 100644
--- a/bigframes/pandas/__init__.py
+++ b/bigframes/pandas/__init__.py
@@ -290,16 +290,16 @@ def read_json(
 
 
 def read_gbq(
-    query: str,
+    query_or_table: str,
     *,
     index_col: Iterable[str] | str = (),
     col_order: Iterable[str] = (),
     max_results: Optional[int] = None,
 ) -> bigframes.dataframe.DataFrame:
-    _set_default_session_location_if_possible(query)
+    _set_default_session_location_if_possible(query_or_table)
     return global_session.with_default_session(
         bigframes.session.Session.read_gbq,
-        query,
+        query_or_table,
         index_col=index_col,
         col_order=col_order,
         max_results=max_results,
diff --git a/bigframes/session/__init__.py b/bigframes/session/__init__.py
index 1031fde9b5..2f001d7d49 100644
--- a/bigframes/session/__init__.py
+++ b/bigframes/session/__init__.py
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ def close(self):
 
     def read_gbq(
         self,
-        query: str,
+        query_or_table: str,
         *,
         index_col: Iterable[str] | str = (),
         col_order: Iterable[str] = (),
@@ -270,9 +270,9 @@ def read_gbq(
         # Add a verify index argument that fails if the index is not unique.
     ) -> dataframe.DataFrame:
         # TODO(b/281571214): Generate prompt to show the progress of read_gbq.
-        if _is_query(query):
+        if _is_query(query_or_table):
             return self._read_gbq_query(
-                query,
+                query_or_table,
                 index_col=index_col,
                 col_order=col_order,
                 max_results=max_results,
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ def read_gbq(
             # deterministic query so we can avoid serializing if we have a
             # unique index.
             return self._read_gbq_table(
-                query,
+                query_or_table,
                 index_col=index_col,
                 col_order=col_order,
                 max_results=max_results,
diff --git a/third_party/bigframes_vendored/pandas/io/gbq.py b/third_party/bigframes_vendored/pandas/io/gbq.py
index 95531ff5e8..8919f4ed16 100644
--- a/third_party/bigframes_vendored/pandas/io/gbq.py
+++ b/third_party/bigframes_vendored/pandas/io/gbq.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 class GBQIOMixin:
     def read_gbq(
         self,
-        query: str,
+        query_or_table: str,
         *,
         index_col: Iterable[str] | str = (),
         col_order: Iterable[str] = (),
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def read_gbq(
             [5 rows x 3 columns]
 
         Args:
-            query (str):
+            query_or_table (str):
                 A SQL string to be executed or a BigQuery table to be read. The
                 table must be specified in the format of
                 `project.dataset.tablename` or `dataset.tablename`.