diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
index cb223ce9d..d8bfb8453 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/lib.rs
@@ -932,12 +932,12 @@ pub fn register_plugins(store: &mut rustc_lint::LintStore, sess: &Session, conf:
     store.register_late_pass(|_| Box::new(from_raw_with_void_ptr::FromRawWithVoidPtr));
     store.register_late_pass(|_| Box::new(suspicious_xor_used_as_pow::ConfusingXorAndPow));
     store.register_late_pass(move |_| Box::new(manual_is_ascii_check::ManualIsAsciiCheck::new(msrv())));
-    let semicolon_inside_block_if_multiline = conf.semicolon_inside_block_if_multiline;
-    let semicolon_outside_block_if_singleline = conf.semicolon_outside_block_if_singleline;
+    let semicolon_inside_block_ignore_singleline = conf.semicolon_inside_block_ignore_singleline;
+    let semicolon_outside_block_ignore_multiline = conf.semicolon_outside_block_ignore_multiline;
     store.register_late_pass(move |_| {
         Box::new(semicolon_block::SemicolonBlock::new(
-            semicolon_inside_block_if_multiline,
-            semicolon_outside_block_if_singleline,
+            semicolon_inside_block_ignore_singleline,
+            semicolon_outside_block_ignore_multiline,
         ))
     });
     store.register_late_pass(|_| Box::new(fn_null_check::FnNullCheck));
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/semicolon_block.rs b/clippy_lints/src/semicolon_block.rs
index c1c0325b7..419d7991f 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/semicolon_block.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/semicolon_block.rs
@@ -68,17 +68,73 @@ impl_lint_pass!(SemicolonBlock => [SEMICOLON_INSIDE_BLOCK, SEMICOLON_OUTSIDE_BLO
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
 pub struct SemicolonBlock {
-    semicolon_inside_block_if_multiline: bool,
-    semicolon_outside_block_if_singleline: bool,
+    semicolon_inside_block_ignore_singleline: bool,
+    semicolon_outside_block_ignore_multiline: bool,
 }
 
 impl SemicolonBlock {
-    pub fn new(semicolon_inside_block_if_multiline: bool, semicolon_outside_block_if_singleline: bool) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(semicolon_inside_block_ignore_singleline: bool, semicolon_outside_block_ignore_multiline: bool) -> Self {
         Self {
-            semicolon_inside_block_if_multiline,
-            semicolon_outside_block_if_singleline,
+            semicolon_inside_block_ignore_singleline,
+            semicolon_outside_block_ignore_multiline,
         }
     }
+
+    fn semicolon_inside_block(self, cx: &LateContext<'_>, block: &Block<'_>, tail: &Expr<'_>, semi_span: Span) {
+        let insert_span = tail.span.source_callsite().shrink_to_hi();
+        let remove_span = semi_span.with_lo(block.span.hi());
+
+        if self.semicolon_inside_block_ignore_singleline && get_line(cx, remove_span) == get_line(cx, insert_span) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        span_lint_and_then(
+            cx,
+            SEMICOLON_INSIDE_BLOCK,
+            semi_span,
+            "consider moving the `;` inside the block for consistent formatting",
+            |diag| {
+                multispan_sugg_with_applicability(
+                    diag,
+                    "put the `;` here",
+                    Applicability::MachineApplicable,
+                    [(remove_span, String::new()), (insert_span, ";".to_owned())],
+                );
+            },
+        );
+    }
+
+    fn semicolon_outside_block(
+        self,
+        cx: &LateContext<'_>,
+        block: &Block<'_>,
+        tail_stmt_expr: &Expr<'_>,
+        semi_span: Span,
+    ) {
+        let insert_span = block.span.with_lo(block.span.hi());
+        // account for macro calls
+        let semi_span = cx.sess().source_map().stmt_span(semi_span, block.span);
+        let remove_span = semi_span.with_lo(tail_stmt_expr.span.source_callsite().hi());
+
+        if self.semicolon_outside_block_ignore_multiline && get_line(cx, remove_span) != get_line(cx, insert_span) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        span_lint_and_then(
+            cx,
+            SEMICOLON_OUTSIDE_BLOCK,
+            block.span,
+            "consider moving the `;` outside the block for consistent formatting",
+            |diag| {
+                multispan_sugg_with_applicability(
+                    diag,
+                    "put the `;` here",
+                    Applicability::MachineApplicable,
+                    [(remove_span, String::new()), (insert_span, ";".to_owned())],
+                );
+            },
+        );
+    }
 }
 
 impl LateLintPass<'_> for SemicolonBlock {
@@ -98,81 +154,19 @@ impl LateLintPass<'_> for SemicolonBlock {
                     span,
                     ..
                 } = stmt else { return };
-                semicolon_outside_block(self, cx, block, expr, span);
+                self.semicolon_outside_block(cx, block, expr, span);
             },
             StmtKind::Semi(Expr {
                 kind: ExprKind::Block(block @ Block { expr: Some(tail), .. }, _),
                 ..
             }) if !block.span.from_expansion() => {
-                semicolon_inside_block(self, cx, block, tail, stmt.span);
+                self.semicolon_inside_block(cx, block, tail, stmt.span);
             },
             _ => (),
         }
     }
 }
 
-fn semicolon_inside_block(
-    conf: &mut SemicolonBlock,
-    cx: &LateContext<'_>,
-    block: &Block<'_>,
-    tail: &Expr<'_>,
-    semi_span: Span,
-) {
-    let insert_span = tail.span.source_callsite().shrink_to_hi();
-    let remove_span = semi_span.with_lo(block.span.hi());
-
-    if conf.semicolon_inside_block_if_multiline && get_line(cx, remove_span) == get_line(cx, insert_span) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    span_lint_and_then(
-        cx,
-        SEMICOLON_INSIDE_BLOCK,
-        semi_span,
-        "consider moving the `;` inside the block for consistent formatting",
-        |diag| {
-            multispan_sugg_with_applicability(
-                diag,
-                "put the `;` here",
-                Applicability::MachineApplicable,
-                [(remove_span, String::new()), (insert_span, ";".to_owned())],
-            );
-        },
-    );
-}
-
-fn semicolon_outside_block(
-    conf: &mut SemicolonBlock,
-    cx: &LateContext<'_>,
-    block: &Block<'_>,
-    tail_stmt_expr: &Expr<'_>,
-    semi_span: Span,
-) {
-    let insert_span = block.span.with_lo(block.span.hi());
-    // account for macro calls
-    let semi_span = cx.sess().source_map().stmt_span(semi_span, block.span);
-    let remove_span = semi_span.with_lo(tail_stmt_expr.span.source_callsite().hi());
-
-    if conf.semicolon_outside_block_if_singleline && get_line(cx, remove_span) != get_line(cx, insert_span) {
-        return;
-    }
-
-    span_lint_and_then(
-        cx,
-        SEMICOLON_OUTSIDE_BLOCK,
-        block.span,
-        "consider moving the `;` outside the block for consistent formatting",
-        |diag| {
-            multispan_sugg_with_applicability(
-                diag,
-                "put the `;` here",
-                Applicability::MachineApplicable,
-                [(remove_span, String::new()), (insert_span, ";".to_owned())],
-            );
-        },
-    );
-}
-
 fn get_line(cx: &LateContext<'_>, span: Span) -> Option<usize> {
     if let Ok(line) = cx.sess().source_map().lookup_line(span.lo()) {
         return Some(line.line);
diff --git a/clippy_lints/src/utils/conf.rs b/clippy_lints/src/utils/conf.rs
index 939f6cd5f..18a6e2a4a 100644
--- a/clippy_lints/src/utils/conf.rs
+++ b/clippy_lints/src/utils/conf.rs
@@ -280,11 +280,11 @@ define_Conf! {
     /// Lint: SEMICOLON_INSIDE_BLOCK.
     ///
     /// Whether to lint only if it's multiline.
-    (semicolon_inside_block_if_multiline: bool = false),
+    (semicolon_inside_block_ignore_singleline: bool = false),
     /// Lint: SEMICOLON_OUTSIDE_BLOCK.
     ///
     /// Whether to lint only if it's singleline.
-    (semicolon_outside_block_if_singleline: bool = false),
+    (semicolon_outside_block_ignore_multiline: bool = false),
     /// Lint: DOC_MARKDOWN.
     ///
     /// The list of words this lint should not consider as identifiers needing ticks. The value
diff --git a/tests/ui-toml/semicolon_block/clippy.toml b/tests/ui-toml/semicolon_block/clippy.toml
index cc3bc8cae..4d03e88de 100644
--- a/tests/ui-toml/semicolon_block/clippy.toml
+++ b/tests/ui-toml/semicolon_block/clippy.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-semicolon-inside-block-if-multiline = true
-semicolon-outside-block-if-singleline = true
+semicolon-inside-block-ignore-singleline = true
+semicolon-outside-block-ignore-multiline = true
diff --git a/tests/ui-toml/toml_unknown_key/conf_unknown_key.stderr b/tests/ui-toml/toml_unknown_key/conf_unknown_key.stderr
index c49c90879..1e0d7499c 100644
--- a/tests/ui-toml/toml_unknown_key/conf_unknown_key.stderr
+++ b/tests/ui-toml/toml_unknown_key/conf_unknown_key.stderr
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ error: error reading Clippy's configuration file `$DIR/clippy.toml`: unknown fie
            missing-docs-in-crate-items
            msrv
            pass-by-value-size-limit
-           semicolon-inside-block-if-multiline
-           semicolon-outside-block-if-singleline
+           semicolon-inside-block-ignore-singleline
+           semicolon-outside-block-ignore-multiline
            single-char-binding-names-threshold
            standard-macro-braces
            suppress-restriction-lint-in-const