diff --git a/components/fatfs/vfs/esp_vfs_fat.h b/components/fatfs/vfs/esp_vfs_fat.h
index 0a0070cae8..c305244f97 100644
--- a/components/fatfs/vfs/esp_vfs_fat.h
+++ b/components/fatfs/vfs/esp_vfs_fat.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ typedef struct {
  *      - ESP_ERR_INVALID_STATE if esp_vfs_fat_register was already called
  *      - ESP_ERR_NO_MEM if not enough memory or too many VFSes already registered
  */
-esp_err_t esp_vfs_fat_register_cfg(const esp_vfs_fat_conf_t* conf, FATFS** out_fs);
+esp_err_t esp_vfs_fat_register(const esp_vfs_fat_conf_t* conf, FATFS** out_fs);
 
 /**
  * @brief Un-register FATFS from VFS
@@ -449,14 +449,13 @@ esp_err_t esp_vfs_fat_create_contiguous_file(const char* base_path, const char*
  */
 esp_err_t esp_vfs_fat_test_contiguous_file(const char* base_path, const char* full_path, bool* is_contiguous);
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_LINUX
 /** @cond */
 /**
- * @deprecated Please use `esp_vfs_fat_register_cfg` instead
+ * @deprecated Please use `esp_vfs_fat_register` instead
  */
-esp_err_t esp_vfs_fat_register(const char* base_path, const char* fat_drive,
-        size_t max_files, FATFS** out_fs);
+esp_err_t esp_vfs_fat_register_cfg(const esp_vfs_fat_conf_t* conf, FATFS** out_fs);
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_LINUX
 /**
  * @deprecated Please use `esp_vfs_fat_spiflash_mount_rw_wl` instead
  */
@@ -485,9 +484,9 @@ esp_err_t esp_vfs_fat_rawflash_mount(const char* base_path,
  */
 esp_err_t esp_vfs_fat_rawflash_unmount(const char* base_path, const char* partition_label)
     __attribute__((deprecated("esp_vfs_fat_rawflash_unmount is deprecated, please use esp_vfs_fat_spiflash_unmount_ro instead")));
+#endif
 /** @endcond */
 
-#endif
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/components/fatfs/vfs/vfs_fat.c b/components/fatfs/vfs/vfs_fat.c
index d0ab71cec5..25229cf0b1 100644
--- a/components/fatfs/vfs/vfs_fat.c
+++ b/components/fatfs/vfs/vfs_fat.c
@@ -138,16 +138,6 @@ static size_t find_unused_context_index(void)
     return FF_VOLUMES;
 }
 
-esp_err_t esp_vfs_fat_register(const char* base_path, const char* fat_drive, size_t max_files, FATFS** out_fs)
-{
-    esp_vfs_fat_conf_t conf = {
-        .base_path = base_path,
-        .fat_drive = fat_drive,
-        .max_files = max_files,
-    };
-    return esp_vfs_fat_register_cfg(&conf, out_fs);
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_VFS_SUPPORT_DIR
 static const esp_vfs_dir_ops_t s_vfs_fat_dir = {
     .stat_p = &vfs_fat_stat,
@@ -185,7 +175,7 @@ static const esp_vfs_fs_ops_t s_vfs_fat = {
 #endif // CONFIG_VFS_SUPPORT_DIR
 };
 
-esp_err_t esp_vfs_fat_register_cfg(const esp_vfs_fat_conf_t* conf, FATFS** out_fs)
+esp_err_t esp_vfs_fat_register(const esp_vfs_fat_conf_t* conf, FATFS** out_fs)
 {
     size_t ctx = find_context_index_by_path(conf->base_path);
     if (ctx < FF_VOLUMES) {
@@ -236,6 +226,8 @@ esp_err_t esp_vfs_fat_register_cfg(const esp_vfs_fat_conf_t* conf, FATFS** out_f
     return ESP_OK;
 }
 
+esp_err_t esp_vfs_fat_register_cfg(const esp_vfs_fat_conf_t* conf, FATFS** out_fs) __attribute__((alias("esp_vfs_fat_register")));
+
 esp_err_t esp_vfs_fat_unregister_path(const char* base_path)
 {
     size_t ctx = find_context_index_by_path(base_path);
diff --git a/docs/en/migration-guides/release-6.x/6.0/storage.rst b/docs/en/migration-guides/release-6.x/6.0/storage.rst
index 61a6d957f5..c64bfe469b 100644
--- a/docs/en/migration-guides/release-6.x/6.0/storage.rst
+++ b/docs/en/migration-guides/release-6.x/6.0/storage.rst
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ Storage
 
 :link_to_translation:`zh_CN:[中文]`
 
-Removed VFS SDMMC Deprecated API
---------------------------------
+Breaking Changes
+----------------
 
 Deprecated ``esp_vfs_fat_sdmmc_unmount`` function is now removed. Please use ``esp_vfs_fat_sdcard_unmount`` instead.
 
+Function prototype for ``esp_vfs_fat_register`` has been changed to match ``esp_vfs_fat_register_cfg`` function. ``esp_vfs_fat_register_cfg`` is now deprecated.
+
 
 VFS
 ---