diff --git a/cli/dts/lib.deno.ns.d.ts b/cli/dts/lib.deno.ns.d.ts
index ff8fbb7416..70dd5f4bcb 100644
--- a/cli/dts/lib.deno.ns.d.ts
+++ b/cli/dts/lib.deno.ns.d.ts
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ declare namespace Deno {
     },
   ): IterableIterator<Uint8Array>;
 
-  /** Synchronously open a file and return an instance of `Deno.File`.  The
+  /** Synchronously open a file and return an instance of `Deno.FsFile`.  The
    * file does not need to previously exist if using the `create` or `createNew`
    * open options.  It is the callers responsibility to close the file when finished
    * with it.
@@ -808,9 +808,9 @@ declare namespace Deno {
    *
    * Requires `allow-read` and/or `allow-write` permissions depending on options.
    */
-  export function openSync(path: string | URL, options?: OpenOptions): File;
+  export function openSync(path: string | URL, options?: OpenOptions): FsFile;
 
-  /** Open a file and resolve to an instance of `Deno.File`.  The
+  /** Open a file and resolve to an instance of `Deno.FsFile`.  The
    * file does not need to previously exist if using the `create` or `createNew`
    * open options.  It is the callers responsibility to close the file when finished
    * with it.
@@ -826,10 +826,10 @@ declare namespace Deno {
   export function open(
     path: string | URL,
     options?: OpenOptions,
-  ): Promise<File>;
+  ): Promise<FsFile>;
 
   /** Creates a file if none exists or truncates an existing file and returns
-   *  an instance of `Deno.File`.
+   *  an instance of `Deno.FsFile`.
    *
    * ```ts
    * const file = Deno.createSync("/foo/bar.txt");
@@ -837,10 +837,10 @@ declare namespace Deno {
    *
    * Requires `allow-read` and `allow-write` permissions.
    */
-  export function createSync(path: string | URL): File;
+  export function createSync(path: string | URL): FsFile;
 
   /** Creates a file if none exists or truncates an existing file and resolves to
-   *  an instance of `Deno.File`.
+   *  an instance of `Deno.FsFile`.
    *
    * ```ts
    * const file = await Deno.create("/foo/bar.txt");
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ declare namespace Deno {
    *
    * Requires `allow-read` and `allow-write` permissions.
    */
-  export function create(path: string | URL): Promise<File>;
+  export function create(path: string | URL): Promise<FsFile>;
 
   /** Synchronously read from a resource ID (`rid`) into an array buffer (`buffer`).
    *
@@ -1070,6 +1070,35 @@ declare namespace Deno {
   export function close(rid: number): void;
 
   /** The Deno abstraction for reading and writing files. */
+  export class FsFile
+    implements
+      Reader,
+      ReaderSync,
+      Writer,
+      WriterSync,
+      Seeker,
+      SeekerSync,
+      Closer {
+    readonly rid: number;
+    constructor(rid: number);
+    write(p: Uint8Array): Promise<number>;
+    writeSync(p: Uint8Array): number;
+    truncate(len?: number): Promise<void>;
+    truncateSync(len?: number): void;
+    read(p: Uint8Array): Promise<number | null>;
+    readSync(p: Uint8Array): number | null;
+    seek(offset: number, whence: SeekMode): Promise<number>;
+    seekSync(offset: number, whence: SeekMode): number;
+    stat(): Promise<FileInfo>;
+    statSync(): FileInfo;
+    close(): void;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @deprecated Use `Deno.FsFile` instead. `Deno.File` will be removed in Deno 2.0.
+   *
+   * The Deno abstraction for reading and writing files.
+   */
   export class File
     implements
       Reader,
diff --git a/runtime/js/40_files.js b/runtime/js/40_files.js
index b0d651d5ca..8aa0a49723 100644
--- a/runtime/js/40_files.js
+++ b/runtime/js/40_files.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
       { path: pathFromURL(path), options, mode },
     );
 
-    return new File(rid);
+    return new FsFile(rid);
   }
 
   async function open(
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
       { path: pathFromURL(path), options, mode },
     );
 
-    return new File(rid);
+    return new FsFile(rid);
   }
 
   function createSync(path) {
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     });
   }
 
-  class File {
+  class FsFile {
     #rid = 0;
 
     #readable;
@@ -272,7 +272,8 @@
     stdin,
     stdout,
     stderr,
-    File,
+    File: FsFile,
+    FsFile,
     create,
     createSync,
     open,
diff --git a/runtime/js/40_process.js b/runtime/js/40_process.js
index 8d9f402ffa..14c31fa8d1 100644
--- a/runtime/js/40_process.js
+++ b/runtime/js/40_process.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 ((window) => {
   const core = window.Deno.core;
-  const { File } = window.__bootstrap.files;
+  const { FsFile } = window.__bootstrap.files;
   const { readAll } = window.__bootstrap.io;
   const { assert, pathFromURL } = window.__bootstrap.util;
   const {
@@ -46,15 +46,15 @@
       this.pid = res.pid;
 
       if (res.stdinRid && res.stdinRid > 0) {
-        this.stdin = new File(res.stdinRid);
+        this.stdin = new FsFile(res.stdinRid);
       }
 
       if (res.stdoutRid && res.stdoutRid > 0) {
-        this.stdout = new File(res.stdoutRid);
+        this.stdout = new FsFile(res.stdoutRid);
       }
 
       if (res.stderrRid && res.stderrRid > 0) {
-        this.stderr = new File(res.stderrRid);
+        this.stderr = new FsFile(res.stderrRid);
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/runtime/js/90_deno_ns.js b/runtime/js/90_deno_ns.js
index 871062394b..d52f267c02 100644
--- a/runtime/js/90_deno_ns.js
+++ b/runtime/js/90_deno_ns.js
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
     write: __bootstrap.io.write,
     writeSync: __bootstrap.io.writeSync,
     File: __bootstrap.files.File,
+    FsFile: __bootstrap.files.FsFile,
     open: __bootstrap.files.open,
     openSync: __bootstrap.files.openSync,
     create: __bootstrap.files.create,