diff --git a/include/spdlog/async.h b/include/spdlog/async.h
index 2e13f3b3..3aab7a89 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/async.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/async.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ struct async_factory
         }
 
         auto sink = std::make_shared<Sink>(std::forward<SinkArgs>(args)...);
-        auto new_logger = std::make_shared<async_logger>(logger_name, std::move(sink), std::move(tp), async_overflow_policy::block_retry);
+        auto new_logger = std::make_shared<async_logger>(logger_name, std::move(sink), std::move(tp), async_overflow_policy::block);
         registry::instance().register_and_init(new_logger);
         return new_logger;
     }
diff --git a/include/spdlog/async_logger.h b/include/spdlog/async_logger.h
index e4badf14..4faaabc8 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/async_logger.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/async_logger.h
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ class async_logger SPDLOG_FINAL : public std::enable_shared_from_this<async_logg
 public:
     template<class It>
     async_logger(const std::string &logger_name, const It &begin, const It &end, std::weak_ptr<details::thread_pool> tp,
-        async_overflow_policy overflow_policy = async_overflow_policy::block_retry);
+        async_overflow_policy overflow_policy = async_overflow_policy::block);
 
     async_logger(const std::string &logger_name, sinks_init_list sinks, std::weak_ptr<details::thread_pool> tp,
-        async_overflow_policy overflow_policy = async_overflow_policy::block_retry);
+        async_overflow_policy overflow_policy = async_overflow_policy::block);
 
     async_logger(const std::string &logger_name, sink_ptr single_sink, std::weak_ptr<details::thread_pool> tp,
-        async_overflow_policy overflow_policy = async_overflow_policy::block_retry);
+        async_overflow_policy overflow_policy = async_overflow_policy::block);
 
 protected:
     void sink_it_(details::log_msg &msg) override;
diff --git a/include/spdlog/common.h b/include/spdlog/common.h
index 34c91714..9e0697b2 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/common.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/common.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ using log_clock = std::chrono::system_clock;
 using sink_ptr = std::shared_ptr<sinks::sink>;
 using sinks_init_list = std::initializer_list<sink_ptr>;
 using formatter_ptr = std::shared_ptr<spdlog::formatter>;
+
 #if defined(SPDLOG_NO_ATOMIC_LEVELS)
 using level_t = details::null_atomic_int;
 #else
@@ -126,8 +127,8 @@ using level_hasher = std::hash<int>;
 //
 enum class async_overflow_policy
 {
-    block_retry,    // Block until message can be enqueued
-    overrun_oldeset // Discard oldest message in the queue if full when trying to add new item.
+    block,          // Block until message can be enqueued
+    overrun_oldest  // Discard oldest message in the queue if full when trying to add new item.
 };
 
 //
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/thread_pool.h b/include/spdlog/details/thread_pool.h
index 35641e43..4c4792df 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/thread_pool.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/thread_pool.h
@@ -106,14 +106,13 @@ public:
         {
             for (size_t i = 0; i < threads_.size(); i++)
             {
-                post_async_msg_(async_msg(async_msg_type::terminate), async_overflow_policy::block_retry);
+                post_async_msg_(async_msg(async_msg_type::terminate), async_overflow_policy::block);
             }
 
             for (auto &t : threads_)
             {
                 t.join();
             }
-            // std::cout << "~thread_pool()  msg_counter_: " << msg_counter_ << std::endl;
         }
         catch (...)
         {
@@ -138,7 +137,7 @@ private:
 
     void post_async_msg_(async_msg &&new_msg, async_overflow_policy overflow_policy)
     {
-        if (overflow_policy == async_overflow_policy::block_retry)
+        if (overflow_policy == async_overflow_policy::block)
         {
             q_.enqueue(std::move(new_msg));
         }
diff --git a/tests/test_async.cpp b/tests/test_async.cpp
index fd53504a..467b37a6 100644
--- a/tests/test_async.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_async.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ TEST_CASE("basic async test ", "[async]")
     size_t messages = 256;
     {
         auto tp = std::make_shared<details::thread_pool>(queue_size, 1);
-        auto logger = std::make_shared<async_logger>("as", test_sink, tp, async_overflow_policy::block_retry);
+        auto logger = std::make_shared<async_logger>("as", test_sink, tp, async_overflow_policy::block);
         for (size_t i = 0; i < messages; i++)
         {
             logger->info("Hello message #{}", i);
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ TEST_CASE("discard policy ", "[async]")
     size_t messages = 1024;
     {
         auto tp = std::make_shared<details::thread_pool>(queue_size, 1);
-        auto logger = std::make_shared<async_logger>("as", test_sink, tp, async_overflow_policy::overrun_oldeset);
+        auto logger = std::make_shared<async_logger>("as", test_sink, tp, async_overflow_policy::overrun_oldest);
         for (size_t i = 0; i < messages; i++)
         {
             logger->info("Hello message #{}", i);
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ TEST_CASE("flush", "[async]")
     size_t messages = 256;
     {
         auto tp = std::make_shared<details::thread_pool>(queue_size, 1);
-        auto logger = std::make_shared<async_logger>("as", test_sink, tp, async_overflow_policy::block_retry);
+        auto logger = std::make_shared<async_logger>("as", test_sink, tp, async_overflow_policy::block);
         for (size_t i = 0; i < messages; i++)
         {
             logger->info("Hello message #{}", i);
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ TEST_CASE("tp->wait_empty() ", "[async]")
     size_t messages = 100;
 
     auto tp = std::make_shared<details::thread_pool>(messages, 2);
-    auto logger = std::make_shared<async_logger>("as", test_sink, tp, async_overflow_policy::block_retry);
+    auto logger = std::make_shared<async_logger>("as", test_sink, tp, async_overflow_policy::block);
     for (size_t i = 0; i < messages; i++)
     {
         logger->info("Hello message #{}", i);
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ TEST_CASE("multi threads", "[async]")
     size_t n_threads = 10;
     {
         auto tp = std::make_shared<details::thread_pool>(queue_size, 1);
-        auto logger = std::make_shared<async_logger>("as", test_sink, tp, async_overflow_policy::block_retry);
+        auto logger = std::make_shared<async_logger>("as", test_sink, tp, async_overflow_policy::block);
 
         std::vector<std::thread> threads;
         for (size_t i = 0; i < n_threads; i++)