diff --git a/django/db/models/sql/where.py b/django/db/models/sql/where.py
index dbfd9a02a4..d3e08cc65e 100644
--- a/django/db/models/sql/where.py
+++ b/django/db/models/sql/where.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class WhereNode(tree.Node):
                 self.children[pos] = child.relabeled_clone(change_map)
 
     def clone(self):
-        clone = self.__class__._new_instance(
+        clone = self.__class__.create(
             children=None,
             connector=self.connector,
             negated=self.negated,
diff --git a/django/utils/tree.py b/django/utils/tree.py
index f67c90eae4..e82afe9bf7 100644
--- a/django/utils/tree.py
+++ b/django/utils/tree.py
@@ -25,17 +25,13 @@ class Node:
         self.connector = connector or self.default
         self.negated = negated
 
-    # Required because django.db.models.query_utils.Q. Q. __init__() is
-    # problematic, but it is a natural Node subclass in all other respects.
     @classmethod
-    def _new_instance(cls, children=None, connector=None, negated=False):
+    def create(cls, children=None, connector=None, negated=False):
         """
-        Create a new instance of this class when new Nodes (or subclasses) are
-        needed in the internal code in this class. Normally, it just shadows
-        __init__(). However, subclasses with an __init__ signature that aren't
-        an extension of Node.__init__ might need to implement this method to
-        allow a Node to create a new instance of them (if they have any extra
-        setting up to do).
+        Create a new instance using Node() instead of __init__() as some
+        subclasses, e.g. django.db.models.query_utils.Q, may implement a custom
+        __init__() with a signature that conflicts with the one defined in
+        Node.__init__().
         """
         obj = Node(children, connector, negated)
         obj.__class__ = cls
@@ -97,7 +93,7 @@ class Node:
         node other got squashed or not.
         """
         if self.connector != conn_type:
-            obj = self._new_instance(self.children, self.connector, self.negated)
+            obj = self.create(self.children, self.connector, self.negated)
             self.connector = conn_type
             self.children = [obj, data]
             return data
diff --git a/tests/utils_tests/test_tree.py b/tests/utils_tests/test_tree.py
index 81002e68c9..04223964ba 100644
--- a/tests/utils_tests/test_tree.py
+++ b/tests/utils_tests/test_tree.py
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ class NodeTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.node1.negate()
         self.assertFalse(self.node1.negated)
 
-    def test_new_instance(self):
+    def test_create(self):
         SubNode = type("SubNode", (Node,), {})
 
         a = SubNode([SubNode(["a", "b"], OR), "c"], AND)
-        b = SubNode._new_instance(a.children, a.connector, a.negated)
+        b = SubNode.create(a.children, a.connector, a.negated)
         self.assertEqual(a, b)
         # Children lists are the same object, but equal.
         self.assertIsNot(a.children, b.children)