diff --git a/bt/behavior_tree.cpp b/bt/behavior_tree.cpp
index b607c19..c6a5cf3 100644
--- a/bt/behavior_tree.cpp
+++ b/bt/behavior_tree.cpp
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ void BehaviorTree::_bind_methods() {
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("get_root_task"), &BehaviorTree::get_root_task);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("clone"), &BehaviorTree::clone);
 	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("copy_other", "other"), &BehaviorTree::copy_other);
-	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("instantiate", "agent", "blackboard", "scene_root"), &BehaviorTree::instantiate);
+	ClassDB::bind_method(D_METHOD("instantiate", "agent", "blackboard", "instance_owner"), &BehaviorTree::instantiate);
 
 	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::STRING, "description", PROPERTY_HINT_MULTILINE_TEXT), "set_description", "get_description");
 	ADD_PROPERTY(PropertyInfo(Variant::OBJECT, "blackboard_plan", PROPERTY_HINT_RESOURCE_TYPE, "BlackboardPlan", PROPERTY_USAGE_DEFAULT | PROPERTY_USAGE_EDITOR_INSTANTIATE_OBJECT), "set_blackboard_plan", "get_blackboard_plan");
diff --git a/doc/source/classes/class_behaviortree.rst b/doc/source/classes/class_behaviortree.rst
index daea317..5b7a89e 100644
--- a/doc/source/classes/class_behaviortree.rst
+++ b/doc/source/classes/class_behaviortree.rst
@@ -55,17 +55,17 @@ Methods
 .. table::
    :widths: auto
 
-   +-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-   | :ref:`BehaviorTree<class_BehaviorTree>` | :ref:`clone<class_BehaviorTree_method_clone>`\ (\ ) |const|                                                                                                        |
-   +-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-   | |void|                                  | :ref:`copy_other<class_BehaviorTree_method_copy_other>`\ (\ other\: :ref:`BehaviorTree<class_BehaviorTree>`\ )                                                     |
-   +-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-   | :ref:`BTTask<class_BTTask>`             | :ref:`get_root_task<class_BehaviorTree_method_get_root_task>`\ (\ ) |const|                                                                                        |
-   +-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-   | :ref:`BTInstance<class_BTInstance>`     | :ref:`instantiate<class_BehaviorTree_method_instantiate>`\ (\ agent\: ``Node``, blackboard\: :ref:`Blackboard<class_Blackboard>`, scene_root\: ``Node``\ ) |const| |
-   +-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
-   | |void|                                  | :ref:`set_root_task<class_BehaviorTree_method_set_root_task>`\ (\ task\: :ref:`BTTask<class_BTTask>`\ )                                                            |
-   +-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+   +-----------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+   | :ref:`BehaviorTree<class_BehaviorTree>` | :ref:`clone<class_BehaviorTree_method_clone>`\ (\ ) |const|                                                                                                            |
+   +-----------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+   | |void|                                  | :ref:`copy_other<class_BehaviorTree_method_copy_other>`\ (\ other\: :ref:`BehaviorTree<class_BehaviorTree>`\ )                                                         |
+   +-----------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+   | :ref:`BTTask<class_BTTask>`             | :ref:`get_root_task<class_BehaviorTree_method_get_root_task>`\ (\ ) |const|                                                                                            |
+   +-----------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+   | :ref:`BTInstance<class_BTInstance>`     | :ref:`instantiate<class_BehaviorTree_method_instantiate>`\ (\ agent\: ``Node``, blackboard\: :ref:`Blackboard<class_Blackboard>`, instance_owner\: ``Node``\ ) |const| |
+   +-----------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+   | |void|                                  | :ref:`set_root_task<class_BehaviorTree_method_set_root_task>`\ (\ task\: :ref:`BTTask<class_BTTask>`\ )                                                                |
+   +-----------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
 .. rst-class:: classref-section-separator
 
@@ -172,9 +172,13 @@ Returns the root task of the BehaviorTree resource.
 
 .. rst-class:: classref-method
 
-:ref:`BTInstance<class_BTInstance>` **instantiate**\ (\ agent\: ``Node``, blackboard\: :ref:`Blackboard<class_Blackboard>`, scene_root\: ``Node``\ ) |const| :ref:`🔗<class_BehaviorTree_method_instantiate>`
+:ref:`BTInstance<class_BTInstance>` **instantiate**\ (\ agent\: ``Node``, blackboard\: :ref:`Blackboard<class_Blackboard>`, instance_owner\: ``Node``\ ) |const| :ref:`🔗<class_BehaviorTree_method_instantiate>`
 
-Instantiates the behavior tree and returns :ref:`BTInstance<class_BTInstance>`. ``scene_root`` should be the root node of the scene that the Behavior Tree will be used in (e.g., the owner of the node that contains the behavior tree instance).
+Instantiates the behavior tree and returns :ref:`BTInstance<class_BTInstance>`.
+
+\ ``instance_owner`` should be the scene node that will own the behavior tree instance.
+
+This is typically a :ref:`BTPlayer<class_BTPlayer>`, :ref:`BTState<class_BTState>`, or a custom player node that controls the behavior tree execution.
 
 .. rst-class:: classref-item-separator
 
diff --git a/doc_classes/BehaviorTree.xml b/doc_classes/BehaviorTree.xml
index 16b900f..57b65b5 100644
--- a/doc_classes/BehaviorTree.xml
+++ b/doc_classes/BehaviorTree.xml
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
 			<return type="BTInstance" />
 			<param index="0" name="agent" type="Node" />
 			<param index="1" name="blackboard" type="Blackboard" />
-			<param index="2" name="scene_root" type="Node" />
+			<param index="2" name="instance_owner" type="Node" />
 			<description>
-				Instantiates the behavior tree and returns [BTInstance]. [param scene_root] should be the root node of the scene that the Behavior Tree will be used in (e.g., the owner of the node that contains the behavior tree instance).
+				Instantiates the behavior tree and returns [BTInstance]. [param instance_owner] should be the scene node that will own the behavior tree instance. This is typically a [BTPlayer], [BTState], or a custom player node that controls the behavior tree execution.
 			</description>
 		</method>
 		<method name="set_root_task">