diff --git a/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/EntityManagerFactory.java b/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/EntityManagerFactory.java
index ec2db1cc..16845f24 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/EntityManagerFactory.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/EntityManagerFactory.java
@@ -171,6 +171,14 @@ public interface EntityManagerFactory extends AutoCloseable {
      */
     public PersistenceUnitUtil getPersistenceUnitUtil();
 
+    /**
+     *The type of transaction management used by this persistence
+     * unit, either resource-local transaction management, or JTA.
+     *
+     * @since 3.2
+     */
+    public PersistenceUnitTransactionType getTransactionType();
+
     /**
      * Return interface providing access to schema management
      * operations for the persistence unit.
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/PersistenceConfiguration.java b/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/PersistenceConfiguration.java
index 1385d05b..369fe23f 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/PersistenceConfiguration.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/PersistenceConfiguration.java
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ public class PersistenceConfiguration {
 
     private SharedCacheMode sharedCacheMode = SharedCacheMode.UNSPECIFIED;
     private ValidationMode validationMode = ValidationMode.AUTO;
-    private PersistenceTransactionType transactionType = PersistenceTransactionType.RESOURCE_LOCAL;
+    private PersistenceUnitTransactionType transactionType = PersistenceUnitTransactionType.RESOURCE_LOCAL;
 
     private final List<Class<?>> managedClasses = new ArrayList<>();
     private final List<String> mappingFileNames = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -334,25 +334,25 @@ public List<String> mappingFiles() {
      * @param transactionType the transaction type
      * @return this configuration
      */
-    public PersistenceConfiguration transactionType(PersistenceTransactionType transactionType) {
+    public PersistenceConfiguration transactionType(PersistenceUnitTransactionType transactionType) {
         this.transactionType = transactionType;
         return this;
     }
 
     /**
-     * The {@linkplain PersistenceTransactionType transaction type}.
+     * The {@linkplain PersistenceUnitTransactionType transaction type}.
      * <ul>
-     * <li>If {@link PersistenceTransactionType#JTA}, a JTA data
+     * <li>If {@link PersistenceUnitTransactionType#JTA}, a JTA data
      *     source must be provided via {@link #jtaDataSource()},
      *     or by the container.
-     * <li>If {@link PersistenceTransactionType#RESOURCE_LOCAL},
+     * <li>If {@link PersistenceUnitTransactionType#RESOURCE_LOCAL},
      *     database connection properties may be specified via
      *     {@link #properties()}, or a non-JTA datasource may be
      *     provided via {@link #nonJtaDataSource()}.
      * </ul>
      * @return the transaction type
      */
-    public PersistenceTransactionType transactionType() {
+    public PersistenceUnitTransactionType transactionType() {
         return transactionType;
     }
 
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/PersistenceTransactionType.java b/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/PersistenceUnitTransactionType.java
similarity index 95%
rename from api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/PersistenceTransactionType.java
rename to api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/PersistenceUnitTransactionType.java
index a82e5bed..e24055f0 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/PersistenceTransactionType.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/PersistenceUnitTransactionType.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  *
  * @since 3.2
  */
-public enum PersistenceTransactionType {
+public enum PersistenceUnitTransactionType {
     /**
      * Transaction management via JTA.
      */
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/ValidationMode.java b/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/ValidationMode.java
index 2b406b4d..9ce9fa6d 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/ValidationMode.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/ValidationMode.java
@@ -44,4 +44,4 @@ public enum ValidationMode {
      * The persistence provider must not perform lifecycle event validation.
      */
     NONE
-    }
+}
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/spi/PersistenceUnitTransactionType.java b/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/spi/PersistenceUnitTransactionType.java
index ab293246..3375c336 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/spi/PersistenceUnitTransactionType.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/spi/PersistenceUnitTransactionType.java
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@
  * resource-local entity managers.
  *
  * @since 1.0
+ *
+ * @deprecated replaced by
+ * {@link jakarta.persistence.PersistenceUnitTransactionType}
  */
+@Deprecated(since = "3.2", forRemoval = true)
 public enum PersistenceUnitTransactionType {
 
     /** JTA entity managers will be created. */