4 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/src/librustc/ty/mod.rs b/src/librustc/ty/mod.rs
index 2355ed7e147..9ffab1acf3c 100644
--- a/src/librustc/ty/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/ty/mod.rs
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ pub enum Variance {
 /// variance of every item in the local crate. You should not use it
 /// directly, because to do so will make your pass dependent on the
 /// HIR of every item in the local crate. Instead, use
-/// `tcx.item_variances()` to get the variance for a *particular*
+/// `tcx.variances_of()` to get the variance for a *particular*
 /// item.
 pub struct CrateVariancesMap {
     /// This relation tracks the dependencies between the variance of
diff --git a/src/librustc_metadata/encoder.rs b/src/librustc_metadata/encoder.rs
index 125026b799c..796cb8c4d65 100644
--- a/src/librustc_metadata/encoder.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_metadata/encoder.rs
@@ -240,8 +240,8 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> EncodeContext<'a, 'tcx> {
 }
 
 impl<'a, 'b: 'a, 'tcx: 'b> EntryBuilder<'a, 'b, 'tcx> {
-    fn encode_item_variances(&mut self, def_id: DefId) -> LazySeq<ty::Variance> {
-        debug!("EntryBuilder::encode_item_variances({:?})", def_id);
+    fn encode_variances_of(&mut self, def_id: DefId) -> LazySeq<ty::Variance> {
+        debug!("EntryBuilder::encode_variances_of({:?})", def_id);
         let tcx = self.tcx;
         self.lazy_seq_from_slice(&tcx.variances_of(def_id))
     }
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b: 'a, 'tcx: 'b> EntryBuilder<'a, 'b, 'tcx> {
                 hir::ItemEnum(..) |
                 hir::ItemStruct(..) |
                 hir::ItemUnion(..) |
-                hir::ItemTrait(..) => self.encode_item_variances(def_id),
+                hir::ItemTrait(..) => self.encode_variances_of(def_id),
                 _ => LazySeq::empty(),
             },
             generics: match item.node {
diff --git a/src/librustc_typeck/variance/README.md b/src/librustc_typeck/variance/README.md
index 9ec20c1a45c..59291617889 100644
--- a/src/librustc_typeck/variance/README.md
+++ b/src/librustc_typeck/variance/README.md
@@ -102,15 +102,15 @@ can become quite muddled if we are not careful. To resolve this, we refactor
 into two queries:
 
 - `crate_variances` computes the variance for all items in the current crate.
-- `item_variances` accesses the variance for an individual reading; it
+- `variances_of` accesses the variance for an individual reading; it
   works by requesting `crate_variances` and extracting the relevant data.
   
-If you limit yourself to reading `item_variances`, your code will only
+If you limit yourself to reading `variances_of`, your code will only
 depend then on the inference inferred for that particular item.
 
 Eventually, the goal is to rely on the red-green dependency management
 algorithm. At the moment, however, we rely instead on a hack, where
-`item_variances` ignores the dependencies of accessing
+`variances_of` ignores the dependencies of accessing
 `crate_variances` and instead computes the *correct* dependencies
 itself. To this end, when we build up the constraints in the system,
 we also built up a transitive `dependencies` relation as part of the
diff --git a/src/librustc_typeck/variance/test.rs b/src/librustc_typeck/variance/test.rs
index 53f2bd37fbc..1acadb7e772 100644
--- a/src/librustc_typeck/variance/test.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_typeck/variance/test.rs
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> ItemLikeVisitor<'tcx> for VarianceTest<'a, 'tcx> {
         // For unit testing: check for a special "rustc_variance"
         // attribute and report an error with various results if found.
         if self.tcx.has_attr(item_def_id, "rustc_variance") {
-            let item_variances = self.tcx.variances_of(item_def_id);
+            let variances_of = self.tcx.variances_of(item_def_id);
             span_err!(self.tcx.sess,
                       item.span,
                       E0208,
                       "{:?}",
-                      item_variances);
+                      variances_of);
         }
     }