diff --git a/src/awesomewm.d.tl/generator/init.tl b/src/awesomewm.d.tl/generator/init.tl
deleted file mode 100644
index 586a64b..0000000
--- a/src/awesomewm.d.tl/generator/init.tl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-return {
-   global_env_def = require "generator.global_env_def",
-   module_init_definition = require "generator.module_init_definition",
-   snippets = require "generator.snippets",
-   teal_type_definitions = require "generator.teal_type_definitions",
-}
diff --git a/src/awesomewm.d.tl/init.tl b/src/awesomewm.d.tl/init.tl
index 3fcea57..5fa2966 100644
--- a/src/awesomewm.d.tl/init.tl
+++ b/src/awesomewm.d.tl/init.tl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ end
 
 local crawler = require "crawler"
 local filesystem = require "filesystem"
-local generator = require "generator"
+local printer = require "printer"
 local List = require "pl.List"
 local logger = require "logger"
 local Map = require "pl.Map"
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ local function module_lists(
 end
 
 -- The module's children list produced can contain duplicates.
--- We ignore them for now because they are dismissed when building a Map for the generator.
+-- We ignore them for now because they are dismissed when building a Map for the printer.
 local function modules_tree(modules: List<Module_Info.Module_Info>): Map<string, List<string>>
    local tree: Map<string, List<string>> = Map()
    for module in modules:iter() do
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ end
 --    module_doc:fixup()
 --    module_doc:populate_requires()
 --    filesystem.file_writer.write(
---       generator.teal_type_definitions.generate_teal(module_doc),
+--       printer.teal_type_definitions.generate_teal(module_doc),
 --       output_path
 --    )
 -- end
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ end
 --    global_env_def:append(module_doc)
 -- end
 -- filesystem.file_writer.write(
---    generator.global_env_def.generate_teal(global_env_def),
+--    printer.global_env_def.generate_teal(global_env_def),
 --    property.out_directory .. "/global_env.d.tl"
 -- )
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ end
 --       requires:set(name, child)
 --    end
 --    filesystem.file_writer.write(
---       generator.module_init_definition.generate_teal(requires),
+--       printer.module_init_definition.generate_teal(requires),
 --       property.out_directory .. "/" .. stringx.split(module, "."):slice(1, -1):join("/") .. "/init.d.tl"
 --    )
 -- end
@@ -156,6 +156,6 @@ log:info(logger.message_with_metadata("Finished", {
 }))
 
 filesystem.file_writer.write(
-   generator.teal_type_definitions.generate_teal(module_ast),
+   printer.teal_type_definition.printer(module_ast),
    property.out_directory .. "/" .. "generated_from_ast" .. ".d.tl"
 )
diff --git a/src/awesomewm.d.tl/generator/global_env_def.tl b/src/awesomewm.d.tl/printer/global_env_def.tl
similarity index 96%
rename from src/awesomewm.d.tl/generator/global_env_def.tl
rename to src/awesomewm.d.tl/printer/global_env_def.tl
index 47387d6..79b9250 100644
--- a/src/awesomewm.d.tl/generator/global_env_def.tl
+++ b/src/awesomewm.d.tl/printer/global_env_def.tl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ local List = require "pl.List"
 local Module_Doc = require "entity.Module_Doc"
 local template = require "pl.template"
 local utils = require "utils"
-local snippets = require "generator.snippets"
+local snippets = require "printer.snippets"
 
 -- The long therm goal is to have so many `snippets.render_*` functions that
 -- we can render the whole file with the smallest template possible.
diff --git a/src/awesomewm.d.tl/printer/init.tl b/src/awesomewm.d.tl/printer/init.tl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1787676
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/awesomewm.d.tl/printer/init.tl
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+return {
+   global_env_def = require("printer.global_env_def"),
+   module_init_definition = require("printer.module_init_definition"),
+   snippets = require("printer.snippets"),
+   teal_type_definition = require("printer.teal_type_definition"),
+}
diff --git a/src/awesomewm.d.tl/generator/module_init_definition.tl b/src/awesomewm.d.tl/printer/module_init_definition.tl
similarity index 93%
rename from src/awesomewm.d.tl/generator/module_init_definition.tl
rename to src/awesomewm.d.tl/printer/module_init_definition.tl
index 20d8ed4..dca48f5 100644
--- a/src/awesomewm.d.tl/generator/module_init_definition.tl
+++ b/src/awesomewm.d.tl/printer/module_init_definition.tl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 local Map = require "pl.Map"
 local template = require "pl.template"
 local utils = require "utils"
-local snippets = require "generator.snippets"
+local snippets = require "printer.snippets"
 
 -- The long therm goal is to have so many `snippets.render_*` functions that
 -- we can render the whole file with the smallest template possible.
diff --git a/src/awesomewm.d.tl/generator/snippets.tl b/src/awesomewm.d.tl/printer/snippets.tl
similarity index 100%
rename from src/awesomewm.d.tl/generator/snippets.tl
rename to src/awesomewm.d.tl/printer/snippets.tl
diff --git a/src/awesomewm.d.tl/generator/teal_type_definitions.tl b/src/awesomewm.d.tl/printer/teal_type_definition.tl
similarity index 72%
rename from src/awesomewm.d.tl/generator/teal_type_definitions.tl
rename to src/awesomewm.d.tl/printer/teal_type_definition.tl
index 39393d1..82c7fd7 100644
--- a/src/awesomewm.d.tl/generator/teal_type_definitions.tl
+++ b/src/awesomewm.d.tl/printer/teal_type_definition.tl
@@ -20,23 +20,23 @@ local function render_types(types: { string }): string
    return ": " .. concatenate_strings(types)
 end
 
-local record Node_Generator_Function
+local record Node_Printer_Function
    on_node: function(node: Node): string
    before_node: nil | function(node: Node): string
    after_node: nil | function(node: Node): string
 end
 
 -- pre-declare functions to prevent forward reference errors
-local generate_teal: function(node: Node): string
-local generate_children: function(node: Node): string
+local print_teal: function(node: Node): string
+local print_children: function(node: Node): string
 
-local node_generator <total>: { Node.Token : Node_Generator_Function } = {
+local node_printer <total>: { Node.Token : Node_Printer_Function } = {
    ["module"] = {
       before_node = function(node: Node): string
          return "-- This file was auto-generated.\n\nlocal record " .. node.name .. "\n"
       end,
       on_node = function(node: Node): string
-         return generate_children(node)
+         return print_children(node)
       end,
       after_node = function(node: Node): string
          return "end\n\nreturn " .. node.name
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ local node_generator <total>: { Node.Token : Node_Generator_Function } = {
          return "local record " .. node.name
       end,
       on_node = function(node: Node): string
-         return generate_children(node)
+         return print_children(node)
       end,
       after_node = function(): string
          return "end"
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ local node_generator <total>: { Node.Token : Node_Generator_Function } = {
          return "enum " .. node.name .. "\n"
       end,
       on_node = function(node: Node): string
-         return generate_children(node)
+         return print_children(node)
       end,
       after_node = function(): string
          return "end"
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ local node_generator <total>: { Node.Token : Node_Generator_Function } = {
       on_node = function(node: Node): string
          local args = {}
          for _, parameter in ipairs(node.parameters) do
-            table.insert(args, generate_teal(parameter))
+            table.insert(args, print_teal(parameter))
          end
          return node.name .. ": function(" .. table.concat(args, ", ") .. ")" .. render_types(node.return_types)
       end,
@@ -90,27 +90,27 @@ local node_generator <total>: { Node.Token : Node_Generator_Function } = {
    }
 }
 
-function generate_teal(node: Node): string
-   local generator = node_generator[node.token]
+function print_teal(node: Node): string
+   local printer = node_printer[node.token]
    local generated = ""
-   if generator.before_node then
-      generated = (generator.before_node as function(node: Node): string)(node)
+   if printer.before_node then
+      generated = (printer.before_node as function(node: Node): string)(node)
    end
-   generated = generated .. generator.on_node(node)
-   if generator.after_node then
-      generated = generated .. (generator.after_node as function(node: Node): string)(node)
+   generated = generated .. printer.on_node(node)
+   if printer.after_node then
+      generated = generated .. (printer.after_node as function(node: Node): string)(node)
    end
    return generated
 end
 
-function generate_children(node: Node): string
+function print_children(node: Node): string
    local generated = ""
    for _, child in ast.iter_children(node) do
-      generated = generated .. generate_teal(child) .. "\n"
+      generated = generated .. print_teal(child) .. "\n"
    end
    return generated
 end
 
 return {
-   generate_teal = generate_teal,
+   printer = print_teal,
 }