diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
index c18fea942e919..e700cecd1e4e2 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render.rs
@@ -302,14 +302,14 @@ impl Serialize for IndexItem {
 
 /// A type used for the search index.
 #[derive(Debug)]
-struct Type {
+struct RenderType {
     ty: Option<DefId>,
     idx: Option<usize>,
     name: Option<String>,
     generics: Option<Vec<Generic>>,
 }
 
-impl Serialize for Type {
+impl Serialize for RenderType {
     fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
     where
         S: Serializer,
@@ -388,12 +388,12 @@ impl Serialize for IndexItemFunctionType {
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct TypeWithKind {
-    ty: Type,
+    ty: RenderType,
     kind: TypeKind,
 }
 
-impl From<(Type, TypeKind)> for TypeWithKind {
-    fn from(x: (Type, TypeKind)) -> TypeWithKind {
+impl From<(RenderType, TypeKind)> for TypeWithKind {
+    fn from(x: (RenderType, TypeKind)) -> TypeWithKind {
         TypeWithKind { ty: x.0, kind: x.1 }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render/cache.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render/cache.rs
index bd703235f5ddb..bcc1a6bdb01dd 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render/cache.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render/cache.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use serde::Serialize;
 
 use super::{plain_summary_line, shorten, Impl, IndexItem, IndexItemFunctionType, ItemType};
-use super::{Generic, RenderInfo, Type, TypeWithKind};
+use super::{Generic, RenderInfo, RenderType, TypeWithKind};
 
 /// Indicates where an external crate can be found.
 pub enum ExternalLocation {
@@ -664,8 +664,8 @@ fn get_index_search_type(item: &clean::Item) -> Option<IndexItemFunctionType> {
     Some(IndexItemFunctionType { inputs, output })
 }
 
-fn get_index_type(clean_type: &clean::Type) -> Type {
-    let t = Type {
+fn get_index_type(clean_type: &clean::Type) -> RenderType {
+    let t = RenderType {
         ty: clean_type.def_id(),
         idx: None,
         name: get_index_type_name(clean_type, true).map(|s| s.to_ascii_lowercase()),