diff --git a/serde_derive/src/de/enum_internally.rs b/serde_derive/src/de/enum_internally.rs
index 30905f50..b669eef7 100644
--- a/serde_derive/src/de/enum_internally.rs
+++ b/serde_derive/src/de/enum_internally.rs
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ fn deserialize_internally_tagged_variant(
             }
         }
         Style::Newtype => {
-            enum_untagged::generate_newtype_variant(variant_ident, params, &variant.fields[0])
+            enum_untagged::deserialize_newtype_variant(variant_ident, params, &variant.fields[0])
         }
         Style::Struct => struct_::deserialize(
             params,
diff --git a/serde_derive/src/de/enum_untagged.rs b/serde_derive/src/de/enum_untagged.rs
index 9118ad60..f66d98de 100644
--- a/serde_derive/src/de/enum_untagged.rs
+++ b/serde_derive/src/de/enum_untagged.rs
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ pub(super) fn deserialize_variant(
                 }
             }
         }
-        Style::Newtype => generate_newtype_variant(variant_ident, params, &variant.fields[0]),
+        Style::Newtype => deserialize_newtype_variant(variant_ident, params, &variant.fields[0]),
         Style::Tuple => tuple::deserialize(
             params,
             &variant.fields,
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ pub(super) fn deserialize_variant(
 
 // Also used by internally tagged enums
 // Implicitly (via `generate_variant`) used by adjacently tagged enums
-pub(super) fn generate_newtype_variant(
+pub(super) fn deserialize_newtype_variant(
     variant_ident: &syn::Ident,
     params: &Parameters,
     field: &Field,