diff --git a/serde_derive/src/de/enum_.rs b/serde_derive/src/de/enum_.rs
index 6bcea1ca..39ffc359 100644
--- a/serde_derive/src/de/enum_.rs
+++ b/serde_derive/src/de/enum_.rs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ pub fn prepare_enum_variant_enum(variants: &[Variant]) -> (TokenStream, Stmts) {
         })
         .collect();
 
-    let variant_visitor = Stmts(identifier::generate_identifier(
+    let variant_visitor = Stmts(identifier::deserialize_generated(
         &deserialized_variants,
         false, // variant identifiers do not depend on the presence of flatten fields
         true,
diff --git a/serde_derive/src/de/identifier.rs b/serde_derive/src/de/identifier.rs
index fd3be9d7..8e67b963 100644
--- a/serde_derive/src/de/identifier.rs
+++ b/serde_derive/src/de/identifier.rs
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ pub(super) fn deserialize_custom(
     }
 }
 
-pub(super) fn generate_identifier(
+pub(super) fn deserialize_generated(
     deserialized_fields: &[FieldWithAliases],
     has_flatten: bool,
     is_variant: bool,
diff --git a/serde_derive/src/de/struct_.rs b/serde_derive/src/de/struct_.rs
index a08d8acd..f5a77ecf 100644
--- a/serde_derive/src/de/struct_.rs
+++ b/serde_derive/src/de/struct_.rs
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ fn deserialize_field_identifier(
         (Some(ignore_variant), Some(fallthrough))
     };
 
-    Stmts(identifier::generate_identifier(
+    Stmts(identifier::deserialize_generated(
         deserialized_fields,
         has_flatten,
         false,