diff --git a/src/unix/mod.rs b/src/unix/mod.rs
index 2ac0a128b..4743bf587 100644
--- a/src/unix/mod.rs
+++ b/src/unix/mod.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ use mio::unix::{EventedFd, UnixReady};
 use mio::{PollOpt, Ready, Token};
 use mio::event::Evented;
 use mio;
-use self::reap::{EventedReaper, Kill, Wait};
+use self::reap::{Kill, Reaper, Wait};
 use self::tokio_signal::unix::Signal;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::io;
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ impl Kill for process::Child {
 
 #[must_use = "futures do nothing unless polled"]
 pub struct Child {
-    inner: EventedReaper<process::Child, FlattenStream<IoFuture<Signal>>>,
+    inner: Reaper<process::Child, FlattenStream<IoFuture<Signal>>>,
 }
 
 impl fmt::Debug for Child {
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ impl Child {
 
         let signal = Signal::with_handle(libc::SIGCHLD, handle).flatten_stream();
         let child = Child {
-            inner: EventedReaper::new(inner, signal),
+            inner: Reaper::new(inner, signal),
         };
 
         Ok((child, stdin, stdout, stderr))
diff --git a/src/unix/reap.rs b/src/unix/reap.rs
index 2e6d36e66..2326c650b 100644
--- a/src/unix/reap.rs
+++ b/src/unix/reap.rs
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ pub trait Kill {
 /// Orchestrates between registering interest for receiving signals when a
 /// child process has exited, and attempting to poll for process completion.
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct EventedReaper<W, S> {
+pub struct Reaper<W, S> {
     inner: W,
     signal: S,
 }
 
-impl<W, S> Deref for EventedReaper<W, S> {
+impl<W, S> Deref for Reaper<W, S> {
     type Target = W;
 
     fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ impl<W, S> Deref for EventedReaper<W, S> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<W, S> EventedReaper<W, S> {
+impl<W, S> Reaper<W, S> {
     pub fn new(inner: W, signal: S) -> Self {
         Self {
             inner,
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ impl<W, S> EventedReaper<W, S> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<W, S> Future for EventedReaper<W, S>
+impl<W, S> Future for Reaper<W, S>
     where W: Wait,
           S: Stream<Error = io::Error>,
 {
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ impl<W, S> Future for EventedReaper<W, S>
     }
 }
 
-impl<W, S> Kill for EventedReaper<W, S>
+impl<W, S> Kill for Reaper<W, S>
     where W: Kill,
 {
     fn kill(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
@@ -169,10 +169,10 @@ mod test {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    fn evented_reaper() {
+    fn reaper() {
         let exit = ExitStatus::from_raw(0);
         let mock = MockWait::new(exit.clone(), 3);
-        let mut grim = EventedReaper::new(mock, MockStream::new(vec!(
+        let mut grim = Reaper::new(mock, MockStream::new(vec!(
             None,
             Some(()),
             None,
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ mod test {
     #[test]
     fn kill() {
         let exit = ExitStatus::from_raw(0);
-        let mut grim = EventedReaper::new(
+        let mut grim = Reaper::new(
             MockWait::new(exit, 0),
             MockStream::new(vec!(None))
         );