diff --git a/src/document/url.ml b/src/document/url.ml
index 0e4bfb01ac..4c3f3847c9 100644
--- a/src/document/url.ml
+++ b/src/document/url.ml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ module Path = struct
 
   let pp_kind fmt kind = Format.fprintf fmt "%s" (string_of_kind kind)
 
-  let pp_kind_prefix_for_output fmt = function
+  let pp_disambiguating_prefix fmt = function
     | `Module | `Page | `LeafPage | `File | `SourcePage -> ()
     | kind -> Format.fprintf fmt "%s-" (string_of_kind kind)
 
diff --git a/src/document/url.mli b/src/document/url.mli
index 2b13e4de8e..4dabe5365f 100644
--- a/src/document/url.mli
+++ b/src/document/url.mli
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ module Path : sig
 
   val string_of_kind : kind -> string
 
-  val pp_kind_prefix_for_output : Format.formatter -> kind -> unit
-  (** Print the ["kind-"] prefix used in output files. *)
+  val pp_disambiguating_prefix : Format.formatter -> kind -> unit
+  (** Print the ["kind-"] prefix used to disambiguate urls in "flat modes":
+      e.g. latex labels and output files in [--flat] HTML and man output *)
 
   type t = { kind : kind; parent : t option; name : string }
 
diff --git a/src/html/link.ml b/src/html/link.ml
index dba7b7d3d9..f0724694e3 100644
--- a/src/html/link.ml
+++ b/src/html/link.ml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module Path = struct
   let for_printing url = List.map snd @@ Url.Path.to_list url
 
   let segment_to_string (kind, name) =
-    Format.asprintf "%a%s" Url.Path.pp_kind_prefix_for_output kind name
+    Format.asprintf "%a%s" Url.Path.pp_disambiguating_prefix kind name
 
   let is_leaf_page url = url.Url.Path.kind = `LeafPage
 
diff --git a/src/latex/generator.ml b/src/latex/generator.ml
index 0ba76c2f8f..5cd04bb52f 100644
--- a/src/latex/generator.ml
+++ b/src/latex/generator.ml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module Link = struct
       | None -> ()
     in
     Format.fprintf ppf "%a%a%s" pp_parent x.parent
-      Url.Path.pp_kind_prefix_for_output x.kind x.name
+      Url.Path.pp_disambiguating_prefix x.kind x.name
 
   let page p = Format.asprintf "%a" flatten_path p
 
diff --git a/src/manpage/link.ml b/src/manpage/link.ml
index 3fd606b29e..2e577028ec 100644
--- a/src/manpage/link.ml
+++ b/src/manpage/link.ml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ open Odoc_document
 let for_printing url = List.map snd @@ Url.Path.to_list url
 
 let segment_to_string (kind, name) =
-  Format.asprintf "%a%s" Url.Path.pp_kind_prefix_for_output kind name
+  Format.asprintf "%a%s" Url.Path.pp_disambiguating_prefix kind name
 
 let as_filename ?(add_ext = true) (url : Url.Path.t) =
   let components = Url.Path.to_list url in