diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/base.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/base.rs
index 9a5c7e86d21c..7ff680497bfd 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/base.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/base.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ pub struct BasicMacroExpander {
     pub span: Option<Span>
 }
 
-pub trait MacroExpander {
+/// Represents a thing that maps token trees to Macro Results
+pub trait TTMacroExpander {
     fn expand(&self,
               ecx: &mut ExtCtxt,
               span: Span,
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ pub type MacroExpanderFn =
     fn(ecx: &mut ExtCtxt, span: codemap::Span, token_tree: &[ast::TokenTree])
        -> Box<MacResult>;
 
-impl MacroExpander for BasicMacroExpander {
+impl TTMacroExpander for BasicMacroExpander {
     fn expand(&self,
               ecx: &mut ExtCtxt,
               span: Span,
@@ -259,7 +260,7 @@ pub enum SyntaxExtension {
     /// A normal, function-like syntax extension.
     ///
     /// `bytes!` is a `NormalTT`.
-    NormalTT(Box<MacroExpander + 'static>, Option<Span>),
+    NormalTT(Box<TTMacroExpander + 'static>, Option<Span>),
 
     /// A function-like syntax extension that has an extra ident before
     /// the block.
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/tt/macro_rules.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/tt/macro_rules.rs
index 249e9305150d..923b3e78731a 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/tt/macro_rules.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/tt/macro_rules.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use ast::{TTDelim};
 use ast;
 use codemap::{Span, Spanned, DUMMY_SP};
 use ext::base::{ExtCtxt, MacResult, MacroDef};
-use ext::base::{NormalTT, MacroExpander};
+use ext::base::{NormalTT, TTMacroExpander};
 use ext::base;
 use ext::tt::macro_parser::{Success, Error, Failure};
 use ext::tt::macro_parser::{NamedMatch, MatchedSeq, MatchedNonterminal};
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ struct MacroRulesMacroExpander {
     rhses: Vec<Rc<NamedMatch>>,
 }
 
-impl MacroExpander for MacroRulesMacroExpander {
+impl TTMacroExpander for MacroRulesMacroExpander {
     fn expand(&self,
               cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
               sp: Span,