diff --git a/src/librustdoc/json/conversions.rs b/src/librustdoc/json/conversions.rs
index 023f392563e8..073209c2468a 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/json/conversions.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/json/conversions.rs
@@ -503,13 +503,13 @@ impl From<clean::Import> for Import {
         use clean::ImportKind::*;
         match import.kind {
             Simple(s) => Import {
-                span: import.source.path.whole_name(),
+                source: import.source.path.whole_name(),
                 name: s.to_string(),
                 id: import.source.did.map(from_def_id),
                 glob: false,
             },
             Glob => Import {
-                span: import.source.path.whole_name(),
+                source: import.source.path.whole_name(),
                 name: import.source.path.last_name().to_string(),
                 id: import.source.did.map(from_def_id),
                 glob: true,
diff --git a/src/rustdoc-json-types/lib.rs b/src/rustdoc-json-types/lib.rs
index 82064f31f58e..72a4d9a18301 100644
--- a/src/rustdoc-json-types/lib.rs
+++ b/src/rustdoc-json-types/lib.rs
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ pub struct Impl {
 #[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
 pub struct Import {
     /// The full path being imported.
-    pub span: String,
+    pub source: String,
     /// May be different from the last segment of `source` when renaming imports:
     /// `use source as name;`
     pub name: String,
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc-json/nested.rs b/src/test/rustdoc-json/nested.rs
index 5bb66f7f6fd7..b0e717d8a86b 100644
--- a/src/test/rustdoc-json/nested.rs
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc-json/nested.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pub mod l1 {
         // @has - "$.index[*][?(@.name=='l3')].inner.items[*]" $l4_id
         pub struct L4;
     }
-    // @is nested.json "$.index[*][?(@.inner.span=='l3::L4')].kind" \"import\"
-    // @is - "$.index[*][?(@.inner.span=='l3::L4')].inner.glob" false
+    // @is nested.json "$.index[*][?(@.inner.source=='l3::L4')].kind" \"import\"
+    // @is - "$.index[*][?(@.inner.source=='l3::L4')].inner.glob" false
     pub use l3::L4;
 }