diff --git a/src/atom.ml b/src/atom.ml
index d65e65d..ff5a55d 100644
--- a/src/atom.ml
+++ b/src/atom.ml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ let opt_element tag_name content body =
 let entry config url node_fn note =
   let open Logarion in
   let meta = note.Note.meta in
-  let u = "note/" ^ Meta.slug meta in
+  let u = "note/" ^ Meta.alias meta in
   let open Meta in
   let open Author in
   ("<entry>"
diff --git a/src/file.ml b/src/file.ml
index 558074d..54eb9c0 100644
--- a/src/file.ml
+++ b/src/file.ml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ let note_with_alias store alias =
     |> Array.to_list
     |> List.filter (fun file -> BatString.ends_with file Lpath.extension)
     |> List.fold_left cons_valid_meta []
-    |> List.filter (fun note -> Meta.slug note.Note.meta = alias)
+    |> List.filter (fun note -> Meta.alias note.Note.meta = alias)
     |> List.fast_sort (fun a b -> recency_order a.Note.meta b.Note.meta)
   in
   try Some (List.hd notes)
diff --git a/src/html.ml b/src/html.ml
index 5c9d388..7f7411e 100644
--- a/src/html.ml
+++ b/src/html.ml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ let of_note ?(header_tpl=None) ?(note_tpl=None) blog_url lgrn ymd =
 
 let article_link meta =
   let open Logarion in
-  let u = "/note/" ^ Meta.slug meta in
+  let u = "/note/" ^ Meta.alias meta in
   let d =
     let open Meta in
     Unsafe.data Note.(meta.Meta.title ^ (Meta.Date.pretty_date (meta.date |> Meta.Date.last)))
diff --git a/src/logarion.ml b/src/logarion.ml
index 7cd6885..34a2671 100644
--- a/src/logarion.ml
+++ b/src/logarion.ml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module Id = Meta.Id
-type slug_t = string
+type alias_t = string
 
 module Configuration = struct
   type t = {
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ module Configuration = struct
        }
 end
 
-module SlugMap = Meta.SlugMap
+module AliasMap = Meta.AliasMap
 
 module Make (Store : Store.T) = struct
   type t = {
diff --git a/src/lpath.ml b/src/lpath.ml
index 58ac973..0b778f2 100644
--- a/src/lpath.ml
+++ b/src/lpath.ml
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ let fpath_of_note = function Note n -> (fpath_of_repo n.repo // notes // n.basen
 let string_of_note n = fpath_of_note n |> to_string
 let note_of_basename repo s = Note { repo; basename = v s }
 
-let slug_of_note = function Note n -> n.basename |> rem_ext |> to_string
-let note_of_slug repo slug = note_of_basename repo (slug ^ extension)
+let alias_of_note = function Note n -> n.basename |> rem_ext |> to_string
+let note_of_alias repo alias = note_of_basename repo (alias ^ extension)
 
 let versioned_basename_of_title ?(version=0) repo (title : string) =
   let notes_fpath = fpath_of_repo repo // notes in
-  let basename = v @@ Meta.string_slug title in
+  let basename = v @@ Meta.string_alias title in
   let rec next version =
     let candidate = basename |> add_ext (string_of_int version) |> add_ext extension in
     if Sys.file_exists (to_string (notes_fpath // candidate))
diff --git a/src/meta.ml b/src/meta.ml
index 4abf830..01344f1 100644
--- a/src/meta.ml
+++ b/src/meta.ml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ let stringset_csv set =
   let f elt a = if a <> "" then a ^ ", " ^ elt else elt in
   StringSet.fold f set ""
 
-let string_slug t =
+let string_alias t =
   let is_reserved = function
     | '!' | '*' | '\'' | '(' | ')' | ';' | ':' | '@' | '&' | '=' | '+' | '$'
       | ',' | '/' | '?' | '#' | '[' | ']' | ' ' | '\t' | '\x00' -> true
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ type t = {
     series: StringSet.t;
     abstract: string;
     uuid: Id.t;
-    slug: string;
+    alias: string;
   } [@@deriving lens { submodule = true }]
 
 let blank ?(uuid=(Id.generate ())) () = {
@@ -124,17 +124,17 @@ let blank ?(uuid=(Id.generate ())) () = {
     series   = StringSet.empty;
     abstract = "";
     uuid;
-    slug = "";
+    alias = "";
   }
 
 let listed    e = CategorySet.listed e.categories
 let published e = CategorySet.published e.categories
 let unique_topics ts x = StringSet.union ts x.topics
 
-module SlugMap = Map.Make(String)
+module AliasMap = Map.Make(String)
 module IdMap = Map.Make(Id)
 
-let slug meta = if meta.slug = "" then string_slug meta.title else meta.slug
+let alias meta = if meta.alias = "" then string_alias meta.title else meta.alias
 
 let value_with_name (meta as m) = function
   | "title"    -> m.title
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ let value_with_name (meta as m) = function
   | "keywords"   -> stringset_csv m.keywords;
   | "series"     -> stringset_csv m.series;
   | "uuid" -> Id.to_string m.uuid
-  | "slug" -> slug m
+  | "alias" -> alias m
   | e -> invalid_arg e
 
 let with_kv meta (k,v) =
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ let with_kv meta (k,v) =
   | "series"    -> { meta with series = trim v |> list_of_csv |> StringSet.of_list }
   | "uuid"      ->
      (match Id.of_string v with Some id -> (uuid ^= id) meta | None -> meta)
-  | "slug"      -> { meta with slug = v }
+  | "alias"     -> { meta with alias = v }
   | _ -> meta
 
 let to_string (meta as m) =
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ let to_string (meta as m) =
       s "series"   (stringset_csv m.series);
       s "abstract" m.abstract;
       s "uuid" (Uuidm.to_string m.uuid);
-      s "slug" m.slug
+      s "alias" m.alias
     ]
   in
   String.concat "" rows
diff --git a/src/template.ml b/src/template.ml
index 40a3d27..2709f31 100644
--- a/src/template.ml
+++ b/src/template.ml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ let fold_note ymd =
 let fold_meta (meta : Meta.t) =
   let open Logarion in
   let escaped e = match e with
-    | "url" -> "/note/" ^ Meta.slug meta
+    | "url" -> "/note/" ^ Meta.alias meta
     | "date" | "date_created" | "date_edited" | "date_published" | "date_human" ->
        "<time>" ^ Meta.value_with_name meta e ^ "</time>"
     | tag -> Meta.value_with_name meta tag in
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ let fold_header blog_url title =
 
 let fold_list ?(item_tpl=None) ~from ~n notes =
   let simple meta =
-    "<li><a href=\"/note/" ^ Meta.slug meta ^ "\">"
+    "<li><a href=\"/note/" ^ Meta.alias meta ^ "\">"
     ^ meta.Meta.title ^ " ~ " ^ Meta.Date.(pretty_date (last meta.Meta.date))
     ^ "</a></li>"
   in