diff --git a/transform/absurl.go b/transform/absurl.go
index 1c721071d..0bd579b4c 100644
--- a/transform/absurl.go
+++ b/transform/absurl.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func absURLFromURL(URL string) (trs []link, err error) {
 }
 
 func absURLFromReplacer(ar *absURLReplacer) (trs []link, err error) {
-	trs = append(trs, func(rw contentRewriter) {
+	trs = append(trs, func(rw contentTransformer) {
 		ar.replaceInHTML(rw)
 	})
 	return
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func absURLInXMLFromURL(URL string) (trs []link, err error) {
 }
 
 func absURLInXMLFromReplacer(ar *absURLReplacer) (trs []link, err error) {
-	trs = append(trs, func(rw contentRewriter) {
+	trs = append(trs, func(rw contentTransformer) {
 		ar.replaceInXML(rw)
 	})
 	return
diff --git a/transform/absurlreplacer.go b/transform/absurlreplacer.go
index 13a34c738..9acdfc8de 100644
--- a/transform/absurlreplacer.go
+++ b/transform/absurlreplacer.go
@@ -176,11 +176,11 @@ func (l *contentlexer) replace() {
 	}
 }
 
-func doReplace(rw contentRewriter, matchers []absURLMatcher) {
+func doReplace(ct contentTransformer, matchers []absURLMatcher) {
 
 	lexer := &contentlexer{
-		content:      rw.Content(),
-		w:            rw,
+		content:      ct.Content(),
+		w:            ct,
 		prefixLookup: &prefixes{pr: mainPrefixRunes},
 		matchers:     matchers}
 
@@ -226,10 +226,10 @@ func newAbsURLReplacer(baseURL string) *absURLReplacer {
 
 }
 
-func (au *absURLReplacer) replaceInHTML(rw contentRewriter) {
-	doReplace(rw, au.htmlMatchers)
+func (au *absURLReplacer) replaceInHTML(ct contentTransformer) {
+	doReplace(ct, au.htmlMatchers)
 }
 
-func (au *absURLReplacer) replaceInXML(rw contentRewriter) {
-	doReplace(rw, au.xmlMatchers)
+func (au *absURLReplacer) replaceInXML(ct contentTransformer) {
+	doReplace(ct, au.xmlMatchers)
 }
diff --git a/transform/chain.go b/transform/chain.go
index a42660245..6c41c4199 100644
--- a/transform/chain.go
+++ b/transform/chain.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 )
 
-type trans func(rw contentRewriter)
+type trans func(rw contentTransformer)
 
 type link trans
 
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ func NewEmptyTransforms() []link {
 	return make([]link, 0, 20)
 }
 
-// contentRewriter is an interface that enables rotation
+// contentTransformer is an interface that enables rotation
 // of pooled buffers in the transformer chain.
-type contentRewriter interface {
+type contentTransformer interface {
 	Content() []byte
 	io.Writer
 }
 
-// Implements contentRewriter
+// Implements contentTransformer
 // Content is read from the from-buffer,
 // and rewritten to to the to-buffer.
 type fromToBuffer struct {
diff --git a/transform/chain_test.go b/transform/chain_test.go
index c69b2eb82..683ac77c1 100644
--- a/transform/chain_test.go
+++ b/transform/chain_test.go
@@ -56,18 +56,18 @@ func TestChainZeroTransformers(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestChaingMultipleTransformers(t *testing.T) {
-	f1 := func(rw contentRewriter) {
-		rw.Write(bytes.Replace(rw.Content(), []byte("f1"), []byte("f1r"), -1))
+	f1 := func(ct contentTransformer) {
+		ct.Write(bytes.Replace(ct.Content(), []byte("f1"), []byte("f1r"), -1))
 	}
-	f2 := func(rw contentRewriter) {
-		rw.Write(bytes.Replace(rw.Content(), []byte("f2"), []byte("f2r"), -1))
+	f2 := func(ct contentTransformer) {
+		ct.Write(bytes.Replace(ct.Content(), []byte("f2"), []byte("f2r"), -1))
 	}
-	f3 := func(rw contentRewriter) {
-		rw.Write(bytes.Replace(rw.Content(), []byte("f3"), []byte("f3r"), -1))
+	f3 := func(ct contentTransformer) {
+		ct.Write(bytes.Replace(ct.Content(), []byte("f3"), []byte("f3r"), -1))
 	}
 
-	f4 := func(rw contentRewriter) {
-		rw.Write(bytes.Replace(rw.Content(), []byte("f4"), []byte("f4r"), -1))
+	f4 := func(ct contentTransformer) {
+		ct.Write(bytes.Replace(ct.Content(), []byte("f4"), []byte("f4r"), -1))
 	}
 
 	tr := NewChain(f1, f2, f3, f4)
diff --git a/transform/livereloadinject.go b/transform/livereloadinject.go
index 1399533fc..e5c100960 100644
--- a/transform/livereloadinject.go
+++ b/transform/livereloadinject.go
@@ -5,19 +5,19 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
-func LiveReloadInject(rw contentRewriter) {
+func LiveReloadInject(ct contentTransformer) {
 	match := []byte("</body>")
 	port := viper.GetString("port")
 	replace := []byte(`<script>document.write('<script src="http://'
         + (location.host || 'localhost').split(':')[0]
 		+ ':` + port + `/livereload.js?mindelay=10"></'
         + 'script>')</script></body>`)
-	newcontent := bytes.Replace(rw.Content(), match, replace, -1)
+	newcontent := bytes.Replace(ct.Content(), match, replace, -1)
 
-	if len(newcontent) == len(rw.Content()) {
+	if len(newcontent) == len(ct.Content()) {
 		match := []byte("</BODY>")
-		newcontent = bytes.Replace(rw.Content(), match, replace, -1)
+		newcontent = bytes.Replace(ct.Content(), match, replace, -1)
 	}
 
-	rw.Write(newcontent)
+	ct.Write(newcontent)
 }