diff --git a/components/compositing/compositor.rs b/components/compositing/compositor.rs
index bbdec47a6d3..8c9edd8ab36 100644
--- a/components/compositing/compositor.rs
+++ b/components/compositing/compositor.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ use geom::point::{Point2D, TypedPoint2D};
 use geom::rect::{Rect, TypedRect};
 use geom::size::TypedSize2D;
 use geom::scale_factor::ScaleFactor;
-use gfx::paint_task::{RenderChan, RenderMsg, RenderRequest, UnusedBufferMsg};
+use gfx::paint_task::{RenderChan, RenderMsg, PaintRequest, UnusedBufferMsg};
 use layers::geometry::{DevicePixel, LayerPixel};
 use layers::layers::{BufferRequest, Layer, LayerBufferSet};
 use layers::rendergl;
@@ -838,10 +838,10 @@ impl<Window: WindowMethods> IOCompositor<Window> {
                                                         requests: Vec<(Rc<Layer<CompositorData>>,
                                                                        Vec<BufferRequest>)>) ->
                                                         HashMap<PipelineId, (RenderChan,
-                                                                             Vec<RenderRequest>)> {
+                                                                             Vec<PaintRequest>)> {
         let scale = self.device_pixels_per_page_px();
         let mut results:
-            HashMap<PipelineId, (RenderChan, Vec<RenderRequest>)> = HashMap::new();
+            HashMap<PipelineId, (RenderChan, Vec<PaintRequest>)> = HashMap::new();
 
         for (layer, mut layer_requests) in requests.into_iter() {
             let &(_, ref mut vec) =
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ impl<Window: WindowMethods> IOCompositor<Window> {
                 request.page_rect = request.page_rect / scale.get();
             }
 
-            vec.push(RenderRequest {
+            vec.push(PaintRequest {
                 buffer_requests: layer_requests,
                 scale: scale.get(),
                 layer_id: layer.extra_data.borrow().id,
diff --git a/components/gfx/paint_task.rs b/components/gfx/paint_task.rs
index 1c78a2d2de9..e3e21b46965 100644
--- a/components/gfx/paint_task.rs
+++ b/components/gfx/paint_task.rs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ impl PaintLayer {
     }
 }
 
-pub struct RenderRequest {
+pub struct PaintRequest {
     pub buffer_requests: Vec<BufferRequest>,
     pub scale: f32,
     pub layer_id: LayerId,
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ pub struct RenderRequest {
 
 pub enum Msg {
     RenderInitMsg(Arc<StackingContext>),
-    RenderMsg(Vec<RenderRequest>),
+    RenderMsg(Vec<PaintRequest>),
     UnusedBufferMsg(Vec<Box<LayerBuffer>>),
     PaintPermissionGranted,
     PaintPermissionRevoked,
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ impl<C> PaintTask<C> where C: RenderListener + Send {
 
                     let mut replies = Vec::new();
                     self.compositor.set_render_state(self.id, RenderingRenderState);
-                    for RenderRequest { buffer_requests, scale, layer_id, epoch }
+                    for PaintRequest { buffer_requests, scale, layer_id, epoch }
                           in requests.into_iter() {
                         if self.epoch == epoch {
                             self.render(&mut replies, buffer_requests, scale, layer_id);