diff --git a/src/frontends/lean/print_cmd.cpp b/src/frontends/lean/print_cmd.cpp
index b9bcafd087..dc809282f3 100644
--- a/src/frontends/lean/print_cmd.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/lean/print_cmd.cpp
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ void print_id_info(parser & p, message_builder & out, name const & id, bool show
             print_constant(p, out, "(new) recursor", d);
             out << "reduction rules\n";
             for (recursor_rule const & rule : d.to_recursor_val().get_rules()) {
-                out << rule.get_constructor() << " ==>\n" << rule.get_rhs() << "\n";
+                out << rule.get_cnstr() << " ==>\n" << rule.get_rhs() << "\n";
             }
         }
         // print_patterns(p, c);
diff --git a/src/kernel/declaration.h b/src/kernel/declaration.h
index 00c7a2241e..66e11e3428 100644
--- a/src/kernel/declaration.h
+++ b/src/kernel/declaration.h
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ public:
     recursor_rule(recursor_rule && other):object_ref(other) {}
     recursor_rule & operator=(recursor_rule const & other) { object_ref::operator=(other); return *this; }
     recursor_rule & operator=(recursor_rule && other) { object_ref::operator=(other); return *this; }
-    name const & get_constructor() const { return static_cast<name const &>(cnstr_obj_ref(*this, 0)); }
+    name const & get_cnstr() const { return static_cast<name const &>(cnstr_obj_ref(*this, 0)); }
     unsigned get_nfields() const { return static_cast<nat const &>(cnstr_obj_ref(*this, 1)).get_small_value(); }
     expr const & get_rhs() const { return static_cast<expr const &>(cnstr_obj_ref(*this, 2)); }
 };
diff --git a/src/kernel/inductive.cpp b/src/kernel/inductive.cpp
index d5be4763b8..890b9cf45f 100644
--- a/src/kernel/inductive.cpp
+++ b/src/kernel/inductive.cpp
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ environment environment::add_inductive(declaration const & d) const {
             buffer<recursor_rule> new_rules;
             for (recursor_rule const & rule : rec_val.get_rules()) {
                 expr new_rhs        = res.restore_nested(rule.get_rhs(), aux_env, aux_rec_name_map);
-                name cnstr_name     = rule.get_constructor();
+                name cnstr_name     = rule.get_cnstr();
                 name new_cnstr_name = cnstr_name;
                 if (new_rec_name != rec_name) {
                     /* We need to fix the constructor name */