diff --git a/Ledger.hs b/Ledger.hs
index 50359de78..9c3bab131 100644
--- a/Ledger.hs
+++ b/Ledger.hs
@@ -8,22 +8,22 @@ import Amount
 import Account
 import AccountName
 import Transaction
-import LedgerFile
+import RawLedger
 
 
-rawLedgerTransactions :: LedgerFile -> [Transaction]
+rawLedgerTransactions :: RawLedger -> [Transaction]
 rawLedgerTransactions = txns . entries
     where
       txns :: [LedgerEntry] -> [Transaction]
       txns es = concat $ map flattenEntry $ zip es (iterate (+1) 1)
 
-rawLedgerAccountNamesUsed :: LedgerFile -> [AccountName]
+rawLedgerAccountNamesUsed :: RawLedger -> [AccountName]
 rawLedgerAccountNamesUsed = accountNamesFromTransactions . rawLedgerTransactions
 
-rawLedgerAccountNames :: LedgerFile -> [AccountName]
+rawLedgerAccountNames :: RawLedger -> [AccountName]
 rawLedgerAccountNames = sort . expandAccountNames . rawLedgerAccountNamesUsed
 
-rawLedgerAccountNameTree :: LedgerFile -> Tree AccountName
+rawLedgerAccountNameTree :: RawLedger -> Tree AccountName
 rawLedgerAccountNameTree l = accountNameTreeFrom $ rawLedgerAccountNames l
 
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ instance Show Ledger where
 -- 1. filter based on account/description patterns, if any
 -- 2. cache per-account info
 -- 3. figure out the precision(s) to use
-cacheLedger :: LedgerFile -> (Regex,Regex) -> Ledger
+cacheLedger :: RawLedger -> (Regex,Regex) -> Ledger
 cacheLedger l pats = 
     let 
         lprecision = maximum $ map (precision . amount) $ rawLedgerTransactions l
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ cacheLedger l pats =
 -- description patterns, if any, and which have at least one
 -- transaction matching one of the account patterns, if any.
 -- No description or account patterns implies match all.
-filterLedgerEntries :: (Regex,Regex) -> LedgerFile -> LedgerFile
-filterLedgerEntries (acctpat,descpat) (LedgerFile ms ps es f) = 
-    LedgerFile ms ps filteredentries f
+filterLedgerEntries :: (Regex,Regex) -> RawLedger -> RawLedger
+filterLedgerEntries (acctpat,descpat) (RawLedger ms ps es f) = 
+    RawLedger ms ps filteredentries f
     where
       filteredentries :: [LedgerEntry]
       filteredentries = (filter matchdesc $ filter (any matchtxn . etransactions) es)
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ filterLedgerEntries (acctpat,descpat) (LedgerFile ms ps es f) =
 -- | in each ledger entry, filter out transactions which do not match
 -- the account patterns, if any.  (Entries are no longer balanced
 -- after this.)
-filterLedgerTransactions :: (Regex,Regex) -> LedgerFile -> LedgerFile
-filterLedgerTransactions (acctpat,descpat) (LedgerFile ms ps es f) = 
-    LedgerFile ms ps (map filterentrytxns es) f
+filterLedgerTransactions :: (Regex,Regex) -> RawLedger -> RawLedger
+filterLedgerTransactions (acctpat,descpat) (RawLedger ms ps es f) = 
+    RawLedger ms ps (map filterentrytxns es) f
     where
       filterentrytxns l@(LedgerEntry _ _ _ _ _ ts _) = l{etransactions=filter matchtxn ts}
       matchtxn t = case matchRegex acctpat (taccount t) of
diff --git a/Models.hs b/Models.hs
index af9488942..72a8d6f78 100644
--- a/Models.hs
+++ b/Models.hs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module Models (
                module LedgerEntry,
                module TimeLog,
                module Transaction,
-               -- module LedgerFile,
+               -- module RawLedger,
                module Account,
                module Ledger,
               )
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import LedgerTransaction
 import LedgerEntry
 import TimeLog
 import Transaction
-import LedgerFile
+import RawLedger
 import Account
 import Ledger
 
diff --git a/Parse.hs b/Parse.hs
index 62c7e57ee..2dfbb66df 100644
--- a/Parse.hs
+++ b/Parse.hs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ parseLedgerAndDo opts pats cmd = do
     case parsed of Left err -> parseError err
                    Right l -> cmd $ cacheLedger l pats
 
-parseLedgerFile :: String -> IO (Either ParseError LedgerFile)
+parseLedgerFile :: String -> IO (Either ParseError RawLedger)
 parseLedgerFile "-" = fmap (parse ledgerfile "-") $ hGetContents stdin
 parseLedgerFile f   = parseFromFile ledgerfile f
     
@@ -159,10 +159,10 @@ reservedOp = P.reservedOp lexer
 
 -- parsers
 
-ledgerfile :: Parser LedgerFile
+ledgerfile :: Parser RawLedger
 ledgerfile = ledger <|> ledgerfromtimelog
 
-ledger :: Parser LedgerFile
+ledger :: Parser RawLedger
 ledger = do
   -- for now these must come first, unlike ledger
   modifier_entries <- many ledgermodifierentry
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ ledger = do
   entries <- (many ledgerentry) <?> "entry"
   final_comment_lines <- ledgernondatalines
   eof
-  return $ LedgerFile modifier_entries periodic_entries entries (unlines final_comment_lines)
+  return $ RawLedger modifier_entries periodic_entries entries (unlines final_comment_lines)
 
 ledgernondatalines :: Parser [String]
 ledgernondatalines = many (ledgerdirective <|> -- treat as comments
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ o 2007/03/10 17:26:02
 @
 -}
 
-ledgerfromtimelog :: Parser LedgerFile
+ledgerfromtimelog :: Parser RawLedger
 ledgerfromtimelog = do 
   tl <- timelog
   return $ ledgerFromTimeLog tl
diff --git a/LedgerFile.hs b/RawLedger.hs
similarity index 70%
rename from LedgerFile.hs
rename to RawLedger.hs
index 3ca941b18..665cc22d5 100644
--- a/LedgerFile.hs
+++ b/RawLedger.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-module LedgerFile
+module RawLedger
 where
 import qualified Data.Map as Map
 
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import AccountName
 import LedgerEntry
 
 
-instance Show LedgerFile where
-    show l = printf "LedgerFile with %d entries"
+instance Show RawLedger where
+    show l = printf "RawLedger with %d entries"
              ((length $ entries l) +
               (length $ modifier_entries l) +
               (length $ periodic_entries l))
diff --git a/Tests.hs b/Tests.hs
index afa248dc6..5c65f2b7b 100644
--- a/Tests.hs
+++ b/Tests.hs
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ ledger7_str = "\
 \    assets:checking                                 \n\
 \\n" --"
 
-ledger7 = LedgerFile
+ledger7 = RawLedger
           [] 
           [] 
           [
diff --git a/TimeLog.hs b/TimeLog.hs
index 014c0e879..e97ad0177 100644
--- a/TimeLog.hs
+++ b/TimeLog.hs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import Currency
 import Amount
 import LedgerTransaction
 import LedgerEntry
-import LedgerFile
+import RawLedger
 
 instance Show TimeLogEntry where 
     show t = printf "%s %s %s" (show $ tlcode t) (tldatetime t) (tlcomment t)
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ instance Show TimeLogEntry where
 instance Show TimeLog where
     show tl = printf "TimeLog with %d entries" $ length $ timelog_entries tl
 
-ledgerFromTimeLog :: TimeLog -> LedgerFile
+ledgerFromTimeLog :: TimeLog -> RawLedger
 ledgerFromTimeLog tl = 
-    LedgerFile [] [] (entriesFromTimeLogEntries $ timelog_entries tl) ""
+    RawLedger [] [] (entriesFromTimeLogEntries $ timelog_entries tl) ""
 
 entriesFromTimeLogEntries :: [TimeLogEntry] -> [LedgerEntry]
 
diff --git a/Types.hs b/Types.hs
index a3eff6bc8..e74bfbd8f 100644
--- a/Types.hs
+++ b/Types.hs
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ data TimeLog = TimeLog {
     } deriving (Eq)
 
 -- | a parsed ledger file
-data LedgerFile = LedgerFile {
+data RawLedger = RawLedger {
       modifier_entries :: [ModifierEntry],
       periodic_entries :: [PeriodicEntry],
       entries :: [LedgerEntry],
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ data Account = Account {
 
 -- | a ledger with account information cached for faster queries
 data Ledger = Ledger {
-      rawledger :: LedgerFile,
+      rawledger :: RawLedger,
       accountnametree :: Tree AccountName,
       accounts :: Map.Map AccountName Account,
       lprecision :: Int
diff --git a/hledger.hs b/hledger.hs
index f75fffac3..ce8aff5fc 100644
--- a/hledger.hs
+++ b/hledger.hs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ hledger ("Main")
    "Ledger"
     "Account"
      "Transaction"
-    "LedgerFile"
+    "RawLedger"
      "LedgerEntry"
       "LedgerTransaction"
        "AccountName"
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ balance opts pats = do
 $ ghci hledger.hs
 GHCi, version 6.8.2: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/  :? for help
 Loading package base ... linking ... done.
-Ok, modules loaded: Utils, Main, Tests, Parse, Models, Ledger, LedgerFile, LedgerEntry, Amount, Currency, Types, LedgerTransaction, AccountName, Transaction, Account, TimeLog, Options.
+Ok, modules loaded: Utils, Main, Tests, Parse, Models, Ledger, RawLedger, LedgerEntry, Amount, Currency, Types, LedgerTransaction, AccountName, Transaction, Account, TimeLog, Options.
 Prelude Main> l <- myledger
 <..snip..>
 Ledger with 628 entries, 128 accounts
@@ -129,14 +129,14 @@ $ ghci hledger.hs
 myledger :: IO Ledger
 myledger = do
   parsed <- ledgerFilePath [] >>= parseLedgerFile
-  let ledgerfile = either (\_ -> LedgerFile [] [] [] "") id parsed
+  let ledgerfile = either (\_ -> RawLedger [] [] [] "") id parsed
   return $ cacheLedger ledgerfile (wildcard,wildcard)
 
 -- | return a Ledger parsed from the given file path
 ledgerfromfile :: String -> IO Ledger
 ledgerfromfile f = do
   parsed <- ledgerFilePath [File f] >>= parseLedgerFile
-  let ledgerfile = either (\_ -> LedgerFile [] [] [] "") id parsed
+  let ledgerfile = either (\_ -> RawLedger [] [] [] "") id parsed
   return $ cacheLedger ledgerfile (wildcard,wildcard)
 
 accountnamed :: AccountName -> IO Account