diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils.hs
index 47acc1691..43155fca6 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils.hs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ module Hledger.Utils (
   -- * Other
   module Hledger.Utils.Debug,
   module Hledger.Utils.Parse,
-  module Hledger.Utils.Print,
+  module Hledger.Utils.IO,
   module Hledger.Utils.Regex,
   module Hledger.Utils.String,
   module Hledger.Utils.Text,
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ import System.IO
 
 import Hledger.Utils.Debug
 import Hledger.Utils.Parse
-import Hledger.Utils.Print
+import Hledger.Utils.IO
 import Hledger.Utils.Regex
 import Hledger.Utils.String
 import Hledger.Utils.Text
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils/Debug.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils/Debug.hs
index d9a3ff3d1..926b708de 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils/Debug.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils/Debug.hs
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ import System.Environment (getProgName)
 import System.Exit (exitFailure)
 import System.IO.Unsafe (unsafePerformIO)
 
-import Hledger.Utils.Print (progArgs, pshow, pshow')
+import Hledger.Utils.IO (progArgs, pshow, pshow')
 
 -- | The program name as returned by @getProgName@.
 -- It's best to set this explicitly at program startup with @withProgName@,
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils/Print.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils/IO.hs
similarity index 95%
rename from hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils/Print.hs
rename to hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils/IO.hs
index 1701a8c66..c3d5820c4 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils/Print.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils/IO.hs
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 {- | 
 Helpers for pretty-formatting haskell values, pretty-printing to console,
 deciding if ANSI colour should be used, and detecting an -o/--output-file option.
-Uses unsafePerformIO for simple program-wide read-only access to some common
-command-line flags/environment variables.
+Uses unsafePerformIO.
 
 Limitations:
-When running in GHCI, this module must be reloaded to see a change (because of unsafePerformIO).
+When running in GHCI, this module must be reloaded to see environmental changes.
 The colour scheme may be somewhat hard-coded.
 
 -}
 
-module Hledger.Utils.Print (
+module Hledger.Utils.IO (
   -- * Pretty showing as a string
    pshow
   ,pshow'
diff --git a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils/Test.hs b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils/Test.hs
index 41ac17674..7bc4603b8 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils/Test.hs
+++ b/hledger-lib/Hledger/Utils/Test.hs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import Text.Megaparsec.Custom
     finalErrorBundlePretty,
   )
 
-import Hledger.Utils.Print (pshow)
+import Hledger.Utils.IO (pshow)
 
 -- * tasty helpers
 
diff --git a/hledger-lib/hledger-lib.cabal b/hledger-lib/hledger-lib.cabal
index dd482a132..f723eb68b 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/hledger-lib.cabal
+++ b/hledger-lib/hledger-lib.cabal
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ library
       Hledger.Reports.PostingsReport
       Hledger.Utils
       Hledger.Utils.Debug
+      Hledger.Utils.IO
       Hledger.Utils.Parse
-      Hledger.Utils.Print
       Hledger.Utils.Regex
       Hledger.Utils.String
       Hledger.Utils.Test
diff --git a/hledger-lib/package.yaml b/hledger-lib/package.yaml
index c08a9aa8e..be5e2495d 100644
--- a/hledger-lib/package.yaml
+++ b/hledger-lib/package.yaml
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ library:
   - Hledger.Reports.PostingsReport
   - Hledger.Utils
   - Hledger.Utils.Debug
+  - Hledger.Utils.IO
   - Hledger.Utils.Parse
-  - Hledger.Utils.Print
   - Hledger.Utils.Regex
   - Hledger.Utils.String
   - Hledger.Utils.Test