diff --git a/parse/lex.ha b/parse/lex.ha
index fe989ab..ce8e808 100644
--- a/parse/lex.ha
+++ b/parse/lex.ha
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export fn lex(lex: *lexer) (token | io::EOF | error) = {
 			return symbol{ v = v, kw = true };
 		};
 	case '#' =>
-		return scanhash(lex)?;
+		return scanpound(lex)?;
 	case '"' =>
 		return scanstr(lex)?;
 	case =>
@@ -210,12 +210,12 @@ fn scanstr(lex: *lexer) (str | error) = {
 	return memio::string(&lex.strbuf)!;
 };
 
-fn scanhash(lex: *lexer) (token | error) = {
+fn scanpound(lex: *lexer) (token | error) = {
 	const rn = match (nextrune(lex)?) {
 	case let rn: rune =>
 		yield rn;
 	case io::EOF =>
-		return ("hash literal", lex.loc.0, lex.loc.1): unterminated;
+		return ("pound literal", lex.loc.0, lex.loc.1): unterminated;
 	};
 
 	switch (rn) {