diff --git a/core/prettyprint/backend/backend.factor b/core/prettyprint/backend/backend.factor
index 1a376ef0e1..363071ccbd 100644
--- a/core/prettyprint/backend/backend.factor
+++ b/core/prettyprint/backend/backend.factor
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ M: word pprint*
     dup parsing? [
         \ POSTPONE: [ pprint-word ] pprint-prefix
     ] [
-        dup "break-before" word-prop break
+        dup "break-before" word-prop line-break
         dup pprint-word
         dup ?start-group dup ?end-group
-        "break-after" word-prop break
+        "break-after" word-prop line-break
     ] if ;
 
 M: real pprint* number>string text ;
diff --git a/core/prettyprint/prettyprint-docs.factor b/core/prettyprint/prettyprint-docs.factor
index 8467391d6d..2b01df8faa 100644
--- a/core/prettyprint/prettyprint-docs.factor
+++ b/core/prettyprint/prettyprint-docs.factor
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ $nl
 "Once the output sections have been generated, the tree of sections is traversed and intelligent decisions are made about indentation and line breaks. Finally, text is output."
 { $subsection section }
 "Adding leaf sections:"
-{ $subsection break }
+{ $subsection line-break }
 { $subsection text }
 { $subsection styled-text }
 "Nesting and denesting sections:"
diff --git a/core/prettyprint/prettyprint.factor b/core/prettyprint/prettyprint.factor
index 011a8cc851..ce54bc6b9b 100644
--- a/core/prettyprint/prettyprint.factor
+++ b/core/prettyprint/prettyprint.factor
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ M: mixin-class see-class*
     \ MIXIN: pprint-word
     dup pprint-word <block
     dup members [
-        hard break
+        hard line-break
         \ INSTANCE: pprint-word pprint-word pprint-word
     ] curry* each block> ;
 
diff --git a/core/prettyprint/sections/sections-docs.factor b/core/prettyprint/sections/sections-docs.factor
index d55ec36bbd..ad47dc0664 100644
--- a/core/prettyprint/sections/sections-docs.factor
+++ b/core/prettyprint/sections/sections-docs.factor
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ HELP: fresh-line
 { $description "Advances the prettyprinter by one line unless the current line is empty. If the line limit is exceeded, escapes the prettyprinter by restoring a continuation captured in " { $link do-pprint } "." } ;
 
 HELP: soft
-{ $description "Possible input parameter to " { $link break } "." } ;
+{ $description "Possible input parameter to " { $link line-break } "." } ;
 
 HELP: hard
-{ $description "Possible input parameter to " { $link break } "." } ;
+{ $description "Possible input parameter to " { $link line-break } "." } ;
 
 { soft hard } related-words
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ HELP: section
 { $class-description "A piece of prettyprinter output. Instances of this class are not used directly, instead one instantiates various classes which delegate to this class:"
 { $list
     { $link text }
-    { $link break }
+    { $link line-break }
     { $link block }
     { $link inset }
     { $link flow }
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ HELP: pprint-section
 { $contract "Prints a section, performing wrapping and indentation using available formatting information." }
 $prettyprinting-note ;
 
-HELP: break
+HELP: line-break
 { $values { "type" { $link soft } " or " { $link hard } } }
 { $description "Adds a section introducing a line break to the current block. If the block is output as a " { $link short-section } ", all breaks are ignored. Otherwise, hard breaks introduce unconditional newlines, and soft breaks introduce a newline if the position is more than half of the " { $link margin } "." }
 $prettyprinting-note ;
@@ -158,11 +158,11 @@ HELP: save-end-position
 
 HELP: pprint-sections
 { $values { "block" block } { "advancer" "a quotation with stack effect " { $snippet "( block -- )" } } }
-{ $description "Prints child sections of a block, ignoring any " { $link break } " sections. The " { $snippet "advancer" } " quotation is called between every pair of sections." } ;
+{ $description "Prints child sections of a block, ignoring any " { $link line-break } " sections. The " { $snippet "advancer" } " quotation is called between every pair of sections." } ;
 
 HELP: do-break
-{ $values { "break" break } }
-{ $description "Prints a break section as per the policy outlined in " { $link break } "." } ;
+{ $values { "break" line-break } }
+{ $description "Prints a break section as per the policy outlined in " { $link line-break } "." } ;
 
 HELP: empty-block?
 { $values { "block" block } { "?" "a boolean" } }
diff --git a/core/prettyprint/sections/sections.factor b/core/prettyprint/sections/sections.factor
index ff8e8b297d..063dcb7fd4 100644
--- a/core/prettyprint/sections/sections.factor
+++ b/core/prettyprint/sections/sections.factor
@@ -124,15 +124,16 @@ M: object short-section? section-fits? ;
     ] if ;
 
 ! Break section
-TUPLE: break type ;
+TUPLE: line-break type ;
 
-: <break> ( type -- section )
+: <line-break> ( type -- section )
     H{ } 0 <section>
-    { set-break-type set-delegate } \ break construct ;
+    { set-line-break-type set-delegate }
+    \ line-break construct ;
 
-M: break short-section drop ;
+M: line-break short-section drop ;
 
-M: break long-section drop ;
+M: line-break long-section drop ;
 
 ! Block sections
 TUPLE: block sections ;
@@ -149,7 +150,8 @@ TUPLE: block sections ;
     pprinter-block block-sections push ;
 
 : last-section ( -- section )
-    pprinter-block block-sections [ break? not ] find-last nip ;
+    pprinter-block block-sections
+    [ line-break? not ] find-last nip ;
 
 : start-group ( -- )
     t last-section set-section-start-group? ;
@@ -162,13 +164,13 @@ TUPLE: block sections ;
     swap short-section? and
     [ bl ] when ;
 
-: break ( type -- ) [ <break> add-section ] when* ;
+: line-break ( type -- ) [ <line-break> add-section ] when* ;
 
 M: block section-fits? ( section -- ? )
     line-limit? [ drop t ] [ delegate section-fits? ] if ;
 
 : pprint-sections ( block advancer -- )
-    swap block-sections [ break? not ] subset
+    swap block-sections [ line-break? not ] subset
     unclip pprint-section [
         dup rot call pprint-section
     ] curry* each ; inline
@@ -177,7 +179,7 @@ M: block short-section ( block -- )
     [ advance ] pprint-sections ;
 
 : do-break ( break -- )
-    dup break-type hard eq?
+    dup line-break-type hard eq?
     over section-end last-newline get - margin get 2/ > or
     [ <fresh-line ] [ drop ] if ;
 
@@ -284,7 +286,7 @@ M: colon unindent-first-line? drop t ;
 
 ! Long section layout algorithm
 : chop-break ( seq -- seq )
-    dup peek break? [ 1 head-slice* chop-break ] when ;
+    dup peek line-break? [ 1 head-slice* chop-break ] when ;
 
 SYMBOL: prev
 SYMBOL: next
@@ -322,7 +324,7 @@ M: block long-section ( block -- )
     [
         block-sections chop-break group-flow [
             dup ?break-group [
-                dup break? [
+                dup line-break? [
                     do-break
                 ] [
                     dup advance pprint-section