diff --git a/extra/audio/engine/engine-docs.factor b/extra/audio/engine/engine-docs.factor
index f7f8790cbc..3737434842 100644
--- a/extra/audio/engine/engine-docs.factor
+++ b/extra/audio/engine/engine-docs.factor
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ HELP: <audio-engine>
 }
 { $description "Constructs an " { $link audio-engine } " instance capable of playing " { $snippet "voice-count" } " simultaneous clips. The OpenAL device named " { $snippet "device-name" } " will be used, or the default device if " { $snippet "device-name" } " is " { $link f } ". An error will be thrown if the engine cannot be initialized. The engine is returned in the stopped state; to start audio processing, use " { $link start-audio } " or " { $link start-audio* } "." } ;
 
-HELP: <audio-orientation>
+HELP: <audio-orientation-state>
 { $values
     { "forward" "a sequence of 3 floats" } { "up" "a sequence of 3 floats" }
-    { "audio-orientation" audio-orientation }
+    { "audio-orientation" audio-orientation-state }
 }
-{ $description "Constructs an " { $link audio-orientation } " tuple." } ;
+{ $description "Constructs an " { $link audio-orientation-state } " tuple." } ;
 
 HELP: <standard-audio-engine>
 { $values
diff --git a/extra/audio/engine/engine.factor b/extra/audio/engine/engine.factor
index 3503cb8f96..8fd28f3456 100644
--- a/extra/audio/engine/engine.factor
+++ b/extra/audio/engine/engine.factor
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ TUPLE: audio-source
     { distance float initial: 1.0 }
     { rolloff float initial: 1.0 } ;
 
-TUPLE: audio-orientation
+TUPLE: audio-orientation-state
     { forward initial: { 0.0 0.0 -1.0 } }
     { up initial: { 0.0 1.0 0.0 } } ;
 
-C: <audio-orientation> audio-orientation
+C: <audio-orientation-state> audio-orientation-state
 
 : orientation>float-array ( orientation -- float-array )
     [ forward>> first3 ]
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ TUPLE: audio-listener
     { position initial: { 0.0 0.0 0.0 } }
     { gain float initial: 1.0 }
     { velocity initial: { 0.0 0.0 0.0 } }
-    { orientation initial: T{ audio-orientation } } ;
+    { orientation initial: T{ audio-orientation-state } } ;
 
 GENERIC: audio-position ( source/listener -- position )
 GENERIC: audio-gain ( source/listener -- gain )
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ M: object audio-velocity drop { 0.0 0.0 0.0 } ; inline
 M: object audio-relative? drop f ; inline
 M: object audio-distance drop 1.0 ; inline
 M: object audio-rolloff drop 1.0 ; inline
-M: object audio-orientation drop T{ audio-orientation } ; inline
+M: object audio-orientation drop T{ audio-orientation-state } ; inline
 
 M: audio-source audio-position position>> ; inline
 M: audio-source audio-gain gain>> ; inline
diff --git a/extra/gpu/util/wasd/wasd.factor b/extra/gpu/util/wasd/wasd.factor
index 9eb50ab941..54d6beeb45 100644
--- a/extra/gpu/util/wasd/wasd.factor
+++ b/extra/gpu/util/wasd/wasd.factor
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ CONSTANT: fov 0.7
     { 1.0 0.0 0.0 } n*v eye-rotate ;
 
 M: wasd-world audio-position location>> ; inline
-M: wasd-world audio-orientation forward-vector { 0.0 1.0 0.0 } <audio-orientation> ; inline
+M: wasd-world audio-orientation
+    forward-vector { 0.0 1.0 0.0 } <audio-orientation-state> ; inline
 
 : walk-forward ( world -- )
     dup forward-vector [ v+ ] curry change-location drop ;