diff --git a/mod.ts b/mod.ts
index 42f230a..721b807 100644
--- a/mod.ts
+++ b/mod.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export { FsFileWrapper, PathRef } from "./src/path.ts";
 export type { ExpandGlobOptions, PathSymlinkOptions, SymlinkOptions, WalkEntry, WalkOptions } from "./src/path.ts";
 export { CommandBuilder, CommandChild, CommandResult, KillSignal, KillSignalController } from "./src/command.ts";
 export type { CommandContext, CommandHandler, CommandPipeReader, CommandPipeWriter } from "./src/command_handler.ts";
-export type { Closer, Reader, ShellPipeReader, ShellPipeWriterKind, WriterSync } from "./src/pipes.ts";
+export type { Closer, Reader, ShellPipeReaderKind, ShellPipeWriterKind, WriterSync } from "./src/pipes.ts";
 export type {
   ConfirmOptions,
   MultiSelectOption,
diff --git a/src/command.ts b/src/command.ts
index 27ccf94..90db239 100644
--- a/src/command.ts
+++ b/src/command.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {
   NullPipeWriter,
   PipedBuffer,
   Reader,
-  ShellPipeReader,
+  ShellPipeReaderKind,
   ShellPipeWriter,
   ShellPipeWriterKind,
   WriterSync,
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ export class CommandBuilder implements PromiseLike<CommandResult> {
    * For this reason, if you are setting stdin to something other than "inherit" or
    * "null", then it's recommended to set this each time you spawn a command.
    */
-  stdin(reader: ShellPipeReader): CommandBuilder {
+  stdin(reader: ShellPipeReaderKind): CommandBuilder {
     return this.#newWithState((state) => {
       if (reader === "inherit" || reader === "null") {
         state.stdin = reader;
diff --git a/src/pipes.ts b/src/pipes.ts
index 58640d0..24da7ad 100644
--- a/src/pipes.ts
+++ b/src/pipes.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export interface Closer {
   close(): void;
 }
 
-export type ShellPipeReader =
+export type ShellPipeReaderKind =
   | "inherit"
   | "null"
   | Reader
diff --git a/src/shell.ts b/src/shell.ts
index 5f8ec95..2956a10 100644
--- a/src/shell.ts
+++ b/src/shell.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { CommandContext, CommandHandler } from "./command_handler.ts";
 import { getExecutableShebangFromPath, ShebangInfo } from "./common.ts";
 import { DenoWhichRealEnvironment, fs, path, which } from "./deps.ts";
 import { wasmInstance } from "./lib/mod.ts";
-import { Reader, ShellPipeReader, ShellPipeWriter, ShellPipeWriterKind, WriterSync } from "./pipes.ts";
+import { Reader, ShellPipeReaderKind, ShellPipeWriter, ShellPipeWriterKind, WriterSync } from "./pipes.ts";
 import { EnvChange, ExecuteResult, getAbortedResult, resultFromCode } from "./result.ts";
 
 export interface SequentialList {
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ async function executeCommandArgs(commandArgs: string[], context: Context): Prom
     }
   }
 
-  function getStdioStringValue(value: ShellPipeReader | ShellPipeWriterKind) {
+  function getStdioStringValue(value: ShellPipeReaderKind | ShellPipeWriterKind) {
     if (value === "inheritPiped") {
       return "piped";
     } else if (value === "inherit" || value === "null" || value === "piped") {