diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/types.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/types.go
index 99917ad9741..e1cfe4a9d8a 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/types.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/types.go
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func (g *irgen) typ0(typ types2.Type) *types.Type {
 			// Make sure the base generic type exists in type1 (it may
 			// not yet if we are referecing an imported generic type, as
 			// opposed to a generic type declared in this package).
-			_ = g.obj(typ.Orig().Obj())
+			_ = g.obj(typ.Origin().Obj())
 
 			// Create a forwarding type first and put it in the g.typs
 			// map, in order to deal with recursive generic types
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/writer.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/writer.go
index 6a66bea239b..9edf5fc97aa 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/writer.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/writer.go
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ func (pw *pkgWriter) typIdx(typ types2.Type, dict *writerDict) typeInfo {
 		// TODO(mdempsky): Why do we need to loop here?
 		orig := typ
 		for orig.TypeArgs() != nil {
-			orig = orig.Orig()
+			orig = orig.Origin()
 		}
 
 		w.code(typeNamed)
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/named.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/named.go
index bc4ac87b9db..36a8b88f252 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/named.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/named.go
@@ -87,13 +87,11 @@ func (check *Checker) newNamed(obj *TypeName, orig *Named, underlying Type, tpar
 
 // Obj returns the type name for the declaration defining the named type t. For
 // instantiated types, this is the type name of the base type.
-func (t *Named) Obj() *TypeName {
-	return t.orig.obj // for non-instances this is the same as t.obj
-}
+func (t *Named) Obj() *TypeName { return t.orig.obj } // for non-instances this is the same as t.obj
 
-// Orig returns the original generic type an instantiated type is derived from.
-// If t is not an instantiated type, the result is t.
-func (t *Named) Orig() *Named { return t.orig }
+// Origin returns the parameterized type from which the named type t is
+// instantiated. If t is not an instantiated type, the result is t.
+func (t *Named) Origin() *Named { return t.orig }
 
 // TODO(gri) Come up with a better representation and API to distinguish
 //           between parameterized instantiated and non-instantiated types.