diff --git a/module/web/http.scm b/module/web/http.scm
index f2f086632..7bad3af86 100644
--- a/module/web/http.scm
+++ b/module/web/http.scm
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ ordered alist."
   (display (date->string date "~a, ~d ~b ~Y ~H:~M:~S GMT") port))
 
 (define (write-uri uri port)
-  (display (unparse-uri uri) port))
+  (display (uri->string uri) port))
 
 (define (parse-entity-tag val)
   (if (string-prefix? "W/" val)
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ not have to have a scheme or host name.  The result is a URI object."
                  #:query (and q (substring str (1+ q) (or f end)))
                  #:fragment (and f (substring str (1+ f) end)))))
    (else
-    (or (parse-uri (substring str start end))
+    (or (string->uri (substring str start end))
         (bad-request "Invalid URI: ~a" (substring str start end))))))
 
 (define (read-request-line port)
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ phrase\"."
     ((_ sym name)
      (declare-header sym
        name
-       (lambda (str) (or (parse-uri str) (bad-header-component 'uri str)))
+       (lambda (str) (or (string->uri str) (bad-header-component 'uri str)))
        uri?
        write-uri))))
 
diff --git a/module/web/uri.scm b/module/web/uri.scm
index a7c4f2eb8..4d416a017 100644
--- a/module/web/uri.scm
+++ b/module/web/uri.scm
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
             build-uri
             declare-default-port!
-            parse-uri unparse-uri
+            string->uri uri->string
             uri-decode uri-encode
             split-and-decode-uri-path
             encode-and-join-uri-path))
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ consistency checks to make sure that the constructed URI is valid."
 (define uri-regexp
   (make-regexp uri-pat))
 
-(define (parse-uri string)
+(define (string->uri string)
   "Parse @var{string} into a URI object. Returns @code{#f} if the string
 could not be parsed."
   (% (let ((m (regexp-exec uri-regexp string)))
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ printed."
 (declare-default-port! 'http 80)
 (declare-default-port! 'https 443)
 
-(define (unparse-uri uri)
+(define (uri->string uri)
   "Serialize @var{uri} to a string."
   (let* ((scheme-str (string-append
                       (symbol->string (uri-scheme uri)) ":"))
diff --git a/test-suite/tests/web-uri.test b/test-suite/tests/web-uri.test
index 832bccffc..534380af7 100644
--- a/test-suite/tests/web-uri.test
+++ b/test-suite/tests/web-uri.test
@@ -107,25 +107,25 @@
                          (build-uri 'http #:userinfo "foo")))
 
 
-(with-test-prefix "parse-uri"
+(with-test-prefix "string->uri"
   (pass-if "ftp:"
-    (uri=? (parse-uri "ftp:")
+    (uri=? (string->uri "ftp:")
            #:scheme 'ftp
            #:path ""))
   
   (pass-if "ftp:foo"
-    (uri=? (parse-uri "ftp:foo")
+    (uri=? (string->uri "ftp:foo")
            #:scheme 'ftp
            #:path "foo"))
   
   (pass-if "ftp://foo/bar"
-    (uri=? (parse-uri "ftp://foo/bar")
+    (uri=? (string->uri "ftp://foo/bar")
            #:scheme 'ftp
            #:host "foo"
            #:path "/bar"))
   
   (pass-if "ftp://foo@bar:22/baz"
-    (uri=? (parse-uri "ftp://foo@bar:22/baz")
+    (uri=? (string->uri "ftp://foo@bar:22/baz")
            #:scheme 'ftp
            #:userinfo "foo"
            #:host "bar"
@@ -133,49 +133,49 @@
            #:path "/baz"))
 
   (pass-if "http://bad.host.1"
-    (not (parse-uri "http://bad.host.1")))
+    (not (string->uri "http://bad.host.1")))
 
   (pass-if "http://foo:"
-    (uri=? (parse-uri "http://foo:")
+    (uri=? (string->uri "http://foo:")
            #:scheme 'http #:host "foo" #:path ""))
 
   (pass-if "http://foo:/"
-    (uri=? (parse-uri "http://foo:/")
+    (uri=? (string->uri "http://foo:/")
            #:scheme 'http #:host "foo" #:path "/"))
 
   (pass-if "http://foo:not-a-port"
-    (not (parse-uri "http://foo:not-a-port")))
+    (not (string->uri "http://foo:not-a-port")))
   
   (pass-if "http://:10"
-    (not (parse-uri "http://:10")))
+    (not (string->uri "http://:10")))
 
   (pass-if "http://foo@"
-    (not (parse-uri "http://foo@"))))
+    (not (string->uri "http://foo@"))))
 
-(with-test-prefix "unparse-uri"
+(with-test-prefix "uri->string"
   (pass-if "ftp:"
     (equal? "ftp:"
-            (unparse-uri (parse-uri "ftp:"))))
+            (uri->string (string->uri "ftp:"))))
   
   (pass-if "ftp:foo"
     (equal? "ftp:foo"
-            (unparse-uri (parse-uri "ftp:foo"))))
+            (uri->string (string->uri "ftp:foo"))))
   
   (pass-if "ftp://foo/bar"
     (equal? "ftp://foo/bar"
-            (unparse-uri (parse-uri "ftp://foo/bar"))))
+            (uri->string (string->uri "ftp://foo/bar"))))
   
   (pass-if "ftp://foo@bar:22/baz"
     (equal? "ftp://foo@bar:22/baz"
-            (unparse-uri (parse-uri "ftp://foo@bar:22/baz"))))
+            (uri->string (string->uri "ftp://foo@bar:22/baz"))))
   
   (pass-if "http://foo:"
     (equal? "http://foo"
-            (unparse-uri (parse-uri "http://foo:"))))
+            (uri->string (string->uri "http://foo:"))))
   
   (pass-if "http://foo:/"
     (equal? "http://foo/"
-            (unparse-uri (parse-uri "http://foo:/")))))
+            (uri->string (string->uri "http://foo:/")))))
 
 (with-test-prefix "decode"
   (pass-if (equal? "foo bar" (uri-decode "foo%20bar"))))