diff --git a/crates/resolver-tests/src/lib.rs b/crates/resolver-tests/src/lib.rs
index c1cabbe555e8..8585abadac1f 100644
--- a/crates/resolver-tests/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/resolver-tests/src/lib.rs
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ pub fn resolve_with_config_raw(
             for summary in self.list.iter() {
                 let matched = match kind {
                     QueryKind::Exact => dep.matches(summary),
-                    QueryKind::Fuzzy => true,
+                    QueryKind::Alternatives => true,
                     QueryKind::Normalized => true,
                 };
                 if matched {
diff --git a/src/cargo/core/resolver/errors.rs b/src/cargo/core/resolver/errors.rs
index 4ecce02b5f09..ed981ebe37ff 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/resolver/errors.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/resolver/errors.rs
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ pub(super) fn activation_error(
         // Maybe the user mistyped the name? Like `dep-thing` when `Dep_Thing`
         // was meant. So we try asking the registry for a `fuzzy` search for suggestions.
         let candidates = loop {
-            match registry.query_vec(&new_dep, QueryKind::Fuzzy) {
+            match registry.query_vec(&new_dep, QueryKind::Alternatives) {
                 Poll::Ready(Ok(candidates)) => break candidates,
                 Poll::Ready(Err(e)) => return to_resolve_err(e),
                 Poll::Pending => match registry.block_until_ready() {
diff --git a/src/cargo/sources/directory.rs b/src/cargo/sources/directory.rs
index 12f1301003d3..055b00042827 100644
--- a/src/cargo/sources/directory.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/sources/directory.rs
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ impl<'cfg> Source for DirectorySource<'cfg> {
         let packages = self.packages.values().map(|p| &p.0);
         let matches = packages.filter(|pkg| match kind {
             QueryKind::Exact => dep.matches(pkg.summary()),
-            QueryKind::Fuzzy => true,
+            QueryKind::Alternatives => true,
             QueryKind::Normalized => dep.matches(pkg.summary()),
         });
         for summary in matches.map(|pkg| pkg.summary().clone()) {
diff --git a/src/cargo/sources/path.rs b/src/cargo/sources/path.rs
index 91f232cdc6f7..fb70c34bac6c 100644
--- a/src/cargo/sources/path.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/sources/path.rs
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ impl<'cfg> Source for PathSource<'cfg> {
         for s in self.packages.iter().map(|p| p.summary()) {
             let matched = match kind {
                 QueryKind::Exact => dep.matches(s),
-                QueryKind::Fuzzy => true,
+                QueryKind::Alternatives => true,
                 QueryKind::Normalized => dep.matches(s),
             };
             if matched {
diff --git a/src/cargo/sources/registry/mod.rs b/src/cargo/sources/registry/mod.rs
index 6ce061ea5ff9..474a4279ca49 100644
--- a/src/cargo/sources/registry/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/sources/registry/mod.rs
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ impl<'cfg> Source for RegistrySource<'cfg> {
                 .query_inner(dep.package_name(), &req, &mut *self.ops, &mut |s| {
                     let matched = match kind {
                         QueryKind::Exact => dep.matches(s.as_summary()),
-                        QueryKind::Fuzzy => true,
+                        QueryKind::Alternatives => true,
                         QueryKind::Normalized => true,
                     };
                     if !matched {
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ impl<'cfg> Source for RegistrySource<'cfg> {
                 return Poll::Ready(Ok(()));
             }
             let mut any_pending = false;
-            if kind == QueryKind::Fuzzy || kind == QueryKind::Normalized {
+            if kind == QueryKind::Alternatives || kind == QueryKind::Normalized {
                 // Attempt to handle misspellings by searching for a chain of related
                 // names to the original name. The resolver will later
                 // reject any candidates that have the wrong name, and with this it'll
diff --git a/src/cargo/sources/source.rs b/src/cargo/sources/source.rs
index 016be1423e5b..eac6e49c32e9 100644
--- a/src/cargo/sources/source.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/sources/source.rs
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ pub enum QueryKind {
     /// Path/Git sources may return all dependencies that are at that URI,
     /// whereas an `Registry` source may return dependencies that have the same
     /// canonicalization.
-    Fuzzy,
+    Alternatives,
     /// Match a denpendency in all ways and will normalize the package name.
     /// Each source defines what normalizing means.
     Normalized,