diff --git a/DocGen4/Output.lean b/DocGen4/Output.lean
index 0776f61..7636deb 100644
--- a/DocGen4/Output.lean
+++ b/DocGen4/Output.lean
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ def getSimpleBaseContext (hierarchy : Hierarchy) : SiteBaseContext :=
     hierarchy
   }
 
-def htmlOutputFinalize (baseConfig : SiteBaseContext) : IO Unit := do
+def htmlOutputIndex (baseConfig : SiteBaseContext) : IO Unit := do
   htmlOutputSetup baseConfig
 
   let mut topLevelModules := #[]
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ The main entrypoint for outputting the documentation HTML based on an
 def htmlOutput (result : AnalyzerResult) (hierarchy : Hierarchy) (ws : Lake.Workspace) (inkPath : Option System.FilePath) : IO Unit := do
   let baseConfig := getSimpleBaseContext hierarchy
   htmlOutputResults baseConfig result ws inkPath
-  htmlOutputFinalize baseConfig
+  htmlOutputIndex baseConfig
 
 end DocGen4
 
diff --git a/Main.lean b/Main.lean
index 2ea998e..a1bf44f 100644
--- a/Main.lean
+++ b/Main.lean
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def runSingleCmd (p : Parsed) : IO UInt32 := do
       pure 0
     | Except.error rc => pure rc
 
-def runFinalizeCmd (p : Parsed) : IO UInt32 := do
+def runIndexCmd (p : Parsed) : IO UInt32 := do
   let topLevelModules ← getTopLevelModules p
   let res ← lakeSetup topLevelModules
   match res with
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def runFinalizeCmd (p : Parsed) : IO UInt32 := do
     let modules := topLevelModules.map Name.mkSimple
     let hierarchy ← loadInit modules
     let baseConfig := getSimpleBaseContext hierarchy
-    htmlOutputFinalize baseConfig
+    htmlOutputIndex baseConfig
     pure 0
   | Except.error rc => pure rc
   pure 0
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ def singleCmd := `[Cli|
     ...topLevelModules : String; "The top level modules this documentation will be for."
 ]
 
-def finalizeCmd := `[Cli|
-  finalize VIA runFinalizeCmd;
-  "Finalize the documentation that has been generated by single."
+def indexCmd := `[Cli|
+  index VIA runIndexCmd;
+  "Index the documentation that has been generated by single."
   ARGS:
     ...topLevelModule : String; "The top level modules this documentation will be for."
 ]
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def docGenCmd : Cmd := `[Cli|
 
   SUBCOMMANDS:
     singleCmd;
-    finalizeCmd
+    indexCmd
 ]
 
 def main (args : List String) : IO UInt32 :=
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f7c2146..38248c0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ generate documentation for its first argument module.
 Furthermore one can use the `--ink` flag here to also generate LeanInk
 documentation in addition.
 
-The second and last stage is the finalize one which zips up some
+The second and last stage is the index one which zips up some
 information relevant for the search:
 ```sh
-$ doc-gen4 finalize Mathlib
+$ doc-gen4 index Mathlib
 ```
 Now `build/doc` should contain the same files with the same context as if one had run
 ```