diff --git a/src/ancestry_proof.rs b/src/ancestry_proof.rs
index 1f4118e..6d23b03 100644
--- a/src/ancestry_proof.rs
+++ b/src/ancestry_proof.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use core::marker::PhantomData;
 use itertools::Itertools;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct MerkleProof<T, M> {
+pub struct NodeMerkleProof<T, M> {
     mmr_size: u64,
     proof: Vec<(u64, T)>,
     merge: PhantomData<M>,
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pub struct MerkleProof<T, M> {
 pub struct AncestryProof<T, M> {
     pub prev_peaks: Vec<T>,
     pub prev_size: u64,
-    pub proof: MerkleProof<T, M>,
+    pub proof: NodeMerkleProof<T, M>,
 }
 
 impl<T: PartialEq + Debug + Clone, M: Merge<Item = T>> AncestryProof<T, M> {
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ impl<T: PartialEq + Debug + Clone, M: Merge<Item = T>> AncestryProof<T, M> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<T: Clone + PartialEq, M: Merge<Item = T>> MerkleProof<T, M> {
+impl<T: Clone + PartialEq, M: Merge<Item = T>> NodeMerkleProof<T, M> {
     pub fn new(mmr_size: u64, proof: Vec<(u64, T)>) -> Self {
-        MerkleProof {
+        NodeMerkleProof {
             mmr_size,
             proof,
             merge: PhantomData,
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index d9c72ec..f5e94db 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ mod mmr_store;
 mod tests;
 pub mod util;
 
-pub use ancestry_proof::{AncestryProof, MerkleProof as NodeMerkleProof};
+pub use ancestry_proof::{AncestryProof, NodeMerkleProof};
 pub use error::{Error, Result};
 pub use helper::{leaf_index_to_mmr_size, leaf_index_to_pos};
 pub use merge::Merge;
diff --git a/src/mmr.rs b/src/mmr.rs
index cc5327c..ac5108d 100644
--- a/src/mmr.rs
+++ b/src/mmr.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 //! https://github.com/mimblewimble/grin/blob/master/doc/mmr.md#structure
 //! https://github.com/mimblewimble/grin/blob/0ff6763ee64e5a14e70ddd4642b99789a1648a32/core/src/core/pmmr.rs#L606
 
-use crate::ancestry_proof::{AncestryProof, MerkleProof as NodeMerkleProof};
+use crate::ancestry_proof::{AncestryProof, NodeMerkleProof};
 use crate::borrow::Cow;
 use crate::collections::VecDeque;
 use crate::helper::{
diff --git a/src/tests/test_node_mmr.rs b/src/tests/test_node_mmr.rs
index 3fa1828..8d31593 100644
--- a/src/tests/test_node_mmr.rs
+++ b/src/tests/test_node_mmr.rs
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ fn test_invalid_proof_verification(
     // optionally handroll tampered proof from these positions
     handrolled_tampered_proof_positions: Option<Vec<u64>>,
 ) {
-    use crate::{ancestry_proof::MerkleProof, Merge};
+    use crate::{ancestry_proof::NodeMerkleProof, Merge};
     use std::fmt::{Debug, Formatter};
 
     // Simple item struct to allow debugging the contents of MMR nodes/peaks
@@ -217,9 +217,9 @@ fn test_invalid_proof_verification(
         )
     });
 
-    let tampered_proof: Option<MerkleProof<MyItem, MyMerge>> =
+    let tampered_proof: Option<NodeMerkleProof<MyItem, MyMerge>> =
         if let Some(tampered_proof_positions) = handrolled_tampered_proof_positions {
-            Some(MerkleProof::new(
+            Some(NodeMerkleProof::new(
                 mmr.mmr_size(),
                 tampered_proof_positions
                     .iter()
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ fn test_invalid_proof_verification(
 
     // test with the proof generated by the library itself, or, if provided, a handrolled proof
     let proof = if let Some(proof_positions) = handrolled_proof_positions {
-        MerkleProof::new(
+        NodeMerkleProof::new(
             mmr.mmr_size(),
             proof_positions
                 .iter()