diff --git a/examples/snippet.rs b/examples/snippet.rs
index 4d96188bb..23bf1c26a 100644
--- a/examples/snippet.rs
+++ b/examples/snippet.rs
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@ fn highlight(snippet: Snippet) -> String {
     let mut start_from = 0;
 
     for fragment_range in snippet.highlighted() {
-        result.push_str(&snippet.fragments()[start_from..fragment_range.start]);
+        result.push_str(&snippet.fragment()[start_from..fragment_range.start]);
         result.push_str(" --> ");
-        result.push_str(&snippet.fragments()[fragment_range.clone()]);
+        result.push_str(&snippet.fragment()[fragment_range.clone()]);
         result.push_str(" <-- ");
         start_from = fragment_range.end;
     }
 
-    result.push_str(&snippet.fragments()[start_from..]);
+    result.push_str(&snippet.fragment()[start_from..]);
     result
 }
diff --git a/src/snippet/mod.rs b/src/snippet/mod.rs
index 2d521083c..1f494daf2 100644
--- a/src/snippet/mod.rs
+++ b/src/snippet/mod.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ impl FragmentCandidate {
 /// Contains a fragment of a document, and some highlighed parts inside it.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Snippet {
-    fragments: String,
+    fragment: String,
     highlighted: Vec<Range<usize>>,
 }
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ impl Snippet {
     /// Create a new, empty, `Snippet`
     pub fn empty() -> Snippet {
         Snippet {
-            fragments: String::new(),
+            fragment: String::new(),
             highlighted: Vec::new(),
         }
     }
@@ -75,21 +75,21 @@ impl Snippet {
         let mut start_from: usize = 0;
 
         for item in self.highlighted.iter() {
-            html.push_str(&encode_minimal(&self.fragments[start_from..item.start]));
+            html.push_str(&encode_minimal(&self.fragment[start_from..item.start]));
             html.push_str(HIGHLIGHTEN_PREFIX);
-            html.push_str(&encode_minimal(&self.fragments[item.clone()]));
+            html.push_str(&encode_minimal(&self.fragment[item.clone()]));
             html.push_str(HIGHLIGHTEN_POSTFIX);
             start_from = item.end;
         }
         html.push_str(&encode_minimal(
-            &self.fragments[start_from..self.fragments.len()],
+            &self.fragment[start_from..self.fragment.len()],
         ));
         html
     }
 
-    /// Returns a fragment from the `Snippet`.
-    pub fn fragments(&self) -> &str {
-        &self.fragments
+    /// Returns the fragment of text used in the  snippet.
+    pub fn fragment(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.fragment
     }
 
     /// Returns a list of higlighted positions from the `Snippet`.
@@ -168,14 +168,14 @@ fn select_best_fragment_combination(fragments: &[FragmentCandidate], text: &str)
             .map(|item| item.start - fragment.start_offset..item.end - fragment.start_offset)
             .collect();
         Snippet {
-            fragments: fragment_text.to_string(),
+            fragment: fragment_text.to_string(),
             highlighted,
         }
     } else {
         // when there no fragments to chose from,
         // for now create a empty snippet
         Snippet {
-            fragments: String::new(),
+            fragment: String::new(),
             highlighted: vec![],
         }
     }
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ Survey in 2016, 2017, and 2018."#;
         }
         let snippet = select_best_fragment_combination(&fragments[..], TEST_TEXT);
         assert_eq!(
-            snippet.fragments,
+            snippet.fragment,
             "Rust is a systems programming language sponsored by\n\
              Mozilla which describes it as a \"safe"
         );
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ Survey in 2016, 2017, and 2018."#;
         }
 
         let snippet = select_best_fragment_combination(&fragments[..], text);
-        assert_eq!(snippet.fragments, "c d");
+        assert_eq!(snippet.fragment, "c d");
         assert_eq!(snippet.to_html(), "<b>c</b> d");
     }
 
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ Survey in 2016, 2017, and 2018."#;
         }
 
         let snippet = select_best_fragment_combination(&fragments[..], text);
-        assert_eq!(snippet.fragments, "e f");
+        assert_eq!(snippet.fragment, "e f");
         assert_eq!(snippet.to_html(), "e <b>f</b>");
     }
 
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ Survey in 2016, 2017, and 2018."#;
         }
 
         let snippet = select_best_fragment_combination(&fragments[..], text);
-        assert_eq!(snippet.fragments, "e f g");
+        assert_eq!(snippet.fragment, "e f g");
         assert_eq!(snippet.to_html(), "e <b>f</b> g");
     }
 
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ Survey in 2016, 2017, and 2018."#;
         assert_eq!(fragments.len(), 0);
 
         let snippet = select_best_fragment_combination(&fragments[..], text);
-        assert_eq!(snippet.fragments, "");
+        assert_eq!(snippet.fragment, "");
         assert_eq!(snippet.to_html(), "");
     }
 
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ Survey in 2016, 2017, and 2018."#;
         assert_eq!(fragments.len(), 0);
 
         let snippet = select_best_fragment_combination(&fragments[..], text);
-        assert_eq!(snippet.fragments, "");
+        assert_eq!(snippet.fragment, "");
         assert_eq!(snippet.to_html(), "");
     }