diff --git a/src/postings/json_postings_writer.rs b/src/postings/json_postings_writer.rs
index c5f495c75..34a5092e9 100644
--- a/src/postings/json_postings_writer.rs
+++ b/src/postings/json_postings_writer.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::io;
 use crate::fastfield::MultiValuedFastFieldWriter;
 use crate::indexer::doc_id_mapping::DocIdMapping;
 use crate::postings::postings_writer::SpecializedPostingsWriter;
-use crate::postings::recorder::{BufferLender, NothingRecorder, Recorder};
+use crate::postings::recorder::{BufferLender, DocIdRecorder, Recorder};
 use crate::postings::stacker::Addr;
 use crate::postings::{
     FieldSerializer, IndexingContext, IndexingPosition, PostingsWriter, UnorderedTermId,
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use crate::{DocId, Term};
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub(crate) struct JsonPostingsWriter<Rec: Recorder> {
     str_posting_writer: SpecializedPostingsWriter<Rec>,
-    non_str_posting_writer: SpecializedPostingsWriter<NothingRecorder>,
+    non_str_posting_writer: SpecializedPostingsWriter<DocIdRecorder>,
 }
 
 impl<Rec: Recorder> From<JsonPostingsWriter<Rec>> for Box<dyn PostingsWriter> {
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ impl<Rec: Recorder> PostingsWriter for JsonPostingsWriter<Rec> {
                         serializer,
                     )?;
                 } else {
-                    SpecializedPostingsWriter::<NothingRecorder>::serialize_one_term(
+                    SpecializedPostingsWriter::<DocIdRecorder>::serialize_one_term(
                         term,
                         *addr,
                         doc_id_map,
diff --git a/src/postings/per_field_postings_writer.rs b/src/postings/per_field_postings_writer.rs
index a41487071..b12999d99 100644
--- a/src/postings/per_field_postings_writer.rs
+++ b/src/postings/per_field_postings_writer.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::postings::json_postings_writer::JsonPostingsWriter;
 use crate::postings::postings_writer::SpecializedPostingsWriter;
-use crate::postings::recorder::{NothingRecorder, TermFrequencyRecorder, TfAndPositionRecorder};
+use crate::postings::recorder::{DocIdRecorder, TermFrequencyRecorder, TfAndPositionRecorder};
 use crate::postings::PostingsWriter;
 use crate::schema::{Field, FieldEntry, FieldType, IndexRecordOption, Schema};
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ fn posting_writer_from_field_entry(field_entry: &FieldEntry) -> Box<dyn Postings
             .get_indexing_options()
             .map(|indexing_options| match indexing_options.index_option() {
                 IndexRecordOption::Basic => {
-                    SpecializedPostingsWriter::<NothingRecorder>::default().into()
+                    SpecializedPostingsWriter::<DocIdRecorder>::default().into()
                 }
                 IndexRecordOption::WithFreqs => {
                     SpecializedPostingsWriter::<TermFrequencyRecorder>::default().into()
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ fn posting_writer_from_field_entry(field_entry: &FieldEntry) -> Box<dyn Postings
                     SpecializedPostingsWriter::<TfAndPositionRecorder>::default().into()
                 }
             })
-            .unwrap_or_else(|| SpecializedPostingsWriter::<NothingRecorder>::default().into()),
+            .unwrap_or_else(|| SpecializedPostingsWriter::<DocIdRecorder>::default().into()),
         FieldType::U64(_)
         | FieldType::I64(_)
         | FieldType::F64(_)
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ fn posting_writer_from_field_entry(field_entry: &FieldEntry) -> Box<dyn Postings
         | FieldType::Date(_)
         | FieldType::Bytes(_)
         | FieldType::IpAddr(_)
-        | FieldType::Facet(_) => Box::new(SpecializedPostingsWriter::<NothingRecorder>::default()),
+        | FieldType::Facet(_) => Box::new(SpecializedPostingsWriter::<DocIdRecorder>::default()),
         FieldType::JsonObject(ref json_object_options) => {
             if let Some(text_indexing_option) = json_object_options.get_text_indexing_options() {
                 match text_indexing_option.index_option() {
                     IndexRecordOption::Basic => {
-                        JsonPostingsWriter::<NothingRecorder>::default().into()
+                        JsonPostingsWriter::<DocIdRecorder>::default().into()
                     }
                     IndexRecordOption::WithFreqs => {
                         JsonPostingsWriter::<TermFrequencyRecorder>::default().into()
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ fn posting_writer_from_field_entry(field_entry: &FieldEntry) -> Box<dyn Postings
                     }
                 }
             } else {
-                JsonPostingsWriter::<NothingRecorder>::default().into()
+                JsonPostingsWriter::<DocIdRecorder>::default().into()
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/postings/recorder.rs b/src/postings/recorder.rs
index 79a26400d..e66993e09 100644
--- a/src/postings/recorder.rs
+++ b/src/postings/recorder.rs
@@ -83,21 +83,21 @@ pub(crate) trait Recorder: Copy + Default + Send + Sync + 'static {
 
 /// Only records the doc ids
 #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
-pub struct NothingRecorder {
+pub struct DocIdRecorder {
     stack: ExpUnrolledLinkedList,
     current_doc: DocId,
 }
 
-impl Default for NothingRecorder {
+impl Default for DocIdRecorder {
     fn default() -> Self {
-        NothingRecorder {
+        DocIdRecorder {
             stack: ExpUnrolledLinkedList::new(),
             current_doc: u32::MAX,
         }
     }
 }
 
-impl Recorder for NothingRecorder {
+impl Recorder for DocIdRecorder {
     fn current_doc(&self) -> DocId {
         self.current_doc
     }