diff --git a/src/librustc/ty/print/pretty.rs b/src/librustc/ty/print/pretty.rs
index 5199da8fbbc..7a8d5d3bb9a 100644
--- a/src/librustc/ty/print/pretty.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/ty/print/pretty.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use crate::ty::{self, DefIdTree, ParamConst, Ty, TyCtxt, TypeFoldable};
 use crate::ty::subst::{Kind, Subst, UnpackedKind};
 use crate::mir::interpret::ConstValue;
 use rustc_target::spec::abi::Abi;
-use syntax::symbol::{keywords, InternedString};
+use syntax::symbol::{kw, InternedString};
 
 use std::cell::Cell;
 use std::fmt::{self, Write as _};
@@ -1140,16 +1140,16 @@ impl<F: fmt::Write> PrettyPrinter<'gcx, 'tcx> for FmtPrinter<'_, 'gcx, 'tcx, F>
 
         match *region {
             ty::ReEarlyBound(ref data) => {
-                data.name.as_symbol() != keywords::Invalid.name() &&
-                data.name.as_symbol() != keywords::UnderscoreLifetime.name()
+                data.name.as_symbol() != kw::Invalid &&
+                data.name.as_symbol() != kw::UnderscoreLifetime
             }
 
             ty::ReLateBound(_, br) |
             ty::ReFree(ty::FreeRegion { bound_region: br, .. }) |
             ty::RePlaceholder(ty::Placeholder { name: br, .. }) => {
                 if let ty::BrNamed(_, name) = br {
-                    if name.as_symbol() != keywords::Invalid.name() &&
-                       name.as_symbol() != keywords::UnderscoreLifetime.name() {
+                    if name.as_symbol() != kw::Invalid &&
+                       name.as_symbol() != kw::UnderscoreLifetime {
                         return true;
                     }
                 }
@@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@ impl<F: fmt::Write> FmtPrinter<'_, '_, '_, F> {
         // `explain_region()` or `note_and_explain_region()`.
         match *region {
             ty::ReEarlyBound(ref data) => {
-                if data.name.as_symbol() != keywords::Invalid.name() {
+                if data.name.as_symbol() != kw::Invalid {
                     p!(write("{}", data.name));
                     return Ok(self);
                 }
@@ -1214,8 +1214,8 @@ impl<F: fmt::Write> FmtPrinter<'_, '_, '_, F> {
             ty::ReFree(ty::FreeRegion { bound_region: br, .. }) |
             ty::RePlaceholder(ty::Placeholder { name: br, .. }) => {
                 if let ty::BrNamed(_, name) = br {
-                    if name.as_symbol() != keywords::Invalid.name() &&
-                       name.as_symbol() != keywords::UnderscoreLifetime.name() {
+                    if name.as_symbol() != kw::Invalid &&
+                       name.as_symbol() != kw::UnderscoreLifetime {
                         p!(write("{}", name));
                         return Ok(self);
                     }
diff --git a/src/librustc_allocator/expand.rs b/src/librustc_allocator/expand.rs
index 0c19d770194..b9cd30694f6 100644
--- a/src/librustc_allocator/expand.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_allocator/expand.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use syntax::{
     mut_visit::{self, MutVisitor},
     parse::ParseSess,
     ptr::P,
-    symbol::{keywords, Symbol, sym}
+    symbol::{kw, sym, Symbol}
 };
 use syntax_pos::Span;
 
@@ -116,8 +116,7 @@ impl MutVisitor for ExpandAllocatorDirectives<'_> {
 
         // We will generate a new submodule. To `use` the static from that module, we need to get
         // the `super::...` path.
-        let super_path =
-            f.cx.path(f.span, vec![Ident::with_empty_ctxt(keywords::Super.name()), f.global]);
+        let super_path = f.cx.path(f.span, vec![Ident::with_empty_ctxt(kw::Super), f.global]);
 
         // Generate the items in the submodule
         let mut items = vec![
diff --git a/src/librustc_plugin/load.rs b/src/librustc_plugin/load.rs
index 680bdcc4bbe..46cd66fe585 100644
--- a/src/librustc_plugin/load.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_plugin/load.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use std::mem;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use syntax::ast;
 use syntax::span_err;
-use syntax::symbol::{Symbol, keywords, sym};
+use syntax::symbol::{Symbol, kw, sym};
 use syntax_pos::{Span, DUMMY_SP};
 
 /// Pointer to a registrar function.
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ pub fn load_plugins(sess: &Session,
             for plugin in plugins {
                 // plugins must have a name and can't be key = value
                 let name = plugin.name_or_empty();
-                if name != keywords::Invalid.name() && !plugin.is_value_str() {
+                if name != kw::Invalid && !plugin.is_value_str() {
                     let args = plugin.meta_item_list().map(ToOwned::to_owned);
                     loader.load_plugin(plugin.span(), name, args.unwrap_or_default());
                 } else {
diff --git a/src/librustc_resolve/resolve_imports.rs b/src/librustc_resolve/resolve_imports.rs
index ef71bd51167..c0ff7b310b5 100644
--- a/src/librustc_resolve/resolve_imports.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_resolve/resolve_imports.rs
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b:'a> ImportResolver<'a, 'b> {
                 has_errors = true;
 
                 if let SingleImport { source, ref source_bindings, .. } = import.subclass {
-                    if source.name == keywords::SelfLower.name() {
+                    if source.name == kw::SelfLower {
                         // Silence `unresolved import` error if E0429 is already emitted
                         if let Err(Determined) = source_bindings.value_ns.get() {
                             continue;
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/highlight.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/highlight.rs
index 5bb06516ac4..e5b44077fc9 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/highlight.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/highlight.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use syntax::source_map::{SourceMap, FilePathMapping};
 use syntax::parse::lexer::{self, TokenAndSpan};
 use syntax::parse::token;
 use syntax::parse;
+use syntax::symbol::{kw, sym};
 use syntax_pos::{Span, FileName};
 
 /// Highlights `src`, returning the HTML output.
@@ -325,16 +326,15 @@ impl<'a> Classifier<'a> {
 
             // Keywords are also included in the identifier set.
             token::Ident(ident, is_raw) => {
-                match &*ident.as_str() {
-                    "ref" | "mut" if !is_raw => Class::RefKeyWord,
+                match ident.name {
+                    kw::Ref | kw::Mut if !is_raw => Class::RefKeyWord,
 
-                    "self" | "Self" => Class::Self_,
-                    "false" | "true" if !is_raw => Class::Bool,
+                    kw::SelfLower | kw::SelfUpper => Class::Self_,
+                    kw::False | kw::True if !is_raw => Class::Bool,
 
-                    "Option" | "Result" => Class::PreludeTy,
-                    "Some" | "None" | "Ok" | "Err" => Class::PreludeVal,
+                    sym::Option | sym::Result => Class::PreludeTy,
+                    sym::Some | sym::None | sym::Ok | sym::Err => Class::PreludeVal,
 
-                    "$crate" => Class::KeyWord,
                     _ if tas.tok.is_reserved_ident() => Class::KeyWord,
 
                     _ => {
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/layout.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/layout.rs
index 71d8665f3b3..ae0bd1aafa8 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/layout.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/layout.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ pub fn render<T: fmt::Display, S: fmt::Display>(
     <meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0\">\
     <meta name=\"generator\" content=\"rustdoc\">\
     <meta name=\"description\" content=\"{description}\">\
-    <meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"{kw}\">\
+    <meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"{keywords}\">\
     <title>{title}</title>\
     <link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" href=\"{static_root_path}normalize{suffix}.css\">\
     <link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" href=\"{static_root_path}rustdoc{suffix}.css\" \
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/attr/mod.rs b/src/libsyntax/attr/mod.rs
index 3e93ac23a53..a97c094418d 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/attr/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/attr/mod.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use crate::parse::parser::Parser;
 use crate::parse::{self, ParseSess, PResult};
 use crate::parse::token::{self, Token};
 use crate::ptr::P;
-use crate::symbol::{kw, sym, Symbol};
+use crate::symbol::{sym, Symbol};
 use crate::ThinVec;
 use crate::tokenstream::{TokenStream, TokenTree, DelimSpan};
 use crate::GLOBALS;
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ impl MetaItem {
         }
     }
     pub fn name_or_empty(&self) -> Symbol {
-        self.ident().unwrap_or(Ident.invalid()).name
+        self.ident().unwrap_or(Ident::invalid()).name
     }
 
     // #[attribute(name = "value")]
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/tt/macro_rules.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/tt/macro_rules.rs
index 8adee4be75f..37c49112dca 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/tt/macro_rules.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/tt/macro_rules.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use crate::parse::{Directory, ParseSess};
 use crate::parse::parser::Parser;
 use crate::parse::token::{self, NtTT};
 use crate::parse::token::Token::*;
-use crate::symbol::{Symbol, keywords, sym};
+use crate::symbol::{Symbol, kw, sym};
 use crate::tokenstream::{DelimSpan, TokenStream, TokenTree};
 
 use errors::FatalError;
@@ -1046,8 +1046,8 @@ fn is_in_follow(tok: &quoted::TokenTree, frag: &str) -> IsInFollow {
                 match *tok {
                     TokenTree::Token(_, ref tok) => match *tok {
                         FatArrow | Comma | Eq | BinOp(token::Or) => IsInFollow::Yes,
-                        Ident(i, false) if i.name == keywords::If.name() ||
-                                           i.name == keywords::In.name() => IsInFollow::Yes,
+                        Ident(i, false) if i.name == kw::If ||
+                                           i.name == kw::In => IsInFollow::Yes,
                         _ => IsInFollow::No(tokens),
                     },
                     _ => IsInFollow::No(tokens),
@@ -1064,8 +1064,8 @@ fn is_in_follow(tok: &quoted::TokenTree, frag: &str) -> IsInFollow {
                         OpenDelim(token::DelimToken::Bracket) |
                         Comma | FatArrow | Colon | Eq | Gt | BinOp(token::Shr) | Semi |
                         BinOp(token::Or) => IsInFollow::Yes,
-                        Ident(i, false) if i.name == keywords::As.name() ||
-                                           i.name == keywords::Where.name() => IsInFollow::Yes,
+                        Ident(i, false) if i.name == kw::As ||
+                                           i.name == kw::Where => IsInFollow::Yes,
                         _ => IsInFollow::No(tokens),
                     },
                     TokenTree::MetaVarDecl(_, _, frag) if frag.name == sym::block =>
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ fn is_in_follow(tok: &quoted::TokenTree, frag: &str) -> IsInFollow {
                 match *tok {
                     TokenTree::Token(_, ref tok) => match *tok {
                         Comma => IsInFollow::Yes,
-                        Ident(i, is_raw) if is_raw || i.name != keywords::Priv.name() =>
+                        Ident(i, is_raw) if is_raw || i.name != kw::Priv =>
                             IsInFollow::Yes,
                         ref tok => if tok.can_begin_type() {
                             IsInFollow::Yes
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/feature_gate.rs b/src/libsyntax/feature_gate.rs
index 5b1a9bb739f..57a6656140f 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/feature_gate.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/feature_gate.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use crate::source_map::Spanned;
 use crate::edition::{ALL_EDITIONS, Edition};
 use crate::visit::{self, FnKind, Visitor};
 use crate::parse::{token, ParseSess};
-use crate::symbol::{Symbol, keywords, sym};
+use crate::symbol::{Symbol, kw, sym};
 use crate::tokenstream::TokenTree;
 
 use errors::{DiagnosticBuilder, Handler};
@@ -1948,7 +1948,7 @@ impl<'a> Visitor<'a> for PostExpansionVisitor<'a> {
     fn visit_item(&mut self, i: &'a ast::Item) {
         match i.node {
             ast::ItemKind::Const(_,_) => {
-                if i.ident.name == keywords::Underscore.name() {
+                if i.ident.name == kw::Underscore {
                     gate_feature_post!(&self, underscore_const_names, i.span,
                                         "naming constants with `_` is unstable");
                 }
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/diagnostics.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/diagnostics.rs
index 1a2393be806..d48fcbbd672 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/diagnostics.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/diagnostics.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use crate::parse::PResult;
 use crate::parse::Parser;
 use crate::print::pprust;
 use crate::ptr::P;
-use crate::symbol::keywords;
+use crate::symbol::kw;
 use crate::ThinVec;
 use errors::{Applicability, DiagnosticBuilder};
 use syntax_pos::Span;
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ impl<'a> Parser<'a> {
 
     /// Recover from `pub` keyword in places where it seems _reasonable_ but isn't valid.
     crate fn eat_bad_pub(&mut self) {
-        if self.token.is_keyword(keywords::Pub) {
+        if self.token.is_keyword(kw::Pub) {
             match self.parse_visibility(false) {
                 Ok(vis) => {
                     self.diagnostic()
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/literal.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/literal.rs
index 6db1a669493..f277f0522b8 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/literal.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/literal.rs
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ impl LitKind {
 
         Some(match lit {
             token::Bool(i) => {
-                assert!(i == keywords::True.name() || i == keywords::False.name());
-                LitKind::Bool(i == keywords::True.name())
+                assert!(i == kw::True || i == kw::False);
+                LitKind::Bool(i == kw::True)
             }
             token::Byte(i) => {
                 match unescape_byte(&i.as_str()) {
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ impl LitKind {
             }
             LitKind::FloatUnsuffixed(symbol) => (token::Lit::Float(symbol), None),
             LitKind::Bool(value) => {
-                let kw = if value { keywords::True } else { keywords::False };
-                (token::Lit::Bool(kw.name()), None)
+                let kw = if value { kw::True } else { kw::False };
+                (token::Lit::Bool(kw), None)
             }
             LitKind::Err(val) => (token::Lit::Err(val), None),
         }
@@ -175,8 +175,7 @@ impl Lit {
         diag: Option<(Span, &Handler)>,
     ) -> Option<Lit> {
         let (token, suffix) = match *token {
-            token::Ident(ident, false) if ident.name == keywords::True.name() ||
-                                          ident.name == keywords::False.name() =>
+            token::Ident(ident, false) if ident.name == kw::True || ident.name == kw::False =>
                 (token::Bool(ident.name), None),
             token::Literal(token, suffix) =>
                 (token, suffix),
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/test.rs b/src/libsyntax/test.rs
index 206320f58b7..d1e11da4e7c 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/test.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/test.rs
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ fn mk_reexport_mod(cx: &mut TestCtxt<'_>,
                    tests: Vec<Ident>,
                    tested_submods: Vec<(Ident, Ident)>)
                    -> (P<ast::Item>, Ident) {
-    let super_ = Ident::with_empty_ctxt(keywords::Super.name());
+    let super_ = Ident::with_empty_ctxt(kw::Super);
 
     let items = tests.into_iter().map(|r| {
         cx.ext_cx.item_use_simple(DUMMY_SP, dummy_spanned(ast::VisibilityKind::Public),
diff --git a/src/libsyntax_pos/symbol.rs b/src/libsyntax_pos/symbol.rs
index f9f0b097f7a..070bb1d8ef7 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax_pos/symbol.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax_pos/symbol.rs
@@ -951,6 +951,11 @@ impl Symbol {
     fn is_unused_keyword_2018(self) -> bool {
         self >= kw::Async && self <= kw::Try
     }
+
+    /// Used for sanity checking rustdoc keyword sections.
+    pub fn is_doc_keyword(self) -> bool {
+        self <= kw::Union
+    }
 }
 
 impl Ident {