diff --git a/compiler/rustc_lexer/src/cursor.rs b/compiler/rustc_lexer/src/cursor.rs
index df9b6afdf56..eceef59802e 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_lexer/src/cursor.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_lexer/src/cursor.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::str::Chars;
 /// Next characters can be peeked via `first` method,
 /// and position can be shifted forward via `bump` method.
 pub struct Cursor<'a> {
-    initial_len: usize,
+    len_remaining: usize,
     /// Iterator over chars. Slightly faster than a &str.
     chars: Chars<'a>,
     #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pub(crate) const EOF_CHAR: char = '\0';
 impl<'a> Cursor<'a> {
     pub fn new(input: &'a str) -> Cursor<'a> {
         Cursor {
-            initial_len: input.len(),
+            len_remaining: input.len(),
             chars: input.chars(),
             #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
             prev: EOF_CHAR,
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ impl<'a> Cursor<'a> {
     }
 
     /// Returns amount of already consumed symbols.
-    pub(crate) fn len_consumed(&self) -> u32 {
-        (self.initial_len - self.chars.as_str().len()) as u32
+    pub(crate) fn pos_within_token(&self) -> u32 {
+        (self.len_remaining - self.chars.as_str().len()) as u32
     }
 
     /// Resets the number of bytes consumed to 0.
-    pub(crate) fn reset_len_consumed(&mut self) {
-        self.initial_len = self.chars.as_str().len();
+    pub(crate) fn reset_pos_within_token(&mut self) {
+        self.len_remaining = self.chars.as_str().len();
     }
 
     /// Moves to the next character.
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_lexer/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_lexer/src/lib.rs
index 9182b649bf3..69e772c6924 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_lexer/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_lexer/src/lib.rs
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ impl Cursor<'_> {
                 ('#', c1) if is_id_start(c1) => self.raw_ident(),
                 ('#', _) | ('"', _) => {
                     let res = self.raw_double_quoted_string(1);
-                    let suffix_start = self.len_consumed();
+                    let suffix_start = self.pos_within_token();
                     if res.is_ok() {
                         self.eat_literal_suffix();
                     }
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ impl Cursor<'_> {
                 ('\'', _) => {
                     self.bump();
                     let terminated = self.single_quoted_string();
-                    let suffix_start = self.len_consumed();
+                    let suffix_start = self.pos_within_token();
                     if terminated {
                         self.eat_literal_suffix();
                     }
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ impl Cursor<'_> {
                 ('"', _) => {
                     self.bump();
                     let terminated = self.double_quoted_string();
-                    let suffix_start = self.len_consumed();
+                    let suffix_start = self.pos_within_token();
                     if terminated {
                         self.eat_literal_suffix();
                     }
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ impl Cursor<'_> {
                 ('r', '"') | ('r', '#') => {
                     self.bump();
                     let res = self.raw_double_quoted_string(2);
-                    let suffix_start = self.len_consumed();
+                    let suffix_start = self.pos_within_token();
                     if res.is_ok() {
                         self.eat_literal_suffix();
                     }
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ impl Cursor<'_> {
             // Numeric literal.
             c @ '0'..='9' => {
                 let literal_kind = self.number(c);
-                let suffix_start = self.len_consumed();
+                let suffix_start = self.pos_within_token();
                 self.eat_literal_suffix();
                 TokenKind::Literal { kind: literal_kind, suffix_start }
             }
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ impl Cursor<'_> {
             // String literal.
             '"' => {
                 let terminated = self.double_quoted_string();
-                let suffix_start = self.len_consumed();
+                let suffix_start = self.pos_within_token();
                 if terminated {
                     self.eat_literal_suffix();
                 }
@@ -419,8 +419,8 @@ impl Cursor<'_> {
             }
             _ => Unknown,
         };
-        let res = Some(Token::new(token_kind, self.len_consumed()));
-        self.reset_len_consumed();
+        let res = Some(Token::new(token_kind, self.pos_within_token()));
+        self.reset_pos_within_token();
         res
     }
 
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ impl Cursor<'_> {
 
         if !can_be_a_lifetime {
             let terminated = self.single_quoted_string();
-            let suffix_start = self.len_consumed();
+            let suffix_start = self.pos_within_token();
             if terminated {
                 self.eat_literal_suffix();
             }
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ impl Cursor<'_> {
         if self.first() == '\'' {
             self.bump();
             let kind = Char { terminated: true };
-            Literal { kind, suffix_start: self.len_consumed() }
+            Literal { kind, suffix_start: self.pos_within_token() }
         } else {
             Lifetime { starts_with_number }
         }
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ impl Cursor<'_> {
 
     fn raw_string_unvalidated(&mut self, prefix_len: u32) -> Result<u32, RawStrError> {
         debug_assert!(self.prev() == 'r');
-        let start_pos = self.len_consumed();
+        let start_pos = self.pos_within_token();
         let mut possible_terminator_offset = None;
         let mut max_hashes = 0;
 
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ impl Cursor<'_> {
                 // Keep track of possible terminators to give a hint about
                 // where there might be a missing terminator
                 possible_terminator_offset =
-                    Some(self.len_consumed() - start_pos - n_end_hashes + prefix_len);
+                    Some(self.pos_within_token() - start_pos - n_end_hashes + prefix_len);
                 max_hashes = n_end_hashes;
             }
         }