diff --git a/swayr/src/shared/fmt.rs b/swayr/src/shared/fmt.rs
index f317069..e9ef6bd 100644
--- a/swayr/src/shared/fmt.rs
+++ b/swayr/src/shared/fmt.rs
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ impl FormatArgument for FmtArg {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn do_format(fmt: &str, arg: FmtArg, clipped_str: &str) -> String {
+pub fn rt_format(fmt: &str, arg: FmtArg, clipped_str: &str) -> String {
     let arg_string = arg.to_string();
 
     if let Ok(pf) = ParsedFormat::parse(fmt, &[arg], &NoNamedArguments) {
@@ -145,21 +145,21 @@ fn remove_last_n_chars(s: &mut String, n: usize) {
 
 #[test]
 fn test_format() {
-    assert_eq!(do_format("{:.10}", FmtArg::from("sway"), ""), "sway");
-    assert_eq!(do_format("{:.10}", FmtArg::from("sway"), "…"), "sway");
-    assert_eq!(do_format("{:.4}", FmtArg::from("𝔰𝔴𝔞𝔶"), "……"), "𝔰𝔴𝔞𝔶");
+    assert_eq!(rt_format("{:.10}", FmtArg::from("sway"), ""), "sway");
+    assert_eq!(rt_format("{:.10}", FmtArg::from("sway"), "…"), "sway");
+    assert_eq!(rt_format("{:.4}", FmtArg::from("𝔰𝔴𝔞𝔶"), "……"), "𝔰𝔴𝔞𝔶");
 
-    assert_eq!(do_format("{:.3}", FmtArg::from("sway"), ""), "swa");
-    assert_eq!(do_format("{:.3}", FmtArg::from("sway"), "…"), "sw…");
+    assert_eq!(rt_format("{:.3}", FmtArg::from("sway"), ""), "swa");
+    assert_eq!(rt_format("{:.3}", FmtArg::from("sway"), "…"), "sw…");
     assert_eq!(
-        do_format("{:.5}", FmtArg::from("𝔰𝔴𝔞𝔶 𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔡𝔬𝔴"), "…?"),
+        rt_format("{:.5}", FmtArg::from("𝔰𝔴𝔞𝔶 𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔡𝔬𝔴"), "…?"),
         "𝔰𝔴𝔞…?"
     );
     assert_eq!(
-        do_format("{:.5}", FmtArg::from("sway window"), "..."),
+        rt_format("{:.5}", FmtArg::from("sway window"), "..."),
         "sw..."
     );
-    assert_eq!(do_format("{:.2}", FmtArg::from("sway"), "..."), "...");
+    assert_eq!(rt_format("{:.2}", FmtArg::from("sway"), "..."), "...");
 }
 
 pub static PLACEHOLDER_RX: Lazy<Regex> = Lazy::new(|| {
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ pub fn maybe_html_escape(do_it: bool, text: String) -> String {
     }
 }
 
-macro_rules! format_placeholders {
+macro_rules! subst_placeholders {
     ( $fmt_str:expr, $html_escape:expr,
       { $( $($pat:pat_param)|+ => $exp:expr, )+ }
     ) => {
@@ -229,13 +229,13 @@ macro_rules! format_placeholders {
     };
 }
 
-pub(crate) use format_placeholders;
+pub(crate) use subst_placeholders;
 
 #[test]
-fn test_format_placeholders() {
+fn test_subst_placeholders() {
     let foo = "{a}, {b} = {d}";
     let html_escape = true;
-    let x: String = format_placeholders!(foo, html_escape, {
+    let x: String = subst_placeholders!(foo, html_escape, {
         "a" => "1".to_string(),
         "b" | "d" =>  "2".to_string(),
         "c" => "3".to_owned(),
diff --git a/swayr/src/tree.rs b/swayr/src/tree.rs
index edbe3e0..5362bdd 100644
--- a/swayr/src/tree.rs
+++ b/swayr/src/tree.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 //! Convenience data structures built from the IPC structs.
 
 use crate::config;
-use crate::shared::fmt::format_placeholders;
+use crate::shared::fmt::subst_placeholders;
 use crate::shared::ipc;
 use crate::shared::ipc::NodeMethods;
 use crate::util;
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ impl DisplayFormat for DisplayNode<'_> {
                     .as_str(),
             );
 
-        format_placeholders!(&fmt, html_escape, {
+        subst_placeholders!(&fmt, html_escape, {
             "id" => self.node.id,
             "app_name" => self.node.get_app_name(),
             "layout" => format!("{:?}", self.node.layout),
diff --git a/swayrbar/src/module/battery.rs b/swayrbar/src/module/battery.rs
index 036c775..9dc3b4e 100644
--- a/swayrbar/src/module/battery.rs
+++ b/swayrbar/src/module/battery.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 use crate::config;
 use crate::module::BarModuleFn;
-use crate::shared::fmt::format_placeholders;
+use crate::shared::fmt::subst_placeholders;
 use battery as bat;
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::sync::Mutex;
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ fn refresh_state(state: &mut State) {
 }
 
 fn get_text(fmt: &str, html_escape: bool, state: &State) -> String {
-    format_placeholders!(fmt, html_escape, {
+    subst_placeholders!(fmt, html_escape, {
         "state_of_charge" => state.state_of_charge,
         "state_of_health" => state.state_of_health,
         "state" => state.state.as_str(),
diff --git a/swayrbar/src/module/sysinfo.rs b/swayrbar/src/module/sysinfo.rs
index 7e74f56..7c6ee3e 100644
--- a/swayrbar/src/module/sysinfo.rs
+++ b/swayrbar/src/module/sysinfo.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 use crate::config;
 use crate::module::BarModuleFn;
-use crate::shared::fmt::format_placeholders;
+use crate::shared::fmt::subst_placeholders;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::Mutex;
 use std::sync::Once;
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ fn refresh_state(sys: &mut si::System, state: &mut State) {
 }
 
 fn get_text(fmt: &str, html_escape: bool, state: &State) -> String {
-    format_placeholders!(fmt, html_escape, {
+    subst_placeholders!(fmt, html_escape, {
         "cpu_usage" => state.cpu_usage,
         "mem_usage" => state.mem_usage,
         "load_avg_1" => state.load_avg_1,
diff --git a/swayrbar/src/module/window.rs b/swayrbar/src/module/window.rs
index 4b2d81e..c13d19f 100644
--- a/swayrbar/src/module/window.rs
+++ b/swayrbar/src/module/window.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use std::sync::Mutex;
 
 use crate::config;
 use crate::module::BarModuleFn;
-use crate::shared::fmt::format_placeholders;
+use crate::shared::fmt::subst_placeholders;
 use crate::shared::ipc;
 use crate::shared::ipc::NodeMethods;
 use swaybar_types as s;
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ fn refresh_state(state: &mut State) {
 }
 
 fn subst_placeholders(s: &str, html_escape: bool, state: &State) -> String {
-    format_placeholders!(s, html_escape, {
+    subst_placeholders!(s, html_escape, {
         "title" | "name"  => state.name.clone(),
         "app_name" => state.app_name.clone(),
         "pid" => state.pid,