diff --git a/include/ircd/fs/path.h b/include/ircd/fs/path.h
index e935539f0..9834a3d0d 100644
--- a/include/ircd/fs/path.h
+++ b/include/ircd/fs/path.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace ircd::fs
 {
 	enum class base :uint;
 	struct basepath;
-	using path_view = vector_view<const string_view>;
+	using path_views = vector_view<const string_view>;
 	using path_strings = vector_view<const std::string>;
 
 	extern const size_t NAME_MAX_LEN;
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ namespace ircd::fs
 
 	filesystem::path _path(std::string);
 	filesystem::path _path(const string_view &);
-	filesystem::path _path(const path_view &);
+	filesystem::path _path(const path_views &);
 	filesystem::path _path(const path_strings &);
 
 	string_view path(const base &) noexcept;
 	string_view path(const mutable_buffer &, const base &, const string_view &);
-	string_view path(const mutable_buffer &, const path_view &);
+	string_view path(const mutable_buffer &, const path_views &);
 	string_view path(const mutable_buffer &, const path_strings &);
 	string_view path(const mutable_buffer &, const filesystem::path &);
 	template<class... A> std::string path_string(A&&...);
diff --git a/ircd/fs_path.cc b/ircd/fs_path.cc
index cf089a632..77f3dcc8f 100644
--- a/ircd/fs_path.cc
+++ b/ircd/fs_path.cc
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ ircd::fs::path(const mutable_buffer &buf,
 
 ircd::string_view
 ircd::fs::path(const mutable_buffer &buf,
-               const path_view &list)
+               const path_views &list)
 {
 	return strlcpy(buf, _path(list).c_str());
 }
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ catch(const filesystem::filesystem_error &e)
 }
 
 boost::filesystem::path
-ircd::fs::_path(const path_view &list)
+ircd::fs::_path(const path_views &list)
 try
 {
 	filesystem::path ret;