diff --git a/src/compiler/checker.ts b/src/compiler/checker.ts
index c80fbcdd8d..5ee9fa4ab3 100644
--- a/src/compiler/checker.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/checker.ts
@@ -81,11 +81,11 @@ module ts {
             getTypeCount: () => typeCount,
             isUndefinedSymbol: symbol => symbol === undefinedSymbol,
             isArgumentsSymbol: symbol => symbol === argumentsSymbol,
+            emitFiles: invokeEmitter,
             getDiagnostics,
             getDeclarationDiagnostics,
             getGlobalDiagnostics,
             checkProgram,
-            invokeEmitter,
             getParentOfSymbol,
             getNarrowedTypeOfSymbol,
             getDeclaredTypeOfSymbol,
diff --git a/src/compiler/tsc.ts b/src/compiler/tsc.ts
index 79972c7a89..9bb2db719f 100644
--- a/src/compiler/tsc.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/tsc.ts
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ module ts {
             }
             else {
                 var emitStart = new Date().getTime();
-                var emitOutput = checker.invokeEmitter();
+                var emitOutput = checker.emitFiles();
                 var emitErrors = emitOutput.diagnostics;
                 exitStatus = emitOutput.emitResultStatus;
                 var reportStart = new Date().getTime();
diff --git a/src/compiler/types.ts b/src/compiler/types.ts
index 0188067f10..c396499f54 100644
--- a/src/compiler/types.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/types.ts
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ module ts {
         getSymbolCount(): number;
         getTypeCount(): number;
         checkProgram(): void;
-        invokeEmitter(targetSourceFile?: SourceFile): EmitResult;
+        emitFiles(targetSourceFile?: SourceFile): EmitResult;
         getParentOfSymbol(symbol: Symbol): Symbol;
         getNarrowedTypeOfSymbol(symbol: Symbol, node: Node): Type;
         getDeclaredTypeOfSymbol(symbol: Symbol): Type;
diff --git a/src/harness/fourslash.ts b/src/harness/fourslash.ts
index 88fb3639d1..05e65f5648 100644
--- a/src/harness/fourslash.ts
+++ b/src/harness/fourslash.ts
@@ -2223,7 +2223,7 @@ module FourSlash {
         if (errs.length > 0) {
             throw new Error('Error compiling ' + fileName + ': ' + errs.map(e => e.messageText).join('\r\n'));
         }
-        checker.invokeEmitter();
+        checker.emitFiles();
         result = result || ''; // Might have an empty fourslash file
 
         // Compile and execute the test
diff --git a/src/harness/harness.ts b/src/harness/harness.ts
index 0ce9ee1643..1a5938d2be 100644
--- a/src/harness/harness.ts
+++ b/src/harness/harness.ts
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ module Harness {
                 // only emit if there weren't parse errors
                 var emitResult: ts.EmitResult;
                 if (!isEmitBlocked) {
-                    emitResult = checker.invokeEmitter();
+                    emitResult = checker.emitFiles();
                 }
 
                 var errors: HarnessDiagnostic[] = [];
diff --git a/src/harness/projectsRunner.ts b/src/harness/projectsRunner.ts
index 44cd3a6d95..4734232d28 100644
--- a/src/harness/projectsRunner.ts
+++ b/src/harness/projectsRunner.ts
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class ProjectRunner extends RunnerBase {
             if (!errors.length) {
                 var checker = program.getTypeChecker(/*fullTypeCheck*/ true);
                 errors = checker.getDiagnostics();
-                var emitResult = checker.invokeEmitter();
+                var emitResult = checker.emitFiles();
                 errors = ts.concatenate(errors, emitResult.diagnostics);
                 sourceMapData = emitResult.sourceMaps;
 
diff --git a/src/services/services.ts b/src/services/services.ts
index cf5ca07132..2ef21f01dd 100644
--- a/src/services/services.ts
+++ b/src/services/services.ts
@@ -4625,7 +4625,7 @@ module ts {
             // Perform semantic and force a type check before emit to ensure that all symbols are updated
             // EmitFiles will report if there is an error from TypeChecker and Emitter
             // Depend whether we will have to emit into a single file or not either emit only selected file in the project, emit all files into a single file
-            var emitFilesResult = getFullTypeCheckChecker().invokeEmitter(targetSourceFile);
+            var emitFilesResult = getFullTypeCheckChecker().emitFiles(targetSourceFile);
             emitOutput.emitOutputStatus = emitFilesResult.emitResultStatus;
 
             // Reset writer back to undefined to make sure that we produce an error message if CompilerHost.writeFile method is called when we are not in getEmitOutput