diff --git a/serde/src/private/ser.rs b/serde/src/private/ser.rs
index 4845fef0..87ced064 100644
--- a/serde/src/private/ser.rs
+++ b/serde/src/private/ser.rs
@@ -1356,15 +1356,15 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-pub struct AdjacentlyTaggedEnumVariantSerializer {
+pub struct AdjacentlyTaggedEnumVariant {
     tag: &'static str,
     variant_index: u32,
     variant_name: &'static str,
 }
 
-impl AdjacentlyTaggedEnumVariantSerializer {
+impl AdjacentlyTaggedEnumVariant {
     pub fn new(tag: &'static str, variant_index: u32, variant_name: &'static str) -> Self {
-        AdjacentlyTaggedEnumVariantSerializer {
+        AdjacentlyTaggedEnumVariant {
             tag,
             variant_index,
             variant_name,
@@ -1372,7 +1372,7 @@ impl AdjacentlyTaggedEnumVariantSerializer {
     }
 }
 
-impl Serialize for AdjacentlyTaggedEnumVariantSerializer {
+impl Serialize for AdjacentlyTaggedEnumVariant {
     fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
     where
         S: Serializer,
diff --git a/serde_derive/src/ser.rs b/serde_derive/src/ser.rs
index 32ba4529..e501e2d0 100644
--- a/serde_derive/src/ser.rs
+++ b/serde_derive/src/ser.rs
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ fn serialize_adjacently_tagged_variant(
     let this_type = &params.this_type;
     let type_name = cattrs.name().serialize_name();
     let variant_name = variant.attrs.name().serialize_name();
-    let variant_serializer = quote!(&_serde::__private::ser::AdjacentlyTaggedEnumVariantSerializer::new(#tag, #variant_index, #variant_name));
+    let variant = quote!(&_serde::__private::ser::AdjacentlyTaggedEnumVariant::new(#tag, #variant_index, #variant_name));
 
     let inner = Stmts(if let Some(path) = variant.attrs.serialize_with() {
         let ser = wrap_serialize_variant_with(params, path, variant);
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ fn serialize_adjacently_tagged_variant(
                     let mut __struct = _serde::Serializer::serialize_struct(
                         __serializer, #type_name, 1)?;
                     _serde::ser::SerializeStruct::serialize_field(
-                        &mut __struct, #tag, #variant_serializer)?;
+                        &mut __struct, #tag, #variant)?;
                     _serde::ser::SerializeStruct::end(__struct)
                 };
             }
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ fn serialize_adjacently_tagged_variant(
                     let mut __struct = _serde::Serializer::serialize_struct(
                         __serializer, #type_name, 2)?;
                     _serde::ser::SerializeStruct::serialize_field(
-                        &mut __struct, #tag, #variant_serializer)?;
+                        &mut __struct, #tag, #variant)?;
                     #func(
                         &mut __struct, #content, #field_expr)?;
                     _serde::ser::SerializeStruct::end(__struct)
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ fn serialize_adjacently_tagged_variant(
         let mut __struct = _serde::Serializer::serialize_struct(
             __serializer, #type_name, 2)?;
         _serde::ser::SerializeStruct::serialize_field(
-            &mut __struct, #tag, #variant_serializer)?;
+            &mut __struct, #tag, #variant)?;
         _serde::ser::SerializeStruct::serialize_field(
             &mut __struct, #content, &__AdjacentlyTagged {
                 data: (#(#fields_ident,)*),