diff --git a/spacy/tokens/__init__.py b/spacy/tokens/__init__.py
index 28d86bb18..536ec8349 100644
--- a/spacy/tokens/__init__.py
+++ b/spacy/tokens/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from .doc import Doc
 from .token import Token
 from .span import Span
-from ._serialize import DocPallet
+from ._serialize import DocBin
 
-__all__ = ["Doc", "Token", "Span", "DocPallet"]
+__all__ = ["Doc", "Token", "Span", "DocBin"]
diff --git a/spacy/tokens/_serialize.py b/spacy/tokens/_serialize.py
index 51d3fc558..54078fe60 100644
--- a/spacy/tokens/_serialize.py
+++ b/spacy/tokens/_serialize.py
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ from ..tokens import Doc
 from ..attrs import SPACY, ORTH
 
 
-class DocPallet(object):
-    """Pack Doc objects for export.
+class DocBin(object):
+    """Pack Doc objects for binary serialization.
     
-    The DocPallet class lets you efficiently serialize the information from a
+    The DocBin class lets you efficiently serialize the information from a
     collection of Doc objects. You can control which information is serialized
     by passing a list of attribute IDs, and optionally also specify whether the
-    user data is serialized. The DocPallet is faster and produces smaller data
+    user data is serialized. The DocBin is faster and produces smaller data
     sizes than pickle, and allows you to deserialize without executing arbitrary
     Python code.
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class DocPallet(object):
     document from the pallet.
     """
     def __init__(self, attrs=None, store_user_data=False):
-        """Create a DocPallet object, to hold serialized annotations.
+        """Create a DocBin object, to hold serialized annotations.
 
         attrs (list): List of attributes to serialize. 'orth' and 'spacy' are
             always serialized, so they're not required. Defaults to None.
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class DocPallet(object):
         self.store_user_data = store_user_data
 
     def add(self, doc):
-        """Add a doc's annotations to the DocPallet for serialization."""
+        """Add a doc's annotations to the DocBin for serialization."""
         array = doc.to_array(self.attrs)
         if len(array.shape) == 1:
             array = array.reshape((array.shape[0], 1))
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class DocPallet(object):
             yield doc
 
     def merge(self, other):
-        """Extend the annotations of this DocPallet with the annotations from another."""
+        """Extend the annotations of this DocBin with the annotations from another."""
         assert self.attrs == other.attrs
         self.tokens.extend(other.tokens)
         self.spaces.extend(other.spaces)
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class DocPallet(object):
             self.user_data.extend(other.user_data)
 
     def to_bytes(self):
-        """Serialize the DocPallet's annotations into a byte string."""
+        """Serialize the DocBin's annotations into a byte string."""
         for tokens in self.tokens:
             assert len(tokens.shape) == 2, tokens.shape
         lengths = [len(tokens) for tokens in self.tokens]
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class DocPallet(object):
         return gzip.compress(srsly.msgpack_dumps(msg))
 
     def from_bytes(self, string):
-        """Deserialize the DocPallet's annotations from a byte string."""
+        """Deserialize the DocBin's annotations from a byte string."""
         msg = srsly.msgpack_loads(gzip.decompress(string))
         self.attrs = msg["attrs"]
         self.strings = set(msg["strings"])
@@ -130,31 +130,31 @@ class DocPallet(object):
         return self
 
 
-def merge_boxes(boxes):
+def merge_bins(bins):
     merged = None
-    for byte_string in boxes:
+    for byte_string in bins:
         if byte_string is not None:
-            box = DocPallet(store_user_data=True).from_bytes(byte_string)
+            doc_bin = DocBin(store_user_data=True).from_bytes(byte_string)
             if merged is None:
-                merged = box
+                merged = doc_bin
             else:
-                merged.merge(box)
+                merged.merge(doc_bin)
     if merged is not None:
         return merged.to_bytes()
     else:
         return b""
 
 
-def pickle_box(box):
-    return (unpickle_box, (box.to_bytes(),))
+def pickle_bin(docbin):
+    return (unpickle_bin, (bin_.to_bytes(),))
 
 
-def unpickle_box(byte_string):
-    return DocPallet().from_bytes(byte_string)
+def unpickle_bin(byte_string):
+    return DocBin().from_bytes(byte_string)
 
 
-copy_reg.pickle(DocPallet, pickle_box, unpickle_box)
+copy_reg.pickle(DocBin, pickle_bin, unpickle_bin)
 # Compatibility, as we had named it this previously.
-Binder = DocPallet
+Binder = DocBin
 
-__all__ = ["DocPallet"]
+__all__ = ["DocBin"]