diff --git a/include/xo/jit/Jit.hpp b/include/xo/jit/Jit.hpp
index 83b62c29..feb78652 100644
--- a/include/xo/jit/Jit.hpp
+++ b/include/xo/jit/Jit.hpp
@@ -113,13 +113,17 @@ namespace xo {
 
             JITDylib & dest_dynamic_lib_ref() { return dest_dynamic_lib_; }
 
+            /** compile module to machine code that's runnable from this process;
+             *  incorporate into @ref dest_dynamic_lib_
+             **/
             llvm::Error
-            addModule(ThreadSafeModule ts_module,
-                      ResourceTrackerSP RT = nullptr) {
-                if (!RT)
-                    RT = dest_dynamic_lib_.getDefaultResourceTracker();
+            add_llvm_module(ThreadSafeModule ts_module,
+                            ResourceTrackerSP rtracker = nullptr) {
+                if (!rtracker)
+                    rtracker = dest_dynamic_lib_.getDefaultResourceTracker();
 
-                return compile_layer_.add(RT, std::move(ts_module));
+                return compile_layer_.add(rtracker,
+                                          std::move(ts_module));
             }
 
             llvm::Expected<ExecutorSymbolDef> lookup(StringRef name) {
diff --git a/src/jit/MachPipeline.cpp b/src/jit/MachPipeline.cpp
index f912a394..e02e7316 100644
--- a/src/jit/MachPipeline.cpp
+++ b/src/jit/MachPipeline.cpp
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ namespace xo {
             /* note does not discard llvm_cx_->llvm_cx(),  it's already been moved */
             this->llvm_cx_ = nullptr;
 
-            llvm_exit_on_err(this->jit_->addModule(std::move(ts_module), tracker));
+            llvm_exit_on_err(this->jit_->add_llvm_module(std::move(ts_module), tracker));
 
             this->recreate_llvm_ir_pipeline();
         }