diff --git a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
index 46ba14aa67e60..788bb5e787b82 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/clean/mod.rs
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ impl Clean<Item> for doctree::Module<'_> {
 
         // determine if we should display the inner contents or
         // the outer `mod` item for the source code.
-        let whence = {
+        let span = {
             let sm = cx.sess().source_map();
             let outer = sm.lookup_char_pos(self.where_outer.lo());
             let inner = sm.lookup_char_pos(self.where_inner.lo());
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ impl Clean<Item> for doctree::Module<'_> {
         Item {
             name: Some(name),
             attrs,
-            source: whence.clean(cx),
+            source: span.clean(cx),
             visibility: self.vis.clean(cx),
             stability: cx.stability(self.id).clean(cx),
             deprecation: cx.deprecation(self.id).clean(cx),
@@ -912,7 +912,7 @@ impl Clean<Item> for doctree::Function<'_> {
         Item {
             name: Some(self.name.clean(cx)),
             attrs: self.attrs.clean(cx),
-            source: self.whence.clean(cx),
+            source: self.span.clean(cx),
             visibility: self.vis.clean(cx),
             stability: cx.stability(self.id).clean(cx),
             deprecation: cx.deprecation(self.id).clean(cx),
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ impl Clean<Item> for doctree::Trait<'_> {
         Item {
             name: Some(self.name.clean(cx)),
             attrs,
-            source: self.whence.clean(cx),
+            source: self.span.clean(cx),
             def_id: cx.tcx.hir().local_def_id(self.id).to_def_id(),
             visibility: self.vis.clean(cx),
             stability: cx.stability(self.id).clean(cx),
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ impl Clean<Item> for doctree::TraitAlias<'_> {
         Item {
             name: Some(self.name.clean(cx)),
             attrs,
-            source: self.whence.clean(cx),
+            source: self.span.clean(cx),
             def_id: cx.tcx.hir().local_def_id(self.id).to_def_id(),
             visibility: self.vis.clean(cx),
             stability: cx.stability(self.id).clean(cx),
@@ -1830,7 +1830,7 @@ impl Clean<Item> for doctree::Struct<'_> {
         Item {
             name: Some(self.name.clean(cx)),
             attrs: self.attrs.clean(cx),
-            source: self.whence.clean(cx),
+            source: self.span.clean(cx),
             def_id: cx.tcx.hir().local_def_id(self.id).to_def_id(),
             visibility: self.vis.clean(cx),
             stability: cx.stability(self.id).clean(cx),
@@ -1850,7 +1850,7 @@ impl Clean<Item> for doctree::Union<'_> {
         Item {
             name: Some(self.name.clean(cx)),
             attrs: self.attrs.clean(cx),
-            source: self.whence.clean(cx),
+            source: self.span.clean(cx),
             def_id: cx.tcx.hir().local_def_id(self.id).to_def_id(),
             visibility: self.vis.clean(cx),
             stability: cx.stability(self.id).clean(cx),
@@ -1880,7 +1880,7 @@ impl Clean<Item> for doctree::Enum<'_> {
         Item {
             name: Some(self.name.clean(cx)),
             attrs: self.attrs.clean(cx),
-            source: self.whence.clean(cx),
+            source: self.span.clean(cx),
             def_id: cx.tcx.hir().local_def_id(self.id).to_def_id(),
             visibility: self.vis.clean(cx),
             stability: cx.stability(self.id).clean(cx),
@@ -1899,7 +1899,7 @@ impl Clean<Item> for doctree::Variant<'_> {
         Item {
             name: Some(self.name.clean(cx)),
             attrs: self.attrs.clean(cx),
-            source: self.whence.clean(cx),
+            source: self.span.clean(cx),
             visibility: Inherited,
             stability: cx.stability(self.id).clean(cx),
             deprecation: cx.deprecation(self.id).clean(cx),
@@ -2047,7 +2047,7 @@ impl Clean<Item> for doctree::Typedef<'_> {
         Item {
             name: Some(self.name.clean(cx)),
             attrs: self.attrs.clean(cx),
-            source: self.whence.clean(cx),
+            source: self.span.clean(cx),
             def_id: cx.tcx.hir().local_def_id(self.id).to_def_id(),
             visibility: self.vis.clean(cx),
             stability: cx.stability(self.id).clean(cx),
@@ -2062,7 +2062,7 @@ impl Clean<Item> for doctree::OpaqueTy<'_> {
         Item {
             name: Some(self.name.clean(cx)),
             attrs: self.attrs.clean(cx),
-            source: self.whence.clean(cx),
+            source: self.span.clean(cx),
             def_id: cx.tcx.hir().local_def_id(self.id).to_def_id(),
             visibility: self.vis.clean(cx),
             stability: cx.stability(self.id).clean(cx),
@@ -2093,7 +2093,7 @@ impl Clean<Item> for doctree::Static<'_> {
         Item {
             name: Some(self.name.clean(cx)),
             attrs: self.attrs.clean(cx),
-            source: self.whence.clean(cx),
+            source: self.span.clean(cx),
             def_id: cx.tcx.hir().local_def_id(self.id).to_def_id(),
             visibility: self.vis.clean(cx),
             stability: cx.stability(self.id).clean(cx),
@@ -2114,7 +2114,7 @@ impl Clean<Item> for doctree::Constant<'_> {
         Item {
             name: Some(self.name.clean(cx)),
             attrs: self.attrs.clean(cx),
-            source: self.whence.clean(cx),
+            source: self.span.clean(cx),
             def_id: def_id.to_def_id(),
             visibility: self.vis.clean(cx),
             stability: cx.stability(self.id).clean(cx),
@@ -2168,7 +2168,7 @@ impl Clean<Vec<Item>> for doctree::Impl<'_> {
         let make_item = |trait_: Option<Type>, for_: Type, items: Vec<Item>| Item {
             name: None,
             attrs: self.attrs.clean(cx),
-            source: self.whence.clean(cx),
+            source: self.span.clean(cx),
             def_id: def_id.to_def_id(),
             visibility: self.vis.clean(cx),
             stability: cx.stability(self.id).clean(cx),
@@ -2219,7 +2219,7 @@ impl Clean<Vec<Item>> for doctree::ExternCrate<'_> {
         vec![Item {
             name: None,
             attrs: self.attrs.clean(cx),
-            source: self.whence.clean(cx),
+            source: self.span.clean(cx),
             def_id: DefId { krate: self.cnum, index: CRATE_DEF_INDEX },
             visibility: self.vis.clean(cx),
             stability: None,
@@ -2284,7 +2284,7 @@ impl Clean<Vec<Item>> for doctree::Import<'_> {
         vec![Item {
             name: None,
             attrs: self.attrs.clean(cx),
-            source: self.whence.clean(cx),
+            source: self.span.clean(cx),
             def_id: DefId::local(CRATE_DEF_INDEX),
             visibility: self.vis.clean(cx),
             stability: None,
@@ -2326,7 +2326,7 @@ impl Clean<Item> for doctree::ForeignItem<'_> {
         Item {
             name: Some(self.name.clean(cx)),
             attrs: self.attrs.clean(cx),
-            source: self.whence.clean(cx),
+            source: self.span.clean(cx),
             def_id: cx.tcx.hir().local_def_id(self.id).to_def_id(),
             visibility: self.vis.clean(cx),
             stability: cx.stability(self.id).clean(cx),
@@ -2342,7 +2342,7 @@ impl Clean<Item> for doctree::Macro<'_> {
         Item {
             name: Some(name.clone()),
             attrs: self.attrs.clean(cx),
-            source: self.whence.clean(cx),
+            source: self.span.clean(cx),
             visibility: Public,
             stability: cx.stability(self.hid).clean(cx),
             deprecation: cx.deprecation(self.hid).clean(cx),
@@ -2367,7 +2367,7 @@ impl Clean<Item> for doctree::ProcMacro<'_> {
         Item {
             name: Some(self.name.clean(cx)),
             attrs: self.attrs.clean(cx),
-            source: self.whence.clean(cx),
+            source: self.span.clean(cx),
             visibility: Public,
             stability: cx.stability(self.id).clean(cx),
             deprecation: cx.deprecation(self.id).clean(cx),
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/doctree.rs b/src/librustdoc/doctree.rs
index 98125adbdea41..cfa51dcf4f1d1 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/doctree.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/doctree.rs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ pub struct Struct<'hir> {
     pub generics: &'hir hir::Generics<'hir>,
     pub attrs: &'hir [ast::Attribute],
     pub fields: &'hir [hir::StructField<'hir>],
-    pub whence: Span,
+    pub span: Span,
 }
 
 pub struct Union<'hir> {
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ pub struct Union<'hir> {
     pub generics: &'hir hir::Generics<'hir>,
     pub attrs: &'hir [ast::Attribute],
     pub fields: &'hir [hir::StructField<'hir>],
-    pub whence: Span,
+    pub span: Span,
 }
 
 pub struct Enum<'hir> {
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ pub struct Enum<'hir> {
     pub generics: &'hir hir::Generics<'hir>,
     pub attrs: &'hir [ast::Attribute],
     pub id: hir::HirId,
-    pub whence: Span,
+    pub span: Span,
     pub name: Symbol,
 }
 
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ pub struct Variant<'hir> {
     pub id: hir::HirId,
     pub attrs: &'hir [ast::Attribute],
     pub def: &'hir hir::VariantData<'hir>,
-    pub whence: Span,
+    pub span: Span,
 }
 
 pub struct Function<'hir> {
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ pub struct Function<'hir> {
     pub name: Symbol,
     pub vis: &'hir hir::Visibility<'hir>,
     pub header: hir::FnHeader,
-    pub whence: Span,
+    pub span: Span,
     pub generics: &'hir hir::Generics<'hir>,
     pub body: hir::BodyId,
 }
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ pub struct Typedef<'hir> {
     pub name: Symbol,
     pub id: hir::HirId,
     pub attrs: &'hir [ast::Attribute],
-    pub whence: Span,
+    pub span: Span,
     pub vis: &'hir hir::Visibility<'hir>,
 }
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ pub struct OpaqueTy<'hir> {
     pub name: Symbol,
     pub id: hir::HirId,
     pub attrs: &'hir [ast::Attribute],
-    pub whence: Span,
+    pub span: Span,
     pub vis: &'hir hir::Visibility<'hir>,
 }
 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ pub struct Static<'hir> {
     pub attrs: &'hir [ast::Attribute],
     pub vis: &'hir hir::Visibility<'hir>,
     pub id: hir::HirId,
-    pub whence: Span,
+    pub span: Span,
 }
 
 pub struct Constant<'hir> {
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ pub struct Constant<'hir> {
     pub attrs: &'hir [ast::Attribute],
     pub vis: &'hir hir::Visibility<'hir>,
     pub id: hir::HirId,
-    pub whence: Span,
+    pub span: Span,
 }
 
 pub struct Trait<'hir> {
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ pub struct Trait<'hir> {
     pub bounds: &'hir [hir::GenericBound<'hir>],
     pub attrs: &'hir [ast::Attribute],
     pub id: hir::HirId,
-    pub whence: Span,
+    pub span: Span,
     pub vis: &'hir hir::Visibility<'hir>,
 }
 
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ pub struct TraitAlias<'hir> {
     pub bounds: &'hir [hir::GenericBound<'hir>],
     pub attrs: &'hir [ast::Attribute],
     pub id: hir::HirId,
-    pub whence: Span,
+    pub span: Span,
     pub vis: &'hir hir::Visibility<'hir>,
 }
 
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ pub struct Impl<'hir> {
     pub for_: &'hir hir::Ty<'hir>,
     pub items: Vec<&'hir hir::ImplItem<'hir>>,
     pub attrs: &'hir [ast::Attribute],
-    pub whence: Span,
+    pub span: Span,
     pub vis: &'hir hir::Visibility<'hir>,
     pub id: hir::HirId,
 }
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ pub struct ForeignItem<'hir> {
     pub name: Symbol,
     pub kind: &'hir hir::ForeignItemKind<'hir>,
     pub attrs: &'hir [ast::Attribute],
-    pub whence: Span,
+    pub span: Span,
 }
 
 // For Macro we store the DefId instead of the NodeId, since we also create
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ pub struct Macro<'hir> {
     pub hid: hir::HirId,
     pub def_id: hir::def_id::DefId,
     pub attrs: &'hir [ast::Attribute],
-    pub whence: Span,
+    pub span: Span,
     pub matchers: Vec<Span>,
     pub imported_from: Option<Symbol>,
 }
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ pub struct ExternCrate<'hir> {
     pub path: Option<String>,
     pub vis: &'hir hir::Visibility<'hir>,
     pub attrs: &'hir [ast::Attribute],
-    pub whence: Span,
+    pub span: Span,
 }
 
 pub struct Import<'hir> {
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ pub struct Import<'hir> {
     pub attrs: &'hir [ast::Attribute],
     pub path: &'hir hir::Path<'hir>,
     pub glob: bool,
-    pub whence: Span,
+    pub span: Span,
 }
 
 pub struct ProcMacro<'hir> {
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ pub struct ProcMacro<'hir> {
     pub kind: MacroKind,
     pub helpers: Vec<Symbol>,
     pub attrs: &'hir [ast::Attribute],
-    pub whence: Span,
+    pub span: Span,
 }
 
 pub fn struct_type_from_def(vdata: &hir::VariantData<'_>) -> StructType {
diff --git a/src/librustdoc/visit_ast.rs b/src/librustdoc/visit_ast.rs
index ac9f839600baf..33578dc0619d1 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/visit_ast.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/visit_ast.rs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
             attrs: &item.attrs,
             generics,
             fields: sd.fields(),
-            whence: item.span,
+            span: item.span,
         }
     }
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
             attrs: &item.attrs,
             generics,
             fields: sd.fields(),
-            whence: item.span,
+            span: item.span,
         }
     }
 
@@ -142,14 +142,14 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
                     id: v.id,
                     attrs: &v.attrs,
                     def: &v.data,
-                    whence: v.span,
+                    span: v.span,
                 })
                 .collect(),
             vis: &it.vis,
             generics,
             attrs: &it.attrs,
             id: it.hir_id,
-            whence: it.span,
+            span: it.span,
         }
     }
 
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
                     kind,
                     helpers,
                     attrs: &item.attrs,
-                    whence: item.span,
+                    span: item.span,
                 });
             }
             None => {
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
                     attrs: &item.attrs,
                     decl,
                     name,
-                    whence: item.span,
+                    span: item.span,
                     generics,
                     header,
                     body,
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
                     path: orig_name.map(|x| x.to_string()),
                     vis: &item.vis,
                     attrs: &item.attrs,
-                    whence: item.span,
+                    span: item.span,
                 })
             }
             hir::ItemKind::Use(_, hir::UseKind::ListStem) => {}
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
                     attrs: &item.attrs,
                     path,
                     glob: is_glob,
-                    whence: item.span,
+                    span: item.span,
                 });
             }
             hir::ItemKind::Mod(ref m) => {
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
                     name: ident.name,
                     id: item.hir_id,
                     attrs: &item.attrs,
-                    whence: item.span,
+                    span: item.span,
                     vis: &item.vis,
                 };
                 om.typedefs.push(t);
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
                     name: ident.name,
                     id: item.hir_id,
                     attrs: &item.attrs,
-                    whence: item.span,
+                    span: item.span,
                     vis: &item.vis,
                 };
                 om.opaque_tys.push(t);
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
                     id: item.hir_id,
                     name: ident.name,
                     attrs: &item.attrs,
-                    whence: item.span,
+                    span: item.span,
                     vis: &item.vis,
                 };
                 om.statics.push(s);
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
                         id: item.hir_id,
                         name: ident.name,
                         attrs: &item.attrs,
-                        whence: item.span,
+                        span: item.span,
                         vis: &item.vis,
                     };
                     om.constants.push(s);
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
                     bounds,
                     id: item.hir_id,
                     attrs: &item.attrs,
-                    whence: item.span,
+                    span: item.span,
                     vis: &item.vis,
                 };
                 om.traits.push(t);
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
                     bounds,
                     id: item.hir_id,
                     attrs: &item.attrs,
-                    whence: item.span,
+                    span: item.span,
                     vis: &item.vis,
                 };
                 om.trait_aliases.push(t);
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
                         items,
                         attrs: &item.attrs,
                         id: item.hir_id,
-                        whence: item.span,
+                        span: item.span,
                         vis: &item.vis,
                     };
                     om.impls.push(i);
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
             kind: &item.kind,
             vis: &item.vis,
             attrs: &item.attrs,
-            whence: item.span,
+            span: item.span,
         });
     }
 
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> RustdocVisitor<'a, 'tcx> {
             def_id: self.cx.tcx.hir().local_def_id(def.hir_id).to_def_id(),
             attrs: &def.attrs,
             name: renamed.unwrap_or(def.ident.name),
-            whence: def.span,
+            span: def.span,
             matchers,
             imported_from: None,
         }