diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 29216e3ef..b10ef0926 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def run(self, *args, **kwargs):
             helpers_info["n_commits"] = math.inf
             helpers_info["hash"] = "editable"
             helpers_info["dirty"] = True
-            helpers_info["version"] = craft_helpers_id(helpers_info, mode="py")
+            helpers_info["version"] = merge_git_describe(helpers_info, mode="py")
             write_json(ModuleDir_Helpers/VersionFN, helpers_info)
         
         build_py_orig.run(self, *args, **kwargs)
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ def main():
     
     ver_file = ModuleDir_Helpers/VersionFN
     if HAVE_GIT_REPO:
-        helpers_info = read_helpers_ver()
-        helpers_info["version"] = craft_helpers_id(helpers_info, mode="py")
+        helpers_info = parse_git_describe()
+        helpers_info["version"] = merge_git_describe(helpers_info, mode="py")
     else:  # sdist compat
         log("Warning: Local git repo not available, so we depend on an existing version file.")
         assert ver_file.exists(), f"{'/'.join(ver_file.parts[-2:])} does not exist."
diff --git a/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/autorelease.py b/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/autorelease.py
index edb4bb3bd..761701a5e 100644
--- a/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/autorelease.py
+++ b/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/autorelease.py
@@ -204,12 +204,12 @@ def main():
     latest_pdfium = PdfiumVer.get_latest()
     increments = read_json(IncrementsFile, with_checksum=False)
     prev_pdfium = read_json(VerFile_Pdfium)["build"]
-    prev_helpers = read_helpers_ver()
+    prev_helpers = parse_git_describe()
     (c_updates, new_pdfium), (py_updates, new_helpers) = \
         do_versioning(increments, prev_pdfium, prev_helpers, latest_pdfium)
     
-    prev_tag = craft_helpers_id(prev_helpers, mode=None)
-    new_tag = craft_helpers_id(new_helpers, mode=None)
+    prev_tag = merge_git_describe(prev_helpers, mode=None)
+    new_tag = merge_git_describe(new_helpers, mode=None)
     
     update_refbindings(latest_pdfium)
     summary = get_changelog_staging(new_helpers["beta"])
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ def main():
     if args.register:
         register_changes(new_tag)
         # Verify the next version parses correctly and reading the record returns the info we wrote
-        assert read_helpers_ver() == new_helpers
+        assert parse_git_describe() == new_helpers
     make_releasenotes(summary, prev_pdfium, new_pdfium, prev_tag, new_tag, c_updates)
 
 
diff --git a/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/packaging_base.py b/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/packaging_base.py
index 8f87d6c9d..71faa22c2 100644
--- a/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/packaging_base.py
+++ b/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/packaging_base.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def write_pdfium_info(dir, version, origin, flags=set()):
     write_json(dir/VersionFN, info)
 
 
-def read_helpers_ver():
+def parse_git_describe():
     
     info = dict()
     descriptor = run_cmd(["git", "describe", "--dirty"], capture=True, cwd=ProjectDir)
@@ -210,12 +210,12 @@ def read_helpers_ver():
     for value, (key, cast) in zip(id_parts, schema):
         info[key] = cast(value)
     
-    assert craft_helpers_id(info, mode="git") == descriptor
+    assert merge_git_describe(info, mode="git") == descriptor
     
     return info
 
 
-def craft_helpers_id(info, mode):
+def merge_git_describe(info, mode):
     
     tag = f"{info['major']}.{info['minor']}.{info['patch']}"
     if info['beta'] is not None: