diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8d2e0e3..b4fc40a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ ssri.checkData(fs.readFileSync('./my-file'), integrity) // => 'sha512'
 * Strict standard compliance.
 * `?foo` metadata option support.
 * Multiple entries for the same algorithm.
-* Object-based integrity metadata manipulation.
+* Object-based integrity hash manipulation.
 * Small footprint: no dependencies, concise implementation.
 * Full test coverage.
 * Customizable algorithm picker.
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ jump in if you'd like to, or even ask us questions if something isn't clear.
 #### <a name="parse"></a> `> ssri.parse(sri, [opts]) -> Integrity`
 
 Parses `sri` into an `Integrity` data structure. `sri` can be an integrity
-string, an `IntegrityMetadata`-like with `digest` and `algorithm` fields and an
-optional `options` field, or an `Integrity`-like object. The resulting object
-will be an `Integrity` instance that has this shape:
+string, an `Hash`-like with `digest` and `algorithm` fields and an optional
+`options` field, or an `Integrity`-like object. The resulting object will be an
+`Integrity` instance that has this shape:
 
 ```javascript
 {
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ will be an `Integrity` instance that has this shape:
 }
 ```
 
-If `opts.single` is truthy, a single `IntegrityMetadata` object will be
-returned. That is, a single object that looks like `{algorithm, digest,
-options}`, as opposed to a larger object with multiple of these.
+If `opts.single` is truthy, a single `Hash` object will be returned. That is, a
+single object that looks like `{algorithm, digest, options}`, as opposed to a
+larger object with multiple of these.
 
 If `opts.strict` is truthy, the resulting object will be filtered such that
 it strictly follows the Subresource Integrity spec, throwing away any entries
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ ssri.parse('sha512-9KhgCRIx/AmzC8xqYJTZRrnO8OW2Pxyl2DIMZSBOr0oDvtEFyht3xpp71j/r/
 
 This function is identical to [`Integrity#toString()`](#integrity-to-string),
 except it can be used on _any_ object that [`parse`](#parse) can handle -- that
-is, a string, an `IntegrityMetadata`-like, or an `Integrity`-like.
+is, a string, an `Hash`-like, or an `Integrity`-like.
 
 The `opts.sep` option defines the string to use when joining multiple entries
 together. To be spec-compliant, this _must_ be whitespace. The default is a
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ parsing rules. See [`ssri.parse`](#parse).
 ssri.stringify('\n\rsha512-foo\n\t\tsha384-bar')
 // -> 'sha512-foo sha384-bar'
 
-// IntegrityMetadata-like: only a single entry.
+// Hash-like: only a single entry.
 ssri.stringify({
   algorithm: 'sha512',
   digest:'9KhgCRIx/AmzC8xqYJTZRrnO8OW2Pxyl2DIMZSBOr0oDvtEFyht3xpp71j/r/pAe1DM+JI/A+line3jUBgzQ7A==',
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ ssri.stringify({
 
 #### <a name="integrity-concat"></a> `> Integrity#concat(otherIntegrity, [opts]) -> Integrity`
 
-Concatenates an `Integrity` object with another IntegrityLike, or a string
-representing integrity metadata.
+Concatenates an `Integrity` object with another IntegrityLike, or an integrity
+string.
 
 This is functionally equivalent to concatenating the string format of both
 integrity arguments, and calling [`ssri.parse`](#ssri-parse) on the new string.
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ desktopIntegrity.concat(mobileIntegrity)
 
 #### <a name="integrity-to-string"></a> `> Integrity#toString([opts]) -> String`
 
-Returns the string representation of an `Integrity` object. All metadata entries
+Returns the string representation of an `Integrity` object. All hash entries
 will be concatenated in the string by `opts.sep`, which defaults to `' '`.
 
 If you want to serialize an object that didn't from from an `ssri` function,
@@ -219,9 +219,9 @@ ssri.parse('sha1-WEakDigEST sha512-yzd8ELD1piyANiWnmdnpCL5F52f10UfUdEkHywVZeqTt0
 
 #### <a name="integrity-hex-digest"></a> `> Integrity#hexDigest() -> String`
 
-`Integrity` is assumed to be either a single-hash `Integrity` instance, or an
-`IntegrityMetadata` instance. Returns its `digest`, converted to a hex
-representation of the base64 data.
+`Integrity` is assumed to be either a single-hash `Integrity` instance, or a
+`Hash` instance. Returns its `digest`, converted to a hex representation of the
+base64 data.
 
 ##### Example
 
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ algorithm + '-' + Buffer.from(hexDigest, 'hex').toString('base64')
 ```
 
 `opts.options` may optionally be passed in: it must be an array of option
-strings that will be added to all generated integrity metadata generated by
+strings that will be added to all generated integrity hashes generated by
 `fromData`. This is a loosely-specified feature of SRIs, and currently has no
 specified semantics besides being `?`-separated. Use at your own risk, and
 probably avoid if your integrity strings are meant to be used with browsers.
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ probably avoid if your integrity strings are meant to be used with browsers.
 If `opts.strict` is true, the integrity object will be created using strict
 parsing rules. See [`ssri.parse`](#parse).
 
-If `opts.single` is true, a single `IntegrityMetadata` object will be returned.
+If `opts.single` is true, a single `Hash` object will be returned.
 
 ##### Example
 
@@ -261,13 +261,13 @@ ssri.fromHex('75e69d6de79f', 'sha1').toString() // 'sha1-deadbeef'
 Creates an `Integrity` object from either string or `Buffer` data, calculating
 all the requested hashes and adding any specified options to the object.
 
-`opts.algorithms` determines which algorithms to generate metadata for. All
+`opts.algorithms` determines which algorithms to generate hashes for. All
 results will be included in a single `Integrity` object. The default value for
 `opts.algorithms` is `['sha512']`. All algorithm strings must be hashes listed
 in `crypto.getHashes()` for the host Node.js platform.
 
 `opts.options` may optionally be passed in: it must be an array of option
-strings that will be added to all generated integrity metadata generated by
+strings that will be added to all generated integrity hashes generated by
 `fromData`. This is a loosely-specified feature of SRIs, and currently has no
 specified semantics besides being `?`-separated. Use at your own risk, and
 probably avoid if your integrity strings are meant to be used with browsers.
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ ssri.fromStream(fs.createReadStream('index.js'), {
 }) // succeeds
 ```
 
-#### <a name="check-data"></a> `> ssri.checkData(data, sri, [opts]) -> IntegrityMetadata|false`
+#### <a name="check-data"></a> `> ssri.checkData(data, sri, [opts]) -> Hash|false`
 
 Verifies `data` integrity against an `sri` argument. `data` may be either a
 `String` or a `Buffer`, and `sri` can be any subresource integrity
@@ -334,14 +334,14 @@ ssri.checkData(data, 'sha256-l981iLWj8kurw4UbNy8Lpxqdzd7UOxS50Glhv8FwfZ0')
 ssri.checkData(data, 'sha1-BaDDigEST') // -> false
 ```
 
-#### <a name="check-stream"></a> `> ssri.checkStream(stream, sri, [opts]) -> Promise<IntegrityMetadata>`
+#### <a name="check-stream"></a> `> ssri.checkStream(stream, sri, [opts]) -> Promise<Hash>`
 
 Verifies the contents of `stream` against an `sri` argument. `stream` will be
 consumed in its entirety by this process. `sri` can be any subresource integrity
 representation that [`ssri.parse`](#parse) can handle.
 
 `checkStream` will return a Promise that either resolves to the
-`IntegrityMetadata` that succeeded verification, or, if the verification fails
+`Hash` that succeeded verification, or, if the verification fails
 or an error happens with `stream`, the Promise will be rejected.
 
 If the Promise is rejected because verification failed, the returned error will
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ ssri.checkStream(
 ssri.checkStream(
   fs.createReadStream('index.js'),
   'sha256-l981iLWj8kurw4UbNy8Lpxqdzd7UOxS50Glhv8FwfZ0'
-) // -> Promise<IntegrityMetadata>
+) // -> Promise<Hash>
 
 ssri.checkStream(
   fs.createReadStream('index.js'),
@@ -392,15 +392,13 @@ data, respectively.
 If `opts.algorithms` is passed in, the listed algorithms will be calculated when
 generating the final `Integrity` instance. The default is `['sha512']`.
 
-If `opts.single` is passed in, a single `IntegrityMetadata` instance will be
-returned.
+If `opts.single` is passed in, a single `Hash` instance will be returned.
 
 If `opts.integrity` is passed in, it should be an `integrity` value understood
 by [`parse`](#parse) that the stream will check the data against. If
 verification succeeds, the integrity stream will emit a `verified` event whose
-value is a single `IntegrityMetadata` object that is the one that succeeded
-verification. If verification fails, the stream will error with an
-`EBADCHECKSUM` error code.
+value is a single `Hash` object that is the one that succeeded verification. If
+verification fails, the stream will error with an `EBADCHECKSUM` error code.
 
 If `opts.size` is given, it will be matched against the stream size. An error
 with `err.code` `EBADSIZE` will be emitted by the stream if the expected size
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 18fb24b..4123967 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ const SRI_REGEX = /^([^-]+)-([^?]+)([?\S*]*)$/
 const STRICT_SRI_REGEX = /^([^-]+)-([A-Za-z0-9+/]+(?:=?=?))([?\x21-\x7E]*)$/
 const VCHAR_REGEX = /^[\x21-\x7E]+$/
 
-class IntegrityMetadata {
-  get isIntegrityMetadata () { return true }
-  constructor (metadata, opts) {
+class Hash {
+  get isHash () { return true }
+  constructor (hash, opts) {
     const strict = !!(opts && opts.strict)
-    this.source = metadata.trim()
-    // 3.1. Integrity metadata
+    this.source = hash.trim()
+    // 3.1. Integrity metadata (called "Hash" by ssri)
     // https://w3c.github.io/webappsec-subresource-integrity/#integrity-metadata-description
     const match = this.source.match(
       strict
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ class Integrity {
       sep = sep.replace(/\S+/g, ' ')
     }
     return Object.keys(this).map(k => {
-      return this[k].map(meta => {
-        return IntegrityMetadata.prototype.toString.call(meta, opts)
+      return this[k].map(hash => {
+        return Hash.prototype.toString.call(hash, opts)
       }).filter(x => x.length).join(sep)
     }).filter(x => x.length).join(sep)
   }
@@ -111,14 +111,14 @@ function _parse (integrity, opts) {
   // 3.4.3. Parse metadata
   // https://w3c.github.io/webappsec-subresource-integrity/#parse-metadata
   if (opts.single) {
-    return new IntegrityMetadata(integrity, opts)
+    return new Hash(integrity, opts)
   }
   return integrity.trim().split(/\s+/).reduce((acc, string) => {
-    const metadata = new IntegrityMetadata(string, opts)
-    if (metadata.algorithm && metadata.digest) {
-      const algo = metadata.algorithm
+    const hash = new Hash(string, opts)
+    if (hash.algorithm && hash.digest) {
+      const algo = hash.algorithm
       if (!acc[algo]) { acc[algo] = [] }
-      acc[algo].push(metadata)
+      acc[algo].push(hash)
     }
     return acc
   }, new Integrity())
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ function _parse (integrity, opts) {
 module.exports.stringify = stringify
 function stringify (obj, opts) {
   if (obj.algorithm && obj.digest) {
-    return IntegrityMetadata.prototype.toString.call(obj, opts)
+    return Hash.prototype.toString.call(obj, opts)
   } else if (typeof obj === 'string') {
     return stringify(parse(obj, opts), opts)
   } else {
@@ -156,14 +156,14 @@ function fromData (data, opts) {
   : ''
   return algorithms.reduce((acc, algo) => {
     const digest = crypto.createHash(algo).update(data).digest('base64')
-    const meta = new IntegrityMetadata(
+    const hash = new Hash(
       `${algo}-${digest}${optString}`,
        opts
     )
-    if (meta.algorithm && meta.digest) {
-      const algo = meta.algorithm
+    if (hash.algorithm && hash.digest) {
+      const algo = hash.algorithm
       if (!acc[algo]) { acc[algo] = [] }
-      acc[algo].push(meta)
+      acc[algo].push(hash)
     }
     return acc
   }, new Integrity())
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ function checkData (data, sri, opts) {
   const algorithm = sri.pickAlgorithm(opts)
   const digests = sri[algorithm]
   const digest = crypto.createHash(algorithm).update(data).digest('base64')
-  return digests.find(meta => meta.digest === digest) || false
+  return digests.find(hash => hash.digest === digest) || false
 }
 
 module.exports.checkStream = checkStream
@@ -243,9 +243,9 @@ function integrityStream (opts) {
       const match = (
         // Integrity verification mode
         opts.integrity &&
-        digests.find(meta => {
-          return newSri[algorithm].find(newmeta => {
-            return meta.digest === newmeta.digest
+        digests.find(hash => {
+          return newSri[algorithm].find(newhash => {
+            return hash.digest === newhash.digest
           })
         })
       )
diff --git a/test/check.js b/test/check.js
index 419f521..e38334a 100644
--- a/test/check.js
+++ b/test/check.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ test('checkData', t => {
       digest: hash(TEST_DATA, 'sha512')
     }),
     meta,
-    'Accepts IntegrityMetadata-like SRI'
+    'Accepts Hash-like SRI'
   )
   t.deepEqual(
     ssri.checkData(TEST_DATA.toString('utf8'), sri),
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ test('checkStream', t => {
       digest: hash(TEST_DATA, 'sha512')
     })
   }).then(res => {
-    t.deepEqual(res, meta, 'Accepts IntegrityMetadata-like SRI')
+    t.deepEqual(res, meta, 'Accepts Hash-like SRI')
     return ssri.checkStream(
       fileStream(),
       `sha512-nope sha512-${hash(TEST_DATA, 'sha512')}`
diff --git a/test/integrity.js b/test/integrity.js
index b90e4fb..661a942 100644
--- a/test/integrity.js
+++ b/test/integrity.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ test('concat()', t => {
   t.equal(
     sri.concat({digest: 'bar', algorithm: 'sha384'}).toString(),
     'sha512-foo sha384-bar',
-    'concatenates with an IntegrityMetadata-like'
+    'concatenates with an Hash-like'
   )
   t.equal(
     sri.concat({
@@ -97,12 +97,12 @@ test('hexDigest()', t => {
   t.done()
 })
 
-test('isIntegrity and isIntegrityMetadata', t => {
+test('isIntegrity and isHash', t => {
   const sri = ssri.parse('sha512-bar')
   t.ok(sri.isIntegrity, 'full sri has !!.isIntegrity')
   t.ok(
-    sri['sha512'][0].isIntegrityMetadata,
-    'sri hash has !!.isIntegrityMetadata'
+    sri['sha512'][0].isHash,
+    'sri hash has !!.isHash'
   )
   t.done()
 })
diff --git a/test/parse.js b/test/parse.js
index 67e953f..cad5a88 100644
--- a/test/parse.js
+++ b/test/parse.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ test('parses single-entry integrity string', t => {
   t.done()
 })
 
-test('can parse single-entry string directly into IntegrityMetadata', t => {
+test('can parse single-entry string directly into Hash', t => {
   const sha = hash(TEST_DATA, 'sha512')
   const integrity = `sha512-${sha}`
   t.deepEqual(ssri.parse(integrity, {single: true}), {
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ test('can parse single-entry string directly into IntegrityMetadata', t => {
     digest: sha,
     algorithm: 'sha512',
     options: []
-  }, 'single entry parsed into single IntegrityMetadata instance')
+  }, 'single entry parsed into single Hash instance')
   t.done()
 })
 
-test('accepts IntegrityMetadata-likes as input', t => {
+test('accepts Hash-likes as input', t => {
   const algorithm = 'sha512'
   const digest = hash(TEST_DATA, 'sha512')
   const sriLike = {
diff --git a/test/stringify.js b/test/stringify.js
index 2782692..727efbd 100644
--- a/test/stringify.js
+++ b/test/stringify.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ test('serializes Integrity-likes', t => {
   t.done()
 })
 
-test('serializes IntegrityMetadata-likes', t => {
+test('serializes Hash-likes', t => {
   const sriLike = {
     digest: 'foo',
     algorithm: 'sha512'