diff --git a/src/Sep.Test/SepReaderColTest.cs b/src/Sep.Test/SepReaderColTest.cs
index 5f45a4cf..c5a20727 100644
--- a/src/Sep.Test/SepReaderColTest.cs
+++ b/src/Sep.Test/SepReaderColTest.cs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public void SepReaderColTest_ToString()
     [TestMethod]
     public void SepReaderColTest_ToStringRaw()
     {
-        Run(col => Assert.AreEqual(ColText, col.ToStringRaw()));
+        Run(col => Assert.AreEqual(ColText, col.ToStringDirect()));
         Run(col => Assert.AreSame(string.Empty, col.ToString()), "");
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Sep.Test/SepReaderColsTest.cs b/src/Sep.Test/SepReaderColsTest.cs
index e4199125..e2599ca4 100644
--- a/src/Sep.Test/SepReaderColsTest.cs
+++ b/src/Sep.Test/SepReaderColsTest.cs
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ public unsafe void SepReaderColsTest_Select_MethodPointer_ToString()
     [TestMethod]
     public void SepReaderColsTest_Select_ToStringRaw()
     {
-        Run((cols, range) => CollectionAssert.AreEqual(_colTexts[range], cols.Select(c => c.ToStringRaw()).ToArray()));
+        Run((cols, range) => CollectionAssert.AreEqual(_colTexts[range], cols.Select(c => c.ToStringDirect()).ToArray()));
     }
 
     static string ToString(SepReader.Col col) => col.ToString();
diff --git a/src/Sep/SepReader.Col.cs b/src/Sep/SepReader.Col.cs
index 5be8f1d3..743d6ee8 100644
--- a/src/Sep/SepReader.Col.cs
+++ b/src/Sep/SepReader.Col.cs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ internal Col(SepReaderState state, int colIndex)
 
         // Allow opt out of pooling and don't add yet another configuration option
         [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
-        internal string ToStringRaw() => _state.ToStringRaw(_colIndex);
+        internal string ToStringDirect() => _state.ToStringDirect(_colIndex);
 
         [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
         public T Parse<T>() where T : ISpanParsable<T> => _state.Parse<T>(_colIndex);
diff --git a/src/Sep/SepReader.Row.cs b/src/Sep/SepReader.Row.cs
index 126cd266..2200c0c8 100644
--- a/src/Sep/SepReader.Row.cs
+++ b/src/Sep/SepReader.Row.cs
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ ColDebugView[] GetCols()
                 var maybeHeader = _state._hasHeader ? _state._header : null;
                 for (var colIndex = 0; colIndex < cols.Length; colIndex++)
                 {
-                    var colValue = row[colIndex].ToStringRaw();
+                    var colValue = row[colIndex].ToStringDirect();
                     cols[colIndex] = new(colIndex, maybeHeader?.ColNames[colIndex], colValue);
                 }
                 return cols;
diff --git a/src/Sep/SepReader.cs b/src/Sep/SepReader.cs
index 193cc1e7..37fb1021 100644
--- a/src/Sep/SepReader.cs
+++ b/src/Sep/SepReader.cs
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ internal void Initialize(SepReaderOptions options)
                 var colNameToIndex = new Dictionary<string, int>(_colCount);
                 for (var colIndex = 0; colIndex < _colCount; colIndex++)
                 {
-                    var colName = ToStringRaw(colIndex);
+                    var colName = ToStringDirect(colIndex);
                     colNameToIndex.Add(colName, colIndex);
                 }
                 var headerRow = new string(RowSpan());
diff --git a/src/Sep/SepReaderState.cs b/src/Sep/SepReaderState.cs
index 43a75528..5463fd48 100644
--- a/src/Sep/SepReaderState.cs
+++ b/src/Sep/SepReaderState.cs
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ internal string ToStringDefault(int index)
         return _toString.ToString(span, index);
     }
 
-    internal string ToStringRaw(int index)
+    internal string ToStringDirect(int index)
     {
         var span = GetColSpan(index);
         var s = TryGetStaticallyCachedString(span);