diff --git a/example/examples/echo-dialer.rs b/example/examples/echo-dialer.rs
index 85d5a7ee..6964c257 100644
--- a/example/examples/echo-dialer.rs
+++ b/example/examples/echo-dialer.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ fn main() {
     let tcp = TcpConfig::new(core.handle());
     
     let with_secio = tcp
-        .with_upgrade(swarm::PlainText)
+        .with_upgrade(swarm::PlainTextConfig)
         .or_upgrade({
             let private_key = {
                 let pkcs8 = include_bytes!("test-private-key.pk8");
diff --git a/example/examples/echo-server.rs b/example/examples/echo-server.rs
index 8f30bab9..d4f53e32 100644
--- a/example/examples/echo-server.rs
+++ b/example/examples/echo-server.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ fn main() {
     let tcp = TcpConfig::new(core.handle());
 
     let with_secio = tcp
-        .with_upgrade(swarm::PlainText)
+        .with_upgrade(swarm::PlainTextConfig)
         .or_upgrade({
             let private_key = {
                 let pkcs8 = include_bytes!("test-private-key.pk8");
diff --git a/libp2p-swarm/src/lib.rs b/libp2p-swarm/src/lib.rs
index cc50d37f..b64ab574 100644
--- a/libp2p-swarm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libp2p-swarm/src/lib.rs
@@ -148,4 +148,4 @@ pub mod transport;
 pub use self::connection_reuse::ConnectionReuse;
 pub use self::multiaddr::Multiaddr;
 pub use self::muxing::StreamMuxer;
-pub use self::transport::{ConnectionUpgrade, PlainText, Transport, UpgradedNode, OrUpgrade};
+pub use self::transport::{ConnectionUpgrade, PlainTextConfig, Transport, UpgradedNode, OrUpgrade};
diff --git a/libp2p-swarm/src/transport.rs b/libp2p-swarm/src/transport.rs
index 6f0100a1..87c5ae0e 100644
--- a/libp2p-swarm/src/transport.rs
+++ b/libp2p-swarm/src/transport.rs
@@ -448,11 +448,11 @@ impl<A, B, AId, BId> Iterator for NamesIterChain<A, B>
 /// simply passes communications through without doing anything more.
 ///
 /// > **Note**: Generally used as an alternative to `secio` if a security layer is not desirable.
-// TODO: move `PlainText` to a separate crate?
+// TODO: move `PlainTextConfig` to a separate crate?
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone)]
-pub struct PlainText;
+pub struct PlainTextConfig;
 
-impl<C> ConnectionUpgrade<C> for PlainText
+impl<C> ConnectionUpgrade<C> for PlainTextConfig
 	where C: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite
 {
 	type Output = C;