diff --git a/SwiftGit2/Objects.swift b/SwiftGit2/Objects.swift
index c9ee60c..e264cf4 100644
--- a/SwiftGit2/Objects.swift
+++ b/SwiftGit2/Objects.swift
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 import Foundation
 
-/// The types of git objects.
-public enum Object {
+/// A pointer to a git object.
+public enum Pointer {
 	case Commit(OID)
 	case Tree(OID)
 	case Blob(OID)
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@ public enum Object {
 	}
 }
 
-extension Object: Hashable {
+extension Pointer: Hashable {
 	public var hashValue: Int {
 		return oid.hashValue
 	}
 }
 
-extension Object: Printable {
+extension Pointer: Printable {
 	public var description: String {
 		switch self {
 		case Commit:
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ extension Object: Printable {
 	}
 }
 
-public func == (lhs: Object, rhs: Object) -> Bool {
+public func == (lhs: Pointer, rhs: Pointer) -> Bool {
 	switch (lhs, rhs) {
 	case (.Commit, .Commit), (.Tree, .Tree), (.Blob, .Blob), (.Tag, .Tag):
 		return lhs.oid == rhs.oid
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ public struct Tree: ObjectType {
 		public let attributes: Int32
 		
 		/// The object pointed to by the entry.
-		public let object: Object
+		public let object: Pointer
 		
 		/// The file name of the entry.
 		public let name: String
@@ -176,12 +176,12 @@ public struct Tree: ObjectType {
 		public init(_ pointer: COpaquePointer) {
 			let oid = OID(git_tree_entry_id(pointer).memory)
 			attributes = Int32(git_tree_entry_filemode(pointer).value)
-			object = Object(oid: oid, type: git_tree_entry_type(pointer))!
+			object = Pointer(oid: oid, type: git_tree_entry_type(pointer))!
 			name = String.fromCString(git_tree_entry_name(pointer))!
 		}
 		
 		/// Create an instance with the individual values.
-		public init(attributes: Int32, object: Object, name: String) {
+		public init(attributes: Int32, object: Pointer, name: String) {
 			self.attributes = attributes
 			self.object = object
 			self.name = name
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ public struct Tag: ObjectType {
 	public let oid: OID
 	
 	/// The tagged object.
-	public let target: Object
+	public let target: Pointer
 	
 	/// The name of the tag.
 	public let name: String
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ public struct Tag: ObjectType {
 	public init(_ pointer: COpaquePointer) {
 		oid = OID(git_object_id(pointer).memory)
 		let targetOID = OID(git_tag_target_id(pointer).memory)
-		target = Object(oid: targetOID, type: git_tag_target_type(pointer))!
+		target = Pointer(oid: targetOID, type: git_tag_target_type(pointer))!
 		name = String.fromCString(git_tag_name(pointer))!
 		tagger = Signature(git_tag_tagger(pointer).memory)
 		message = String.fromCString(git_tag_message(pointer))!
diff --git a/SwiftGit2Tests/ObjectsSpec.swift b/SwiftGit2Tests/ObjectsSpec.swift
index 41ed42a..9ec656e 100644
--- a/SwiftGit2Tests/ObjectsSpec.swift
+++ b/SwiftGit2Tests/ObjectsSpec.swift
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class TreeEntrySpec: QuickSpec {
 		describe("init(attributes:object:name:)") {
 			it("should set its properties") {
 				let attributes = Int32(GIT_FILEMODE_BLOB.value)
-				let object = Object.Blob(OID(string: "41078396f5187daed5f673e4a13b185bbad71fba")!)
+				let object = Pointer.Blob(OID(string: "41078396f5187daed5f673e4a13b185bbad71fba")!)
 				let name = "README.md"
 				
 				let entry = Tree.Entry(attributes: attributes, object: object, name: name)
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ class TreeEntrySpec: QuickSpec {
 				
 				let entry = from_git_object(repo, oid) { Tree.Entry(git_tree_entry_byindex($0, 0)) }
 				expect(entry.attributes).to(equal(Int32(GIT_FILEMODE_BLOB.value)))
-				expect(entry.object).to(equal(Object.Blob(OID(string: "41078396f5187daed5f673e4a13b185bbad71fba")!)))
+				expect(entry.object).to(equal(Pointer.Blob(OID(string: "41078396f5187daed5f673e4a13b185bbad71fba")!)))
 				expect(entry.name).to(equal("README.md"))
 			}
 		}
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ class TagSpec: QuickSpec {
 				let tagger = from_git_object(repo, oid) { Signature(git_tag_tagger($0).memory) }
 				
 				expect(tag.oid).to(equal(oid))
-				expect(tag.target).to(equal(Object.Commit(OID(string: "dc220a3f0c22920dab86d4a8d3a3cb7e69d6205a")!)))
+				expect(tag.target).to(equal(Pointer.Commit(OID(string: "dc220a3f0c22920dab86d4a8d3a3cb7e69d6205a")!)))
 				expect(tag.name).to(equal("tag-1"))
 				expect(tag.tagger).to(equal(tagger))
 				expect(tag.message).to(equal("tag-1\n"))