diff --git a/bin/sixtypical b/bin/sixtypical
index cbaf1e3..0416311 100755
--- a/bin/sixtypical
+++ b/bin/sixtypical
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ def process_input_files(filenames, options):
     if options.debug:
         pprint(emitter.accum)
     else:
-        emitter.serialize(fh)
+        emitter.serialize_to(fh)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/src/sixtypical/emitter.py b/src/sixtypical/emitter.py
index 59d98fb..d4434e5 100644
--- a/src/sixtypical/emitter.py
+++ b/src/sixtypical/emitter.py
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class Emitter(object):
             self.accum.append(thing)
             self.addr += thing.size()
 
-    def serialize(self, stream):
+    def serialize_to(self, stream):
         """`stream` should be a file opened in binary mode."""
         addr = self.start_addr
         for emittable in self.accum: