MANIFEST                                                         |  2 +-
 lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm                                           | 12 ++++++------
 lib/PublicInbox/LeiExtinbox.pm => lib/PublicInbox/LeiExternal.pm | 18 +++++++++---------
 lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm                                    |  2 +-
 t/lei.t                                                          | 22 +++++++++++-----------
 t/lei_xsearch.t                                                  |  2 +-

diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index 96ad52bf53b1bb5240fb78b485d6525d11f8987f..6dc08f01a114a70fc36f6a81021c5aea9aa66e8b 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ lib/PublicInbox/Isearch.pm
 lib/PublicInbox/KQNotify.pm
 lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
 lib/PublicInbox/LeiDedupe.pm
-lib/PublicInbox/LeiExtinbox.pm
+lib/PublicInbox/LeiExternal.pm
 lib/PublicInbox/LeiSearch.pm
 lib/PublicInbox/LeiStore.pm
 lib/PublicInbox/LeiToMail.pm
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
index 9aa4d95a9825ca63a58a12087572ad8fc3c2b773..f960aa7289721ae51921ab3ccbf51d979975c186 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LEI.pm
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ # system resources as the local user has access to.
 package PublicInbox::LEI;
 use strict;
 use v5.10.1;
-use parent qw(PublicInbox::DS PublicInbox::LeiExtinbox);
+use parent qw(PublicInbox::DS PublicInbox::LeiExternal);
 use Getopt::Long ();
 use Socket qw(AF_UNIX SOCK_STREAM pack_sockaddr_un);
 use Errno qw(EAGAIN ECONNREFUSED ENOENT);
@@ -70,19 +70,19 @@ # command => [ positional_args, 1-line description, Getopt::Long option spec ]
 our %CMD = ( # sorted in order of importance/use:
 'q' => [ 'SEARCH_TERMS...', 'search for messages matching terms', qw(
 	save-as=s output|o=s format|f=s dedupe|d=s thread|t augment|a
-	sort|s=s@ reverse|r offset=i remote local! extinbox!
+	sort|s=s@ reverse|r offset=i remote local! external!
 	since|after=s until|before=s), opt_dash('limit|n=i', '[0-9]+') ],
 
 'show' => [ 'MID|OID', 'show a given object (Message-ID or object ID)',
 	qw(type=s solve! format|f=s dedupe|d=s thread|t remote local!),
 	pass_through('git show') ],
 
-'add-extinbox' => [ 'URL_OR_PATHNAME',
+'add-external' => [ 'URL_OR_PATHNAME',
 	'add/set priority of a publicinbox|extindex for extra matches',
 	qw(boost=i quiet|q) ],
-'ls-extinbox' => [ '[FILTER...]', 'list publicinbox|extindex locations',
+'ls-external' => [ '[FILTER...]', 'list publicinbox|extindex locations',
 	qw(format|f=s z|0 local remote quiet|q) ],
-'forget-extinbox' => [ '{URL_OR_PATHNAME|--prune}',
+'forget-external' => [ '{URL_OR_PATHNAME|--prune}',
 	'exclude further results from a publicinbox|extindex',
 	qw(prune quiet|q) ],
 
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ 'forget	format|f=s' => $stdin_formats,
 'q	format|f=s' => [ 'OUT|maildir|mboxrd|mboxcl2|mboxcl|html|oid|json',
 		'specify output format, default depends on --output'],
 'ls-query	format|f=s' => $ls_format,
-'ls-extinbox	format|f=s' => $ls_format,
+'ls-external	format|f=s' => $ls_format,
 
 'limit|n=i@' => ['NUM', 'limit on number of matches (default: 10000)' ],
 'offset=i' => ['OFF', 'search result offset (default: 0)'],
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiExtinbox.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiExternal.pm
rename from lib/PublicInbox/LeiExtinbox.pm
rename to lib/PublicInbox/LeiExternal.pm
index c2de773535f2eb2169dfd39db722a9ff0ce5b554..0378551a9d97cc3706df8f9f7dc3fb77e9053ab7 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiExtinbox.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiExternal.pm
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2020 all contributors <meta@public-inbox.org>
 # License: AGPL-3.0+ <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>
 
-# *-extinbox commands of lei
-package PublicInbox::LeiExtinbox;
+# *-external commands of lei
+package PublicInbox::LeiExternal;
 use strict;
 use v5.10.1;
 use parent qw(Exporter);
-our @EXPORT = qw(lei_ls_extinbox lei_add_extinbox lei_forget_extinbox);
+our @EXPORT = qw(lei_ls_external lei_add_external lei_forget_external);
 
-sub lei_ls_extinbox {
+sub lei_ls_external {
 	my ($self, @argv) = @_;
 	my $stor = $self->_lei_store(0);
 	my $cfg = $self->_lei_cfg(0);
 	my $out = $self->{1};
 	my ($OFS, $ORS) = $self->{opt}->{z} ? ("\0", "\0\0") : (" ", "\n");
 	my (%boost, @loc);
-	for my $sec (grep(/\Aextinbox\./, @{$cfg->{-section_order}})) {
-		my $loc = substr($sec, length('extinbox.'));
+	for my $sec (grep(/\Aexternal\./, @{$cfg->{-section_order}})) {
+		my $loc = substr($sec, length('external.'));
 		$boost{$loc} = $cfg->{"$sec.boost"};
 		push @loc, $loc;
 	}
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ 		print $out $_, $OFS, 'boost=', $boost{$_}, $ORS;
 	}
 }
 
-sub lei_add_extinbox {
+sub lei_add_external {
 	my ($self, $url_or_dir) = @_;
 	my $cfg = $self->_lei_cfg(1);
 	if ($url_or_dir !~ m!\Ahttps?://!) {
 		$url_or_dir = File::Spec->canonpath($url_or_dir);
 	}
 	my $new_boost = $self->{opt}->{boost} // 0;
-	my $key = "extinbox.$url_or_dir.boost";
+	my $key = "external.$url_or_dir.boost";
 	my $cur_boost = $cfg->{$key};
 	return if defined($cur_boost) && $cur_boost == $new_boost; # idempotent
 	$self->lei_config($key, $new_boost);
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ 	# TODO: add to MiscIdx
 	$stor->done;
 }
 
-sub lei_forget_extinbox {
+sub lei_forget_external {
 	# TODO
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
index 1a81b14a25540aac31d24ed7b8430504249e1c00..7d251afdbf6ece8eb09ff544e447716926b3f3dd 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/LeiXSearch.pm
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ 				PublicInbox::Search::FLAG_PURE_NOT(),
 	}, $class
 }
 
-sub attach_extinbox {
+sub attach_external {
 	my ($self, $ibxish) = @_; # ibxish = ExtSearch or Inbox
 	if (!$ibxish->can('over')) {
 		push @{$self->{remotes}}, $ibxish
diff --git a/t/lei.t b/t/lei.t
index a95a0efc9a5f79d6d487c9b1b2b2229e4c7b577a..764a7fe4227f631372936913ca00d3d69934d2ea 100644
--- a/t/lei.t
+++ b/t/lei.t
@@ -154,38 +154,38 @@ 	$done = $home;
 	$seen || BAIL_OUT 'no imports';
 };
 
-my $test_extinbox = sub {
+my $test_external = sub {
 	$setup_publicinboxes->();
 	$cleanup->();
-	$lei->('ls-extinbox');
-	is($out.$err, '', 'ls-extinbox no output, yet');
+	$lei->('ls-external');
+	is($out.$err, '', 'ls-external no output, yet');
 	ok(!-e $config_file && !-e $store_dir,
-		'nothing created by ls-extinbox');
+		'nothing created by ls-external');
 
 	my $cfg = PublicInbox::Config->new;
 	$cfg->each_inbox(sub {
 		my ($ibx) = @_;
-		ok($lei->(qw(add-extinbox -q), $ibx->{inboxdir}),
-			'added extinbox');
+		ok($lei->(qw(add-external -q), $ibx->{inboxdir}),
+			'added external');
 		is($out.$err, '', 'no output');
 	});
 	ok(-s $config_file && -e $store_dir,
-		'add-extinbox created config + store');
+		'add-external created config + store');
 	my $lcfg = PublicInbox::Config->new($config_file);
 	$cfg->each_inbox(sub {
 		my ($ibx) = @_;
-		is($lcfg->{"extinbox.$ibx->{inboxdir}.boost"}, 0,
+		is($lcfg->{"external.$ibx->{inboxdir}.boost"}, 0,
 			"configured boost on $ibx->{name}");
 	});
-	$lei->('ls-extinbox');
-	like($out, qr/boost=0\n/s, 'ls-extinbox has output');
+	$lei->('ls-external');
+	like($out, qr/boost=0\n/s, 'ls-external has output');
 };
 
 my $test_lei_common = sub {
 	$test_help->();
 	$test_config->();
 	$test_init->();
-	$test_extinbox->();
+	$test_external->();
 };
 
 my $test_lei_oneshot = $ENV{TEST_LEI_ONESHOT};
diff --git a/t/lei_xsearch.t b/t/lei_xsearch.t
index c41213bd2fff69b36a8e4f4d90bbd44e48005855..178c3d371718269d30a92cf19bef44af63d94484 100644
--- a/t/lei_xsearch.t
+++ b/t/lei_xsearch.t
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ $eidx->eidx_sync({fsync => 0});
 my $es = PublicInbox::ExtSearch->new("$home/eidx");
 my $lxs = PublicInbox::LeiXSearch->new;
 for my $ibxish (shuffle($es, @ibx)) {
-	$lxs->attach_extinbox($ibxish);
+	$lxs->attach_external($ibxish);
 }
 my $nr = $lxs->xdb->get_doccount;
 my $mset = $lxs->mset('d:19931002..19931003', { limit => $nr });