diff --git a/include/pocketpy/pocketpy.h b/include/pocketpy/pocketpy.h
index 7e5ddf49..3f298c90 100644
--- a/include/pocketpy/pocketpy.h
+++ b/include/pocketpy/pocketpy.h
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ int py_getattr(const py_Ref self, py_Name name, py_Ref out);
 /// Sets the attribute of the object.
 int py_setattr(py_Ref self, py_Name name, const py_Ref val);
 
-/// Copies src to dst.
-void py_copyref(const py_Ref src, py_Ref dst);
+/// Copies src's value to dst, equivalent to `*dst = *src`.
+void py_assign(const py_Ref src, py_Ref dst);
 
 /************* Stack Operations *************/
 py_Ref py_gettop();
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ void py_pop();
 void py_shrink(int n);
 
 /// Pushes the object to the stack.
-void py_pushref(const py_Ref src);
+void py_push(const py_Ref src);
 
 /// Get a temporary variable from the stack and returns the reference to it.
 py_Ref py_pushtmp();
diff --git a/src/public/stackops.c b/src/public/stackops.c
index 8926c622..b3b7ac17 100644
--- a/src/public/stackops.c
+++ b/src/public/stackops.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ void py_setslot(py_Ref self, int i, const py_Ref val){
     PyObject__slots(self->_obj)[i] = *val;
 }
 
-void py_copyref(const py_Ref src, py_Ref dst){
+void py_assign(const py_Ref src, py_Ref dst){
     *dst = *src;
 }
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ void py_shrink(int n){
     vm->stack.sp -= n;
 }
 
-void py_pushref(const py_Ref src){
+void py_push(const py_Ref src){
     pk_VM* vm = pk_current_vm;
     *vm->stack.sp++ = *src;
 }