diff --git a/docs/TODO.txt b/docs/TODO.txt
index f58d02a..ec13803 100644
--- a/docs/TODO.txt
+++ b/docs/TODO.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ DONE: are compounds shallow or deep copies? Deep copies
 DONE: third output stream, for lexer/parser/compiler/interpreter errors
 DONE: Assertion-based test scripts
 DONE: Import/export keywords
-DONE: A way to check the type of a variable (oftype keyword)
+DONE: A way to check the type of a variable (typeOf keyword)
 DONE: slice and dot notation around the builtin _index and _dot functions
 
 
diff --git a/docs/spec.md b/docs/spec.md
index 82a116e..a4f156c 100644
--- a/docs/spec.md
+++ b/docs/spec.md
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ The following list of keywords cannot be used as names, due to their significanc
 * int
 * null
 * of
-* oftype
 * print
 * return
 * string
 * true
 * type
+* typeof
 * var
 * while
 
diff --git a/scripts/small.toy b/scripts/small.toy
index b5921ba..89062fc 100644
--- a/scripts/small.toy
+++ b/scripts/small.toy
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ t = astype [float]; //redefnition
 
 var b: u;
 
-print oftype a; //<[<int>]>
-print oftype b; //<[<float>]>
\ No newline at end of file
+print typeof a; //<[<int>]>
+print typeof b; //<[<float>]>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/test/imports-and-exports.toy b/scripts/test/imports-and-exports.toy
index f759d10..e05bf03 100644
--- a/scripts/test/imports-and-exports.toy
+++ b/scripts/test/imports-and-exports.toy
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 	assert func() == 69, "import/export of functions failed";
 }
 
-//test that variables retain their types with the oftype keyword
+//test that variables retain their types with the typeof keyword
 {
 	var t: type = int;
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 {
 	import t;
 
-	assert oftype t == type, "type retention failed";
+	assert typeof t == type, "type retention failed";
 }
 
 print "All good";
diff --git a/source/keyword_types.c b/source/keyword_types.c
index e047487..cd4d1a7 100644
--- a/source/keyword_types.c
+++ b/source/keyword_types.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ KeywordType keywordTypes[] = {
 	{TOKEN_RETURN,     "return"},
 	{TOKEN_TYPE,       "type"},
 	{TOKEN_ASTYPE,     "astype"},
-	{TOKEN_OFTYPE,     "oftype"},
+	{TOKEN_TYPEOF,     "typeof"},
 	{TOKEN_VAR,        "var"},
 	{TOKEN_WHILE,      "while"},
 
diff --git a/source/parser.c b/source/parser.c
index 225d8d8..2262dd4 100644
--- a/source/parser.c
+++ b/source/parser.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static Opcode asType(Parser* parser, Node** nodeHandle) {
 	return OP_EOF;
 }
 
-static Opcode ofType(Parser* parser, Node** nodeHandle) {
+static Opcode typeOf(Parser* parser, Node** nodeHandle) {
 	Node* rhs = NULL;
 	parsePrecedence(parser, &rhs, PREC_TERNARY);
 	emitNodeUnary(nodeHandle, OP_TYPE_OF, rhs);
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ ParseRule parseRules[] = { //must match the token types
 	{NULL, NULL, PREC_NONE},// TOKEN_RETURN,
 	{atomic, NULL, PREC_NONE},// TOKEN_TYPE,
 	{asType, NULL, PREC_PRIMARY},// TOKEN_ASTYPE,
-	{ofType, NULL, PREC_CALL},// TOKEN_OFTYPE,
+	{typeOf, NULL, PREC_CALL},// TOKEN_TYPEOF,
 	{NULL, NULL, PREC_NONE},// TOKEN_VAR,
 	{NULL, NULL, PREC_NONE},// TOKEN_WHILE,
 
diff --git a/source/token_types.h b/source/token_types.h
index 2249a55..24c5090 100644
--- a/source/token_types.h
+++ b/source/token_types.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ typedef enum TokenType {
 	TOKEN_RETURN,
 	TOKEN_TYPE,
 	TOKEN_ASTYPE,
-	TOKEN_OFTYPE,
+	TOKEN_TYPEOF,
 	TOKEN_VAR,
 	TOKEN_WHILE,