diff --git a/docs/docs/plugins/writing-plugins.md b/docs/docs/plugins/writing-plugins.md
index ea33899..545b97c 100644
--- a/docs/docs/plugins/writing-plugins.md
+++ b/docs/docs/plugins/writing-plugins.md
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ There are two patterns used by v8r plugin hooks.
 
 ### Register Hooks
 
-- `registerFileParsers`
+- `registerInputFileParsers`
 - `registerOutputFormats`
 
 These hooks return an array of strings. Any values returned by these hooks are added to the list of formats v8r can work with.
 
 ### Early Return Hooks
 
-- `parseFile`
+- `parseInputFile`
 - `getSingleResultLogMessage`
 - `getAllResultsLogMessage`
 
diff --git a/src/bootstrap.js b/src/bootstrap.js
index c61f37a..f182d8a 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap.js
+++ b/src/bootstrap.js
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ function parseArgs(argv, config, documentFormats, outputFormats) {
 function getDocumentFormats(loadedPlugins) {
   let documentFormats = [];
   for (const plugin of loadedPlugins) {
-    documentFormats = documentFormats.concat(plugin.registerFileParsers());
+    documentFormats = documentFormats.concat(plugin.registerInputFileParsers());
   }
   return documentFormats;
 }
diff --git a/src/parser.js b/src/parser.js
index 5a39a85..b6a84c1 100644
--- a/src/parser.js
+++ b/src/parser.js
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import { Document } from "./plugins.js";
 
 function parseFile(plugins, contents, filename, parser) {
   for (const plugin of plugins) {
-    const result = plugin.parseFile(contents, filename, parser);
+    const result = plugin.parseInputFile(contents, filename, parser);
     if (result != null) {
       if (!(result instanceof Document)) {
         throw new Error(
-          `Plugin ${plugin.constructor.name} returned an unexpcted type from parseFile hook. Expected Document, got ${typeof result}`,
+          `Plugin ${plugin.constructor.name} returned an unexpected type from parseInputFile hook. Expected Document, got ${typeof result}`,
         );
       }
       return result.document;
diff --git a/src/plugins.js b/src/plugins.js
index a0e52fd..fa2470f 100644
--- a/src/plugins.js
+++ b/src/plugins.js
@@ -16,22 +16,23 @@ class BasePlugin {
   static name = "untitled plugin";
 
   /**
-   * Use the `registerFileParsers` hook to tell v8r about additional file
+   * Use the `registerInputFileParsers` hook to tell v8r about additional file
    * formats that can be parsed. Any parsers registered with this hook become
    * valid values for the `parser` property in custom schemas.
    *
    * @returns {string[]} File parsers to register
    */
-  registerFileParsers() {
+  registerInputFileParsers() {
     return [];
   }
 
   /**
-   * Use the `parseFile` hook to tell v8r how to parse files.
+   * Use the `parseInputFile` hook to tell v8r how to parse files.
    *
-   * If `parseFile` returns anything other than undefined, that return value
-   * will be used and no further plugins will be invoked. If `parseFile` returns
-   * undefined, v8r will move on to the next plugin in the stack.
+   * If `parseInputFile` returns anything other than undefined, that return
+   * value will be used and no further plugins will be invoked. If
+   * `parseInputFile` returns undefined, v8r will move on to the next plugin in
+   * the stack.
    *
    * @param {string} contents - The unparsed file content.
    * @param {string} fileLocation - The file path. Filenames are resolved and
@@ -40,12 +41,12 @@ class BasePlugin {
    *   will be prefixed with `./` (or `.\` on Windows) even if this was not
    *   present in the input filename or pattern.
    * @param {string | undefined} parser - If the user has specified a parser to
-   *   use for this file in a custom schema, this will be passed to `parseFile`
-   *   in the `parser` param.
+   *   use for this file in a custom schema, this will be passed to
+   *   `parseInputFile` in the `parser` param.
    * @returns {Document | undefined} Parsed file contents
    */
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
-  parseFile(contents, fileLocation, parser) {
+  parseInputFile(contents, fileLocation, parser) {
     return undefined;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/plugins.spec.js b/src/plugins.spec.js
index 8331a54..0b5d43b 100644
--- a/src/plugins.spec.js
+++ b/src/plugins.spec.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ describe("loadAllPlugins", function () {
       {
         name: "Error",
         message:
-          "Error loading plugin v8r-plugin-test-invalid-params: registerFileParsers must take exactly 0 arguments",
+          "Error loading plugin v8r-plugin-test-invalid-params: registerInputFileParsers must take exactly 0 arguments",
       },
     );
   });
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ describe("resolveUserPlugins", function () {
   });
 });
 
-describe("parseFile", function () {
-  it("throws when parseFile returns unexpected type", async function () {
+describe("parseInputFile", function () {
+  it("throws when parseInputFile returns unexpected type", async function () {
     const plugins = await loadAllPlugins([
       "../testfiles/plugins/bad-parse-method.js",
     ]);
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ describe("parseFile", function () {
       {
         name: "Error",
         message:
-          "Plugin v8r-plugin-test-bad-parse-method returned an unexpcted type from parseFile hook. Expected Document, got object",
+          "Plugin v8r-plugin-test-bad-parse-method returned an unexpected type from parseInputFile hook. Expected Document, got object",
       },
     );
   });
diff --git a/src/plugins/parser-json.js b/src/plugins/parser-json.js
index 5575831..e8c3e82 100644
--- a/src/plugins/parser-json.js
+++ b/src/plugins/parser-json.js
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ import { BasePlugin, Document } from "../plugins.js";
 class JsonParser extends BasePlugin {
   static name = "v8r-plugin-json-parser";
 
-  registerFileParsers() {
+  registerInputFileParsers() {
     return ["json"];
   }
 
-  parseFile(contents, fileLocation, parser) {
+  parseInputFile(contents, fileLocation, parser) {
     if (parser === "json") {
       return new Document(JSON.parse(contents));
     } else if (parser == null) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/parser-json5.js b/src/plugins/parser-json5.js
index dfda7ae..c37a27f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/parser-json5.js
+++ b/src/plugins/parser-json5.js
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import { BasePlugin, Document } from "../plugins.js";
 class Json5Parser extends BasePlugin {
   static name = "v8r-plugin-json5-parser";
 
-  registerFileParsers() {
+  registerInputFileParsers() {
     return ["json5"];
   }
 
-  parseFile(contents, fileLocation, parser) {
+  parseInputFile(contents, fileLocation, parser) {
     if (parser === "json5") {
       return new Document(JSON5.parse(contents));
     } else if (parser == null) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/parser-toml.js b/src/plugins/parser-toml.js
index 3b7d256..92efb4f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/parser-toml.js
+++ b/src/plugins/parser-toml.js
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import { BasePlugin, Document } from "../plugins.js";
 class TomlParser extends BasePlugin {
   static name = "v8r-plugin-toml-parser";
 
-  registerFileParsers() {
+  registerInputFileParsers() {
     return ["toml"];
   }
 
-  parseFile(contents, fileLocation, parser) {
+  parseInputFile(contents, fileLocation, parser) {
     if (parser === "toml") {
       return new Document(parse(contents));
     } else if (parser == null) {
diff --git a/src/plugins/parser-yaml.js b/src/plugins/parser-yaml.js
index 94243af..6d59e71 100644
--- a/src/plugins/parser-yaml.js
+++ b/src/plugins/parser-yaml.js
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@ import { BasePlugin, Document } from "../plugins.js";
 class YamlParser extends BasePlugin {
   static name = "v8r-plugin-yaml-parser";
 
-  registerFileParsers() {
+  registerInputFileParsers() {
     return ["yaml"];
   }
 
-  parseFile(contents, fileLocation, parser) {
+  parseInputFile(contents, fileLocation, parser) {
     if (parser === "yaml") {
       return new Document(yaml.load(contents));
     } else if (parser == null) {
diff --git a/testfiles/plugins/bad-parse-method.js b/testfiles/plugins/bad-parse-method.js
index 364b7b7..7966265 100644
--- a/testfiles/plugins/bad-parse-method.js
+++ b/testfiles/plugins/bad-parse-method.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export default class ValidTestPlugin extends BasePlugin {
   static name = "v8r-plugin-test-bad-parse-method";
 
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
-  parseFile(contents, fileLocation, parser) {
+  parseInputFile(contents, fileLocation, parser) {
     // this method returns something other than a Document object,
     // which should cause a failure
     return { foo: "bar" };
diff --git a/testfiles/plugins/invalid-params.js b/testfiles/plugins/invalid-params.js
index 1e4f67a..14e46bc 100644
--- a/testfiles/plugins/invalid-params.js
+++ b/testfiles/plugins/invalid-params.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export default class InvalidParamsTestPlugin extends BasePlugin {
   static name = "v8r-plugin-test-invalid-params";
 
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
-  registerFileParsers(foo) {
+  registerInputFileParsers(foo) {
     return [];
   }
 }