diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/ClientCall.java b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/ClientCall.java
index 6e69d0696b..34358924aa 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/ClientCall.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/ClientCall.java
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ package io.grpc;
  * {@link Status#CANCELLED CANCELLED}. Otherwise, {@link Listener#onClose Listener.onClose()} is
  * called with whatever status the RPC was finished. We ensure that at most one is called.
  *
- * @param <RequestT> type of message sent one or more times to the server.
- * @param <ResponseT> type of message received one or more times from the server.
+ * @param <ReqT> type of message sent one or more times to the server.
+ * @param <RespT> type of message received one or more times from the server.
  */
-public abstract class ClientCall<RequestT, ResponseT> {
+public abstract class ClientCall<ReqT, RespT> {
   /**
    * Callbacks for receiving metadata, response messages and completion status from the server.
    *
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public abstract class ClientCall<RequestT, ResponseT> {
    * @throws IllegalStateException if a method (including {@code start()}) on this class has been
    *                               called.
    */
-  public abstract void start(Listener<ResponseT> responseListener, Metadata headers);
+  public abstract void start(Listener<RespT> responseListener, Metadata headers);
 
   /**
    * Requests up to the given number of messages from the call to be delivered to
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ public abstract class ClientCall<RequestT, ResponseT> {
    * @param message message to be sent to the server.
    * @throws IllegalStateException if call is {@link #halfClose}d or explicitly {@link #cancel}ed
    */
-  public abstract void sendMessage(RequestT message);
+  public abstract void sendMessage(ReqT message);
 
   /**
    * If {@code true}, indicates that the call is capable of sending additional messages
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/ClientInterceptor.java b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/ClientInterceptor.java
index 2073de9e07..f8350d776a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/ClientInterceptor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/ClientInterceptor.java
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ public interface ClientInterceptor {
    * @param next the channel which is being intercepted.
    * @return the call object for the remote operation, never {@code null}.
    */
-  <RequestT, ResponseT> ClientCall<RequestT, ResponseT> interceptCall(
-      MethodDescriptor<RequestT, ResponseT> method,
-      CallOptions callOptions,
-      Channel next);
+  <ReqT, RespT> ClientCall<ReqT, RespT> interceptCall(
+      MethodDescriptor<ReqT, RespT> method, CallOptions callOptions, Channel next);
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/MethodDescriptor.java b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/MethodDescriptor.java
index 71b9093174..197bad99b7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/MethodDescriptor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/MethodDescriptor.java
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ import javax.annotation.concurrent.Immutable;
  * <p>Can be constructed manually but will often be generated by stub code generators.
  */
 @Immutable
-public class MethodDescriptor<RequestT, ResponseT> {
+public class MethodDescriptor<ReqT, RespT> {
 
   private final MethodType type;
   private final String fullMethodName;
-  private final Marshaller<RequestT> requestMarshaller;
-  private final Marshaller<ResponseT> responseMarshaller;
+  private final Marshaller<ReqT> requestMarshaller;
+  private final Marshaller<RespT> responseMarshaller;
 
   /**
    * The call type of a method.
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ public class MethodDescriptor<RequestT, ResponseT> {
   }
 
   private MethodDescriptor(MethodType type, String fullMethodName,
-                           Marshaller<RequestT> requestMarshaller,
-                           Marshaller<ResponseT> responseMarshaller) {
+                           Marshaller<ReqT> requestMarshaller,
+                           Marshaller<RespT> responseMarshaller) {
     this.type = Preconditions.checkNotNull(type, "type");
     this.fullMethodName = Preconditions.checkNotNull(fullMethodName, "fullMethodName");
     this.requestMarshaller = Preconditions.checkNotNull(requestMarshaller, "requestMarshaller");
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ public class MethodDescriptor<RequestT, ResponseT> {
    * @param input stream containing response message to parse.
    * @return parsed response message object.
    */
-  public ResponseT parseResponse(InputStream input) {
+  public RespT parseResponse(InputStream input) {
     return responseMarshaller.parse(input);
   }
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public class MethodDescriptor<RequestT, ResponseT> {
    * @param requestMessage to serialize using the request {@link Marshaller}.
    * @return serialized request message.
    */
-  public InputStream streamRequest(RequestT requestMessage) {
+  public InputStream streamRequest(ReqT requestMessage) {
     return requestMarshaller.stream(requestMessage);
   }
 
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ public class MethodDescriptor<RequestT, ResponseT> {
    * @param input the serialized message as a byte stream.
    * @return a parsed instance of the message.
    */
-  public RequestT parseRequest(InputStream input) {
+  public ReqT parseRequest(InputStream input) {
     return requestMarshaller.parse(input);
   }
 
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ public class MethodDescriptor<RequestT, ResponseT> {
    * @param response the response message to serialize.
    * @return the serialized message as a byte stream.
    */
-  public InputStream streamResponse(ResponseT response) {
+  public InputStream streamResponse(RespT response) {
     return responseMarshaller.stream(response);
   }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/ServerCall.java b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/ServerCall.java
index 545a34bd74..0dd16a3eb9 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/ServerCall.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/ServerCall.java
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ package io.grpc;
  *
  * <p>Methods are guaranteed to be non-blocking. Implementations are not required to be thread-safe.
  *
- * @param <ResponseT> parsed type of response message.
+ * @param <RespT> parsed type of response message.
  */
-public abstract class ServerCall<ResponseT> {
+public abstract class ServerCall<RespT> {
   /**
    * Callbacks for consuming incoming RPC messages.
    *
@@ -61,14 +61,14 @@ public abstract class ServerCall<ResponseT> {
   // TODO(ejona86): We need to decide what to do in the case of server closing with non-cancellation
   // before client half closes. It may be that we treat such a case as an error. If we permit such
   // a case then we either get to generate a half close or purposefully omit it.
-  public abstract static class Listener<RequestT> {
+  public abstract static class Listener<ReqT> {
     /**
      * A request message has been received. For streaming calls, there may be zero or more request
      * messages.
      *
      * @param message a received request message.
      */
-    public void onMessage(RequestT message) {}
+    public void onMessage(ReqT message) {}
 
     /**
      * The client completed all message sending. However, the call may still be cancelled.
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public abstract class ServerCall<ResponseT> {
    * @param message response message.
    * @throws IllegalStateException if call is {@link #close}d
    */
-  public abstract void sendMessage(ResponseT message);
+  public abstract void sendMessage(RespT message);
 
   /**
    * If {@code true}, indicates that the call is capable of sending additional messages
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/ServerInterceptor.java b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/ServerInterceptor.java
index d5e4856bf6..566afc9b2b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/ServerInterceptor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/ServerInterceptor.java
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ public interface ServerInterceptor {
    * @param next next processor in the interceptor chain
    * @return listener for processing incoming messages for {@code call}, never {@code null}.
    */
-  <RequestT, ResponseT> ServerCall.Listener<RequestT> interceptCall(
-      MethodDescriptor<RequestT, ResponseT> method,
-      ServerCall<ResponseT> call,
+  <ReqT, RespT> ServerCall.Listener<ReqT> interceptCall(
+      MethodDescriptor<ReqT, RespT> method,
+      ServerCall<RespT> call,
       Metadata headers,
-      ServerCallHandler<RequestT, ResponseT> next);
+      ServerCallHandler<ReqT, RespT> next);
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/ServerMethodDefinition.java b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/ServerMethodDefinition.java
index c419a53c77..c91e9c8054 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/ServerMethodDefinition.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/ServerMethodDefinition.java
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ package io.grpc;
 /**
  * Definition of a method exposed by a {@link Server}.
  */
-public final class ServerMethodDefinition<RequestT, ResponseT> {
-  private final MethodDescriptor<RequestT, ResponseT> method;
-  private final ServerCallHandler<RequestT, ResponseT> handler;
+public final class ServerMethodDefinition<ReqT, RespT> {
+  private final MethodDescriptor<ReqT, RespT> method;
+  private final ServerCallHandler<ReqT, RespT> handler;
 
   // ServerMethodDefinition has no form of public construction. It is only created within the
   // context of a ServerServiceDefinition.Builder.
-  ServerMethodDefinition(MethodDescriptor<RequestT, ResponseT> method,
-      ServerCallHandler<RequestT, ResponseT> handler) {
+  ServerMethodDefinition(MethodDescriptor<ReqT, RespT> method,
+      ServerCallHandler<ReqT, RespT> handler) {
     this.method = method;
     this.handler = handler;
   }
@@ -53,19 +53,19 @@ public final class ServerMethodDefinition<RequestT, ResponseT> {
    * @param handler to dispatch calls to.
    * @return a new instance.
    */
-  public static <RequestT, ResponseT> ServerMethodDefinition<RequestT, ResponseT> create(
-      MethodDescriptor<RequestT, ResponseT> method,
-      ServerCallHandler<RequestT, ResponseT> handler) {
-    return new ServerMethodDefinition<RequestT, ResponseT>(method, handler);
+  public static <ReqT, RespT> ServerMethodDefinition<ReqT, RespT> create(
+      MethodDescriptor<ReqT, RespT> method,
+      ServerCallHandler<ReqT, RespT> handler) {
+    return new ServerMethodDefinition<ReqT, RespT>(method, handler);
   }
 
   /** The {@code MethodDescriptor} for this method. */
-  public MethodDescriptor<RequestT, ResponseT> getMethodDescriptor() {
+  public MethodDescriptor<ReqT, RespT> getMethodDescriptor() {
     return method;
   }
 
   /** Handler for incoming calls. */
-  public ServerCallHandler<RequestT, ResponseT> getServerCallHandler() {
+  public ServerCallHandler<ReqT, RespT> getServerCallHandler() {
     return handler;
   }
 
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ public final class ServerMethodDefinition<RequestT, ResponseT> {
    * @param handler to bind to a cloned instance of this.
    * @return a cloned instance of this with the new handler bound.
    */
-  public ServerMethodDefinition<RequestT, ResponseT> withServerCallHandler(
-      ServerCallHandler<RequestT, ResponseT> handler) {
-    return new ServerMethodDefinition<RequestT, ResponseT>(method, handler);
+  public ServerMethodDefinition<ReqT, RespT> withServerCallHandler(
+      ServerCallHandler<ReqT, RespT> handler) {
+    return new ServerMethodDefinition<ReqT, RespT>(method, handler);
   }
 }