diff --git a/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtElementImpl.java b/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtElementImpl.java
index c95c66164bc..e4158dacf0c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtElementImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/spoon/support/reflect/declaration/CtElementImpl.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 import spoon.reflect.visitor.filter.AnnotationFilter;
 import spoon.support.util.EmptyClearableList;
 import spoon.support.util.EmptyClearableSet;
-import spoon.support.visitor.EqualVisitor;
+import spoon.support.visitor.DeepRepresentationVisitor;
 import spoon.support.visitor.HashcodeVisitor;
 import spoon.support.visitor.ShortRepresentationPrinter;
 import spoon.support.visitor.TypeReferenceScanner;
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public String getShortRepresentation() {
 	}
 
 	private String getDeepRepresentation(CtElement elem) {
-		EqualVisitor prThis = new EqualVisitor();
+		DeepRepresentationVisitor prThis = new DeepRepresentationVisitor();
 		prThis.scan(elem);
 		return  prThis.getRepresentation();
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/spoon/support/visitor/EqualVisitor.java b/src/main/java/spoon/support/visitor/DeepRepresentationVisitor.java
similarity index 98%
rename from src/main/java/spoon/support/visitor/EqualVisitor.java
rename to src/main/java/spoon/support/visitor/DeepRepresentationVisitor.java
index 2344b5da226..65992ff4c2b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/spoon/support/visitor/EqualVisitor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/spoon/support/visitor/DeepRepresentationVisitor.java
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 import spoon.reflect.declaration.CtAnonymousExecutable;
 import spoon.reflect.declaration.CtClass;
 import spoon.reflect.declaration.CtConstructor;
+import spoon.reflect.declaration.CtElement;
 import spoon.reflect.declaration.CtEnum;
 import spoon.reflect.declaration.CtEnumValue;
 import spoon.reflect.declaration.CtField;
@@ -91,15 +92,15 @@
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 
 /**
- * Responsible for computing a deep representation of the object. Used by {@link CtElementImpl#equals(Object)} for deep equality.
+ * Responsible for computing a deep representation of the object. Used by {@link CtElementImpl#compareTo(CtElement)} for deep compare.
  *
  *  Can also be seen as a super fast toString (without requiring to be valid java code)
- **/
-public class EqualVisitor extends CtScanner {
+ */
+public class DeepRepresentationVisitor extends CtScanner {
 
 	StringBuffer representation;
 
-	public EqualVisitor() {
+	public DeepRepresentationVisitor() {
 		super();
 		reset();
 	}
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ public void reset() {
 		representation = new StringBuffer();
 	}
 
-	protected EqualVisitor write(String value) {
+	protected DeepRepresentationVisitor write(String value) {
 		representation.append(value);
 		return this;
 	}