diff --git a/cucul/Makefile.am b/cucul/Makefile.am
index 05f591d..1b2fe4e 100644
--- a/cucul/Makefile.am
+++ b/cucul/Makefile.am
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ libcucul_la_SOURCES = \
 	cucul.c \
 	cucul.h \
 	cucul_internals.h \
-	char.c \
+	canvas.c \
 	charset.c \
 	math.c \
 	line.c \
diff --git a/cucul/char.c b/cucul/canvas.c
similarity index 97%
rename from cucul/char.c
rename to cucul/canvas.c
index 2150187..16d7415 100644
--- a/cucul/char.c
+++ b/cucul/canvas.c
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@
  *  http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more details.
  */
 
-/** \file char.c
+/** \file canvas.c
  *  \version \$Id$
  *  \author Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
- *  \brief Character drawing
+ *  \brief Canvas drawing
  *
- *  This file contains character and string drawing functions.
+ *  This file contains various canvas handling functions such as character
+ *  and string drawing.
  */
 
 #include "config.h"