diff --git a/lib/compiler/build_runner.zig b/lib/compiler/build_runner.zig
index 6ef8e71f7e..5ef74adaba 100644
--- a/lib/compiler/build_runner.zig
+++ b/lib/compiler/build_runner.zig
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ pub fn main(init: process.Init.Minimal) !void {
             .io = io,
             .gpa = gpa,
             .manifest_dir = try local_cache_directory.handle.createDirPathOpen(io, "h", .{}),
-            .cwd = try process.currentDirAlloc(io, single_threaded_arena.allocator()),
+            .cwd = try process.currentPathAlloc(io, single_threaded_arena.allocator()),
         },
         .zig_exe = zig_exe,
         .environ_map = try init.environ.createMap(arena),
diff --git a/lib/std/Build/Cache.zig b/lib/std/Build/Cache.zig
index f595435749..0cf9dde531 100644
--- a/lib/std/Build/Cache.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Build/Cache.zig
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ test "cache file and then recall it" {
     var tmp = testing.tmpDir(.{});
     defer tmp.cleanup();
 
-    const cwd = try std.process.currentDirAlloc(io, testing.allocator);
+    const cwd = try std.process.currentPathAlloc(io, testing.allocator);
     defer testing.allocator.free(cwd);
 
     const temp_file = "test.txt";
@@ -1383,7 +1383,7 @@ test "check that changing a file makes cache fail" {
     var tmp = testing.tmpDir(.{});
     defer tmp.cleanup();
 
-    const cwd = try std.process.currentDirAlloc(io, testing.allocator);
+    const cwd = try std.process.currentPathAlloc(io, testing.allocator);
     defer testing.allocator.free(cwd);
 
     const temp_file = "cache_hash_change_file_test.txt";
@@ -1459,7 +1459,7 @@ test "no file inputs" {
     var tmp = testing.tmpDir(.{});
     defer tmp.cleanup();
 
-    const cwd = try std.process.currentDirAlloc(io, testing.allocator);
+    const cwd = try std.process.currentPathAlloc(io, testing.allocator);
     defer testing.allocator.free(cwd);
 
     const temp_manifest_dir = "no_file_inputs_manifest_dir";
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ test "Manifest with files added after initial hash work" {
     var tmp = testing.tmpDir(.{});
     defer tmp.cleanup();
 
-    const cwd = try std.process.currentDirAlloc(io, testing.allocator);
+    const cwd = try std.process.currentPathAlloc(io, testing.allocator);
     defer testing.allocator.free(cwd);
 
     const temp_file1 = "cache_hash_post_file_test1.txt";
diff --git a/lib/std/Build/Step/Options.zig b/lib/std/Build/Step/Options.zig
index adef048423..34073264e8 100644
--- a/lib/std/Build/Step/Options.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Build/Step/Options.zig
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ test Options {
     var arena = std.heap.ArenaAllocator.init(std.testing.allocator);
     defer arena.deinit();
 
-    const cwd = try std.process.currentDirAlloc(io, std.testing.allocator);
+    const cwd = try std.process.currentPathAlloc(io, std.testing.allocator);
     defer std.testing.allocator.free(cwd);
 
     var graph: std.Build.Graph = .{
diff --git a/lib/std/Io.zig b/lib/std/Io.zig
index 20c23e804e..72df9e34f3 100644
--- a/lib/std/Io.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Io.zig
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ pub const VTable = struct {
     lockStderr: *const fn (?*anyopaque, ?Terminal.Mode) Cancelable!LockedStderr,
     tryLockStderr: *const fn (?*anyopaque, ?Terminal.Mode) Cancelable!?LockedStderr,
     unlockStderr: *const fn (?*anyopaque) void,
-    processCurrentDir: *const fn (?*anyopaque, buffer: []u8) std.process.CurrentDirError!usize,
+    processCurrentPath: *const fn (?*anyopaque, buffer: []u8) std.process.CurrentPathError!usize,
     processSetCurrentDir: *const fn (?*anyopaque, Dir) std.process.SetCurrentDirError!void,
     processReplace: *const fn (?*anyopaque, std.process.ReplaceOptions) std.process.ReplaceError,
     processReplacePath: *const fn (?*anyopaque, Dir, std.process.ReplaceOptions) std.process.ReplaceError,
diff --git a/lib/std/Io/Threaded.zig b/lib/std/Io/Threaded.zig
index 1a01795213..87cf72190c 100644
--- a/lib/std/Io/Threaded.zig
+++ b/lib/std/Io/Threaded.zig
@@ -1643,7 +1643,7 @@ pub fn io(t: *Threaded) Io {
             .lockStderr = lockStderr,
             .tryLockStderr = tryLockStderr,
             .unlockStderr = unlockStderr,
-            .processCurrentDir = processCurrentDir,
+            .processCurrentPath = processCurrentPath,
             .processSetCurrentDir = processSetCurrentDir,
             .processReplace = processReplace,
             .processReplacePath = processReplacePath,
@@ -1802,7 +1802,7 @@ pub fn ioBasic(t: *Threaded) Io {
             .lockStderr = lockStderr,
             .tryLockStderr = tryLockStderr,
             .unlockStderr = unlockStderr,
-            .processCurrentDir = processCurrentDir,
+            .processCurrentPath = processCurrentPath,
             .processSetCurrentDir = processSetCurrentDir,
             .processReplace = processReplace,
             .processReplacePath = processReplacePath,
@@ -12606,7 +12606,7 @@ fn unlockStderr(userdata: ?*anyopaque) void {
     process.stderr_thread_mutex.unlock();
 }
 
-fn processCurrentDir(userdata: ?*anyopaque, buffer: []u8) process.CurrentDirError!usize {
+fn processCurrentPath(userdata: ?*anyopaque, buffer: []u8) process.CurrentPathError!usize {
     const t: *Threaded = @ptrCast(@alignCast(userdata));
     _ = t;
     if (is_windows) {
@@ -12638,7 +12638,7 @@ fn processCurrentDir(userdata: ?*anyopaque, buffer: []u8) process.CurrentDirErro
     };
     switch (err) {
         .SUCCESS => return std.mem.findScalar(u8, buffer, 0).?,
-        .NOENT => return error.CurrentWorkingDirectoryUnlinked,
+        .NOENT => return error.CurrentDirUnlinked,
         .RANGE => return error.NameTooLong,
         .FAULT => |e| return errnoBug(e),
         .INVAL => |e| return errnoBug(e),
diff --git a/lib/std/fs/test.zig b/lib/std/fs/test.zig
index be59393e3d..d0ec6b33e9 100644
--- a/lib/std/fs/test.zig
+++ b/lib/std/fs/test.zig
@@ -1787,7 +1787,7 @@ test "open file with exclusive nonblocking lock twice (absolute paths)" {
 
     const gpa = testing.allocator;
 
-    const cwd = try std.process.currentDirAlloc(io, gpa);
+    const cwd = try std.process.currentPathAlloc(io, gpa);
     defer gpa.free(cwd);
 
     const filename = try Dir.path.resolve(gpa, &.{ cwd, sub_path });
diff --git a/lib/std/process.zig b/lib/std/process.zig
index dd3e07c1ea..5bcacddc84 100644
--- a/lib/std/process.zig
+++ b/lib/std/process.zig
@@ -63,22 +63,22 @@ pub const Init = struct {
     };
 };
 
-pub const CurrentDirError = error{
+pub const CurrentPathError = error{
     NameTooLong,
     /// Not possible on Windows. Always returned on WASI.
-    CurrentWorkingDirectoryUnlinked,
+    CurrentDirUnlinked,
 } || Io.UnexpectedError;
 
 /// On Windows, the result is encoded as [WTF-8](https://wtf-8.codeberg.page/).
 /// On other platforms, the result is an opaque sequence of bytes with no
 /// particular encoding.
-pub fn currentDir(io: Io, buffer: []u8) CurrentDirError!usize {
-    return io.vtable.processCurrentDir(io.userdata, buffer);
+pub fn currentPath(io: Io, buffer: []u8) CurrentPathError!usize {
+    return io.vtable.processCurrentPath(io.userdata, buffer);
 }
 
-pub const CurrentDirAllocError = Allocator.Error || error{
+pub const CurrentPathAllocError = Allocator.Error || error{
     /// Not possible on Windows. Always returned on WASI.
-    CurrentWorkingDirectoryUnlinked,
+    CurrentDirUnlinked,
 } || Io.UnexpectedError;
 
 /// On Windows, the result is encoded as [WTF-8](https://wtf-8.codeberg.page/).
@@ -86,17 +86,17 @@ pub const CurrentDirAllocError = Allocator.Error || error{
 /// particular encoding.
 ///
 /// Caller owns returned memory.
-pub fn currentDirAlloc(io: Io, allocator: Allocator) CurrentDirAllocError![:0]u8 {
+pub fn currentPathAlloc(io: Io, allocator: Allocator) CurrentPathAllocError![:0]u8 {
     var buffer: [max_path_bytes]u8 = undefined;
-    const n = currentDir(io, &buffer) catch |err| switch (err) {
+    const n = currentPath(io, &buffer) catch |err| switch (err) {
         error.NameTooLong => unreachable,
         else => |e| return e,
     };
     return allocator.dupeZ(u8, buffer[0..n]);
 }
 
-test currentDirAlloc {
-    const cwd = try currentDirAlloc(testing.io, testing.allocator);
+test currentPathAlloc {
+    const cwd = try currentPathAlloc(testing.io, testing.allocator);
     testing.allocator.free(cwd);
 }
 
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ pub fn spawnPath(io: Io, dir: Io.Dir, options: SpawnOptions) SpawnError!Child {
     return io.vtable.processSpawnPath(io.userdata, dir, options);
 }
 
-pub const RunError = CurrentDirError || posix.ReadError || SpawnError || posix.PollError || error{
+pub const RunError = CurrentPathError || posix.ReadError || SpawnError || posix.PollError || error{
     StdoutStreamTooLong,
     StderrStreamTooLong,
 };
diff --git a/src/introspect.zig b/src/introspect.zig
index 36e94e979f..0cba9fdcc4 100644
--- a/src/introspect.zig
+++ b/src/introspect.zig
@@ -51,23 +51,23 @@ pub fn findZigLibDir(gpa: Allocator, io: Io) !Cache.Directory {
     return findZigLibDirFromSelfExe(gpa, io, cwd_path, self_exe_path);
 }
 
-/// Like `std.process.currentDirAlloc`, but also resolves the path with `Dir.path.resolve`. This
+/// Like `std.process.currentPathAlloc`, but also resolves the path with `Dir.path.resolve`. This
 /// means the path has no repeated separators, no "." or ".." components, and no trailing separator.
 /// On WASI, "" is returned instead of ".".
 pub fn getResolvedCwd(io: Io, gpa: Allocator) error{
     OutOfMemory,
-    CurrentWorkingDirectoryUnlinked,
+    CurrentDirUnlinked,
     Unexpected,
 }![]u8 {
     if (builtin.target.os.tag == .wasi) {
         if (std.debug.runtime_safety) {
-            const cwd = try std.process.currentDirAlloc(io, gpa);
+            const cwd = try std.process.currentPathAlloc(io, gpa);
             defer gpa.free(cwd);
             assert(mem.eql(u8, cwd, "."));
         }
         return "";
     }
-    const cwd = try std.process.currentDirAlloc(io, gpa);
+    const cwd = try std.process.currentPathAlloc(io, gpa);
     defer gpa.free(cwd);
     const resolved = try Dir.path.resolve(gpa, &.{cwd});
     assert(Dir.path.isAbsolute(resolved));
diff --git a/test/standalone/child_process/main.zig b/test/standalone/child_process/main.zig
index 159be62a9d..d252ee414d 100644
--- a/test/standalone/child_process/main.zig
+++ b/test/standalone/child_process/main.zig
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pub fn main(init: std.process.Init.Minimal) !void {
     defer threaded.deinit();
     const io = threaded.io();
 
-    const process_cwd_path = try std.process.currentDirAlloc(io, gpa);
+    const process_cwd_path = try std.process.currentPathAlloc(io, gpa);
     defer gpa.free(process_cwd_path);
 
     var environ_map = try init.environ.createMap(gpa);
diff --git a/test/standalone/posix/cwd.zig b/test/standalone/posix/cwd.zig
index e5e376784a..2588bde34f 100644
--- a/test/standalone/posix/cwd.zig
+++ b/test/standalone/posix/cwd.zig
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
 // get current working directory and expect it to match given path
 fn expect_cwd(io: Io, expected_cwd: []const u8) !void {
     var cwd_buf: [path_max]u8 = undefined;
-    const actual_cwd = cwd_buf[0..try std.process.currentDir(io, &cwd_buf)];
+    const actual_cwd = cwd_buf[0..try std.process.currentPath(io, &cwd_buf)];
     try std.testing.expectEqualStrings(actual_cwd, expected_cwd);
 }
 
 fn test_chdir_self(io: Io) !void {
     var old_cwd_buf: [path_max]u8 = undefined;
-    const old_cwd = old_cwd_buf[0..try std.process.currentDir(io, &old_cwd_buf)];
+    const old_cwd = old_cwd_buf[0..try std.process.currentPath(io, &old_cwd_buf)];
 
     // Try changing to the current directory
     try std.Io.Threaded.chdir(old_cwd);
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ fn test_chdir_self(io: Io) !void {
 
 fn test_chdir_absolute(io: Io) !void {
     var old_cwd_buf: [path_max]u8 = undefined;
-    const old_cwd = old_cwd_buf[0..try std.process.currentDir(io, &old_cwd_buf)];
+    const old_cwd = old_cwd_buf[0..try std.process.currentPath(io, &old_cwd_buf)];
 
     const parent = std.fs.path.dirname(old_cwd) orelse unreachable; // old_cwd should be absolute
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ fn test_chdir_relative(gpa: Allocator, io: Io, tmp_dir: Io.Dir) !void {
 
     // Capture base working directory path, to build expected full path
     var base_cwd_buf: [path_max]u8 = undefined;
-    const base_cwd = base_cwd_buf[0..try std.process.currentDir(io, &base_cwd_buf)];
+    const base_cwd = base_cwd_buf[0..try std.process.currentPath(io, &base_cwd_buf)];
 
     const expected_path = try std.fs.path.resolve(gpa, &.{ base_cwd, subdir_path });
     defer gpa.free(expected_path);
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ fn test_chdir_relative(gpa: Allocator, io: Io, tmp_dir: Io.Dir) !void {
     try std.Io.Threaded.chdir(subdir_path);
 
     var new_cwd_buf: [path_max]u8 = undefined;
-    const new_cwd = new_cwd_buf[0..try std.process.currentDir(io, &new_cwd_buf)];
+    const new_cwd = new_cwd_buf[0..try std.process.currentPath(io, &new_cwd_buf)];
 
     // On Windows, fs.path.resolve returns an uppercase drive letter, but the drive letter returned by getcwd may be lowercase
     const resolved_cwd = try std.fs.path.resolve(gpa, &.{new_cwd});
diff --git a/test/standalone/self_exe_symlink/create-symlink.zig b/test/standalone/self_exe_symlink/create-symlink.zig
index aaa015c4b0..36a0c09080 100644
--- a/test/standalone/self_exe_symlink/create-symlink.zig
+++ b/test/standalone/self_exe_symlink/create-symlink.zig
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
     const exe_path = it.next() orelse unreachable;
     const symlink_path = it.next() orelse unreachable;
 
-    const cwd = try std.process.currentDirAlloc(io, init.arena.allocator());
+    const cwd = try std.process.currentPathAlloc(io, init.arena.allocator());
 
     // If `exe_path` is relative to our cwd, we need to convert it to be relative to the dirname of `symlink_path`.
     const exe_rel_path = try std.fs.path.relative(gpa, cwd, init.environ_map, std.fs.path.dirname(symlink_path) orelse ".", exe_path);
diff --git a/test/standalone/windows_paths/relative.zig b/test/standalone/windows_paths/relative.zig
index 7dcde62d50..6fd2fc188a 100644
--- a/test/standalone/windows_paths/relative.zig
+++ b/test/standalone/windows_paths/relative.zig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
     const arena = init.arena.allocator();
     const args = try init.minimal.args.toSlice(arena);
     const io = init.io;
-    const cwd_path = try std.process.currentDirAlloc(io, arena);
+    const cwd_path = try std.process.currentPathAlloc(io, arena);
 
     if (args.len < 3) return error.MissingArgs;
 
diff --git a/test/standalone/windows_paths/test.zig b/test/standalone/windows_paths/test.zig
index 47b13415a8..1170de47ac 100644
--- a/test/standalone/windows_paths/test.zig
+++ b/test/standalone/windows_paths/test.zig
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
 
     const exe_path = args[1];
 
-    const cwd_path = try std.process.currentDirAlloc(io, arena);
+    const cwd_path = try std.process.currentPathAlloc(io, arena);
     const parsed_cwd_path = std.fs.path.parsePathWindows(u8, cwd_path);
 
     if (parsed_cwd_path.kind == .drive_absolute and !std.ascii.isAlphabetic(cwd_path[0])) {
diff --git a/test/standalone/windows_spawn/main.zig b/test/standalone/windows_spawn/main.zig
index 0bb8e7fe16..4b37e3cf6e 100644
--- a/test/standalone/windows_spawn/main.zig
+++ b/test/standalone/windows_spawn/main.zig
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const utf16Literal = std.unicode.utf8ToUtf16LeStringLiteral;
 pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
     const gpa = init.gpa;
     const io = init.io;
-    const process_cwd_path = try std.process.currentDirAlloc(io, init.arena.allocator());
+    const process_cwd_path = try std.process.currentPathAlloc(io, init.arena.allocator());
     var initial_process_cwd = try Io.Dir.cwd().openDir(io, ".", .{});
     defer initial_process_cwd.close(io);
 
diff --git a/tools/doctest.zig b/tools/doctest.zig
index 5afec8e62c..55b8ca7bfb 100644
--- a/tools/doctest.zig
+++ b/tools/doctest.zig
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
     const arena = init.arena.allocator();
     const io = init.io;
     const environ_map = init.environ_map;
-    const cwd_path = try std.process.currentDirAlloc(io, arena);
+    const cwd_path = try std.process.currentPathAlloc(io, arena);
 
     try environ_map.put("CLICOLOR_FORCE", "1");
 
diff --git a/tools/incr-check.zig b/tools/incr-check.zig
index e15a91b548..c9564f85c2 100644
--- a/tools/incr-check.zig
+++ b/tools/incr-check.zig
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
     const arena = init.arena.allocator();
     const io = init.io;
     const environ_map = init.environ_map;
-    const cwd_path = try std.process.currentDirAlloc(io, arena);
+    const cwd_path = try std.process.currentPathAlloc(io, arena);
 
     var opt_zig_exe: ?[]const u8 = null;
     var opt_input_file_name: ?[]const u8 = null;
diff --git a/tools/process_headers.zig b/tools/process_headers.zig
index 6e5ab38797..3be919b303 100644
--- a/tools/process_headers.zig
+++ b/tools/process_headers.zig
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
     const arena = init.arena.allocator();
     const io = init.io;
     const args = try init.minimal.args.toSlice(arena);
-    const cwd_path = try std.process.currentDirAlloc(io, arena);
+    const cwd_path = try std.process.currentPathAlloc(io, arena);
     const environ_map = init.environ_map;
 
     var search_paths = std.array_list.Managed([]const u8).init(arena);
diff --git a/tools/update-linux-headers.zig b/tools/update-linux-headers.zig
index 649459a634..c5f556f53c 100644
--- a/tools/update-linux-headers.zig
+++ b/tools/update-linux-headers.zig
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
     const io = init.io;
     const args = try init.minimal.args.toSlice(arena);
     const environ_map = init.environ_map;
-    const cwd = try std.process.currentDirAlloc(io, arena);
+    const cwd = try std.process.currentPathAlloc(io, arena);
 
     var search_paths = std.array_list.Managed([]const u8).init(arena);
     var opt_out_dir: ?[]const u8 = null;