diff --git a/milli/src/documents/builder.rs b/milli/src/documents/builder.rs
index 2860c4b86..2be7c1dd8 100644
--- a/milli/src/documents/builder.rs
+++ b/milli/src/documents/builder.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use byteorder::{BigEndian, WriteBytesExt};
 use serde::Deserializer;
 use serde_json::Value;
 
-use super::serde::DocumentVisitor;
+use super::serde_impl::DocumentVisitor;
 use super::{ByteCounter, DocumentsBatchIndex, DocumentsMetadata, Error};
 use crate::FieldId;
 
diff --git a/milli/src/documents/mod.rs b/milli/src/documents/mod.rs
index 14d97ee7d..8fd018328 100644
--- a/milli/src/documents/mod.rs
+++ b/milli/src/documents/mod.rs
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ mod builder;
 /// The `DocumentBatchBuilder` interface allows to write batches of documents to a writer, that can
 /// later be read by milli using the `DocumentBatchReader` interface.
 mod reader;
-mod serde;
+mod serde_impl;
 
 use std::fmt::{self, Debug};
 use std::io;
 
-use ::serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use bimap::BiHashMap;
 pub use builder::DocumentBatchBuilder;
 pub use reader::DocumentBatchReader;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use crate::FieldId;
 
diff --git a/milli/src/documents/serde.rs b/milli/src/documents/serde_impl.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from milli/src/documents/serde.rs
rename to milli/src/documents/serde_impl.rs