diff --git a/exercises/rna-transcription/example.rs b/exercises/rna-transcription/example.rs
index a747b9f05..f9fd10a12 100644
--- a/exercises/rna-transcription/example.rs
+++ b/exercises/rna-transcription/example.rs
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 #[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
-pub struct RibonucleicAcid {
+pub struct RNA {
     nucleotides: String
 }
 
-impl RibonucleicAcid {
-    pub fn new(nucleotides: &str) -> RibonucleicAcid {
-        RibonucleicAcid { nucleotides: nucleotides.to_string() }
+impl RNA {
+    pub fn new(nucleotides: &str) -> RNA {
+        RNA { nucleotides: nucleotides.to_string() }
     }
 }
 
 #[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
-pub struct DeoxyribonucleicAcid {
+pub struct DNA {
     nucleotides: String
 }
 
@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@ fn transcribe_dna_rna(c: char) -> Option<char> {
     }
 }
 
-impl DeoxyribonucleicAcid {
-    pub fn new(nucleotides: &str) -> DeoxyribonucleicAcid {
-        DeoxyribonucleicAcid { nucleotides: nucleotides.to_string() }
+impl DNA {
+    pub fn new(nucleotides: &str) -> DNA {
+        DNA { nucleotides: nucleotides.to_string() }
     }
 
-    pub fn to_rna(&self) -> Result<RibonucleicAcid, ()> {
+    pub fn to_rna(&self) -> Result<RNA, ()> {
         let rna_nucleotides: String = self.nucleotides.chars().filter_map(transcribe_dna_rna).collect();
         if rna_nucleotides.len() == self.nucleotides.len() {
-            Ok(RibonucleicAcid { nucleotides: rna_nucleotides })
+            Ok(RNA { nucleotides: rna_nucleotides })
         } else {
             Err(())
         }
diff --git a/exercises/rna-transcription/tests/rna-transcription.rs b/exercises/rna-transcription/tests/rna-transcription.rs
index 05528f246..ab2f9919b 100644
--- a/exercises/rna-transcription/tests/rna-transcription.rs
+++ b/exercises/rna-transcription/tests/rna-transcription.rs
@@ -2,54 +2,54 @@ extern crate rna_transcription as dna;
 
 #[test]
 fn test_acid_equals_acid() {
-    assert_eq!(dna::RibonucleicAcid::new("CGA"), dna::RibonucleicAcid::new("CGA"));
-    assert_ne!(dna::RibonucleicAcid::new("CGA"), dna::RibonucleicAcid::new("AGC"));
+    assert_eq!(dna::RNA::new("CGA"), dna::RNA::new("CGA"));
+    assert_ne!(dna::RNA::new("CGA"), dna::RNA::new("AGC"));
 }
 
 #[test]
 #[ignore]
 fn test_transcribes_cytosine_guanine() {
-    assert_eq!(Ok(dna::RibonucleicAcid::new("G")), dna::DeoxyribonucleicAcid::new("C").to_rna());
+    assert_eq!(Ok(dna::RNA::new("G")), dna::DNA::new("C").to_rna());
 }
 
 #[test]
 #[ignore]
 fn test_transcribes_guanine_cytosine() {
-    assert_eq!(Ok(dna::RibonucleicAcid::new("C")), dna::DeoxyribonucleicAcid::new("G").to_rna());
+    assert_eq!(Ok(dna::RNA::new("C")), dna::DNA::new("G").to_rna());
 }
 
 #[test]
 #[ignore]
 fn test_transcribes_adenine_uracil() {
-    assert_eq!(Ok(dna::RibonucleicAcid::new("U")), dna::DeoxyribonucleicAcid::new("A").to_rna());
+    assert_eq!(Ok(dna::RNA::new("U")), dna::DNA::new("A").to_rna());
 }
 
 #[test]
 #[ignore]
 fn test_transcribes_thymine_to_adenine() {
-    assert_eq!(Ok(dna::RibonucleicAcid::new("A")), dna::DeoxyribonucleicAcid::new("T").to_rna());
+    assert_eq!(Ok(dna::RNA::new("A")), dna::DNA::new("T").to_rna());
 }
 
 #[test]
 #[ignore]
 fn test_transcribes_all_dna_to_rna() {
-    assert_eq!(Ok(dna::RibonucleicAcid::new("UGCACCAGAAUU")), dna::DeoxyribonucleicAcid::new("ACGTGGTCTTAA").to_rna())
+    assert_eq!(Ok(dna::RNA::new("UGCACCAGAAUU")), dna::DNA::new("ACGTGGTCTTAA").to_rna())
 }
 
 #[test]
 #[ignore]
 fn handles_invalid_input() {
-    assert!(dna::DeoxyribonucleicAcid::new("U").to_rna().is_err());
+    assert!(dna::DNA::new("U").to_rna().is_err());
 }
 
 #[test]
 #[ignore]
 fn handles_completely_invalid_input() {
-    assert!(dna::DeoxyribonucleicAcid::new("XXX").to_rna().is_err());
+    assert!(dna::DNA::new("XXX").to_rna().is_err());
 }
 
 #[test]
 #[ignore]
 fn handles_partially_invalid_input() {
-    assert!(dna::DeoxyribonucleicAcid::new("ACGTXXXCTTAA").to_rna().is_err());
+    assert!(dna::DNA::new("ACGTXXXCTTAA").to_rna().is_err());
 }