diff --git a/sphinx_js/__init__.py b/sphinx_js/__init__.py
index 431560a1..fb4a9834 100644
--- a/sphinx_js/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx_js/__init__.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def setup(app: Sphinx) -> None:
         "js_source_path", default=["../"], rebuild="env", types=[str, list]
     )
     app.add_config_value("jsdoc_config_path", default=None, rebuild="env")
-    app.add_config_value("ts_xref_formatter", None, "env")
+    app.add_config_value("ts_type_xref_formatter", None, "env")
     app.add_config_value("ts_should_destructure_arg", None, "env")
     app.add_config_value("ts_post_convert", None, "env")
 
diff --git a/sphinx_js/renderers.py b/sphinx_js/renderers.py
index f0b5bf6b..c8a58549 100644
--- a/sphinx_js/renderers.py
+++ b/sphinx_js/renderers.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class JsRenderer:
 
     _renderer_type: Literal["function", "class", "attribute"]
     _template: str
-    _xref_formatter: Callable[[TypeXRef], str]
+    _type_xref_formatter: Callable[[TypeXRef], str]
     _partial_path: list[str]
     _explicit_formal_params: str
     _content: list[str]
@@ -64,17 +64,17 @@ class JsRenderer:
     def _template_vars(self, name: str, obj: TopLevel) -> dict[str, Any]:
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-    def _set_xref_formatter(
+    def _set_type_xref_formatter(
         self, formatter: Callable[[Config, TypeXRef], str] | None
     ) -> None:
         if formatter:
-            self._xref_formatter = partial(formatter, self._app.config)
+            self._type_xref_formatter = partial(formatter, self._app.config)
             return
 
-        def default_xref_formatter(xref: TypeXRef) -> str:
+        def default_type_xref_formatter(xref: TypeXRef) -> str:
             return xref.name
 
-        self._xref_formatter = default_xref_formatter
+        self._type_xref_formatter = default_type_xref_formatter
 
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def __init__(
 
         self._directive = directive
         self._app = app
-        self._set_xref_formatter(app.config.ts_xref_formatter)
+        self._set_type_xref_formatter(app.config.ts_type_xref_formatter)
 
         # content, arguments, options, app: all need to be accessible to
         # template_vars, so we bring them in on construction and stow them away
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ def strs() -> Iterator[str]:
         return r"\ ".join(res)
 
     def render_xref(self, s: TypeXRef, escape: bool = False) -> str:
-        result = self._xref_formatter(s)
+        result = self._type_xref_formatter(s)
         if escape:
             result = rst.escape(result)
         return result
diff --git a/tests/test_build_ts/source/docs/conf.py b/tests/test_build_ts/source/docs/conf.py
index 0912e003..19ba8f72 100644
--- a/tests/test_build_ts/source/docs/conf.py
+++ b/tests/test_build_ts/source/docs/conf.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 from sphinx_js.ir import TypeXRefInternal
 
 
-def ts_xref_formatter(config, xref):
+def ts_type_xref_formatter(config, xref):
     if isinstance(xref, TypeXRefInternal):
         name = rst.escape(xref.name)
         return f":js:class:`{name}`"
diff --git a/tests/test_renderers.py b/tests/test_renderers.py
index e0b8b512..74c2f843 100644
--- a/tests/test_renderers.py
+++ b/tests/test_renderers.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class _app:
     renderer._app = _app
     renderer._explicit_formal_params = None
     renderer._content = []
-    renderer._set_xref_formatter(ts_xref_formatter)
+    renderer._set_type_xref_formatter(ts_xref_formatter)
     return renderer
 
 
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ def xref_render(config, val):
         res.append([config, val])
         return val.package + "::" + val.name
 
-    function_renderer._set_xref_formatter(xref_render)
+    function_renderer._set_type_xref_formatter(xref_render)
     assert function_renderer.render_type([xref_external]) == "blah::A"
     assert res[0][0] == function_renderer._app.config
     assert res[0][1] == xref_external