diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/README.md b/crates/wasmtime/README.md
index 7c2cddd490fa..a1b29d7fe344 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/README.md
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/README.md
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let engine = Engine::default();
     let wat = r#"
         (module
-            (import "host" "hello" (func $host_hello (param i32)))
+            (import "host" "host_func" (func $host_hello (param i32)))
 
             (func (export "hello")
                 i32.const 3
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     // Create a `Linker` which will be later used to instantiate this module.
     // Host functionality is defined by name within the `Linker`.
     let mut linker = Linker::new(&engine);
-    linker.func_wrap("host", "hello", |caller: Caller<'_, u32>, param: i32| {
+    linker.func_wrap("host", "host_func", |caller: Caller<'_, u32>, param: i32| {
         println!("Got {} from WebAssembly", param);
         println!("my host state is: {}", caller.data());
     })?;
diff --git a/crates/wasmtime/src/lib.rs b/crates/wasmtime/src/lib.rs
index dd54cdc77e9f..b1ba2004be3e 100644
--- a/crates/wasmtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/wasmtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 //!     let engine = Engine::default();
 //!     let wat = r#"
 //!         (module
-//!             (import "host" "hello" (func $host_hello (param i32)))
+//!             (import "host" "host_func" (func $host_hello (param i32)))
 //!
 //!             (func (export "hello")
 //!                 i32.const 3
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 //!     // `Store` has a type parameter to store host-specific data, which in
 //!     // this case we're using `4` for.
 //!     let mut store = Store::new(&engine, 4);
-//!     let host_hello = Func::wrap(&mut store, |caller: Caller<'_, u32>, param: i32| {
+//!     let host_func = Func::wrap(&mut store, |caller: Caller<'_, u32>, param: i32| {
 //!         println!("Got {} from WebAssembly", param);
 //!         println!("my host state is: {}", caller.data());
 //!     });
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 //!     // Instantiation of a module requires specifying its imports and then
 //!     // afterwards we can fetch exports by name, as well as asserting the
 //!     // type signature of the function with `get_typed_func`.
-//!     let instance = Instance::new(&mut store, &module, &[host_hello.into()])?;
+//!     let instance = Instance::new(&mut store, &module, &[host_func.into()])?;
 //!     let hello = instance.get_typed_func::<(), ()>(&mut store, "hello")?;
 //!
 //!     // And finally we can call the wasm!
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
 //!     let engine = Engine::default();
 //!     let wat = r#"
 //!         (module
-//!             (import "host" "hello" (func $host_hello (param i32)))
+//!             (import "host" "host_func" (func $host_hello (param i32)))
 //!
 //!             (func (export "hello")
 //!                 i32.const 3
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
 //!
 //!     // Create a `Linker` and define our host function in it:
 //!     let mut linker = Linker::new(&engine);
-//!     linker.func_wrap("host", "hello", |caller: Caller<'_, u32>, param: i32| {
+//!     linker.func_wrap("host", "host_func", |caller: Caller<'_, u32>, param: i32| {
 //!         println!("Got {} from WebAssembly", param);
 //!         println!("my host state is: {}", caller.data());
 //!     })?;