diff --git a/generate-command-parser.pl b/generate-command-parser.pl
index b76d5e55..9b5ef562 100755
--- a/generate-command-parser.pl
+++ b/generate-command-parser.pl
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ close($enumfh);
 
 # Third step: Generate the call function.
 open(my $callfh, '>', "GENERATED_${prefix}_call.h");
-my $resultname = uc(substr($prefix, 0, 1)) . substr($prefix, 1) . 'Result';
+my $resultname = uc(substr($prefix, 0, 1)) . substr($prefix, 1) . 'ResultIR';
 say $callfh "static void GENERATED_call(const int call_identifier, struct $resultname *result) {";
 say $callfh '    switch (call_identifier) {';
 my $call_id = 0;
diff --git a/include/commands.h b/include/commands.h
index e7d2781d..cb687890 100644
--- a/include/commands.h
+++ b/include/commands.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "commands_parser.h"
 
 /** The beginning of the prototype for every cmd_ function. */
-#define I3_CMD Match *current_match, struct CommandResult *cmd_output
+#define I3_CMD Match *current_match, struct CommandResultIR *cmd_output
 
 /**
  * Initializes the specified 'Match' data structure and the initial state of
diff --git a/include/commands_parser.h b/include/commands_parser.h
index 059237fd..8c733db4 100644
--- a/include/commands_parser.h
+++ b/include/commands_parser.h
@@ -12,15 +12,11 @@
 #include <yajl/yajl_gen.h>
 
 /*
- * Holds the result of a call to any command. When calling
- * parse_command("floating enable, border none"), the parser will internally
- * use a struct CommandResult when calling cmd_floating and cmd_border.
- * parse_command will also return another struct CommandResult, whose
- * json_output is set to a map of individual json_outputs and whose
- * needs_tree_trender is true if any individual needs_tree_render was true.
- *
+ * Holds an intermediate represenation of the result of a call to any command.
+ * When calling parse_command("floating enable, border none"), the parser will
+ * internally use this struct when calling cmd_floating and cmd_border.
  */
-struct CommandResult {
+struct CommandResultIR {
     /* The JSON generator to append a reply to. */
     yajl_gen json_gen;
 
@@ -33,4 +29,4 @@ struct CommandResult {
     bool needs_tree_render;
 };
 
-struct CommandResult *parse_command(const char *input);
+struct CommandResultIR *parse_command(const char *input);
diff --git a/include/config_directives.h b/include/config_directives.h
index 5979a310..92c06c34 100644
--- a/include/config_directives.h
+++ b/include/config_directives.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 uint32_t modifiers_from_str(const char *str);
 
 /** The beginning of the prototype for every cfg_ function. */
-#define I3_CFG Match *current_match, struct ConfigResult *result
+#define I3_CFG Match *current_match, struct ConfigResultIR *result
 
 /* Defines a configuration function, that is, anything that can be called by
  * using 'call cfg_foo()' in parser-specs/.*.spec. Useful so that we don’t need
diff --git a/include/config_parser.h b/include/config_parser.h
index 6f1b5315..e18e5cf2 100644
--- a/include/config_parser.h
+++ b/include/config_parser.h
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@
 extern pid_t config_error_nagbar_pid;
 
 /*
- * The result of a parse_config call. Currently unused, but the JSON output
- * will be useful in the future when we implement a config parsing IPC command.
+ * An intermediate reprsentation of the result of a parse_config call.
+ * Currently unused, but the JSON output will be useful in the future when we
+ * implement a config parsing IPC command.
  *
  */
-struct ConfigResult {
+struct ConfigResultIR {
     /* The JSON generator to append a reply to. */
     yajl_gen json_gen;
 
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ struct ConfigResult {
     int next_state;
 };
 
-struct ConfigResult *parse_config(const char *input, struct context *context);
+struct ConfigResultIR *parse_config(const char *input, struct context *context);
 
 /**
  * Parses the given file by first replacing the variables, then calling
diff --git a/src/assignments.c b/src/assignments.c
index ea39eafa..dbd4dfc3 100644
--- a/src/assignments.c
+++ b/src/assignments.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ void run_assignments(i3Window *window) {
             DLOG("execute command %s\n", current->dest.command);
             char *full_command;
             sasprintf(&full_command, "[id=\"%d\"] %s", window->id, current->dest.command);
-            struct CommandResult *command_output = parse_command(full_command);
+            struct CommandResultIR *command_output = parse_command(full_command);
             free(full_command);
 
             if (command_output->needs_tree_render)
diff --git a/src/commands.c b/src/commands.c
index 201c76e8..6d8db6ff 100644
--- a/src/commands.c
+++ b/src/commands.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static Output *get_output_of_con(Con *con) {
  * and return true, signaling that no further workspace switching should occur in the calling function.
  *
  */
-static bool maybe_back_and_forth(struct CommandResult *cmd_output, char *name) {
+static bool maybe_back_and_forth(struct CommandResultIR *cmd_output, char *name) {
     Con *ws = con_get_workspace(focused);
 
     /* If we switched to a different workspace, do nothing */
diff --git a/src/commands_parser.c b/src/commands_parser.c
index 87026048..0723c270 100644
--- a/src/commands_parser.c
+++ b/src/commands_parser.c
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ static cmdp_state state;
 #ifndef TEST_PARSER
 static Match current_match;
 #endif
-static struct CommandResult subcommand_output;
-static struct CommandResult command_output;
+static struct CommandResultIR subcommand_output;
+static struct CommandResultIR command_output;
 
 #include "GENERATED_command_call.h"
 
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ static void next_state(const cmdp_token *token) {
     }
 }
 
-struct CommandResult *parse_command(const char *input) {
+struct CommandResultIR *parse_command(const char *input) {
     DLOG("COMMAND: *%s*\n", input);
     state = INITIAL;
 
diff --git a/src/config_parser.c b/src/config_parser.c
index 72ba6766..ede27599 100644
--- a/src/config_parser.c
+++ b/src/config_parser.c
@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ static void clear_criteria(void *unused_criteria) {
 
 static cmdp_state state;
 static Match current_match;
-static struct ConfigResult subcommand_output;
-static struct ConfigResult command_output;
+static struct ConfigResultIR subcommand_output;
+static struct ConfigResultIR command_output;
 
 /* A list which contains the states that lead to the current state, e.g.
  * INITIAL, WORKSPACE_LAYOUT.
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ static char *single_line(const char *start) {
     return result;
 }
 
-struct ConfigResult *parse_config(const char *input, struct context *context) {
+struct ConfigResultIR *parse_config(const char *input, struct context *context) {
     /* Dump the entire config file into the debug log. We cannot just use
      * DLOG("%s", input); because one log message must not exceed 4 KiB. */
     const char *dumpwalk = input;
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ void parse_file(const char *f) {
     context = scalloc(sizeof(struct context));
     context->filename = f;
 
-    struct ConfigResult *config_output = parse_config(new, context);
+    struct ConfigResultIR *config_output = parse_config(new, context);
     yajl_gen_free(config_output->json_gen);
 
     check_for_duplicate_bindings(context);
diff --git a/src/ipc.c b/src/ipc.c
index 2391518b..c3b82b51 100644
--- a/src/ipc.c
+++ b/src/ipc.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ IPC_HANDLER(command) {
     char *command = scalloc(message_size + 1);
     strncpy(command, (const char*)message, message_size);
     LOG("IPC: received: *%s*\n", command);
-    struct CommandResult *command_output = parse_command((const char*)command);
+    struct CommandResultIR *command_output = parse_command((const char*)command);
     free(command);
 
     if (command_output->needs_tree_render)
diff --git a/src/key_press.c b/src/key_press.c
index dbd53025..2dd676dc 100644
--- a/src/key_press.c
+++ b/src/key_press.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ void handle_key_press(xcb_key_press_event_t *event) {
         return;
 
     char *command_copy = sstrdup(bind->command);
-    struct CommandResult *command_output = parse_command(command_copy);
+    struct CommandResultIR *command_output = parse_command(command_copy);
     free(command_copy);
 
     if (command_output->needs_tree_render)