diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bf1b2e7b4..2bf19fe9c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ BASE_FILES = ${SRC_DIR}/core.js\
 	${SRC_DIR}/manipulation.js\
 	${SRC_DIR}/css.js\
 	${SRC_DIR}/ajax.js\
-	${SRC_DIR}/fx.js\
+	${SRC_DIR}/effects.js\
 	${SRC_DIR}/offset.js\
 	${SRC_DIR}/dimensions.js
 
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 92176a6c1..ebffabfcb 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Basic Rakefile for building jQuery
-files = [ "intro", "core", "support", "data", "queue", "event", "selector", "traversing", "attributes", "manipulation", "css", "ajax", "fx", "offset", "dimensions", "outro" ]
+files = [ "intro", "core", "support", "data", "queue", "event", "selector", "traversing", "attributes", "manipulation", "css", "ajax", "effects", "offset", "dimensions", "outro" ]
 
 date = `git log -1 | grep Date: | sed 's/[^:]*: *//'`.gsub(/\n/, "")
 version = `cat version.txt`.gsub(/\n/, "")
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 363482a6d..581d13034 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
             <fileset file="src/manipulation.js" />
             <fileset file="src/css.js" />
             <fileset file="src/ajax.js" />
-            <fileset file="src/fx.js" />
+            <fileset file="src/effects.js" />
             <fileset file="src/offset.js" />
             <fileset file="src/dimensions.js" />
             <fileset file="src/outro.js" />
diff --git a/src/fx.js b/src/effects.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/fx.js
rename to src/effects.js
diff --git a/test/index.html b/test/index.html
index 6d34672d3..4632442a5 100644
--- a/test/index.html
+++ b/test/index.html
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	<script type="text/javascript" src="unit/selector.js"></script>
 	<script type="text/javascript" src="unit/event.js"></script>
 	<script type="text/javascript" src="unit/ajax.js"></script>
-	<script type="text/javascript" src="unit/fx.js"></script>
+	<script type="text/javascript" src="unit/effects.js"></script>
 	<script type="text/javascript" src="unit/offset.js"></script>
 </head>
 
diff --git a/test/unit/fx.js b/test/unit/effects.js
similarity index 99%
rename from test/unit/fx.js
rename to test/unit/effects.js
index b95979938..2c5616dd9 100644
--- a/test/unit/fx.js
+++ b/test/unit/effects.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-module("fx");
+module("effects");
 
 test("show()", function() {
 	expect(16);
@@ -619,4 +619,4 @@ test("animate with per-property easing", function(){
 		ok(_default_test_called, "Easing function (_default) called");
 	});
 	
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});