diff --git a/docs/pulsar.managers.staging.rst b/docs/pulsar.managers.staging.rst
index 56ac78526a3ba493acbd1535600aa3e71cd06533..0f14f5af3b7723ee03e46e10a8fa277cede6e1de 100644
--- a/docs/pulsar.managers.staging.rst
+++ b/docs/pulsar.managers.staging.rst
@@ -4,18 +4,18 @@ pulsar.managers.staging package
 Submodules
 ----------
 
-pulsar.managers.staging.postprocess module
-------------------------------------------
+pulsar.managers.staging.post module
+-----------------------------------
 
-.. automodule:: pulsar.managers.staging.postprocess
+.. automodule:: pulsar.managers.staging.post
     :members:
     :undoc-members:
     :show-inheritance:
 
-pulsar.managers.staging.preprocess module
------------------------------------------
+pulsar.managers.staging.pre module
+----------------------------------
 
-.. automodule:: pulsar.managers.staging.preprocess
+.. automodule:: pulsar.managers.staging.pre
     :members:
     :undoc-members:
     :show-inheritance:
diff --git a/pulsar/managers/staging/__init__.py b/pulsar/managers/staging/__init__.py
index 366cb343b80667a95d41762a8113fd657cd288e4..829abd0c2f97886f0c2c239b9c63b1081bb4f4d8 100644
--- a/pulsar/managers/staging/__init__.py
+++ b/pulsar/managers/staging/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ preprocessing (currently this means downloading or copying files) and then unsta
 or send results back to client during postprocessing.
 """
 
-from .postprocess import postprocess
-from .preprocess import preprocess
+from .post import postprocess
+from .pre import preprocess
 
 __all__ = ['preprocess', 'postprocess']
diff --git a/pulsar/managers/staging/postprocess.py b/pulsar/managers/staging/post.py
similarity index 100%
rename from pulsar/managers/staging/postprocess.py
rename to pulsar/managers/staging/post.py
diff --git a/pulsar/managers/staging/preprocess.py b/pulsar/managers/staging/pre.py
similarity index 100%
rename from pulsar/managers/staging/preprocess.py
rename to pulsar/managers/staging/pre.py