diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/Args.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/Args.kt
index 5654e57e..24e74a83 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/Args.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/Args.kt
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ class Args {
     @Parameter(names = arrayOf("--help", "--usage"), description = "Display the help")
     var usage: Boolean = false
 
-    @Parameter(names = arrayOf("-i", "--init"), description = "Invoke the archetypes named, separated by a comma")
-    var archetypes : String? = null
+    @Parameter(names = arrayOf("-i", "--init"), description = "Invoke the templates named, separated by a comma")
+    var templates: String? = null
 
-    @Parameter(names = arrayOf("--listArchetypes"), description = "List the available archetypes")
-    var listArchetypes: Boolean = false
+    @Parameter(names = arrayOf("--listTemplates"), description = "List the available templates")
+    var listTemplates: Boolean = false
 
     @Parameter(names = arrayOf("--log"), description = "Define the log level (1-3)")
     var log: Int = 1
diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/IInitContributor.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/IInitContributor.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 0645f5aa..00000000
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/IInitContributor.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-package com.beust.kobalt.api
-
-import com.beust.kobalt.Args
-
-/**
- * Plugins that want to participate in the --init process (they can generate files to initialize
- * a new project).
- */
-interface IInitContributor {
-    val archetypes: List<IArchetype>
-}
-
-interface IArchetype {
-    /**
-     * The name of this archetype. This is the name that will be looked up when passed to the --init
-     * argument.
-     */
-    val archetypeName: String
-
-    /**
-     * Description of this archetype.
-     */
-    val archetypeDescription: String
-
-    /**
-     * The plug-in this archetype belongs to.
-     */
-    val pluginName: String
-
-    /**
-     * Instructions to display to the user after a template has been generated.
-     */
-    val instructions : String get() = "Build this project with `./kobaltw assemble`"
-
-    /**
-     * Generate the files for this archetype. The parameter is the arguments that were passed to the kobaltw
-     * command.
-     */
-    fun generateArchetype(args: Args, classLoader: ClassLoader)
-}
-
diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/ITemplateContributor.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/ITemplateContributor.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..38938ee3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/api/ITemplateContributor.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package com.beust.kobalt.api
+
+import com.beust.kobalt.Args
+
+/**
+ * Plugins that want to participate in the --init process (they can generate files to initialize
+ * a new project).
+ */
+interface ITemplateContributor {
+    val templates: List<ITemplate>
+}
+
+interface ITemplate {
+    /**
+     * The name of this template. This is the name that will be looked up when passed to the --init
+     * argument.
+     */
+    val templateName: String
+
+    /**
+     * Description of this template.
+     */
+    val templateDescription: String
+
+    /**
+     * The plug-in this template belongs to.
+     */
+    val pluginName: String
+
+    /**
+     * Instructions to display to the user after a template has been generated.
+     */
+    val instructions : String get() = "Build this project with `./kobaltw assemble`"
+
+    /**
+     * Generate the files for this template. The parameter is the arguments that were passed to the kobaltw
+     * command.
+     */
+    fun generateTemplate(args: Args, classLoader: ClassLoader)
+}
+
diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/KobaltPluginXml.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/KobaltPluginXml.kt
index 8437c4b7..34c00333 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/KobaltPluginXml.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/internal/KobaltPluginXml.kt
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class PluginInfo(val xml: KobaltPluginXml, val classLoader: ClassLoader?) {
     val plugins = arrayListOf<IPlugin>()
     val projectContributors = arrayListOf<IProjectContributor>()
     val classpathContributors = arrayListOf<IClasspathContributor>()
-    val initContributors = arrayListOf<IInitContributor>()
+    val initContributors = arrayListOf<ITemplateContributor>()
     val repoContributors = arrayListOf<IRepoContributor>()
     val compilerFlagContributors = arrayListOf<ICompilerFlagContributor>()
     val compilerInterceptors = arrayListOf<ICompilerInterceptor>()
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class PluginInfo(val xml: KobaltPluginXml, val classLoader: ClassLoader?) {
                 if (this is ICompilerFlagContributor) compilerFlagContributors.add(this)
                 if (this is ICompilerInterceptor) compilerInterceptors.add(this)
                 if (this is IDocContributor) docContributors.add(this)
-                if (this is IInitContributor) initContributors.add(this)
+                if (this is ITemplateContributor) initContributors.add(this)
                 if (this is IPlugin) plugins.add(this)
                 if (this is IProjectContributor) projectContributors.add(this)
                 if (this is IRepoContributor) repoContributors.add(this)
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/Main.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/Main.kt
index 93e0760b..071e5d83 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/Main.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/Main.kt
@@ -100,9 +100,9 @@ private class Main @Inject constructor(
         //
         pluginInfo.plugins.forEach { Plugins.addPluginInstance(it) }
 
-        // --listArchetypes
-        if (args.listArchetypes) {
-            Archetypes().list(pluginInfo)
+        // --listTemplates
+        if (args.listTemplates) {
+            Templates().list(pluginInfo)
             return 0
         }
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ private class Main @Inject constructor(
             println(AsciiArt.banner + Kobalt.version + "\n")
         }
 
-        if (args.archetypes != null) {
+        if (args.templates != null) {
             //
             // --init: create a new build project and install the wrapper
             // Make sure the wrapper won't call us back with --noLaunch
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/BuildGenerator.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/BuildGenerator.kt
index 364652eb..d9795f71 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/BuildGenerator.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/BuildGenerator.kt
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 package com.beust.kobalt.app
 
 import com.beust.kobalt.Args
-import com.beust.kobalt.api.IArchetype
-import com.beust.kobalt.api.IInitContributor
+import com.beust.kobalt.api.ITemplate
 import com.beust.kobalt.maven.Pom
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.log
 import com.beust.kobalt.plugin.KobaltPlugin
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ import java.util.*
 /**
  * Abstract base class for the build generators that use build-template.mustache.
  */
-abstract class BuildGenerator : IArchetype {
+abstract class BuildGenerator : ITemplate {
     override val pluginName = KobaltPlugin.PLUGIN_NAME
 
     abstract val defaultSourceDirectories : HashSet<String>
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ abstract class BuildGenerator : IArchetype {
         }
     }
 
-    override fun generateArchetype(args: Args, classLoader: ClassLoader) {
+    override fun generateTemplate(args: Args, classLoader: ClassLoader) {
         val file = File(args.buildFile)
         if (! file.exists()) {
             PrintWriter(FileOutputStream(file)).use {
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ abstract class BuildGenerator : IArchetype {
                 put("directory", currentDir.absolutePath)
                 put("sourceDirectories", defaultSourceDirectories)
                 put("sourceDirectoriesTest", defaultTestDirectories)
-                put("imports", "import com.beust.kobalt.plugin.$archetypeName.*")
+                put("imports", "import com.beust.kobalt.plugin.$templateName.*")
                 put("directive", "project")
             }
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/JarTemplate.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/JarTemplate.kt
index 6dc3b0b2..922b6526 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/JarTemplate.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/JarTemplate.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package com.beust.kobalt.app
 
 import com.beust.kobalt.Args
-import com.beust.kobalt.api.IArchetype
+import com.beust.kobalt.api.ITemplate
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.log
 import java.io.File
 import java.io.FileOutputStream
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import java.util.jar.JarInputStream
 /**
  * Base class for templates that simply decompress a jar file to generate their project.
  */
-abstract class JarTemplate(val jarName: String) : IArchetype {
+abstract class JarTemplate(val jarName: String) : ITemplate {
     companion object {
         fun extractFile(ins: JarInputStream, destDir: File) {
             var entry = ins.nextEntry
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ abstract class JarTemplate(val jarName: String) : IArchetype {
         }
     }
 
-    override fun generateArchetype(args: Args, classLoader: ClassLoader) {
-        log(1, "Generating archetype for Android with class loader $classLoader")
+    override fun generateTemplate(args: Args, classLoader: ClassLoader) {
+        log(2, "Generating template with class loader $classLoader")
         val destDir = File(".")
         val ins = JarInputStream(classLoader.getResource(jarName).openConnection().inputStream)
         extractFile(ins, destDir)
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/KobaltPluginTemplate.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/KobaltPluginTemplate.kt
index 548ff11c..d193d829 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/KobaltPluginTemplate.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/KobaltPluginTemplate.kt
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 package com.beust.kobalt.app
 
-import com.beust.kobalt.api.IInitContributor
+import com.beust.kobalt.api.ITemplateContributor
 import com.beust.kobalt.plugin.KobaltPlugin
 
 /**
  * Template that generates a Kobalt plug-in project.
  */
-class KobaltPluginTemplate : IInitContributor {
-    val pluginArchetype = object: JarTemplate("templates/plugin.jar") {
-        override val archetypeDescription = "Generate a sample Kobalt plug-in project"
+class KobaltPluginTemplate : ITemplateContributor {
+    val pluginTemplate = object: JarTemplate("templates/plugin.jar") {
+        override val templateDescription = "Generate a sample Kobalt plug-in project"
 
-        override val archetypeName = "kobalt-plugin"
+        override val templateName = "kobalt-plugin"
 
         override val pluginName = KobaltPlugin.PLUGIN_NAME
     }
 
-    override val archetypes = listOf(pluginArchetype)
+    override val templates = listOf(pluginTemplate)
 }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/ProjectGenerator.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/ProjectGenerator.kt
index a8bd9e48..0976822a 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/ProjectGenerator.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/ProjectGenerator.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package com.beust.kobalt.app
 
 import com.beust.kobalt.Args
-import com.beust.kobalt.api.IArchetype
+import com.beust.kobalt.api.ITemplate
 import com.beust.kobalt.internal.PluginInfo
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.log
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.warn
@@ -14,21 +14,21 @@ import java.io.File
 class ProjectGenerator @Inject constructor(val pluginInfo: PluginInfo){
     fun run(args: Args, classLoader: ClassLoader) {
         File(args.buildFile).parentFile.mkdirs()
-        val map = hashMapOf<String, IArchetype>()
+        val map = hashMapOf<String, ITemplate>()
         pluginInfo.initContributors.forEach {
-            it.archetypes.forEach {
-                map.put(it.archetypeName, it)
+            it.templates.forEach {
+                map.put(it.templateName, it)
             }
         }
 
-        args.archetypes?.split(",")?.forEach { archetypeName ->
-            val archetype = map[archetypeName]
-            if (archetype != null) {
-                log(2, "Running archetype $archetypeName")
-                archetype.generateArchetype(args, classLoader)
-                log(1, "\n\n" + archetype.instructions)
+        args.templates?.split(",")?.forEach { templateName ->
+            val template = map[templateName]
+            if (template != null) {
+                log(2, "Running template $templateName")
+                template.generateTemplate(args, classLoader)
+                log(1, "\n\n" + template.instructions)
             } else {
-                warn("Couldn't find any archetype named $archetypeName")
+                warn("Couldn't find any template named $templateName")
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/Archetypes.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/Templates.kt
similarity index 55%
rename from src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/Archetypes.kt
rename to src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/Templates.kt
index e8aa3a1d..6d09d882 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/Archetypes.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/Templates.kt
@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
 package com.beust.kobalt.app
 
-import com.beust.kobalt.api.IArchetype
-import com.beust.kobalt.api.IInitContributor
+import com.beust.kobalt.api.ITemplate
+import com.beust.kobalt.api.ITemplateContributor
 import com.beust.kobalt.app.java.JavaBuildGenerator
 import com.beust.kobalt.app.kotlin.KotlinBuildGenerator
 import com.beust.kobalt.internal.PluginInfo
 import com.beust.kobalt.misc.log
 import com.google.common.collect.ArrayListMultimap
 
-class Archetypes : IInitContributor {
-    override val archetypes = listOf(JavaBuildGenerator(), KotlinBuildGenerator())
+class Templates : ITemplateContributor {
+    override val templates = listOf(JavaBuildGenerator(), KotlinBuildGenerator())
 
     fun list(pluginInfo: PluginInfo) {
-        val map = ArrayListMultimap.create<String, IArchetype>()
+        val map = ArrayListMultimap.create<String, ITemplate>()
         pluginInfo.initContributors.forEach {
-            it.archetypes.forEach {
+            it.templates.forEach {
                 map.put(it.pluginName, it)
             }
         }
 
-        log(1, "Available archetypes")
+        log(1, "Available templates")
         map.keySet().forEach {
             log(1, "  Plug-in: $it")
             map[it].forEach {
-                log(1, "    \"" + it.archetypeName + "\"\t\t" + it.archetypeDescription)
+                log(1, "    \"" + it.templateName + "\"\t\t" + it.templateDescription)
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/java/JavaBuildGenerator.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/java/JavaBuildGenerator.kt
index ca8651c4..7de2964a 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/java/JavaBuildGenerator.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/java/JavaBuildGenerator.kt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class JavaBuildGenerator: BuildGenerator() {
     override val defaultSourceDirectories = hashSetOf("src/main/java")
     override val defaultTestDirectories = hashSetOf("src/test/java")
     override val directive = "project"
-    override val archetypeName = "java"
-    override val archetypeDescription = "Generates a simple Java project"
+    override val templateName = "java"
+    override val templateDescription = "Generates a simple Java project"
     override val fileMatch = { f: String -> f.endsWith(".java") }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/kotlin/KotlinBuildGenerator.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/kotlin/KotlinBuildGenerator.kt
index 517ac880..837f1793 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/kotlin/KotlinBuildGenerator.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/app/kotlin/KotlinBuildGenerator.kt
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ class KotlinBuildGenerator : BuildGenerator() {
     override val defaultSourceDirectories = hashSetOf("src/main/kotlin")
     override val defaultTestDirectories = hashSetOf("src/test/kotlin")
     override val directive = "project"
-    override val archetypeName = "kotlin"
-    override val archetypeDescription = "Generates a simple Kotlin project"
+    override val templateName = "kotlin"
+    override val templateDescription = "Generates a simple Kotlin project"
     override val fileMatch = { f: String -> f.endsWith(".kt") }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/kobalt-core-plugin.xml b/src/main/resources/META-INF/kobalt-core-plugin.xml
index 9ff1bd10..e353de29 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/kobalt-core-plugin.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/kobalt-core-plugin.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         <class-name>com.beust.kobalt.internal.JvmCompilerPlugin</class-name>
 
         <!-- These classes manage -init for Java and Kotlin -->
-        <class-name>com.beust.kobalt.app.Archetypes</class-name>
+        <class-name>com.beust.kobalt.app.Templates</class-name>
 
         <!-- Test runners -->
         <class-name>com.beust.kobalt.internal.JUnitRunner</class-name>
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/PomTest.kt b/src/test/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/PomTest.kt
index f56dab30..aa1eba96 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/PomTest.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/maven/PomTest.kt
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class PomTest @Inject constructor() : KobaltTest() {
             file.deleteOnExit()
             val args = Args()
             args.buildFile = file.absolutePath
-            args.archetypes = "java"
+            args.templates = "java"
 
             ProjectGenerator(Kobalt.INJECTOR.getInstance(PluginInfo::class.java)).run(args, javaClass.classLoader)