diff --git a/src/toucan2/delete.clj b/src/toucan2/delete.clj
index 7b49e367..ad7e56aa 100644
--- a/src/toucan2/delete.clj
+++ b/src/toucan2/delete.clj
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 (defn reducible-delete
   {:arglists '([modelable & conditions? query?])}
   [modelable & unparsed-args]
-  (op/reducible ::delete modelable unparsed-args))
+  (op/reducible-update* ::delete modelable unparsed-args))
 
 (defn delete!
   "Returns number of rows deleted."
diff --git a/src/toucan2/insert.clj b/src/toucan2/insert.clj
index 615b9d28..041291f0 100644
--- a/src/toucan2/insert.clj
+++ b/src/toucan2/insert.clj
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 
 ;;;; [[reducible-insert]] and [[insert!]]
 
-(m/defmethod op/reducible* [::insert :default]
+(m/defmethod op/reducible-update* [::insert :default]
   [query-type model {:keys [rows], :as parsed-args}]
   (if (empty? rows)
     (do
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
                [modelable k v & more]
                [modelable columns row-vectors])}
   [modelable & unparsed-args]
-  (op/reducible ::insert modelable unparsed-args))
+  (op/reducible-update ::insert modelable unparsed-args))
 
 (defn insert!
   "Returns number of rows inserted."
diff --git a/src/toucan2/operation.clj b/src/toucan2/operation.clj
index cb90f6b0..258135f5 100644
--- a/src/toucan2/operation.clj
+++ b/src/toucan2/operation.clj
@@ -11,15 +11,17 @@
 
 ;;;; things that return update count
 
-;;; TODO -- give this a name that makes it's clear for 'write' operations, not read ones.
-(m/defmulti reducible*
+(m/defmulti reducible-update*
   "Return a reducible query based on `parsed-args`. This should return either an update count (number of rows updated) or
   a sequence of PK values for affected rows; which of these gets returned depends on [[toucan2.jdbc.query/options]] (for
-  the JDBC backend) or similar."
+  the JDBC backend) or similar.
+
+  This is \"update\" in the sense that it is something that updates the database and returns an update count -- it could
+  mean a SQL `UPDATE`, `INSERT`, or `DELETE`."
   {:arglists '([query-type model parsed-args])}
   u/dispatch-on-first-two-args)
 
-(m/defmethod reducible* :default
+(m/defmethod reducible-update* :default
   [query-type model parsed-args]
   (query/with-resolved-query [query [model (:queryable parsed-args)]]
     (let [built-query (query/build query-type model (-> parsed-args
@@ -27,14 +29,14 @@
                                                         (dissoc :queryable)))]
       (execute/reducible-query (model/deferred-current-connectable model) model built-query))))
 
-(defn reducible [query-type modelable unparsed-args]
+(defn reducible-update [query-type modelable unparsed-args]
   (model/with-model [model modelable]
     (let [parsed-args (query/parse-args query-type model unparsed-args)]
-      (reducible* query-type model parsed-args))))
+      (reducible-update* query-type model parsed-args))))
 
 (defn returning-update-count! [query-type modelable unparsed-args]
   (u/with-debug-result ["%s %s returning update count" query-type modelable]
-    (reduce (fnil + 0 0) 0 (reducible query-type modelable unparsed-args))))
+    (reduce (fnil + 0 0) 0 (reducible-update query-type modelable unparsed-args))))
 
 ;;;; things that return PKs
 
@@ -61,13 +63,13 @@
   column, or a vector of primary key values in the same order as [[toucan2.model/primary-keys]] for models with
   composite primary keys.
 
-  The default implementation combines [[reducible*]] with [[return-pks-eduction]]."
+  The default implementation combines [[reducible-update*]] with [[return-pks-eduction]]."
   {:arglists '([query-type model parsed-args])}
   u/dispatch-on-first-two-args)
 
 (m/defmethod reducible-returning-pks* :default
   [query-type model parsed-args]
-  (return-pks-eduction model (reducible* query-type model parsed-args)))
+  (return-pks-eduction model (reducible-update* query-type model parsed-args)))
 
 (defn reducible-returning-pks
   "Helper wrapper for [[reducible-returning-pks*]] that also resolves `modelable` and parses `unparsed-args`."
diff --git a/src/toucan2/tools/after.clj b/src/toucan2/tools/after.clj
index 615f8ddf..0da42e92 100644
--- a/src/toucan2/tools/after.clj
+++ b/src/toucan2/tools/after.clj
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 
 ;;;; reducible update count
 
-(m/defmethod op/reducible* :around [::after ::after]
+(m/defmethod op/reducible-update* :around [::after ::after]
   [query-type model parsed-args]
   (cond
     (::doing-after? parsed-args)
diff --git a/src/toucan2/tools/before_insert.clj b/src/toucan2/tools/before_insert.clj
index 9298568f..6e64c69f 100644
--- a/src/toucan2/tools/before_insert.clj
+++ b/src/toucan2/tools/before_insert.clj
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
                          e)))))
    rows))
 
-(m/defmethod op/reducible* :before [::insert/insert ::before-insert]
+(m/defmethod op/reducible-update* :before [::insert/insert ::before-insert]
   [_query-type model parsed-args]
   (assert (map? parsed-args))
   (u/with-debug-result ["Do before insert for %s" model]
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 ;;;
 ;;; By marking `::before-insert` as preferred over `:toucan2.tools.transformed/transformed` it will be done first (see
 ;;; https://github.com/camsaul/methodical#before-methods)
-(m/prefer-method! #'op/reducible*
+(m/prefer-method! #'op/reducible-update*
                   [::insert/insert ::before-insert]
                   [::insert/insert :toucan2.tools.transformed/transformed])
 
diff --git a/src/toucan2/tools/before_update.clj b/src/toucan2/tools/before_update.clj
index 770be444..9e51ac68 100644
--- a/src/toucan2/tools/before_update.clj
+++ b/src/toucan2/tools/before_update.clj
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
               pk-map            pk-maps]
           (assoc parsed-args :changes changes, :kv-args pk-map))))))
 
-(m/defmethod op/reducible* :around [::update/update ::before-update]
+(m/defmethod op/reducible-update* :around [::update/update ::before-update]
   [query-type model {::keys [doing-before-update?], :keys [changes], :as parsed-args}]
   (cond
     doing-before-update?
diff --git a/src/toucan2/tools/compile.clj b/src/toucan2/tools/compile.clj
index b4b6f28f..1e5bc016 100644
--- a/src/toucan2/tools/compile.clj
+++ b/src/toucan2/tools/compile.clj
@@ -63,3 +63,7 @@
 ;;   `(binding [query/*with-resolved-query-fn* identity-with-resolved-query]
 ;;      (build
 ;;        ~@body)))
+
+;; (defmacro parsed-args
+;;   [& body]
+;;   )
diff --git a/src/toucan2/tools/disallow.clj b/src/toucan2/tools/disallow.clj
index e6ea755e..94021d34 100644
--- a/src/toucan2/tools/disallow.clj
+++ b/src/toucan2/tools/disallow.clj
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@
   [_query-type model _parsed-args]
   (throw (UnsupportedOperationException. (format "You cannot select %s." model))))
 
-(m/defmethod op/reducible* [:toucan2.delete/delete ::delete]
+(m/defmethod op/reducible-update* [:toucan2.delete/delete ::delete]
   [_query-type model _parsed-args]
   (throw (UnsupportedOperationException. (format "You cannot delete instances of %s." model))))
 
-(m/defmethod op/reducible* [:toucan2.insert/insert ::insert]
+(m/defmethod op/reducible-update* [:toucan2.insert/insert ::insert]
   [_query-type model _parsed-args]
   (throw (UnsupportedOperationException. (format "You cannot create new instances of %s." model))))
 
-(m/defmethod op/reducible* [:toucan2.update/update ::update]
+(m/defmethod op/reducible-update* [:toucan2.update/update ::update]
   [_query-type model _parsed-args]
   (throw (UnsupportedOperationException. (format "You cannot update a %s after it has been created." model))))
diff --git a/src/toucan2/tools/helpers.clj b/src/toucan2/tools/helpers.clj
index 85374665..9457458b 100644
--- a/src/toucan2/tools/helpers.clj
+++ b/src/toucan2/tools/helpers.clj
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
   (pretty [_this]
     (list `->ReducibleBeforeDelete model parsed-args reducible-delete)))
 
-(m/defmethod op/reducible* :around [::delete/delete ::before-delete]
+(m/defmethod op/reducible-update* :around [::delete/delete ::before-delete]
   [query-type model parsed-args]
   (let [reducible-delete (next-method query-type model parsed-args)]
     (->ReducibleBeforeDelete model parsed-args reducible-delete)))
diff --git a/src/toucan2/tools/transformed.clj b/src/toucan2/tools/transformed.clj
index c230264e..729cd2f6 100644
--- a/src/toucan2/tools/transformed.clj
+++ b/src/toucan2/tools/transformed.clj
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
         row-xform (apply comp row-xforms)]
     (map row-xform rows)))
 
-(m/defmethod op/reducible* :before [::insert/insert ::transformed]
+(m/defmethod op/reducible-update* :before [::insert/insert ::transformed]
   [_query-type model parsed-args]
   (assert (isa? model ::transformed))
   (if-let [transforms (in-transforms model)]
diff --git a/src/toucan2/update.clj b/src/toucan2/update.clj
index ab3ca581..aeab218e 100644
--- a/src/toucan2/update.clj
+++ b/src/toucan2/update.clj
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
                                      :set    changes})]
     (next-method query-type model parsed-args)))
 
-(m/defmethod op/reducible* [::update :default]
+(m/defmethod op/reducible-update* [::update :default]
   [query-type model {:keys [changes], :as parsed-args}]
   (if (empty? changes)
     (do
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 (defn reducible-update
   {:arglists '([modelable pk? conditions-map-or-query? & conditions-kv-args changes-map])}
   [modelable & unparsed-args]
-  (op/reducible* ::update modelable unparsed-args))
+  (op/reducible-update* ::update modelable unparsed-args))
 
 (defn update!
   {:arglists '([modelable pk? conditions-map-or-query? & conditions-kv-args changes-map])}
diff --git a/test/toucan2/core_test.clj b/test/toucan2/core_test.clj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36830ec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/toucan2/core_test.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+(ns toucan2.core-test
+  "This is just a dummy namespace to make sure [[toucan2.core]] loads while we're running tests."
+  (:require [toucan2.core :as core]))
+
+(comment core/keep-me)