diff --git a/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/README.md b/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/README.md
index 37adee3c62..9fb849e72f 100644
--- a/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/README.md
+++ b/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/README.md
@@ -338,10 +338,10 @@ object in its callback:
   which can return an arbitrary number of "planned change" objects that
   should be returned to the caller to contribute to the plan, and an arbitrary
   number of diagnostics.
-- `ApplyPhase` calls the `CheckApply` method of interface `ApplyChecker`,
+- `ApplyPhase` calls the `CheckApply` method of interface `Applyable`,
   which is responsible for collecting the results of apply actions that are
   actually scheduled elsewhere, since the runtime wants a little more control
-  over the execution of the side-effect heavy apply actions. This returns am
+  over the execution of the side-effect heavy apply actions. This returns an
   arbitrary number of "applied change" objects that each represents a
   mutation of the state, and an arbitrary number of diagnostics.
 
diff --git a/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/applying.go b/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/applying.go
index ba296afb1e..16a22051bc 100644
--- a/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/applying.go
+++ b/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/applying.go
@@ -27,15 +27,15 @@ type ApplyOpts struct {
 	PrevStateDescKeys collections.Set[statekeys.Key]
 }
 
-// ApplyChecker is an interface implemented by types which represent objects
+// Applyable is an interface implemented by types which represent objects
 // that can potentially produce diagnostics and object change reports during
 // the apply phase.
 //
-// Unlike [Plannable], ApplyChecker implementations do not actually apply
+// Unlike [Plannable], Applyable implementations do not actually apply
 // changes themselves. Instead, the real changes get driven separately using
 // the [ChangeExec] function (see [ApplyPlan]) and then we collect up any
 // reports to send to the caller separately using this interface.
-type ApplyChecker interface {
+type Applyable interface {
 	// CheckApply checks the receiver's apply-time result and returns zero
 	// or more applied change descriptions and zero or more diagnostics
 	// describing any problems that occured for this specific object during
diff --git a/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/main_apply.go b/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/main_apply.go
index add3f4e032..2007878cdd 100644
--- a/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/main_apply.go
+++ b/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/main_apply.go
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ type applyWalk = walkWithOutput[*ApplyOutput]
 // be scheduled separately or this function will either block forever or
 // return strange errors. (See [ApplyPlan] for more about how the apply phase
 // deals with changes.)
-func (m *Main) walkApplyCheckObjectChanges(ctx context.Context, walk *applyWalk, obj ApplyChecker) {
+func (m *Main) walkApplyCheckObjectChanges(ctx context.Context, walk *applyWalk, obj Applyable) {
 	walk.AsyncTask(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) {
 		ctx, span := tracer.Start(ctx, obj.tracingName()+" apply-time checks")
 		defer span.End()
diff --git a/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/walk_dynamic.go b/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/walk_dynamic.go
index 0aaeed966a..7d6b9188e8 100644
--- a/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/walk_dynamic.go
+++ b/internal/stacks/stackruntime/internal/stackeval/walk_dynamic.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 // evaluation phases, which currently includes [PlanPhase] and [ApplyPhase].
 type DynamicEvaler interface {
 	Plannable
-	ApplyChecker
+	Applyable
 }
 
 // walkDynamicObjects is a generic helper for visiting all of the "dynamic