diff --git a/storage/remote/queue_manager.go b/storage/remote/queue_manager.go
index 420a2d11ae..496d665391 100644
--- a/storage/remote/queue_manager.go
+++ b/storage/remote/queue_manager.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/scrape"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/chunks"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/record"
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/wal"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/wlog"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ type QueueManager struct {
 	externalLabels  labels.Labels
 	relabelConfigs  []*relabel.Config
 	sendExemplars   bool
-	watcher         *wal.Watcher
+	watcher         *wlog.Watcher
 	metadataWatcher *MetadataWatcher
 
 	clientMtx   sync.RWMutex
@@ -381,8 +381,8 @@ type QueueManager struct {
 // the WAL directory will be constructed as <dir>/wal.
 func NewQueueManager(
 	metrics *queueManagerMetrics,
-	watcherMetrics *wal.WatcherMetrics,
-	readerMetrics *wal.LiveReaderMetrics,
+	watcherMetrics *wlog.WatcherMetrics,
+	readerMetrics *wlog.LiveReaderMetrics,
 	logger log.Logger,
 	dir string,
 	samplesIn *ewmaRate,
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ func NewQueueManager(
 		highestRecvTimestamp: highestRecvTimestamp,
 	}
 
-	t.watcher = wal.NewWatcher(watcherMetrics, readerMetrics, logger, client.Name(), t, dir, enableExemplarRemoteWrite)
+	t.watcher = wlog.NewWatcher(watcherMetrics, readerMetrics, logger, client.Name(), t, dir, enableExemplarRemoteWrite)
 	if t.mcfg.Send {
 		t.metadataWatcher = NewMetadataWatcher(logger, sm, client.Name(), t, t.mcfg.SendInterval, flushDeadline)
 	}
diff --git a/storage/remote/queue_manager_test.go b/storage/remote/queue_manager_test.go
index 1c0c2d8c87..35c7b93cbe 100644
--- a/storage/remote/queue_manager_test.go
+++ b/storage/remote/queue_manager_test.go
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ func BenchmarkSampleSend(b *testing.B) {
 	b.ResetTimer()
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 		m.Append(samples)
-		m.UpdateSeriesSegment(series, i+1) // simulate what wal.Watcher.garbageCollectSeries does
+		m.UpdateSeriesSegment(series, i+1) // simulate what wlog.Watcher.garbageCollectSeries does
 		m.SeriesReset(i + 1)
 	}
 	// Do not include shutdown
diff --git a/storage/remote/write.go b/storage/remote/write.go
index be401e95d4..dcd2fa81c4 100644
--- a/storage/remote/write.go
+++ b/storage/remote/write.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/labels"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/model/metadata"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/storage"
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/wal"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/wlog"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ type WriteStorage struct {
 	reg    prometheus.Registerer
 	mtx    sync.Mutex
 
-	watcherMetrics    *wal.WatcherMetrics
-	liveReaderMetrics *wal.LiveReaderMetrics
+	watcherMetrics    *wlog.WatcherMetrics
+	liveReaderMetrics *wlog.LiveReaderMetrics
 	externalLabels    labels.Labels
 	dir               string
 	queues            map[string]*QueueManager
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ func NewWriteStorage(logger log.Logger, reg prometheus.Registerer, dir string, f
 	}
 	rws := &WriteStorage{
 		queues:            make(map[string]*QueueManager),
-		watcherMetrics:    wal.NewWatcherMetrics(reg),
-		liveReaderMetrics: wal.NewLiveReaderMetrics(reg),
+		watcherMetrics:    wlog.NewWatcherMetrics(reg),
+		liveReaderMetrics: wlog.NewLiveReaderMetrics(reg),
 		logger:            logger,
 		reg:               reg,
 		flushDeadline:     flushDeadline,
diff --git a/tsdb/agent/db.go b/tsdb/agent/db.go
index 71470a85df..3473efead1 100644
--- a/tsdb/agent/db.go
+++ b/tsdb/agent/db.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import (
 	tsdb_errors "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/errors"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/record"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/tsdbutil"
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/wal"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/wlog"
 )
 
 var ErrUnsupported = errors.New("unsupported operation with WAL-only storage")
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ type Options struct {
 // millisecond-precision timestamps.
 func DefaultOptions() *Options {
 	return &Options{
-		WALSegmentSize:    wal.DefaultSegmentSize,
+		WALSegmentSize:    wlog.DefaultSegmentSize,
 		WALCompression:    false,
 		StripeSize:        tsdb.DefaultStripeSize,
 		TruncateFrequency: DefaultTruncateFrequency,
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ type DB struct {
 	opts   *Options
 	rs     *remote.Storage
 
-	wal    *wal.WAL
+	wal    *wlog.WL
 	locker *tsdbutil.DirLocker
 
 	appenderPool sync.Pool
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ func Open(l log.Logger, reg prometheus.Registerer, rs *remote.Storage, dir strin
 	// remote_write expects WAL to be stored in a "wal" subdirectory of the main storage.
 	dir = filepath.Join(dir, "wal")
 
-	w, err := wal.NewSize(l, reg, dir, opts.WALSegmentSize, opts.WALCompression)
+	w, err := wlog.NewSize(l, reg, dir, opts.WALSegmentSize, opts.WALCompression)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "creating WAL")
 	}
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ func validateOptions(opts *Options) *Options {
 		opts = DefaultOptions()
 	}
 	if opts.WALSegmentSize <= 0 {
-		opts.WALSegmentSize = wal.DefaultSegmentSize
+		opts.WALSegmentSize = wlog.DefaultSegmentSize
 	}
 
 	// Revert Stripesize to DefaultStripsize if Stripsize is either 0 or not a power of 2.
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ func (db *DB) replayWAL() error {
 	level.Info(db.logger).Log("msg", "replaying WAL, this may take a while", "dir", db.wal.Dir())
 	start := time.Now()
 
-	dir, startFrom, err := wal.LastCheckpoint(db.wal.Dir())
+	dir, startFrom, err := wlog.LastCheckpoint(db.wal.Dir())
 	if err != nil && err != record.ErrNotFound {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "find last checkpoint")
 	}
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ func (db *DB) replayWAL() error {
 	multiRef := map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]chunks.HeadSeriesRef{}
 
 	if err == nil {
-		sr, err := wal.NewSegmentsReader(dir)
+		sr, err := wlog.NewSegmentsReader(dir)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "open checkpoint")
 		}
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ func (db *DB) replayWAL() error {
 
 		// A corrupted checkpoint is a hard error for now and requires user
 		// intervention. There's likely little data that can be recovered anyway.
-		if err := db.loadWAL(wal.NewReader(sr), multiRef); err != nil {
+		if err := db.loadWAL(wlog.NewReader(sr), multiRef); err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "backfill checkpoint")
 		}
 		startFrom++
@@ -364,20 +364,20 @@ func (db *DB) replayWAL() error {
 	}
 
 	// Find the last segment.
-	_, last, err := wal.Segments(db.wal.Dir())
+	_, last, err := wlog.Segments(db.wal.Dir())
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "finding WAL segments")
 	}
 
 	// Backfil segments from the most recent checkpoint onwards.
 	for i := startFrom; i <= last; i++ {
-		seg, err := wal.OpenReadSegment(wal.SegmentName(db.wal.Dir(), i))
+		seg, err := wlog.OpenReadSegment(wlog.SegmentName(db.wal.Dir(), i))
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("open WAL segment: %d", i))
 		}
 
-		sr := wal.NewSegmentBufReader(seg)
-		err = db.loadWAL(wal.NewReader(sr), multiRef)
+		sr := wlog.NewSegmentBufReader(seg)
+		err = db.loadWAL(wlog.NewReader(sr), multiRef)
 		if err := sr.Close(); err != nil {
 			level.Warn(db.logger).Log("msg", "error while closing the wal segments reader", "err", err)
 		}
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ func (db *DB) replayWAL() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (db *DB) loadWAL(r *wal.Reader, multiRef map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]chunks.HeadSeriesRef) (err error) {
+func (db *DB) loadWAL(r *wlog.Reader, multiRef map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]chunks.HeadSeriesRef) (err error) {
 	var (
 		dec     record.Decoder
 		lastRef = chunks.HeadSeriesRef(db.nextRef.Load())
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ func (db *DB) loadWAL(r *wal.Reader, multiRef map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]chunks.He
 				series := seriesPool.Get().([]record.RefSeries)[:0]
 				series, err = dec.Series(rec, series)
 				if err != nil {
-					errCh <- &wal.CorruptionErr{
+					errCh <- &wlog.CorruptionErr{
 						Err:     errors.Wrap(err, "decode series"),
 						Segment: r.Segment(),
 						Offset:  r.Offset(),
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ func (db *DB) loadWAL(r *wal.Reader, multiRef map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]chunks.He
 				samples := samplesPool.Get().([]record.RefSample)[:0]
 				samples, err = dec.Samples(rec, samples)
 				if err != nil {
-					errCh <- &wal.CorruptionErr{
+					errCh <- &wlog.CorruptionErr{
 						Err:     errors.Wrap(err, "decode samples"),
 						Segment: r.Segment(),
 						Offset:  r.Offset(),
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ func (db *DB) loadWAL(r *wal.Reader, multiRef map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]chunks.He
 				// stripeSeries.exemplars in the next block by using setLatestExemplar.
 				continue
 			default:
-				errCh <- &wal.CorruptionErr{
+				errCh <- &wlog.CorruptionErr{
 					Err:     errors.Errorf("invalid record type %v", dec.Type(rec)),
 					Segment: r.Segment(),
 					Offset:  r.Offset(),
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ func (db *DB) truncate(mint int64) error {
 	db.gc(mint)
 	level.Info(db.logger).Log("msg", "series GC completed", "duration", time.Since(start))
 
-	first, last, err := wal.Segments(db.wal.Dir())
+	first, last, err := wlog.Segments(db.wal.Dir())
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "get segment range")
 	}
@@ -597,9 +597,9 @@ func (db *DB) truncate(mint int64) error {
 
 	db.metrics.checkpointCreationTotal.Inc()
 
-	if _, err = wal.Checkpoint(db.logger, db.wal, first, last, keep, mint); err != nil {
+	if _, err = wlog.Checkpoint(db.logger, db.wal, first, last, keep, mint); err != nil {
 		db.metrics.checkpointCreationFail.Inc()
-		if _, ok := errors.Cause(err).(*wal.CorruptionErr); ok {
+		if _, ok := errors.Cause(err).(*wlog.CorruptionErr); ok {
 			db.metrics.walCorruptionsTotal.Inc()
 		}
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "create checkpoint")
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ func (db *DB) truncate(mint int64) error {
 	db.metrics.checkpointDeleteTotal.Inc()
 	db.metrics.numWALSeriesPendingDeletion.Set(float64(len(db.deleted)))
 
-	if err := wal.DeleteCheckpoints(db.wal.Dir(), last); err != nil {
+	if err := wlog.DeleteCheckpoints(db.wal.Dir(), last); err != nil {
 		// Leftover old checkpoints do not cause problems down the line beyond
 		// occupying disk space. They will just be ignored since a newer checkpoint
 		// exists.
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ func (db *DB) gc(mint int64) {
 	deleted := db.series.GC(mint)
 	db.metrics.numActiveSeries.Sub(float64(len(deleted)))
 
-	_, last, _ := wal.Segments(db.wal.Dir())
+	_, last, _ := wlog.Segments(db.wal.Dir())
 
 	// We want to keep series records for any newly deleted series
 	// until we've passed the last recorded segment. This prevents
diff --git a/tsdb/agent/db_test.go b/tsdb/agent/db_test.go
index 9655533730..c32e901e67 100644
--- a/tsdb/agent/db_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/agent/db_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/record"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/tsdbutil"
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/wal"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/wlog"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/testutil"
 )
 
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func TestCommit(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, app.Commit())
 	require.NoError(t, s.Close())
 
-	sr, err := wal.NewSegmentsReader(s.wal.Dir())
+	sr, err := wlog.NewSegmentsReader(s.wal.Dir())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer func() {
 		require.NoError(t, sr.Close())
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func TestCommit(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Read records from WAL and check for expected count of series, samples, and exemplars.
 	var (
-		r   = wal.NewReader(sr)
+		r   = wlog.NewReader(sr)
 		dec record.Decoder
 
 		walSeriesCount, walSamplesCount, walExemplarsCount int
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func TestRollback(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, app.Commit())
 	require.NoError(t, s.Close())
 
-	sr, err := wal.NewSegmentsReader(s.wal.Dir())
+	sr, err := wlog.NewSegmentsReader(s.wal.Dir())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer func() {
 		require.NoError(t, sr.Close())
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func TestRollback(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Read records from WAL and check for expected count of series and samples.
 	var (
-		r   = wal.NewReader(sr)
+		r   = wlog.NewReader(sr)
 		dec record.Decoder
 
 		walSeriesCount, walSamplesCount, walExemplarsCount int
@@ -534,10 +534,10 @@ func TestStorage_DuplicateExemplarsIgnored(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Read back what was written to the WAL.
 	var walExemplarsCount int
-	sr, err := wal.NewSegmentsReader(s.wal.Dir())
+	sr, err := wlog.NewSegmentsReader(s.wal.Dir())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer sr.Close()
-	r := wal.NewReader(sr)
+	r := wlog.NewReader(sr)
 
 	var dec record.Decoder
 	for r.Next() {
diff --git a/tsdb/block_test.go b/tsdb/block_test.go
index 9ebd823d31..a309f67ec3 100644
--- a/tsdb/block_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/block_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/chunks"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/fileutil"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/tsdbutil"
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/wal"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/wlog"
 )
 
 // In Prometheus 2.1.0 we had a bug where the meta.json version was falsely bumped
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ func createBlockFromHead(tb testing.TB, dir string, head *Head) string {
 	return filepath.Join(dir, ulid.String())
 }
 
-func createHead(tb testing.TB, w *wal.WAL, series []storage.Series, chunkDir string) *Head {
+func createHead(tb testing.TB, w *wlog.WL, series []storage.Series, chunkDir string) *Head {
 	opts := DefaultHeadOptions()
 	opts.ChunkDirRoot = chunkDir
 	head, err := NewHead(nil, nil, w, nil, opts, nil)
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ func createHead(tb testing.TB, w *wal.WAL, series []storage.Series, chunkDir str
 	return head
 }
 
-func createHeadWithOOOSamples(tb testing.TB, w *wal.WAL, series []storage.Series, chunkDir string, oooSampleFrequency int) *Head {
+func createHeadWithOOOSamples(tb testing.TB, w *wlog.WL, series []storage.Series, chunkDir string, oooSampleFrequency int) *Head {
 	opts := DefaultHeadOptions()
 	opts.ChunkDirRoot = chunkDir
 	opts.OutOfOrderTimeWindow.Store(10000000000)
diff --git a/tsdb/db.go b/tsdb/db.go
index 854918c369..9adff0b9d3 100644
--- a/tsdb/db.go
+++ b/tsdb/db.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/fileutil"
 	_ "github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/goversion" // Load the package into main to make sure minium Go version is met.
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/tsdbutil"
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/wal"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/wlog"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ var ErrNotReady = errors.New("TSDB not ready")
 // millisecond precision timestamps.
 func DefaultOptions() *Options {
 	return &Options{
-		WALSegmentSize:             wal.DefaultSegmentSize,
+		WALSegmentSize:             wlog.DefaultSegmentSize,
 		MaxBlockChunkSegmentSize:   chunks.DefaultChunkSegmentSize,
 		RetentionDuration:          int64(15 * 24 * time.Hour / time.Millisecond),
 		MinBlockDuration:           DefaultBlockDuration,
@@ -389,14 +389,14 @@ func (db *DBReadOnly) FlushWAL(dir string) (returnErr error) {
 	if len(blockReaders) > 0 {
 		maxBlockTime = blockReaders[len(blockReaders)-1].Meta().MaxTime
 	}
-	w, err := wal.Open(db.logger, filepath.Join(db.dir, "wal"))
+	w, err := wlog.Open(db.logger, filepath.Join(db.dir, "wal"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	var wbl *wal.WAL
-	wblDir := filepath.Join(db.dir, wal.WblDirName)
+	var wbl *wlog.WL
+	wblDir := filepath.Join(db.dir, wlog.WblDirName)
 	if _, err := os.Stat(wblDir); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		wbl, err = wal.Open(db.logger, wblDir)
+		wbl, err = wlog.Open(db.logger, wblDir)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -473,14 +473,14 @@ func (db *DBReadOnly) loadDataAsQueryable(maxt int64) (storage.SampleAndChunkQue
 		if err := head.Close(); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		w, err := wal.Open(db.logger, filepath.Join(db.dir, "wal"))
+		w, err := wlog.Open(db.logger, filepath.Join(db.dir, "wal"))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		var wbl *wal.WAL
-		wblDir := filepath.Join(db.dir, wal.WblDirName)
+		var wbl *wlog.WL
+		wblDir := filepath.Join(db.dir, wlog.WblDirName)
 		if _, err := os.Stat(wblDir); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			wbl, err = wal.Open(db.logger, wblDir)
+			wbl, err = wlog.Open(db.logger, wblDir)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ func open(dir string, l log.Logger, r prometheus.Registerer, opts *Options, rngs
 	}
 
 	walDir := filepath.Join(dir, "wal")
-	wblDir := filepath.Join(dir, wal.WblDirName)
+	wblDir := filepath.Join(dir, wlog.WblDirName)
 
 	// Migrate old WAL if one exists.
 	if err := MigrateWAL(l, walDir); err != nil {
@@ -739,15 +739,15 @@ func open(dir string, l log.Logger, r prometheus.Registerer, opts *Options, rngs
 	}
 	db.compactCancel = cancel
 
-	var wlog, wblog *wal.WAL
-	segmentSize := wal.DefaultSegmentSize
+	var wal, wbl *wlog.WL
+	segmentSize := wlog.DefaultSegmentSize
 	// Wal is enabled.
 	if opts.WALSegmentSize >= 0 {
 		// Wal is set to a custom size.
 		if opts.WALSegmentSize > 0 {
 			segmentSize = opts.WALSegmentSize
 		}
-		wlog, err = wal.NewSize(l, r, walDir, segmentSize, opts.WALCompression)
+		wal, err = wlog.NewSize(l, r, walDir, segmentSize, opts.WALCompression)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ func open(dir string, l log.Logger, r prometheus.Registerer, opts *Options, rngs
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		if opts.OutOfOrderTimeWindow > 0 || wblSize > 0 {
-			wblog, err = wal.NewSize(l, r, wblDir, segmentSize, opts.WALCompression)
+			wbl, err = wlog.NewSize(l, r, wblDir, segmentSize, opts.WALCompression)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ func open(dir string, l log.Logger, r prometheus.Registerer, opts *Options, rngs
 		// We only override this flag if isolation is disabled at DB level. We use the default otherwise.
 		headOpts.IsolationDisabled = opts.IsolationDisabled
 	}
-	db.head, err = NewHead(r, l, wlog, wblog, headOpts, stats.Head)
+	db.head, err = NewHead(r, l, wal, wbl, headOpts, stats.Head)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -813,12 +813,12 @@ func open(dir string, l log.Logger, r prometheus.Registerer, opts *Options, rngs
 		isOOOErr := isErrLoadOOOWal(initErr)
 		if isOOOErr {
 			level.Warn(db.logger).Log("msg", "Encountered OOO WAL read error, attempting repair", "err", initErr)
-			if err := wblog.Repair(initErr); err != nil {
+			if err := wbl.Repair(initErr); err != nil {
 				return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "repair corrupted OOO WAL")
 			}
 		} else {
 			level.Warn(db.logger).Log("msg", "Encountered WAL read error, attempting repair", "err", initErr)
-			if err := wlog.Repair(initErr); err != nil {
+			if err := wal.Repair(initErr); err != nil {
 				return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "repair corrupted WAL")
 			}
 		}
@@ -947,19 +947,19 @@ func (db *DB) ApplyConfig(conf *config.Config) error {
 	}
 
 	// Create WBL if it was not present and if OOO is enabled with WAL enabled.
-	var wblog *wal.WAL
+	var wblog *wlog.WL
 	var err error
 	if db.head.wbl != nil {
 		// The existing WBL from the disk might have been replayed while OOO was disabled.
 		wblog = db.head.wbl
 	} else if !db.oooWasEnabled.Load() && oooTimeWindow > 0 && db.opts.WALSegmentSize >= 0 {
-		segmentSize := wal.DefaultSegmentSize
+		segmentSize := wlog.DefaultSegmentSize
 		// Wal is set to a custom size.
 		if db.opts.WALSegmentSize > 0 {
 			segmentSize = db.opts.WALSegmentSize
 		}
-		oooWalDir := filepath.Join(db.dir, wal.WblDirName)
-		wblog, err = wal.NewSize(db.logger, db.registerer, oooWalDir, segmentSize, db.opts.WALCompression)
+		oooWalDir := filepath.Join(db.dir, wlog.WblDirName)
+		wblog, err = wlog.NewSize(db.logger, db.registerer, oooWalDir, segmentSize, db.opts.WALCompression)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/tsdb/db_test.go b/tsdb/db_test.go
index 677a160f25..fcf340794f 100644
--- a/tsdb/db_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/db_test.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/record"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/tombstones"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/tsdbutil"
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/wal"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/wlog"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/util/testutil"
 )
 
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ func TestNoPanicAfterWALCorruption(t *testing.T) {
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		f, err := os.OpenFile(path.Join(db.Dir(), "wal", walFiles[0].Name()), os.O_RDWR, 0o666)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		r := wal.NewReader(bufio.NewReader(f))
+		r := wlog.NewReader(bufio.NewReader(f))
 		require.True(t, r.Next(), "reading the series record")
 		require.True(t, r.Next(), "reading the first sample record")
 		// Write an invalid record header to corrupt everything after the first wal sample.
@@ -1473,9 +1473,9 @@ func TestSizeRetention(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, expSize, actSize, "registered size doesn't match actual disk size")
 
 	// Create a WAL checkpoint, and compare sizes.
-	first, last, err := wal.Segments(db.Head().wal.Dir())
+	first, last, err := wlog.Segments(db.Head().wal.Dir())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	_, err = wal.Checkpoint(log.NewNopLogger(), db.Head().wal, first, last-1, func(x chunks.HeadSeriesRef) bool { return false }, 0)
+	_, err = wlog.Checkpoint(log.NewNopLogger(), db.Head().wal, first, last-1, func(x chunks.HeadSeriesRef) bool { return false }, 0)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	blockSize = int64(prom_testutil.ToFloat64(db.metrics.blocksBytes)) // Use the actual internal metrics.
 	walSize, err = db.Head().wal.Size()
@@ -1881,7 +1881,7 @@ func TestInitializeHeadTimestamp(t *testing.T) {
 		dir := t.TempDir()
 
 		require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(path.Join(dir, "wal"), 0o777))
-		w, err := wal.New(nil, nil, path.Join(dir, "wal"), false)
+		w, err := wlog.New(nil, nil, path.Join(dir, "wal"), false)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		var enc record.Encoder
@@ -1923,7 +1923,7 @@ func TestInitializeHeadTimestamp(t *testing.T) {
 		createBlock(t, dir, genSeries(1, 1, 1000, 6000))
 
 		require.NoError(t, os.MkdirAll(path.Join(dir, "wal"), 0o777))
-		w, err := wal.New(nil, nil, path.Join(dir, "wal"), false)
+		w, err := wlog.New(nil, nil, path.Join(dir, "wal"), false)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		var enc record.Encoder
@@ -2323,7 +2323,7 @@ func TestDBReadOnly(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 
 		// Add head to test DBReadOnly WAL reading capabilities.
-		w, err := wal.New(logger, nil, filepath.Join(dbDir, "wal"), true)
+		w, err := wlog.New(logger, nil, filepath.Join(dbDir, "wal"), true)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		h := createHead(t, w, genSeries(1, 1, 16, 18), dbDir)
 		require.NoError(t, h.Close())
@@ -3089,7 +3089,7 @@ func TestOneCheckpointPerCompactCall(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, app.Commit())
 
 	// Check the existing WAL files.
-	first, last, err := wal.Segments(db.head.wal.Dir())
+	first, last, err := wlog.Segments(db.head.wal.Dir())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, 0, first)
 	require.Equal(t, 60, last)
@@ -3104,14 +3104,14 @@ func TestOneCheckpointPerCompactCall(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, 58.0, prom_testutil.ToFloat64(db.head.metrics.headTruncateTotal))
 
 	// The compaction should have only truncated first 2/3 of WAL (while also rotating the files).
-	first, last, err = wal.Segments(db.head.wal.Dir())
+	first, last, err = wlog.Segments(db.head.wal.Dir())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, 40, first)
 	require.Equal(t, 61, last)
 
 	// The first checkpoint would be for first 2/3rd of WAL, hence till 39.
 	// That should be the last checkpoint.
-	_, cno, err := wal.LastCheckpoint(db.head.wal.Dir())
+	_, cno, err := wlog.LastCheckpoint(db.head.wal.Dir())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, 39, cno)
 
@@ -3147,7 +3147,7 @@ func TestOneCheckpointPerCompactCall(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, newBlockMaxt, db.head.MinTime())
 
 	// Another WAL file was rotated.
-	first, last, err = wal.Segments(db.head.wal.Dir())
+	first, last, err = wlog.Segments(db.head.wal.Dir())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, 40, first)
 	require.Equal(t, 62, last)
@@ -3160,14 +3160,14 @@ func TestOneCheckpointPerCompactCall(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, 59, len(db.Blocks()))
 
 	// The compaction should have only truncated first 2/3 of WAL (while also rotating the files).
-	first, last, err = wal.Segments(db.head.wal.Dir())
+	first, last, err = wlog.Segments(db.head.wal.Dir())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, 55, first)
 	require.Equal(t, 63, last)
 
 	// The first checkpoint would be for first 2/3rd of WAL, hence till 54.
 	// That should be the last checkpoint.
-	_, cno, err = wal.LastCheckpoint(db.head.wal.Dir())
+	_, cno, err = wlog.LastCheckpoint(db.head.wal.Dir())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, 54, cno)
 }
@@ -3615,9 +3615,9 @@ func TestOOOWALWrite(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	getRecords := func(walDir string) []interface{} {
-		sr, err := wal.NewSegmentsReader(walDir)
+		sr, err := wlog.NewSegmentsReader(walDir)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		r := wal.NewReader(sr)
+		r := wlog.NewReader(sr)
 		defer func() {
 			require.NoError(t, sr.Close())
 		}()
@@ -3654,7 +3654,7 @@ func TestOOOWALWrite(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, inOrderRecords, actRecs)
 
 	// The OOO WAL.
-	actRecs = getRecords(path.Join(dir, wal.WblDirName))
+	actRecs = getRecords(path.Join(dir, wlog.WblDirName))
 	require.Equal(t, oooRecords, actRecs)
 }
 
@@ -3848,16 +3848,16 @@ func TestMetadataCheckpointingOnlyKeepsLatestEntry(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, app.Commit())
 
 	// Let's create a checkpoint.
-	first, last, err := wal.Segments(w.Dir())
+	first, last, err := wlog.Segments(w.Dir())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	keep := func(id chunks.HeadSeriesRef) bool {
 		return id != 3
 	}
-	_, err = wal.Checkpoint(log.NewNopLogger(), w, first, last-1, keep, 0)
+	_, err = wlog.Checkpoint(log.NewNopLogger(), w, first, last-1, keep, 0)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// Confirm there's been a checkpoint.
-	cdir, _, err := wal.LastCheckpoint(w.Dir())
+	cdir, _, err := wlog.LastCheckpoint(w.Dir())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// Read in checkpoint and WAL.
@@ -4605,7 +4605,7 @@ func TestOOODisabled(t *testing.T) {
 		"number of ooo/oob samples mismatch")
 
 	// Verifying that no OOO artifacts were generated.
-	_, err = os.ReadDir(path.Join(db.Dir(), wal.WblDirName))
+	_, err = os.ReadDir(path.Join(db.Dir(), wlog.WblDirName))
 	require.True(t, os.IsNotExist(err))
 
 	ms, created, err := db.head.getOrCreate(s1.Hash(), s1)
@@ -4770,12 +4770,12 @@ func TestWBLAndMmapReplay(t *testing.T) {
 		resetMmapToOriginal() // We neet to reset because new duplicate chunks can be written above.
 
 		// Removing m-map markers in WBL by rewriting it.
-		newWbl, err := wal.New(log.NewNopLogger(), nil, filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "new_wbl"), false)
+		newWbl, err := wlog.New(log.NewNopLogger(), nil, filepath.Join(t.TempDir(), "new_wbl"), false)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		sr, err := wal.NewSegmentsReader(originalWblDir)
+		sr, err := wlog.NewSegmentsReader(originalWblDir)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		var dec record.Decoder
-		r, markers, addedRecs := wal.NewReader(sr), 0, 0
+		r, markers, addedRecs := wlog.NewReader(sr), 0, 0
 		for r.Next() {
 			rec := r.Record()
 			if dec.Type(rec) == record.MmapMarkers {
diff --git a/tsdb/head.go b/tsdb/head.go
index 8dd1511639..e148c7cffc 100644
--- a/tsdb/head.go
+++ b/tsdb/head.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/record"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/tombstones"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/tsdbutil"
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/wal"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/wlog"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ type Head struct {
 
 	metrics         *headMetrics
 	opts            *HeadOptions
-	wal, wbl        *wal.WAL
+	wal, wbl        *wlog.WL
 	exemplarMetrics *ExemplarMetrics
 	exemplars       ExemplarStorage
 	logger          log.Logger
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ type SeriesLifecycleCallback interface {
 }
 
 // NewHead opens the head block in dir.
-func NewHead(r prometheus.Registerer, l log.Logger, wal, wbl *wal.WAL, opts *HeadOptions, stats *HeadStats) (*Head, error) {
+func NewHead(r prometheus.Registerer, l log.Logger, wal, wbl *wlog.WL, opts *HeadOptions, stats *HeadStats) (*Head, error) {
 	var err error
 	if l == nil {
 		l = log.NewNopLogger()
@@ -602,13 +602,13 @@ func (h *Head) Init(minValidTime int64) error {
 
 	checkpointReplayStart := time.Now()
 	// Backfill the checkpoint first if it exists.
-	dir, startFrom, err := wal.LastCheckpoint(h.wal.Dir())
+	dir, startFrom, err := wlog.LastCheckpoint(h.wal.Dir())
 	if err != nil && err != record.ErrNotFound {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "find last checkpoint")
 	}
 
 	// Find the last segment.
-	_, endAt, e := wal.Segments(h.wal.Dir())
+	_, endAt, e := wlog.Segments(h.wal.Dir())
 	if e != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(e, "finding WAL segments")
 	}
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ func (h *Head) Init(minValidTime int64) error {
 
 	multiRef := map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]chunks.HeadSeriesRef{}
 	if err == nil && startFrom >= snapIdx {
-		sr, err := wal.NewSegmentsReader(dir)
+		sr, err := wlog.NewSegmentsReader(dir)
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "open checkpoint")
 		}
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ func (h *Head) Init(minValidTime int64) error {
 
 		// A corrupted checkpoint is a hard error for now and requires user
 		// intervention. There's likely little data that can be recovered anyway.
-		if err := h.loadWAL(wal.NewReader(sr), multiRef, mmappedChunks, oooMmappedChunks); err != nil {
+		if err := h.loadWAL(wlog.NewReader(sr), multiRef, mmappedChunks, oooMmappedChunks); err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, "backfill checkpoint")
 		}
 		h.updateWALReplayStatusRead(startFrom)
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ func (h *Head) Init(minValidTime int64) error {
 	}
 	// Backfill segments from the most recent checkpoint onwards.
 	for i := startFrom; i <= endAt; i++ {
-		s, err := wal.OpenReadSegment(wal.SegmentName(h.wal.Dir(), i))
+		s, err := wlog.OpenReadSegment(wlog.SegmentName(h.wal.Dir(), i))
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("open WAL segment: %d", i))
 		}
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ func (h *Head) Init(minValidTime int64) error {
 		if i == snapIdx {
 			offset = snapOffset
 		}
-		sr, err := wal.NewSegmentBufReaderWithOffset(offset, s)
+		sr, err := wlog.NewSegmentBufReaderWithOffset(offset, s)
 		if errors.Cause(err) == io.EOF {
 			// File does not exist.
 			continue
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ func (h *Head) Init(minValidTime int64) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrapf(err, "segment reader (offset=%d)", offset)
 		}
-		err = h.loadWAL(wal.NewReader(sr), multiRef, mmappedChunks, oooMmappedChunks)
+		err = h.loadWAL(wlog.NewReader(sr), multiRef, mmappedChunks, oooMmappedChunks)
 		if err := sr.Close(); err != nil {
 			level.Warn(h.logger).Log("msg", "Error while closing the wal segments reader", "err", err)
 		}
@@ -677,20 +677,20 @@ func (h *Head) Init(minValidTime int64) error {
 	wblReplayStart := time.Now()
 	if h.wbl != nil {
 		// Replay OOO WAL.
-		startFrom, endAt, e = wal.Segments(h.wbl.Dir())
+		startFrom, endAt, e = wlog.Segments(h.wbl.Dir())
 		if e != nil {
 			return errors.Wrap(e, "finding OOO WAL segments")
 		}
 		h.startWALReplayStatus(startFrom, endAt)
 
 		for i := startFrom; i <= endAt; i++ {
-			s, err := wal.OpenReadSegment(wal.SegmentName(h.wbl.Dir(), i))
+			s, err := wlog.OpenReadSegment(wlog.SegmentName(h.wbl.Dir(), i))
 			if err != nil {
 				return errors.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("open WBL segment: %d", i))
 			}
 
-			sr := wal.NewSegmentBufReader(s)
-			err = h.loadWBL(wal.NewReader(sr), multiRef, lastMmapRef)
+			sr := wlog.NewSegmentBufReader(s)
+			err = h.loadWBL(wlog.NewReader(sr), multiRef, lastMmapRef)
 			if err := sr.Close(); err != nil {
 				level.Warn(h.logger).Log("msg", "Error while closing the wbl segments reader", "err", err)
 			}
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ func (h *Head) removeCorruptedMmappedChunks(err error) (map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef
 	return mmappedChunks, oooMmappedChunks, lastRef, nil
 }
 
-func (h *Head) ApplyConfig(cfg *config.Config, wbl *wal.WAL) {
+func (h *Head) ApplyConfig(cfg *config.Config, wbl *wlog.WL) {
 	oooTimeWindow := int64(0)
 	if cfg.StorageConfig.TSDBConfig != nil {
 		oooTimeWindow = cfg.StorageConfig.TSDBConfig.OutOfOrderTimeWindow
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ func (h *Head) ApplyConfig(cfg *config.Config, wbl *wal.WAL) {
 
 // SetOutOfOrderTimeWindow updates the out of order related parameters.
 // If the Head already has a WBL set, then the wbl will be ignored.
-func (h *Head) SetOutOfOrderTimeWindow(oooTimeWindow int64, wbl *wal.WAL) {
+func (h *Head) SetOutOfOrderTimeWindow(oooTimeWindow int64, wbl *wlog.WL) {
 	if oooTimeWindow > 0 && h.wbl == nil {
 		h.wbl = wbl
 	}
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ func (h *Head) truncateWAL(mint int64) error {
 	start := time.Now()
 	h.lastWALTruncationTime.Store(mint)
 
-	first, last, err := wal.Segments(h.wal.Dir())
+	first, last, err := wlog.Segments(h.wal.Dir())
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "get segment range")
 	}
@@ -1127,9 +1127,9 @@ func (h *Head) truncateWAL(mint int64) error {
 		return ok
 	}
 	h.metrics.checkpointCreationTotal.Inc()
-	if _, err = wal.Checkpoint(h.logger, h.wal, first, last, keep, mint); err != nil {
+	if _, err = wlog.Checkpoint(h.logger, h.wal, first, last, keep, mint); err != nil {
 		h.metrics.checkpointCreationFail.Inc()
-		if _, ok := errors.Cause(err).(*wal.CorruptionErr); ok {
+		if _, ok := errors.Cause(err).(*wlog.CorruptionErr); ok {
 			h.metrics.walCorruptionsTotal.Inc()
 		}
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "create checkpoint")
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ func (h *Head) truncateWAL(mint int64) error {
 	h.deletedMtx.Unlock()
 
 	h.metrics.checkpointDeleteTotal.Inc()
-	if err := wal.DeleteCheckpoints(h.wal.Dir(), last); err != nil {
+	if err := wlog.DeleteCheckpoints(h.wal.Dir(), last); err != nil {
 		// Leftover old checkpoints do not cause problems down the line beyond
 		// occupying disk space.
 		// They will just be ignored since a higher checkpoint exists.
@@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@ func (h *Head) gc() (actualInOrderMint, minOOOTime int64, minMmapFile int) {
 	h.tombstones.TruncateBefore(mint)
 
 	if h.wal != nil {
-		_, last, _ := wal.Segments(h.wal.Dir())
+		_, last, _ := wlog.Segments(h.wal.Dir())
 		h.deletedMtx.Lock()
 		// Keep series records until we're past segment 'last'
 		// because the WAL will still have samples records with
diff --git a/tsdb/head_test.go b/tsdb/head_test.go
index cbea0a7b98..249889d0b8 100644
--- a/tsdb/head_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/head_test.go
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/record"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/tombstones"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/tsdbutil"
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/wal"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/wlog"
 )
 
-func newTestHead(t testing.TB, chunkRange int64, compressWAL, oooEnabled bool) (*Head, *wal.WAL) {
+func newTestHead(t testing.TB, chunkRange int64, compressWAL, oooEnabled bool) (*Head, *wlog.WL) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
-	wlog, err := wal.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wal"), 32768, compressWAL)
+	wal, err := wlog.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wal"), 32768, compressWAL)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	opts := DefaultHeadOptions()
@@ -63,14 +63,14 @@ func newTestHead(t testing.TB, chunkRange int64, compressWAL, oooEnabled bool) (
 		opts.OutOfOrderTimeWindow.Store(10 * time.Minute.Milliseconds())
 	}
 
-	h, err := NewHead(nil, nil, wlog, nil, opts, nil)
+	h, err := NewHead(nil, nil, wal, nil, opts, nil)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	require.NoError(t, h.chunkDiskMapper.IterateAllChunks(func(_ chunks.HeadSeriesRef, _ chunks.ChunkDiskMapperRef, _, _ int64, _ uint16, _ chunkenc.Encoding) error {
 		return nil
 	}))
 
-	return h, wlog
+	return h, wal
 }
 
 func BenchmarkCreateSeries(b *testing.B) {
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func BenchmarkCreateSeries(b *testing.B) {
 	}
 }
 
-func populateTestWAL(t testing.TB, w *wal.WAL, recs []interface{}) {
+func populateTestWAL(t testing.TB, w *wlog.WL, recs []interface{}) {
 	var enc record.Encoder
 	for _, r := range recs {
 		switch v := r.(type) {
@@ -105,12 +105,12 @@ func populateTestWAL(t testing.TB, w *wal.WAL, recs []interface{}) {
 }
 
 func readTestWAL(t testing.TB, dir string) (recs []interface{}) {
-	sr, err := wal.NewSegmentsReader(dir)
+	sr, err := wlog.NewSegmentsReader(dir)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	defer sr.Close()
 
 	var dec record.Decoder
-	r := wal.NewReader(sr)
+	r := wlog.NewReader(sr)
 
 	for r.Next() {
 		rec := r.Record()
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ func BenchmarkLoadWAL(b *testing.B) {
 				func(b *testing.B) {
 					dir := b.TempDir()
 
-					w, err := wal.New(nil, nil, dir, false)
+					w, err := wlog.New(nil, nil, dir, false)
 					require.NoError(b, err)
 
 					// Write series.
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ func TestHead_WALMultiRef(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NotEqual(t, ref1, ref2, "Refs are the same")
 	require.NoError(t, head.Close())
 
-	w, err = wal.New(nil, nil, w.Dir(), false)
+	w, err = wlog.New(nil, nil, w.Dir(), false)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	opts := DefaultHeadOptions()
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ func TestHeadDeleteSimple(t *testing.T) {
 				require.NoError(t, app.Commit())
 
 				// Compare the samples for both heads - before and after the reloadBlocks.
-				reloadedW, err := wal.New(nil, nil, w.Dir(), compress) // Use a new wal to ensure deleted samples are gone even after a reloadBlocks.
+				reloadedW, err := wlog.New(nil, nil, w.Dir(), compress) // Use a new wal to ensure deleted samples are gone even after a reloadBlocks.
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 				opts := DefaultHeadOptions()
 				opts.ChunkRange = 1000
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ func TestDeletedSamplesAndSeriesStillInWALAfterCheckpoint(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, hb.Close())
 
 	// Confirm there's been a checkpoint.
-	cdir, _, err := wal.LastCheckpoint(w.Dir())
+	cdir, _, err := wlog.LastCheckpoint(w.Dir())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	// Read in checkpoint and WAL.
 	recs := readTestWAL(t, cdir)
@@ -1592,7 +1592,7 @@ func TestWalRepair_DecodingError(t *testing.T) {
 
 				// Fill the wal and corrupt it.
 				{
-					w, err := wal.New(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wal"), compress)
+					w, err := wlog.New(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wal"), compress)
 					require.NoError(t, err)
 
 					for i := 1; i <= test.totalRecs; i++ {
@@ -1613,7 +1613,7 @@ func TestWalRepair_DecodingError(t *testing.T) {
 					initErr := h.Init(math.MinInt64)
 
 					err = errors.Cause(initErr) // So that we can pick up errors even if wrapped.
-					_, corrErr := err.(*wal.CorruptionErr)
+					_, corrErr := err.(*wlog.CorruptionErr)
 					require.True(t, corrErr, "reading the wal didn't return corruption error")
 					require.NoError(t, h.Close()) // Head will close the wal as well.
 				}
@@ -1630,10 +1630,10 @@ func TestWalRepair_DecodingError(t *testing.T) {
 
 				// Read the wal content after the repair.
 				{
-					sr, err := wal.NewSegmentsReader(filepath.Join(dir, "wal"))
+					sr, err := wlog.NewSegmentsReader(filepath.Join(dir, "wal"))
 					require.NoError(t, err)
 					defer sr.Close()
-					r := wal.NewReader(sr)
+					r := wlog.NewReader(sr)
 
 					var actRec int
 					for r.Next() {
@@ -1655,7 +1655,7 @@ func TestHeadReadWriterRepair(t *testing.T) {
 	walDir := filepath.Join(dir, "wal")
 	// Fill the chunk segments and corrupt it.
 	{
-		w, err := wal.New(nil, nil, walDir, false)
+		w, err := wlog.New(nil, nil, walDir, false)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		opts := DefaultHeadOptions()
@@ -1717,7 +1717,7 @@ func TestHeadReadWriterRepair(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestNewWalSegmentOnTruncate(t *testing.T) {
-	h, wlog := newTestHead(t, 1000, false, false)
+	h, wal := newTestHead(t, 1000, false, false)
 	defer func() {
 		require.NoError(t, h.Close())
 	}()
@@ -1729,19 +1729,19 @@ func TestNewWalSegmentOnTruncate(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	add(0)
-	_, last, err := wal.Segments(wlog.Dir())
+	_, last, err := wlog.Segments(wal.Dir())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, 0, last)
 
 	add(1)
 	require.NoError(t, h.Truncate(1))
-	_, last, err = wal.Segments(wlog.Dir())
+	_, last, err = wlog.Segments(wal.Dir())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, 1, last)
 
 	add(2)
 	require.NoError(t, h.Truncate(2))
-	_, last, err = wal.Segments(wlog.Dir())
+	_, last, err = wlog.Segments(wal.Dir())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.Equal(t, 2, last)
 }
@@ -1896,12 +1896,12 @@ func TestMemSeriesIsolation(t *testing.T) {
 	i = addSamples(hb)
 	require.NoError(t, hb.Close())
 
-	wlog, err := wal.NewSize(nil, nil, w.Dir(), 32768, false)
+	wal, err := wlog.NewSize(nil, nil, w.Dir(), 32768, false)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	opts := DefaultHeadOptions()
 	opts.ChunkRange = 1000
-	opts.ChunkDirRoot = wlog.Dir()
-	hb, err = NewHead(nil, nil, wlog, nil, opts, nil)
+	opts.ChunkDirRoot = wal.Dir()
+	hb, err = NewHead(nil, nil, wal, nil, opts, nil)
 	defer func() { require.NoError(t, hb.Close()) }()
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, hb.Init(0))
@@ -2832,7 +2832,7 @@ func TestChunkSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	openHeadAndCheckReplay := func() {
-		w, err := wal.NewSize(nil, nil, head.wal.Dir(), 32768, false)
+		w, err := wlog.NewSize(nil, nil, head.wal.Dir(), 32768, false)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		head, err = NewHead(nil, nil, w, nil, head.opts, nil)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -3041,7 +3041,7 @@ func TestSnapshotError(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, f.Close())
 
 	// Create new Head which should replay this snapshot.
-	w, err := wal.NewSize(nil, nil, head.wal.Dir(), 32768, false)
+	w, err := wlog.NewSize(nil, nil, head.wal.Dir(), 32768, false)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	// Testing https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/issues/9437 with the registry.
 	head, err = NewHead(prometheus.NewRegistry(), nil, w, nil, head.opts, nil)
@@ -3059,7 +3059,7 @@ func TestSnapshotError(t *testing.T) {
 // Tests https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/issues/9725.
 func TestChunkSnapshotReplayBug(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
-	wlog, err := wal.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wal"), 32768, true)
+	wal, err := wlog.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wal"), 32768, true)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// Write few series records and samples such that the series references are not in order in the WAL
@@ -3086,10 +3086,10 @@ func TestChunkSnapshotReplayBug(t *testing.T) {
 
 		rec := enc.Series([]record.RefSeries{seriesRec}, buf)
 		buf = rec[:0]
-		require.NoError(t, wlog.Log(rec))
+		require.NoError(t, wal.Log(rec))
 		rec = enc.Samples([]record.RefSample{samplesRec}, buf)
 		buf = rec[:0]
-		require.NoError(t, wlog.Log(rec))
+		require.NoError(t, wal.Log(rec))
 	}
 
 	// Write a corrupt snapshot to fail the replay on startup.
@@ -3103,7 +3103,7 @@ func TestChunkSnapshotReplayBug(t *testing.T) {
 	opts := DefaultHeadOptions()
 	opts.ChunkDirRoot = dir
 	opts.EnableMemorySnapshotOnShutdown = true
-	head, err := NewHead(nil, nil, wlog, nil, opts, nil)
+	head, err := NewHead(nil, nil, wal, nil, opts, nil)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, head.Init(math.MinInt64))
 	defer func() {
@@ -3126,7 +3126,7 @@ func TestChunkSnapshotReplayBug(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestChunkSnapshotTakenAfterIncompleteSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
-	wlog, err := wal.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wal"), 32768, true)
+	wlTemp, err := wlog.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wal"), 32768, true)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// Write a snapshot with .tmp suffix. This used to fail taking any further snapshots or replay of snapshots.
@@ -3137,7 +3137,7 @@ func TestChunkSnapshotTakenAfterIncompleteSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
 	opts := DefaultHeadOptions()
 	opts.ChunkDirRoot = dir
 	opts.EnableMemorySnapshotOnShutdown = true
-	head, err := NewHead(nil, nil, wlog, nil, opts, nil)
+	head, err := NewHead(nil, nil, wlTemp, nil, opts, nil)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, head.Init(math.MinInt64))
 
@@ -3164,9 +3164,9 @@ func TestChunkSnapshotTakenAfterIncompleteSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
 // TODO(codesome): Needs test for ooo WAL repair.
 func TestOOOWalReplay(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
-	wlog, err := wal.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wal"), 32768, true)
+	wal, err := wlog.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wal"), 32768, true)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	oooWlog, err := wal.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, wal.WblDirName), 32768, true)
+	oooWlog, err := wlog.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, wlog.WblDirName), 32768, true)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	opts := DefaultHeadOptions()
@@ -3174,7 +3174,7 @@ func TestOOOWalReplay(t *testing.T) {
 	opts.ChunkDirRoot = dir
 	opts.OutOfOrderTimeWindow.Store(30 * time.Minute.Milliseconds())
 
-	h, err := NewHead(nil, nil, wlog, oooWlog, opts, nil)
+	h, err := NewHead(nil, nil, wal, oooWlog, opts, nil)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, h.Init(0))
 
@@ -3211,11 +3211,11 @@ func TestOOOWalReplay(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Restart head.
 	require.NoError(t, h.Close())
-	wlog, err = wal.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wal"), 32768, true)
+	wal, err = wlog.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wal"), 32768, true)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	oooWlog, err = wal.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, wal.WblDirName), 32768, true)
+	oooWlog, err = wlog.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, wlog.WblDirName), 32768, true)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	h, err = NewHead(nil, nil, wlog, oooWlog, opts, nil)
+	h, err = NewHead(nil, nil, wal, oooWlog, opts, nil)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, h.Init(0)) // Replay happens here.
 
@@ -3248,9 +3248,9 @@ func TestOOOWalReplay(t *testing.T) {
 // TestOOOMmapReplay checks the replay at a low level.
 func TestOOOMmapReplay(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
-	wlog, err := wal.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wal"), 32768, true)
+	wal, err := wlog.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wal"), 32768, true)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	oooWlog, err := wal.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, wal.WblDirName), 32768, true)
+	oooWlog, err := wlog.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, wlog.WblDirName), 32768, true)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	opts := DefaultHeadOptions()
@@ -3259,7 +3259,7 @@ func TestOOOMmapReplay(t *testing.T) {
 	opts.OutOfOrderCapMax.Store(30)
 	opts.OutOfOrderTimeWindow.Store(1000 * time.Minute.Milliseconds())
 
-	h, err := NewHead(nil, nil, wlog, oooWlog, opts, nil)
+	h, err := NewHead(nil, nil, wal, oooWlog, opts, nil)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, h.Init(0))
 
@@ -3299,11 +3299,11 @@ func TestOOOMmapReplay(t *testing.T) {
 	// Restart head.
 	require.NoError(t, h.Close())
 
-	wlog, err = wal.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wal"), 32768, true)
+	wal, err = wlog.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wal"), 32768, true)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	oooWlog, err = wal.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, wal.WblDirName), 32768, true)
+	oooWlog, err = wlog.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, wlog.WblDirName), 32768, true)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	h, err = NewHead(nil, nil, wlog, oooWlog, opts, nil)
+	h, err = NewHead(nil, nil, wal, oooWlog, opts, nil)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, h.Init(0)) // Replay happens here.
 
@@ -3373,9 +3373,9 @@ func TestHeadInit_DiscardChunksWithUnsupportedEncoding(t *testing.T) {
 
 	require.NoError(t, h.Close())
 
-	wlog, err := wal.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(h.opts.ChunkDirRoot, "wal"), 32768, false)
+	wal, err := wlog.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(h.opts.ChunkDirRoot, "wal"), 32768, false)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	h, err = NewHead(nil, nil, wlog, nil, h.opts, nil)
+	h, err = NewHead(nil, nil, wal, nil, h.opts, nil)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, h.Init(0))
 
@@ -3408,7 +3408,7 @@ func (c *unsupportedChunk) Encoding() chunkenc.Encoding {
 // Tests https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus/issues/10277.
 func TestMmapPanicAfterMmapReplayCorruption(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
-	wlog, err := wal.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wal"), 32768, false)
+	wal, err := wlog.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wal"), 32768, false)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	opts := DefaultHeadOptions()
@@ -3417,7 +3417,7 @@ func TestMmapPanicAfterMmapReplayCorruption(t *testing.T) {
 	opts.EnableExemplarStorage = true
 	opts.MaxExemplars.Store(config.DefaultExemplarsConfig.MaxExemplars)
 
-	h, err := NewHead(nil, nil, wlog, nil, opts, nil)
+	h, err := NewHead(nil, nil, wal, nil, opts, nil)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, h.Init(0))
 
@@ -3441,7 +3441,7 @@ func TestMmapPanicAfterMmapReplayCorruption(t *testing.T) {
 	addChunks()
 
 	require.NoError(t, h.Close())
-	wlog, err = wal.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wal"), 32768, false)
+	wal, err = wlog.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wal"), 32768, false)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	mmapFilePath := filepath.Join(dir, "chunks_head", "000001")
@@ -3451,7 +3451,7 @@ func TestMmapPanicAfterMmapReplayCorruption(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, f.Close())
 
-	h, err = NewHead(nil, nil, wlog, nil, opts, nil)
+	h, err = NewHead(nil, nil, wal, nil, opts, nil)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, h.Init(0))
 
@@ -3467,7 +3467,7 @@ func TestReplayAfterMmapReplayError(t *testing.T) {
 	var err error
 
 	openHead := func() {
-		wlog, err := wal.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wal"), 32768, false)
+		wal, err := wlog.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wal"), 32768, false)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		opts := DefaultHeadOptions()
@@ -3476,7 +3476,7 @@ func TestReplayAfterMmapReplayError(t *testing.T) {
 		opts.EnableMemorySnapshotOnShutdown = true
 		opts.MaxExemplars.Store(config.DefaultExemplarsConfig.MaxExemplars)
 
-		h, err = NewHead(nil, nil, wlog, nil, opts, nil)
+		h, err = NewHead(nil, nil, wal, nil, opts, nil)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.NoError(t, h.Init(0))
 	}
@@ -3541,9 +3541,9 @@ func TestReplayAfterMmapReplayError(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestOOOAppendWithNoSeries(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
-	wlog, err := wal.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wal"), 32768, true)
+	wal, err := wlog.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wal"), 32768, true)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	oooWlog, err := wal.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, wal.WblDirName), 32768, true)
+	oooWlog, err := wlog.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, wlog.WblDirName), 32768, true)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	opts := DefaultHeadOptions()
@@ -3551,7 +3551,7 @@ func TestOOOAppendWithNoSeries(t *testing.T) {
 	opts.OutOfOrderCapMax.Store(30)
 	opts.OutOfOrderTimeWindow.Store(120 * time.Minute.Milliseconds())
 
-	h, err := NewHead(nil, nil, wlog, oooWlog, opts, nil)
+	h, err := NewHead(nil, nil, wal, oooWlog, opts, nil)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	t.Cleanup(func() {
 		require.NoError(t, h.Close())
@@ -3622,16 +3622,16 @@ func TestOOOAppendWithNoSeries(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestHeadMinOOOTimeUpdate(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := t.TempDir()
-	wlog, err := wal.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wal"), 32768, true)
+	wal, err := wlog.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, "wal"), 32768, true)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
-	oooWlog, err := wal.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, wal.WblDirName), 32768, true)
+	oooWlog, err := wlog.NewSize(nil, nil, filepath.Join(dir, wlog.WblDirName), 32768, true)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	opts := DefaultHeadOptions()
 	opts.ChunkDirRoot = dir
 	opts.OutOfOrderTimeWindow.Store(10 * time.Minute.Milliseconds())
 
-	h, err := NewHead(nil, nil, wlog, oooWlog, opts, nil)
+	h, err := NewHead(nil, nil, wal, oooWlog, opts, nil)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	t.Cleanup(func() {
 		require.NoError(t, h.Close())
diff --git a/tsdb/head_wal.go b/tsdb/head_wal.go
index 0a5ee05995..14768505cf 100644
--- a/tsdb/head_wal.go
+++ b/tsdb/head_wal.go
@@ -39,10 +39,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/fileutil"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/record"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/tombstones"
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/wal"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/wlog"
 )
 
-func (h *Head) loadWAL(r *wal.Reader, multiRef map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]chunks.HeadSeriesRef, mmappedChunks, oooMmappedChunks map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef][]*mmappedChunk) (err error) {
+func (h *Head) loadWAL(r *wlog.Reader, multiRef map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]chunks.HeadSeriesRef, mmappedChunks, oooMmappedChunks map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef][]*mmappedChunk) (err error) {
 	// Track number of samples that referenced a series we don't know about
 	// for error reporting.
 	var unknownRefs atomic.Uint64
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func (h *Head) loadWAL(r *wal.Reader, multiRef map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]chunks.H
 
 	defer func() {
 		// For CorruptionErr ensure to terminate all workers before exiting.
-		_, ok := err.(*wal.CorruptionErr)
+		_, ok := err.(*wlog.CorruptionErr)
 		if ok || seriesCreationErr != nil {
 			for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
 				processors[i].closeAndDrain()
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func (h *Head) loadWAL(r *wal.Reader, multiRef map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]chunks.H
 				series := seriesPool.Get().([]record.RefSeries)[:0]
 				series, err = dec.Series(rec, series)
 				if err != nil {
-					decodeErr = &wal.CorruptionErr{
+					decodeErr = &wlog.CorruptionErr{
 						Err:     errors.Wrap(err, "decode series"),
 						Segment: r.Segment(),
 						Offset:  r.Offset(),
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ func (h *Head) loadWAL(r *wal.Reader, multiRef map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]chunks.H
 				samples := samplesPool.Get().([]record.RefSample)[:0]
 				samples, err = dec.Samples(rec, samples)
 				if err != nil {
-					decodeErr = &wal.CorruptionErr{
+					decodeErr = &wlog.CorruptionErr{
 						Err:     errors.Wrap(err, "decode samples"),
 						Segment: r.Segment(),
 						Offset:  r.Offset(),
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func (h *Head) loadWAL(r *wal.Reader, multiRef map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]chunks.H
 				tstones := tstonesPool.Get().([]tombstones.Stone)[:0]
 				tstones, err = dec.Tombstones(rec, tstones)
 				if err != nil {
-					decodeErr = &wal.CorruptionErr{
+					decodeErr = &wlog.CorruptionErr{
 						Err:     errors.Wrap(err, "decode tombstones"),
 						Segment: r.Segment(),
 						Offset:  r.Offset(),
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ func (h *Head) loadWAL(r *wal.Reader, multiRef map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]chunks.H
 				exemplars := exemplarsPool.Get().([]record.RefExemplar)[:0]
 				exemplars, err = dec.Exemplars(rec, exemplars)
 				if err != nil {
-					decodeErr = &wal.CorruptionErr{
+					decodeErr = &wlog.CorruptionErr{
 						Err:     errors.Wrap(err, "decode exemplars"),
 						Segment: r.Segment(),
 						Offset:  r.Offset(),
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ func (h *Head) loadWAL(r *wal.Reader, multiRef map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]chunks.H
 				meta := metadataPool.Get().([]record.RefMetadata)[:0]
 				meta, err := dec.Metadata(rec, meta)
 				if err != nil {
-					decodeErr = &wal.CorruptionErr{
+					decodeErr = &wlog.CorruptionErr{
 						Err:     errors.Wrap(err, "decode metadata"),
 						Segment: r.Segment(),
 						Offset:  r.Offset(),
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ func (wp *walSubsetProcessor) processWALSamples(h *Head, mmappedChunks, oooMmapp
 	return unknownRefs, mmapOverlappingChunks
 }
 
-func (h *Head) loadWBL(r *wal.Reader, multiRef map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]chunks.HeadSeriesRef, lastMmapRef chunks.ChunkDiskMapperRef) (err error) {
+func (h *Head) loadWBL(r *wlog.Reader, multiRef map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]chunks.HeadSeriesRef, lastMmapRef chunks.ChunkDiskMapperRef) (err error) {
 	// Track number of samples, m-map markers, that referenced a series we don't know about
 	// for error reporting.
 	var unknownRefs, mmapMarkerUnknownRefs atomic.Uint64
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ func (h *Head) loadWBL(r *wal.Reader, multiRef map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]chunks.H
 	defer func() {
 		// For CorruptionErr ensure to terminate all workers before exiting.
 		// We also wrap it to identify OOO WBL corruption.
-		_, ok := err.(*wal.CorruptionErr)
+		_, ok := err.(*wlog.CorruptionErr)
 		if ok {
 			err = &errLoadWbl{err: err}
 			for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ func (h *Head) loadWBL(r *wal.Reader, multiRef map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]chunks.H
 				samples := samplesPool.Get().([]record.RefSample)[:0]
 				samples, err = dec.Samples(rec, samples)
 				if err != nil {
-					decodeErr = &wal.CorruptionErr{
+					decodeErr = &wlog.CorruptionErr{
 						Err:     errors.Wrap(err, "decode samples"),
 						Segment: r.Segment(),
 						Offset:  r.Offset(),
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ func (h *Head) loadWBL(r *wal.Reader, multiRef map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]chunks.H
 				markers := markersPool.Get().([]record.RefMmapMarker)[:0]
 				markers, err = dec.MmapMarkers(rec, markers)
 				if err != nil {
-					decodeErr = &wal.CorruptionErr{
+					decodeErr = &wlog.CorruptionErr{
 						Err:     errors.Wrap(err, "decode mmap markers"),
 						Segment: r.Segment(),
 						Offset:  r.Offset(),
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ func (h *Head) ChunkSnapshot() (*ChunkSnapshotStats, error) {
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(cpdirtmp, 0o777); err != nil {
 		return stats, errors.Wrap(err, "create chunk snapshot dir")
 	}
-	cp, err := wal.New(nil, nil, cpdirtmp, h.wal.CompressionEnabled())
+	cp, err := wlog.New(nil, nil, cpdirtmp, h.wal.CompressionEnabled())
 	if err != nil {
 		return stats, errors.Wrap(err, "open chunk snapshot")
 	}
@@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ func (h *Head) loadChunkSnapshot() (int, int, map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]*memSerie
 	}
 
 	start := time.Now()
-	sr, err := wal.NewSegmentsReader(dir)
+	sr, err := wlog.NewSegmentsReader(dir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return snapIdx, snapOffset, nil, errors.Wrap(err, "open chunk snapshot")
 	}
@@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@ func (h *Head) loadChunkSnapshot() (int, int, map[chunks.HeadSeriesRef]*memSerie
 		}(i, recordChan)
 	}
 
-	r := wal.NewReader(sr)
+	r := wlog.NewReader(sr)
 	var loopErr error
 Outer:
 	for r.Next() {
diff --git a/tsdb/wal.go b/tsdb/wal.go
index 615903c639..03043c781b 100644
--- a/tsdb/wal.go
+++ b/tsdb/wal.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/fileutil"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/record"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/tombstones"
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/wal"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/wlog"
 )
 
 // WALEntryType indicates what data a WAL entry contains.
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func newWalMetrics(r prometheus.Registerer) *walMetrics {
 // WAL is a write ahead log that can log new series labels and samples.
 // It must be completely read before new entries are logged.
 //
-// DEPRECATED: use wal pkg combined with the record codex instead.
+// DEPRECATED: use wlog pkg combined with the record codex instead.
 type WAL interface {
 	Reader() WALReader
 	LogSeries([]record.RefSeries) error
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func newCRC32() hash.Hash32 {
 
 // SegmentWAL is a write ahead log for series data.
 //
-// DEPRECATED: use wal pkg combined with the record coders instead.
+// DEPRECATED: use wlog pkg combined with the record coders instead.
 type SegmentWAL struct {
 	mtx     sync.Mutex
 	metrics *walMetrics
@@ -1229,7 +1229,7 @@ func MigrateWAL(logger log.Logger, dir string) (err error) {
 	if err := os.RemoveAll(tmpdir); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "cleanup replacement dir")
 	}
-	repl, err := wal.New(logger, nil, tmpdir, false)
+	repl, err := wlog.New(logger, nil, tmpdir, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "open new WAL")
 	}
diff --git a/tsdb/wal_test.go b/tsdb/wal_test.go
index 325e65a92d..da242b8750 100644
--- a/tsdb/wal_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/wal_test.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/chunks"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/record"
 	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/tombstones"
-	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/wal"
+	"github.com/prometheus/prometheus/tsdb/wlog"
 )
 
 func TestSegmentWAL_cut(t *testing.T) {
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ func TestMigrateWAL_Empty(t *testing.T) {
 	wdir := path.Join(dir, "wal")
 
 	// Initialize empty WAL.
-	w, err := wal.New(nil, nil, wdir, false)
+	w, err := wlog.New(nil, nil, wdir, false)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, w.Close())
 
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ func TestMigrateWAL_Fuzz(t *testing.T) {
 	// Perform migration.
 	require.NoError(t, MigrateWAL(nil, wdir))
 
-	w, err := wal.New(nil, nil, wdir, false)
+	w, err := wlog.New(nil, nil, wdir, false)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// We can properly write some new data after migration.
@@ -505,10 +505,10 @@ func TestMigrateWAL_Fuzz(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, w.Close())
 
 	// Read back all data.
-	sr, err := wal.NewSegmentsReader(wdir)
+	sr, err := wlog.NewSegmentsReader(wdir)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	r := wal.NewReader(sr)
+	r := wlog.NewReader(sr)
 	var res []interface{}
 	var dec record.Decoder
 
diff --git a/tsdb/wal/checkpoint.go b/tsdb/wlog/checkpoint.go
similarity index 98%
rename from tsdb/wal/checkpoint.go
rename to tsdb/wlog/checkpoint.go
index f8f9f387d5..b86340f809 100644
--- a/tsdb/wal/checkpoint.go
+++ b/tsdb/wlog/checkpoint.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-package wal
+package wlog
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ const checkpointPrefix = "checkpoint."
 // segmented format as the original WAL itself.
 // This makes it easy to read it through the WAL package and concatenate
 // it with the original WAL.
-func Checkpoint(logger log.Logger, w *WAL, from, to int, keep func(id chunks.HeadSeriesRef) bool, mint int64) (*CheckpointStats, error) {
+func Checkpoint(logger log.Logger, w *WL, from, to int, keep func(id chunks.HeadSeriesRef) bool, mint int64) (*CheckpointStats, error) {
 	stats := &CheckpointStats{}
 	var sgmReader io.ReadCloser
 
diff --git a/tsdb/wal/checkpoint_test.go b/tsdb/wlog/checkpoint_test.go
similarity index 96%
rename from tsdb/wal/checkpoint_test.go
rename to tsdb/wlog/checkpoint_test.go
index 8222f8ad33..58d35f5d3c 100644
--- a/tsdb/wal/checkpoint_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/wlog/checkpoint_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-package wal
+package wlog
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ func TestCheckpoint(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestCheckpointNoTmpFolderAfterError(t *testing.T) {
-	// Create a new wal with invalid data.
+	// Create a new wlog with invalid data.
 	dir := t.TempDir()
 	w, err := NewSize(nil, nil, dir, 64*1024, false)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -277,17 +277,17 @@ func TestCheckpointNoTmpFolderAfterError(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, f.Close())
 
-	// Run the checkpoint and since the wal contains corrupt data this should return an error.
+	// Run the checkpoint and since the wlog contains corrupt data this should return an error.
 	_, err = Checkpoint(log.NewNopLogger(), w, 0, 1, nil, 0)
 	require.Error(t, err)
 
-	// Walk the wal dir to make sure there are no tmp folder left behind after the error.
+	// Walk the wlog dir to make sure there are no tmp folder left behind after the error.
 	err = filepath.Walk(w.Dir(), func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
 		if err != nil {
 			return errors.Wrapf(err, "access err %q: %v", path, err)
 		}
 		if info.IsDir() && strings.HasSuffix(info.Name(), ".tmp") {
-			return fmt.Errorf("wal dir contains temporary folder:%s", info.Name())
+			return fmt.Errorf("wlog dir contains temporary folder:%s", info.Name())
 		}
 		return nil
 	})
diff --git a/tsdb/wal/live_reader.go b/tsdb/wlog/live_reader.go
similarity index 99%
rename from tsdb/wal/live_reader.go
rename to tsdb/wlog/live_reader.go
index f09d149aa3..fd949a9630 100644
--- a/tsdb/wal/live_reader.go
+++ b/tsdb/wlog/live_reader.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-package wal
+package wlog
 
 import (
 	"encoding/binary"
diff --git a/tsdb/wal/reader.go b/tsdb/wlog/reader.go
similarity index 99%
rename from tsdb/wal/reader.go
rename to tsdb/wlog/reader.go
index 7612f8775f..e2b50d4b2a 100644
--- a/tsdb/wal/reader.go
+++ b/tsdb/wlog/reader.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-package wal
+package wlog
 
 import (
 	"encoding/binary"
diff --git a/tsdb/wal/reader_test.go b/tsdb/wlog/reader_test.go
similarity index 99%
rename from tsdb/wal/reader_test.go
rename to tsdb/wlog/reader_test.go
index 191e54636b..97d251b3ae 100644
--- a/tsdb/wal/reader_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/wlog/reader_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-package wal
+package wlog
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ func TestReader_Live(t *testing.T) {
 
 const fuzzLen = 500
 
-func generateRandomEntries(w *WAL, records chan []byte) error {
+func generateRandomEntries(w *WL, records chan []byte) error {
 	var recs [][]byte
 	for i := 0; i < fuzzLen; i++ {
 		var sz int64
diff --git a/tsdb/wal/watcher.go b/tsdb/wlog/watcher.go
similarity index 99%
rename from tsdb/wal/watcher.go
rename to tsdb/wlog/watcher.go
index 85d01880fd..9d57c1f881 100644
--- a/tsdb/wal/watcher.go
+++ b/tsdb/wlog/watcher.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-package wal
+package wlog
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ func (w *Watcher) firstAndLast() (int, int, error) {
 	return refs[0], refs[len(refs)-1], nil
 }
 
-// Copied from tsdb/wal/wal.go so we do not have to open a WAL.
+// Copied from tsdb/wlog/wlog.go so we do not have to open a WAL.
 // Plan is to move WAL watcher to TSDB and dedupe these implementations.
 func (w *Watcher) segments(dir string) ([]int, error) {
 	files, err := os.ReadDir(dir)
diff --git a/tsdb/wal/watcher_test.go b/tsdb/wlog/watcher_test.go
similarity index 99%
rename from tsdb/wal/watcher_test.go
rename to tsdb/wlog/watcher_test.go
index b89f8bead9..a95618318a 100644
--- a/tsdb/wal/watcher_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/wlog/watcher_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
-package wal
+package wlog
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
diff --git a/tsdb/wal/wal.go b/tsdb/wlog/wlog.go
similarity index 92%
rename from tsdb/wal/wal.go
rename to tsdb/wlog/wlog.go
index 191b09ed99..5ae308d4ea 100644
--- a/tsdb/wal/wal.go
+++ b/tsdb/wlog/wlog.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-package wal
+package wlog
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func OpenWriteSegment(logger log.Logger, dir string, k int) (*Segment, error) {
 	// If it was torn mid-record, a full read (which the caller should do anyway
 	// to ensure integrity) will detect it as a corruption by the end.
 	if d := stat.Size() % pageSize; d != 0 {
-		level.Warn(logger).Log("msg", "Last page of the wal is torn, filling it with zeros", "segment", segName)
+		level.Warn(logger).Log("msg", "Last page of the wlog is torn, filling it with zeros", "segment", segName)
 		if _, err := f.Write(make([]byte, pageSize-d)); err != nil {
 			f.Close()
 			return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "zero-pad torn page")
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func OpenReadSegment(fn string) (*Segment, error) {
 	return &Segment{SegmentFile: f, i: k, dir: filepath.Dir(fn)}, nil
 }
 
-// WAL is a write ahead log that stores records in segment files.
+// WL is a write log that stores records in segment files.
 // It must be read from start to end once before logging new data.
 // If an error occurs during read, the repair procedure must be called
 // before it's safe to do further writes.
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func OpenReadSegment(fn string) (*Segment, error) {
 // Records are never split across segments to allow full segments to be
 // safely truncated. It also ensures that torn writes never corrupt records
 // beyond the most recent segment.
-type WAL struct {
+type WL struct {
 	dir         string
 	logger      log.Logger
 	segmentSize int
@@ -188,10 +188,10 @@ type WAL struct {
 	compress    bool
 	snappyBuf   []byte
 
-	metrics *walMetrics
+	metrics *wlMetrics
 }
 
-type walMetrics struct {
+type wlMetrics struct {
 	fsyncDuration   prometheus.Summary
 	pageFlushes     prometheus.Counter
 	pageCompletions prometheus.Counter
@@ -201,12 +201,12 @@ type walMetrics struct {
 	writesFailed    prometheus.Counter
 }
 
-func newWALMetrics(r prometheus.Registerer) *walMetrics {
-	m := &walMetrics{}
+func newWLMetrics(r prometheus.Registerer) *wlMetrics {
+	m := &wlMetrics{}
 
 	m.fsyncDuration = prometheus.NewSummary(prometheus.SummaryOpts{
 		Name:       "fsync_duration_seconds",
-		Help:       "Duration of WAL fsync.",
+		Help:       "Duration of write log fsync.",
 		Objectives: map[float64]float64{0.5: 0.05, 0.9: 0.01, 0.99: 0.001},
 	})
 	m.pageFlushes = prometheus.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
@@ -219,19 +219,19 @@ func newWALMetrics(r prometheus.Registerer) *walMetrics {
 	})
 	m.truncateFail = prometheus.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
 		Name: "truncations_failed_total",
-		Help: "Total number of WAL truncations that failed.",
+		Help: "Total number of write log truncations that failed.",
 	})
 	m.truncateTotal = prometheus.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
 		Name: "truncations_total",
-		Help: "Total number of WAL truncations attempted.",
+		Help: "Total number of write log truncations attempted.",
 	})
 	m.currentSegment = prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
 		Name: "segment_current",
-		Help: "WAL segment index that TSDB is currently writing to.",
+		Help: "Write log segment index that TSDB is currently writing to.",
 	})
 	m.writesFailed = prometheus.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
 		Name: "writes_failed_total",
-		Help: "Total number of WAL writes that failed.",
+		Help: "Total number of write log writes that failed.",
 	})
 
 	if r != nil {
@@ -250,13 +250,13 @@ func newWALMetrics(r prometheus.Registerer) *walMetrics {
 }
 
 // New returns a new WAL over the given directory.
-func New(logger log.Logger, reg prometheus.Registerer, dir string, compress bool) (*WAL, error) {
+func New(logger log.Logger, reg prometheus.Registerer, dir string, compress bool) (*WL, error) {
 	return NewSize(logger, reg, dir, DefaultSegmentSize, compress)
 }
 
-// NewSize returns a new WAL over the given directory.
+// NewSize returns a new write log over the given directory.
 // New segments are created with the specified size.
-func NewSize(logger log.Logger, reg prometheus.Registerer, dir string, segmentSize int, compress bool) (*WAL, error) {
+func NewSize(logger log.Logger, reg prometheus.Registerer, dir string, segmentSize int, compress bool) (*WL, error) {
 	if segmentSize%pageSize != 0 {
 		return nil, errors.New("invalid segment size")
 	}
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ func NewSize(logger log.Logger, reg prometheus.Registerer, dir string, segmentSi
 	if logger == nil {
 		logger = log.NewNopLogger()
 	}
-	w := &WAL{
+	w := &WL{
 		dir:         dir,
 		logger:      logger,
 		segmentSize: segmentSize,
@@ -277,9 +277,9 @@ func NewSize(logger log.Logger, reg prometheus.Registerer, dir string, segmentSi
 	}
 	prefix := "prometheus_tsdb_wal_"
 	if filepath.Base(dir) == WblDirName {
-		prefix = "prometheus_tsdb_out_of_order_wal_"
+		prefix = "prometheus_tsdb_out_of_order_wbl_"
 	}
-	w.metrics = newWALMetrics(prometheus.WrapRegistererWithPrefix(prefix, reg))
+	w.metrics = newWLMetrics(prometheus.WrapRegistererWithPrefix(prefix, reg))
 
 	_, last, err := Segments(w.Dir())
 	if err != nil {
@@ -308,11 +308,11 @@ func NewSize(logger log.Logger, reg prometheus.Registerer, dir string, segmentSi
 }
 
 // Open an existing WAL.
-func Open(logger log.Logger, dir string) (*WAL, error) {
+func Open(logger log.Logger, dir string) (*WL, error) {
 	if logger == nil {
 		logger = log.NewNopLogger()
 	}
-	w := &WAL{
+	w := &WL{
 		dir:    dir,
 		logger: logger,
 	}
@@ -321,16 +321,16 @@ func Open(logger log.Logger, dir string) (*WAL, error) {
 }
 
 // CompressionEnabled returns if compression is enabled on this WAL.
-func (w *WAL) CompressionEnabled() bool {
+func (w *WL) CompressionEnabled() bool {
 	return w.compress
 }
 
 // Dir returns the directory of the WAL.
-func (w *WAL) Dir() string {
+func (w *WL) Dir() string {
 	return w.dir
 }
 
-func (w *WAL) run() {
+func (w *WL) run() {
 Loop:
 	for {
 		select {
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ Loop:
 
 // Repair attempts to repair the WAL based on the error.
 // It discards all data after the corruption.
-func (w *WAL) Repair(origErr error) error {
+func (w *WL) Repair(origErr error) error {
 	// We could probably have a mode that only discards torn records right around
 	// the corruption to preserve as data much as possible.
 	// But that's not generally applicable if the records have any kind of causality.
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ func SegmentName(dir string, i int) string {
 
 // NextSegment creates the next segment and closes the previous one asynchronously.
 // It returns the file number of the new file.
-func (w *WAL) NextSegment() (int, error) {
+func (w *WL) NextSegment() (int, error) {
 	w.mtx.Lock()
 	defer w.mtx.Unlock()
 	return w.nextSegment(true)
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ func (w *WAL) NextSegment() (int, error) {
 
 // NextSegmentSync creates the next segment and closes the previous one in sync.
 // It returns the file number of the new file.
-func (w *WAL) NextSegmentSync() (int, error) {
+func (w *WL) NextSegmentSync() (int, error) {
 	w.mtx.Lock()
 	defer w.mtx.Unlock()
 	return w.nextSegment(false)
@@ -482,9 +482,9 @@ func (w *WAL) NextSegmentSync() (int, error) {
 
 // nextSegment creates the next segment and closes the previous one.
 // It returns the file number of the new file.
-func (w *WAL) nextSegment(async bool) (int, error) {
+func (w *WL) nextSegment(async bool) (int, error) {
 	if w.closed {
-		return 0, errors.New("wal is closed")
+		return 0, errors.New("wlog is closed")
 	}
 
 	// Only flush the current page if it actually holds data.
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ func (w *WAL) nextSegment(async bool) (int, error) {
 	return next.Index(), nil
 }
 
-func (w *WAL) setSegment(segment *Segment) error {
+func (w *WL) setSegment(segment *Segment) error {
 	w.segment = segment
 
 	// Correctly initialize donePages.
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ func (w *WAL) setSegment(segment *Segment) error {
 // flushPage writes the new contents of the page to disk. If no more records will fit into
 // the page, the remaining bytes will be set to zero and a new page will be started.
 // If clear is true, this is enforced regardless of how many bytes are left in the page.
-func (w *WAL) flushPage(clear bool) error {
+func (w *WL) flushPage(clear bool) error {
 	w.metrics.pageFlushes.Inc()
 
 	p := w.page
@@ -601,13 +601,13 @@ func (t recType) String() string {
 	}
 }
 
-func (w *WAL) pagesPerSegment() int {
+func (w *WL) pagesPerSegment() int {
 	return w.segmentSize / pageSize
 }
 
 // Log writes the records into the log.
 // Multiple records can be passed at once to reduce writes and increase throughput.
-func (w *WAL) Log(recs ...[]byte) error {
+func (w *WL) Log(recs ...[]byte) error {
 	w.mtx.Lock()
 	defer w.mtx.Unlock()
 	// Callers could just implement their own list record format but adding
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ func (w *WAL) Log(recs ...[]byte) error {
 // - the final record of a batch
 // - the record is bigger than the page size
 // - the current page is full.
-func (w *WAL) log(rec []byte, final bool) error {
+func (w *WL) log(rec []byte, final bool) error {
 	// When the last page flush failed the page will remain full.
 	// When the page is full, need to flush it before trying to add more records to it.
 	if w.page.full() {
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@ func (w *WAL) log(rec []byte, final bool) error {
 
 // LastSegmentAndOffset returns the last segment number of the WAL
 // and the offset in that file upto which the segment has been filled.
-func (w *WAL) LastSegmentAndOffset() (seg, offset int, err error) {
+func (w *WL) LastSegmentAndOffset() (seg, offset int, err error) {
 	w.mtx.Lock()
 	defer w.mtx.Unlock()
 
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ func (w *WAL) LastSegmentAndOffset() (seg, offset int, err error) {
 }
 
 // Truncate drops all segments before i.
-func (w *WAL) Truncate(i int) (err error) {
+func (w *WL) Truncate(i int) (err error) {
 	w.metrics.truncateTotal.Inc()
 	defer func() {
 		if err != nil {
@@ -758,27 +758,27 @@ func (w *WAL) Truncate(i int) (err error) {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (w *WAL) fsync(f *Segment) error {
+func (w *WL) fsync(f *Segment) error {
 	start := time.Now()
 	err := f.Sync()
 	w.metrics.fsyncDuration.Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds())
 	return err
 }
 
-// Sync forces a file sync on the current wal segment. This function is meant
+// Sync forces a file sync on the current write log segment. This function is meant
 // to be used only on tests due to different behaviour on Operating Systems
 // like windows and linux
-func (w *WAL) Sync() error {
+func (w *WL) Sync() error {
 	return w.fsync(w.segment)
 }
 
 // Close flushes all writes and closes active segment.
-func (w *WAL) Close() (err error) {
+func (w *WL) Close() (err error) {
 	w.mtx.Lock()
 	defer w.mtx.Unlock()
 
 	if w.closed {
-		return errors.New("wal already closed")
+		return errors.New("wlog already closed")
 	}
 
 	if w.segment == nil {
@@ -811,8 +811,8 @@ func (w *WAL) Close() (err error) {
 
 // Segments returns the range [first, n] of currently existing segments.
 // If no segments are found, first and n are -1.
-func Segments(walDir string) (first, last int, err error) {
-	refs, err := listSegments(walDir)
+func Segments(wlDir string) (first, last int, err error) {
+	refs, err := listSegments(wlDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, 0, err
 	}
@@ -979,8 +979,8 @@ func (r *segmentBufReader) Read(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	return n, nil
 }
 
-// Computing size of the WAL.
+// Size computes the size of the write log.
 // We do this by adding the sizes of all the files under the WAL dir.
-func (w *WAL) Size() (int64, error) {
+func (w *WL) Size() (int64, error) {
 	return fileutil.DirSize(w.Dir())
 }
diff --git a/tsdb/wal/wal_test.go b/tsdb/wlog/wlog_test.go
similarity index 99%
rename from tsdb/wal/wal_test.go
rename to tsdb/wlog/wlog_test.go
index 55cd6caa1b..ed8a9df2e3 100644
--- a/tsdb/wal/wal_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/wlog/wlog_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
-package wal
+package wlog
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func TestWALRepair_ReadingError(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			first, last, err := Segments(w.Dir())
 			require.NoError(t, err)
-			require.Equal(t, 3, 1+last-first, "wal creation didn't result in expected number of segments")
+			require.Equal(t, 3, 1+last-first, "wlog creation didn't result in expected number of segments")
 
 			require.NoError(t, w.Close())