diff --git a/R/init.R b/R/init.R
index a2c1fac786..a8fd46656b 100644
--- a/R/init.R
+++ b/R/init.R
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ init <- function(data,
     }
 
     is_modules_ok <- check_modules_datanames(modules, names(data))
-    if (!isTRUE(is_modules_ok) && length(unlist(extract_transformers(modules))) == 0) {
+    if (!isTRUE(is_modules_ok) && length(unlist(extract_transforms(modules))) == 0) {
       warning(is_modules_ok, call. = FALSE)
     }
 
diff --git a/R/modules.R b/R/modules.R
index 181e47111e..9cfc2b1c78 100644
--- a/R/modules.R
+++ b/R/modules.R
@@ -329,14 +329,14 @@ modules <- function(..., label = "root") {
 #' @param is_root (`logical(1)`) Whether this is the root node of the tree. Only used in
 #'   format.teal_modules(). Determines whether to show "TEAL ROOT" header
 #' @param what (`character`) Specifies which metadata to display.
-#'   Possible values: "datasets", "properties", "ui_args", "server_args", "transformers"
+#'   Possible values: "datasets", "properties", "ui_args", "server_args", "transforms"
 #' @examples
 #' mod <- module(
 #'   label = "My Custom Module",
 #'   server = function(id, data, ...) {},
 #'   ui = function(id, ...) {},
 #'   datanames = c("ADSL", "ADTTE"),
-#'   transformers = list(),
+#'   transforms = list(),
 #'   ui_args = list(a = 1, b = "b"),
 #'   server_args = list(x = 5, y = list(p = 1))
 #' )
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ modules <- function(..., label = "root") {
 #' @export
 format.teal_module <- function(
     x, indent = 0, is_last = FALSE, parent_prefix = "",
-    what = c("datasets", "properties", "ui_args", "server_args", "transformers"), ...) {
+    what = c("datasets", "properties", "ui_args", "server_args", "transforms"), ...) {
   empty_text <- ""
   branch <- if (is_last) "L-" else "|-"
   current_prefix <- paste0(parent_prefix, branch, " ")
@@ -381,8 +381,8 @@ format.teal_module <- function(
   bookmarkable <- isTRUE(attr(x, "teal_bookmarkable"))
   reportable <- "reporter" %in% names(formals(x$server))
 
-  transformers <- if (length(x$transformers) > 0) {
-    paste(sapply(x$transformers, function(t) attr(t, "label")), collapse = ", ")
+  transforms <- if (length(x$transforms) > 0) {
+    paste(sapply(x$transforms, function(t) attr(t, "label")), collapse = ", ")
   } else {
     empty_text
   }
@@ -417,10 +417,10 @@ format.teal_module <- function(
       content_prefix, "|- ", crayon::green("Server Arguments : "), server_args_formatted, "\n"
     )
   }
-  if ("transformers" %in% what) {
+  if ("transforms" %in% what) {
     output <- paste0(
       output,
-      content_prefix, "L- ", crayon::magenta("Transformers     : "), transformers, "\n"
+      content_prefix, "L- ", crayon::magenta("Transforms       : "), transforms, "\n"
     )
   }
 
@@ -431,14 +431,14 @@ format.teal_module <- function(
 #' @examples
 #' custom_module <- function(
 #'     label = "label", ui_args = NULL, server_args = NULL,
-#'     datanames = "all", transformers = list(), bk = FALSE) {
+#'     datanames = "all", transforms = list(), bk = FALSE) {
 #'   ans <- module(
 #'     label,
 #'     server = function(id, data, ...) {},
 #'     ui = function(id, ...) {
 #'     },
 #'     datanames = datanames,
-#'     transformers = transformers,
+#'     transforms = transforms,
 #'     ui_args = ui_args,
 #'     server_args = server_args
 #'   )
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ format.teal_module <- function(
 #'       cache = TRUE,
 #'       debounce = 1000
 #'     ),
-#'     transformers = list(dummy_transformer),
+#'     transforms = list(dummy_transformer),
 #'     bk = TRUE
 #'   ),
 #'   modules(
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ format.teal_module <- function(
 #'         render_type = "svg",
 #'         cache_plots = TRUE
 #'       ),
-#'       transformers = list(dummy_transformer, plot_transformer),
+#'       transforms = list(dummy_transformer, plot_transformer),
 #'       bk = TRUE
 #'     ),
 #'     modules(
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ format.teal_module <- function(
 #' )
 #'
 #' cat(format(complete_modules))
-#' cat(format(complete_modules, what = c("ui_args", "server_args", "transformers")))
+#' cat(format(complete_modules, what = c("ui_args", "server_args", "transforms")))
 #' @export
 format.teal_modules <- function(x, indent = 0, is_root = TRUE, is_last = FALSE, parent_prefix = "", ...) {
   if (is_root) {
diff --git a/R/teal_transform_module.R b/R/teal_transform_module.R
index 74507b6dd6..9c177bdc14 100644
--- a/R/teal_transform_module.R
+++ b/R/teal_transform_module.R
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 #'
 #'
 #' @examples
-#' data_transformers <- list(
+#' data_transforms <- list(
 #'   teal_transform_module(
 #'     label = "Static transform for iris",
 #'     datanames = "iris",
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 #'
 #' app <- init(
 #'   data = teal_data(iris = iris),
-#'   modules = example_module(transforms = data_transformers)
+#'   modules = example_module(transforms = data_transforms)
 #' )
 #' if (interactive()) {
 #'   shinyApp(app$ui, app$server)
diff --git a/man/teal_modules.Rd b/man/teal_modules.Rd
index bfebe46704..7f379472a2 100644
--- a/man/teal_modules.Rd
+++ b/man/teal_modules.Rd
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ modules(..., label = "root")
   indent = 0,
   is_last = FALSE,
   parent_prefix = "",
-  what = c("datasets", "properties", "ui_args", "server_args", "transformers"),
+  what = c("datasets", "properties", "ui_args", "server_args", "transforms"),
   ...
 )
 
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ Affects the tree branch character used (L- vs |-)}
 used to maintain the tree structure in nested levels}
 
 \item{what}{(\code{character}) Specifies which metadata to display.
-Possible values: "datasets", "properties", "ui_args", "server_args", "transformers"}
+Possible values: "datasets", "properties", "ui_args", "server_args", "transforms"}
 
 \item{is_root}{(\code{logical(1)}) Whether this is the root node of the tree. Only used in
 format.teal_modules(). Determines whether to show "TEAL ROOT" header}
@@ -228,21 +228,21 @@ mod <- module(
   server = function(id, data, ...) {},
   ui = function(id, ...) {},
   datanames = c("ADSL", "ADTTE"),
-  transformers = list(),
+  transforms = list(),
   ui_args = list(a = 1, b = "b"),
   server_args = list(x = 5, y = list(p = 1))
 )
 cat(format(mod))
 custom_module <- function(
     label = "label", ui_args = NULL, server_args = NULL,
-    datanames = "all", transformers = list(), bk = FALSE) {
+    datanames = "all", transforms = list(), bk = FALSE) {
   ans <- module(
     label,
     server = function(id, data, ...) {},
     ui = function(id, ...) {
     },
     datanames = datanames,
-    transformers = transformers,
+    transforms = transforms,
     ui_args = ui_args,
     server_args = server_args
   )
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ complete_modules <- modules(
       cache = TRUE,
       debounce = 1000
     ),
-    transformers = list(dummy_transformer),
+    transforms = list(dummy_transformer),
     bk = TRUE
   ),
   modules(
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ complete_modules <- modules(
         render_type = "svg",
         cache_plots = TRUE
       ),
-      transformers = list(dummy_transformer, plot_transformer),
+      transforms = list(dummy_transformer, plot_transformer),
       bk = TRUE
     ),
     modules(
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ complete_modules <- modules(
 )
 
 cat(format(complete_modules))
-cat(format(complete_modules, what = c("ui_args", "server_args", "transformers")))
+cat(format(complete_modules, what = c("ui_args", "server_args", "transforms")))
 # change the module's datanames
 set_datanames(module(datanames = "all"), "a")
 
diff --git a/man/teal_transform_module.Rd b/man/teal_transform_module.Rd
index c9da5a57c5..4ff69fbc9f 100644
--- a/man/teal_transform_module.Rd
+++ b/man/teal_transform_module.Rd
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ the respective input matched by its name.
 }
 
 \examples{
-data_transformers <- list(
+data_transforms <- list(
   teal_transform_module(
     label = "Static transform for iris",
     datanames = "iris",
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ data_transformers <- list(
 
 app <- init(
   data = teal_data(iris = iris),
-  modules = example_module(transforms = data_transformers)
+  modules = example_module(transforms = data_transforms)
 )
 if (interactive()) {
   shinyApp(app$ui, app$server)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-init.R b/tests/testthat/test-init.R
index 1ebca65fa2..861f40b744 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-init.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-init.R
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ testthat::test_that("init throws when an empty `data` is used", {
 })
 
 testthat::test_that(
-  "init throws warning when datanames in modules incompatible w/ datanames in data and there is no transformers",
+  "init throws warning when datanames in modules incompatible w/ datanames in data and there is no transforms",
   {
     testthat::expect_warning(
       init(
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ testthat::test_that(
 )
 
 testthat::test_that(
-  "init throws warning when datanames in modules incompatible w/ datanames in data and there is no transformers",
+  "init throws warning when datanames in modules incompatible w/ datanames in data and there is no transforms",
   {
     testthat::expect_warning(
       init(
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ testthat::test_that(
 )
 
 testthat::test_that(
-  "init does not throw warning when datanames in modules incompatible w/ datanames in data and there are transformers",
+  "init does not throw warning when datanames in modules incompatible w/ datanames in data and there are transforms",
   {
     testthat::expect_no_warning(
       init(
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ testthat::test_that(
         modules = list(
           example_module(
             datanames = "iris",
-            transformers = list(
+            transforms = list(
               teal_transform_module(
                 ui = function(id) NULL,
                 server = function(id, data) {
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-module_teal.R b/tests/testthat/test-module_teal.R
index 2e91a13f57..3a1a143329 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-module_teal.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-module_teal.R
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ transform_list <<- list(
   )
 )
 
+decorators <-
+
 testthat::describe("srv_teal lockfile", {
   testthat::it(paste0(
     "creation process is invoked for teal.lockfile.mode = \"enabled\" ",
@@ -738,7 +740,7 @@ testthat::describe("srv_teal teal_modules", {
           module(
             label = "module_1",
             server = function(id, data) data,
-            transformers = list(
+            transforms = list(
               teal_transform_module(
                 label = "Dummy",
                 server = function(id, data) {
@@ -775,7 +777,7 @@ testthat::describe("srv_teal teal_modules", {
           module(
             label = "module_1",
             server = function(id, data) data,
-            transformers = list(
+            transforms = list(
               teal_transform_module(
                 label = "Dummy",
                 server = function(id, data) {
@@ -834,7 +836,7 @@ testthat::describe("srv_teal teal_modules", {
           module(
             label = "module_1",
             server = function(id, data) data,
-            transformers = list(
+            transforms = list(
               teal_transform_module(
                 label = "Dummy",
                 ui = function(id) div("(does nothing)"),
@@ -873,7 +875,7 @@ testthat::describe("srv_teal teal_modules", {
           module(
             label = "module_1",
             server = function(id, data) data,
-            transformers = list(
+            transforms = list(
               teal_transform_module(
                 label = "Dummy",
                 server = function(id, data) {
@@ -1548,7 +1550,7 @@ testthat::describe("srv_teal teal_module(s) transformer", {
           module(
             label = "module_1",
             server = function(id, data) data,
-            transformers = transform_list[c("iris", "mtcars")]
+            transforms = transform_list[c("iris", "mtcars")]
           )
         )
       ),
@@ -1577,7 +1579,7 @@ testthat::describe("srv_teal teal_module(s) transformer", {
           module(
             label = "module_1",
             server = function(id, data) data,
-            transformers = transform_list[c("iris", "mtcars")]
+            transforms = transform_list[c("iris", "mtcars")]
           )
         )
       ),
@@ -1621,7 +1623,7 @@ testthat::describe("srv_teal teal_module(s) transformer", {
           module(
             label = "module_1",
             server = function(id, data) data,
-            transformers = transform_list[c("iris", "mtcars")]
+            transforms = transform_list[c("iris", "mtcars")]
           )
         )
       ),
@@ -1671,7 +1673,7 @@ testthat::describe("srv_teal teal_module(s) transformer", {
             label = "module_1",
             server = function(id, data) data,
             datanames = c("iris", "data_from_transform"),
-            transformers = list(
+            transforms = list(
               teal_transform_module(
                 ui = function(id) NULL,
                 server = function(id, data) {
@@ -1708,7 +1710,7 @@ testthat::describe("srv_teal teal_module(s) transformer", {
           modules = modules(
             module(
               server = function(id, data) data,
-              transformers = list(
+              transforms = list(
                 teal_transform_module(
                   ui = function(id) textInput("a", "an input"),
                   server = function(id, data) eventReactive(input$a, data())
@@ -1740,7 +1742,7 @@ testthat::describe("srv_teal teal_module(s) transformer", {
             modules = modules(
               module(
                 server = function(id, data) data,
-                transformers = list(
+                transforms = list(
                   teal_transform_module(
                     ui = function(id) NULL,
                     server = function(id, data) "whatever"
@@ -1773,7 +1775,7 @@ testthat::describe("srv_teal teal_module(s) transformer", {
           module(
             label = "module_1",
             server = function(id, data) data,
-            transformers = list(
+            transforms = list(
               teal_transform_module(
                 ui = function(id) NULL,
                 server = function(id, data) {
@@ -1801,7 +1803,7 @@ testthat::describe("srv_teal teal_module(s) transformer", {
           module(
             label = "module_1",
             server = function(id, data) data,
-            transformers = list(
+            transforms = list(
               teal_transform_module(
                 ui = function(id) NULL,
                 server = function(id, data) {
@@ -1829,7 +1831,7 @@ testthat::describe("srv_teal teal_module(s) transformer", {
           module(
             label = "module_1",
             server = function(id, data) data,
-            transformers = list(
+            transforms = list(
               teal_transform_module(
                 ui = function(id) NULL,
                 server = function(id, data) {
@@ -1857,7 +1859,7 @@ testthat::describe("srv_teal teal_module(s) transformer", {
           module(
             label = "module_1",
             server = function(id, data) data,
-            transformers = list(
+            transforms = list(
               teal_transform_module(
                 ui = function(id) NULL,
                 server = function(id, data) {
@@ -2077,7 +2079,7 @@ testthat::describe("srv_teal summary table", {
           module(
             "module_1",
             server = function(id, data) data,
-            transformers = teal_transform_module(
+            transforms = teal_transform_module(
               datanames = character(0),
               server = function(id, data) {
                 moduleServer(id, function(input, output, session) {
@@ -2116,7 +2118,7 @@ testthat::describe("srv_teal summary table", {
             module(
               "module_1",
               server = function(id, data) data,
-              transformers = transform_list["iris"]
+              transforms = transform_list["iris"]
             )
           )
         ),
@@ -2220,7 +2222,7 @@ testthat::describe("srv_teal summary table", {
       args = list(
         id = "test",
         data = data,
-        modules = modules(module("module_1", server = function(id, data) data, datanames = "all", transformers = list(
+        modules = modules(module("module_1", server = function(id, data) data, datanames = "all", transforms = list(
           teal_transform_module(
             server = function(id, data) {
               reactive({
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-modules.R b/tests/testthat/test-modules.R
index b1658af98c..605e0f1654 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-modules.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-modules.R
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ testthat::test_that("module() returns list of class 'teal_module' containing inp
     ui_args = NULL
   )
   testthat::expect_s3_class(test_module, "teal_module")
-  testthat::expect_named(test_module, c("label", "server", "ui", "datanames", "server_args", "ui_args", "transformers"))
+  testthat::expect_named(test_module, c("label", "server", "ui", "datanames", "server_args", "ui_args", "transforms"))
   testthat::expect_identical(test_module$label, "aaa1")
   testthat::expect_identical(test_module$server, call_module_server_fun)
   testthat::expect_identical(test_module$ui, ui_fun1)
@@ -509,12 +509,12 @@ testthat::test_that("format.teal_modules returns proper structure", {
 
   testthat::expect_equal(
     gsub("\033\\[[0-9;]*m", "", format(appended_mods)),
-    "TEAL ROOT\n  |- a\n  |  |- Datasets         : all\n  |  |- Properties:\n  |  |  |- Bookmarkable  : FALSE\n  |  |  L- Reportable    : FALSE\n  |  |- UI Arguments     : \n  |  |- Server Arguments : \n  |  L- Transformers     : \n  |- c\n  |  |- Datasets         : all\n  |  |- Properties:\n  |  |  |- Bookmarkable  : FALSE\n  |  |  L- Reportable    : FALSE\n  |  |- UI Arguments     : \n  |  |- Server Arguments : \n  |  L- Transformers     : \n  L- c\n     |- Datasets         : all\n     |- Properties:\n     |  |- Bookmarkable  : FALSE\n     |  L- Reportable    : FALSE\n     |- UI Arguments     : \n     |- Server Arguments : \n     L- Transformers     : \n" # nolint: line_length
+    "TEAL ROOT\n  |- a\n  |  |- Datasets         : all\n  |  |- Properties:\n  |  |  |- Bookmarkable  : FALSE\n  |  |  L- Reportable    : FALSE\n  |  |- UI Arguments     : \n  |  |- Server Arguments : \n  |  L- transforms     : \n  |- c\n  |  |- Datasets         : all\n  |  |- Properties:\n  |  |  |- Bookmarkable  : FALSE\n  |  |  L- Reportable    : FALSE\n  |  |- UI Arguments     : \n  |  |- Server Arguments : \n  |  L- transforms     : \n  L- c\n     |- Datasets         : all\n     |- Properties:\n     |  |- Bookmarkable  : FALSE\n     |  L- Reportable    : FALSE\n     |- UI Arguments     : \n     |- Server Arguments : \n     L- transforms     : \n" # nolint: line_length
   )
 })
 
 
-testthat::test_that("module datanames is appended by its transformers datanames", {
+testthat::test_that("module datanames is appended by its transforms datanames", {
   transformer_w_datanames <- teal_transform_module(
     ui = function(id) NULL,
     server = function(id, data) {
@@ -530,11 +530,11 @@ testthat::test_that("module datanames is appended by its transformers datanames"
     datanames = c("a", "b")
   )
 
-  out <- module(datanames = "c", transformers = list(transformer_w_datanames))
+  out <- module(datanames = "c", transforms = list(transformer_w_datanames))
   testthat::expect_identical(out$datanames, c("c", "a", "b"))
 })
 
-testthat::test_that("module datanames stays 'all' regardless of transformers", {
+testthat::test_that("module datanames stays 'all' regardless of transforms", {
   transformer_w_datanames <- teal_transform_module(
     ui = function(id) NULL,
     server = function(id, data) {
@@ -550,6 +550,6 @@ testthat::test_that("module datanames stays 'all' regardless of transformers", {
     datanames = c("a", "b")
   )
 
-  out <- module(datanames = "all", transformers = list(transformer_w_datanames))
+  out <- module(datanames = "all", transforms = list(transformer_w_datanames))
   testthat::expect_identical(out$datanames, "all")
 })
diff --git a/vignettes/data-transform-as-shiny-module.Rmd b/vignettes/data-transform-as-shiny-module.Rmd
index be8b202019..2fc687601b 100644
--- a/vignettes/data-transform-as-shiny-module.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/data-transform-as-shiny-module.Rmd
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ vignette: >
 
 ## Introduction
 
-`teal` version `0.16` introduced new argument in `teal::module` called `transformers`. 
+`teal` version `0.16` introduced new argument in `teal::module` called `transforms`. 
 This argument allows to pass a `list` of `teal_data_module` objects that are created using `teal_transform_module()` function.
 
 The main benefit of `teal_transform_module()` is the ability to transform data before passing it 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ data <- within(teal_data(), {
   mtcars <- mtcars
 })
 
-my_transformers <- list(
+my_transforms <- list(
   teal_transform_module(
     label = "Custom transform for iris",
     ui = function(id) {
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ my_transformers <- list(
 
 app <- init(
   data = data,
-  modules = teal::example_module(transformers = my_transformers)
+  modules = teal::example_module(transformers = my_transforms)
 )
 
 if (interactive()) {
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ _Note_: It is recommended to return `reactive()` with `teal_data()` in `server`
 If you are planning on using `eventReactive()` in the server, the event should include `data()` _(example `eventReactive(list(input$a, data()), {...})`)_.
 More in [this discussion](https://github.com/insightsengineering/teal/issues/1303#issuecomment-2286239832).
 
-### Multiple Transformers
+### Multiple Transforms
 
-Note that we can add multiple `teal` transformers by including `teal_transform_module` in a list.
+Note that we can add multiple `teal` transforms by including `teal_transform_module` in a list.
 
 Let's add another transformation to the `mtcars` dataset that creates a column with `rownames` of `mtcars`.
 Note that this module does not have interactive UI elements.
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ data <- within(teal_data(), {
   mtcars <- mtcars
 })
 
-my_transformers <- list(
+my_transforms <- list(
   teal_transform_module(
     label = "Custom transform for iris",
     ui = function(id) {
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ my_transformers <- list(
 
 app <- init(
   data = data,
-  modules = teal::example_module(transformers = my_transformers)
+  modules = teal::example_module(transformers = my_transforms)
 )
 
 if (interactive()) {
diff --git a/vignettes/decorate-modules-output.Rmd b/vignettes/decorate-modules-output.Rmd
index 475212714c..e88e8c17ee 100644
--- a/vignettes/decorate-modules-output.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/decorate-modules-output.Rmd
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ This document outlines the customization options available for modifying the out
 You will learn how to use `teal_transform_module` to modify and enhance the objects created by `teal` modules, 
 enabling you to tailor the outputs to your specific requirements without rewriting the original module code.
 
-Adjusting input data or customizing module outputs in `teal` is accomplished using `transformers` created through 
+Adjusting input data or customizing module outputs in `teal` is accomplished using `transforms` created through 
 `teal_transform_module`. This document will focus on modifying outputs, and for clarity, we will refer to these 
 output-modifying objects as decoration objects or decorators.