diff --git a/update/deleter.go b/update/deleter.go
index d3afa17..656e7f2 100644
--- a/update/deleter.go
+++ b/update/deleter.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/omniscale/imposm3/element"
 	"github.com/omniscale/imposm3/expire"
 	"github.com/omniscale/imposm3/mapping"
-	"github.com/omniscale/imposm3/update/parser"
+	"github.com/omniscale/imposm3/update/diff"
 )
 
 type Deleter struct {
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func (d *Deleter) deleteNode(id int64) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (d *Deleter) Delete(delElem parser.DiffElem) error {
+func (d *Deleter) Delete(delElem diff.DiffElem) error {
 	if delElem.Rel != nil {
 		if err := d.deleteRelation(delElem.Rel.Id, true, true); err != nil {
 			return err
diff --git a/update/parser/doc.go b/update/diff/doc.go
similarity index 82%
rename from update/parser/doc.go
rename to update/diff/doc.go
index 9b073b3..c8aa945 100644
--- a/update/parser/doc.go
+++ b/update/diff/doc.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 /*
 Package parser provides a parser for OSM diff files in XML format.
 */
-package parser
+package diff
diff --git a/update/parser/parser.go b/update/diff/parser.go
similarity index 99%
rename from update/parser/parser.go
rename to update/diff/parser.go
index 13ec875..3816f92 100644
--- a/update/parser/parser.go
+++ b/update/diff/parser.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package parser
+package diff
 
 import (
 	"compress/gzip"
diff --git a/update/process.go b/update/process.go
index 0f0b485..1c9f6fe 100644
--- a/update/process.go
+++ b/update/process.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/omniscale/imposm3/logging"
 	"github.com/omniscale/imposm3/mapping"
 	"github.com/omniscale/imposm3/stats"
-	"github.com/omniscale/imposm3/update/parser"
+	"github.com/omniscale/imposm3/update/diff"
 	diffstate "github.com/omniscale/imposm3/update/state"
 	"github.com/omniscale/imposm3/writer"
 )
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func Update(oscFile string, geometryLimiter *limit.Limiter, expireor expire.Expi
 
 	defer log.StopStep(log.StartStep(fmt.Sprintf("Processing %s", oscFile)))
 
-	elems, errc := parser.Parse(oscFile)
+	elems, errc := diff.Parse(oscFile)
 
 	tagmapping, err := mapping.NewMapping(config.BaseOptions.MappingFile)
 	if err != nil {