diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 07b0092..c96e793 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ fn main() {
     } else if !env.contains("windows") {
         // build scalar on non-windows and non-mac
         cc::Build::new()
-            .file("src/native/unix/scalar.cpp")
+            .file("src/native/posix/scalar.cpp")
             .opt_level(3) // always build with opts for scaler so it's fast in debug also
             .compile("libscalar.a")
     }
diff --git a/examples/menu.rs b/examples/menu.rs
index 44cab10..44f8d5a 100644
--- a/examples/menu.rs
+++ b/examples/menu.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ fn main() {
 
     let menu_handle = window.add_menu(&menu);
 
-    window.get_unix_menus().map(|menus| {
+    window.get_posix_menus().map(|menus| {
         println!("Menus {:?}", menus);
     });
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index f9e54fa..18ef6df 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ use self::os::redox as imp;
     target_os = "netbsd",
     target_os = "openbsd"
 ))]
-use self::os::unix as imp;
+use self::os::posix as imp;
 #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
 use self::os::windows as imp;
 ///
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ impl Window {
     ///   on which window you have active.
     /// Linux/BSD/etc:
     ///   Menus aren't supported as they depend on each WindowManager and is outside of the
-    ///   scope for this library to support. Use [get_unix_menus] to get a structure
+    ///   scope for this library to support. Use [get_posix_menus] to get a structure
     /// ```
     ///
     #[inline]
@@ -721,11 +721,11 @@ impl Window {
     }
 
     ///
-    /// Get Unix menu. Will only return menus on Unix class OSes
+    /// Get POSIX menus. Will only return menus on POSIX-like OSes like Linux or BSD
     /// otherwise ```None```
     ///
     #[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "windows"))]
-    pub fn get_unix_menus(&self) -> Option<&Vec<UnixMenu>> {
+    pub fn get_posix_menus(&self) -> Option<&Vec<UnixMenu>> {
         None
     }
 
@@ -737,8 +737,16 @@ impl Window {
         target_os = "openbsd",
         target_os = "redox"
     ))]
+    pub fn get_posix_menus(&self) -> Option<&Vec<UnixMenu>> {
+        self.0.get_posix_menus()
+    }
+
+    #[deprecated(
+        since = "0.17.0",
+        note = "`get_unix_menus` will be removed in 1.0.0, use `get_posix_menus` instead"
+    )]
     pub fn get_unix_menus(&self) -> Option<&Vec<UnixMenu>> {
-        self.0.get_unix_menus()
+        self.get_posix_menus()
     }
 
     ///
@@ -764,8 +772,11 @@ pub const MENU_KEY_ALT: usize = 16;
 const MENU_ID_SEPARATOR: usize = 0xffffffff;
 
 ///
-/// Used on Unix (Linux, FreeBSD, etc) as menus aren't supported in a native where there.
-/// This structure can be used by calling [#get_unix_menus] on Window.
+/// Used on POSIX systems (Linux, FreeBSD, etc) as menus aren't supported in a native way there.
+/// This structure can be used by calling [#get_posix_menus] on Window.
+///
+/// In version 1.0.0, this struct will be renamed to PosixMenu, but it remains UnixMenu for backwards compatibility
+/// reasons.
 ///
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct UnixMenu {
@@ -780,7 +791,7 @@ pub struct UnixMenu {
 }
 
 ///
-/// Used for on Unix (Linux, FreeBSD, etc) as menus aren't supported in a native where there.
+/// Used on POSIX systems (Linux, FreeBSD, etc) as menus aren't supported in a native way there.
 /// This structure holds info for each item in a #UnixMenu
 ///
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
diff --git a/src/native/unix/scalar.cpp b/src/native/posix/scalar.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from src/native/unix/scalar.cpp
rename to src/native/posix/scalar.cpp
diff --git a/src/os/mod.rs b/src/os/mod.rs
index 0fd7620..a298d0d 100644
--- a/src/os/mod.rs
+++ b/src/os/mod.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ pub mod redox;
     target_os = "netbsd",
     target_os = "openbsd"
 ))]
-pub mod unix;
+pub mod posix;
 #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
 pub mod windows;
diff --git a/src/os/unix/common.rs b/src/os/posix/common.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/os/unix/common.rs
rename to src/os/posix/common.rs
diff --git a/src/os/unix/mod.rs b/src/os/posix/mod.rs
similarity index 98%
rename from src/os/unix/mod.rs
rename to src/os/posix/mod.rs
index 5fb19dd..b9c67cc 100644
--- a/src/os/unix/mod.rs
+++ b/src/os/posix/mod.rs
@@ -309,12 +309,12 @@ impl Window {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn get_unix_menus(&self) -> Option<&Vec<UnixMenu>> {
+    pub fn get_posix_menus(&self) -> Option<&Vec<UnixMenu>> {
         match *self {
             #[cfg(feature = "x11")]
-            Window::X11(ref w) => w.get_unix_menus(),
+            Window::X11(ref w) => w.get_posix_menus(),
             #[cfg(feature = "wayland")]
-            Window::Wayland(ref w) => w.get_unix_menus(),
+            Window::Wayland(ref w) => w.get_posix_menus(),
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/os/unix/wayland.rs b/src/os/posix/wayland.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from src/os/unix/wayland.rs
rename to src/os/posix/wayland.rs
index a04512f..8dbd986 100644
--- a/src/os/unix/wayland.rs
+++ b/src/os/posix/wayland.rs
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ impl Window {
         handle
     }
 
-    pub fn get_unix_menus(&self) -> Option<&Vec<UnixMenu>> {
+    pub fn get_posix_menus(&self) -> Option<&Vec<UnixMenu>> {
         //FIXME
         unimplemented!()
     }
diff --git a/src/os/unix/x11.rs b/src/os/posix/x11.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from src/os/unix/x11.rs
rename to src/os/posix/x11.rs
index 1b74a9b..122aa58 100644
--- a/src/os/unix/x11.rs
+++ b/src/os/posix/x11.rs
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ impl Window {
         handle
     }
 
-    pub fn get_unix_menus(&self) -> Option<&Vec<UnixMenu>> {
+    pub fn get_posix_menus(&self) -> Option<&Vec<UnixMenu>> {
         Some(&self.menus)
     }
 
diff --git a/src/os/redox/mod.rs b/src/os/redox/mod.rs
index 791c290..91c9280 100644
--- a/src/os/redox/mod.rs
+++ b/src/os/redox/mod.rs
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ impl Window {
         handle
     }
 
-    pub fn get_unix_menus(&self) -> Option<&Vec<UnixMenu>> {
+    pub fn get_posix_menus(&self) -> Option<&Vec<UnixMenu>> {
         Some(&self.menus)
     }