diff --git a/csv/_io.ts b/csv/_io.ts
index 15491a1ca..862042a9c 100644
--- a/csv/_io.ts
+++ b/csv/_io.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // https://github.com/golang/go/blob/master/LICENSE
 // Copyright 2018-2024 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 
-import { graphemeLength } from "./_shared.ts";
+import { codePointLength } from "./_shared.ts";
 
 /** Options for {@linkcode parseRecord}. */
 export interface ReadOptions {
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export async function parseRecord(
       if (!options.lazyQuotes) {
         const j = field.indexOf(quote);
         if (j >= 0) {
-          const col = graphemeLength(
+          const col = codePointLength(
             fullLine.slice(0, fullLine.length - line.slice(j).length),
           );
           throw new ParseError(startLine + 1, lineIndex, col, ERR_BARE_QUOTE);
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export async function parseRecord(
             recordBuffer += quote;
           } else {
             // `"*` sequence (invalid non-escaped quote).
-            const col = graphemeLength(
+            const col = codePointLength(
               fullLine.slice(0, fullLine.length - line.length - quoteLen),
             );
             throw new ParseError(startLine + 1, lineIndex, col, ERR_QUOTE);
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ export async function parseRecord(
           if (r === null) {
             // Abrupt end of file (EOF or error).
             if (!options.lazyQuotes) {
-              const col = graphemeLength(fullLine);
+              const col = codePointLength(fullLine);
               throw new ParseError(startLine + 1, lineIndex, col, ERR_QUOTE);
             }
             fieldIndexes.push(recordBuffer.length);
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ export async function parseRecord(
         } else {
           // Abrupt end of file (EOF on error).
           if (!options.lazyQuotes) {
-            const col = graphemeLength(fullLine);
+            const col = codePointLength(fullLine);
             throw new ParseError(startLine + 1, lineIndex, col, ERR_QUOTE);
           }
           fieldIndexes.push(recordBuffer.length);
diff --git a/csv/_shared.ts b/csv/_shared.ts
index f2b34dc37..9d3d876f7 100644
--- a/csv/_shared.ts
+++ b/csv/_shared.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2024 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 
 /**
- * returns length of a string considering surrogate pairs
- * ```ts
- * function graphemeLength(s: string) {
- *   return Array.from(s).length;
- * }
- * graphemeLength("🐱") // 1
- * "🐱".length // 2
+ * Gives the length of a string in Unicode code points
+ *
+ * ```
+ * codePointLength("🐱"); // 1
+ * "🐱".length; // 2
  * ```
  */
-export function graphemeLength(s: string) {
+export function codePointLength(s: string) {
   return Array.from(s).length;
 }
diff --git a/csv/parse.ts b/csv/parse.ts
index d610b6a44..27812daff 100644
--- a/csv/parse.ts
+++ b/csv/parse.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
   type ReadOptions,
   type RecordWithColumn,
 } from "./_io.ts";
-import { graphemeLength } from "./_shared.ts";
+import { codePointLength } from "./_shared.ts";
 
 export { ParseError, type ParseResult, type RecordWithColumn };
 
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class Parser {
         if (!this.#options.lazyQuotes) {
           const j = field.indexOf(quote);
           if (j >= 0) {
-            const col = graphemeLength(
+            const col = codePointLength(
               fullLine.slice(0, fullLine.length - line.slice(j).length),
             );
             throw new ParseError(startLine + 1, lineIndex, col, ERR_BARE_QUOTE);
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class Parser {
               recordBuffer += quote;
             } else {
               // `"*` sequence (invalid non-escaped quote).
-              const col = graphemeLength(
+              const col = codePointLength(
                 fullLine.slice(0, fullLine.length - line.length - quoteLen),
               );
               throw new ParseError(startLine + 1, lineIndex, col, ERR_QUOTE);
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class Parser {
             if (r === null) {
               // Abrupt end of file (EOF or error).
               if (!this.#options.lazyQuotes) {
-                const col = graphemeLength(fullLine);
+                const col = codePointLength(fullLine);
                 throw new ParseError(startLine + 1, lineIndex, col, ERR_QUOTE);
               }
               fieldIndexes.push(recordBuffer.length);
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class Parser {
           } else {
             // Abrupt end of file (EOF on error).
             if (!this.#options.lazyQuotes) {
-              const col = graphemeLength(fullLine);
+              const col = codePointLength(fullLine);
               throw new ParseError(startLine + 1, lineIndex, col, ERR_QUOTE);
             }
             fieldIndexes.push(recordBuffer.length);
diff --git a/csv/parse_test.ts b/csv/parse_test.ts
index 18b390609..092b675da 100644
--- a/csv/parse_test.ts
+++ b/csv/parse_test.ts
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ Deno.test({
       },
     });
     await t.step({
-      name: "error column grapheme number",
+      name: "error column Unicode code point number",
       fn() {
         const input = `a,b,🐱"`;
         assertThrows(