diff --git a/proxmox-tools/src/io/read.rs b/proxmox-tools/src/io/read.rs
index a299205a..39d923a6 100644
--- a/proxmox-tools/src/io/read.rs
+++ b/proxmox-tools/src/io/read.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::io;
 
 use endian_trait::Endian;
 
-use crate::vec::{self, ops::*};
+use crate::vec::{self, ByteVecExt};
 
 /// Adds some additional related functionality for types implementing [`Read`](std::io::Read).
 ///
diff --git a/proxmox-tools/src/vec.rs b/proxmox-tools/src/vec.rs
index ef5565a9..7d0ed506 100644
--- a/proxmox-tools/src/vec.rs
+++ b/proxmox-tools/src/vec.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 //!
 //! Examples:
 //! ```no_run
-//! use proxmox::tools::vec::{self, ops::*};
+//! use proxmox::tools::vec::{self, ByteVecExt};
 //!
 //! # let size = 64usize;
 //! # let more = 64usize;
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@
 //! });
 //! ```
 
-pub mod ops;
+mod byte_vec;
+pub use byte_vec::*;
+
 
 /// Create an uninitialized byte vector of a specific size.
 ///
diff --git a/proxmox-tools/src/vec/ops.rs b/proxmox-tools/src/vec/byte_vec.rs
similarity index 85%
rename from proxmox-tools/src/vec/ops.rs
rename to proxmox-tools/src/vec/byte_vec.rs
index 4813ef2c..ad98dcf9 100644
--- a/proxmox-tools/src/vec/ops.rs
+++ b/proxmox-tools/src/vec/byte_vec.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //! Example:
 //! ```
 //! # use std::io::Read;
-//! use proxmox::tools::vec::{self, ops::*};
+//! use proxmox::tools::vec::{self, ByteVecExt};
 //!
 //! fn append_1024_to_vec<T: Read>(mut input: T, buffer: &mut Vec<u8>) -> std::io::Result<()> {
 //!     input.read_exact(unsafe { buffer.grow_uninitialized(1024) })
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 /// Example:
 /// ```
 /// # use std::io::Read;
-/// # use proxmox::tools::io::{self, ops::*};
-/// use proxmox::tools::vec::{self, ops::*};
+/// # use proxmox::tools::io::{self, ReadExt};
+/// use proxmox::tools::vec::{self, ByteVecExt};
 ///
 /// # fn code(mut file: std::fs::File, mut data: Vec<u8>) -> std::io::Result<()> {
 /// file.read_exact(unsafe {
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@
 /// ```
 ///
 /// Note that this module also provides a safe alternative for the case where
-/// `grow_uninitialized()` is directly followed by a `read_exact()` call via the [`ReadExtOps`]
+/// `grow_uninitialized()` is directly followed by a `read_exact()` call via the [`ReadExt`]
 /// trait:
 /// ```ignore
 /// file.append_to_vec(&mut data, 1024)?;
 /// ```
 ///
-/// [`ReadExtOps`]: crate::io::ops::ReadExtOps
-pub trait VecU8ExtOps {
+/// [`ReadExt`]: crate::io::ReadExt
+pub trait ByteVecExt {
     /// Grow a vector without initializing its elements. The difference to simply using `reserve`
     /// is that it also updates the actual length, making the newly allocated data part of the
     /// slice.
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ pub trait VecU8ExtOps {
     /// This returns a mutable slice to the newly allocated space, so it can be used inline:
     /// ```
     /// # use std::io::Read;
-    /// # use proxmox::tools::vec::ops::*;
+    /// # use proxmox::tools::vec::ByteVecExt;
     /// # fn test(mut file: std::fs::File, buffer: &mut Vec<u8>) -> std::io::Result<()> {
     /// file.read_exact(unsafe { buffer.grow_uninitialized(1024) })?;
     /// # Ok(())
@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@ pub trait VecU8ExtOps {
     /// ```
     ///
     /// Although for the above case it is recommended to use the even shorter version from the
-    /// [`ReadExtOps`] trait:
+    /// [`ReadExt`] trait:
     /// ```ignore
-    /// // use crate::tools::vec::ops::ReadExtOps;
+    /// // use crate::tools::vec::ByteVecExt;
     /// file.append_to_vec(&mut buffer, 1024)?;
     /// ```
     ///
-    /// [`ReadExtOps`]: crate::io::ops::ReadExtOps
+    /// [`ReadExt`]: crate::io::ReadExt
     unsafe fn grow_uninitialized(&mut self, more: usize) -> &mut [u8];
 
     /// Resize a vector to a specific size without initializing its data. This is a shortcut for:
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ pub trait VecU8ExtOps {
     unsafe fn resize_uninitialized(&mut self, total: usize);
 }
 
-impl VecU8ExtOps for Vec<u8> {
+impl ByteVecExt for Vec<u8> {
     unsafe fn grow_uninitialized(&mut self, more: usize) -> &mut [u8] {
         let old_len = self.len();
         self.reserve(more);