diff --git a/lib/jsduck/ast.rb b/lib/jsduck/ast.rb
index b952251f279a4a9b84a4c2c2b5ac696e182b520c..10ee328bdce9a6a8d4000a3a04def14a8402a236 100644
--- a/lib/jsduck/ast.rb
+++ b/lib/jsduck/ast.rb
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ module JsDuck
       cls[:code_type] = :ext_define
 
       ast["arguments"][1].each_property do |key, value, pair|
-        if tag = TagRegistry.get_ext_define(key)
+        if tag = TagRegistry.get_by_ext_define_pattern(key)
           tag.parse_ext_define(cls, value)
         else
           case key
diff --git a/lib/jsduck/class_formatter.rb b/lib/jsduck/class_formatter.rb
index fb9bca932907206625bbdd98d08e1575edf907bf..b66130f70c2cb9592cdf87bf9217308e6be3b486 100644
--- a/lib/jsduck/class_formatter.rb
+++ b/lib/jsduck/class_formatter.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module JsDuck
 
     def inject_formatter_to_tags
       # inject formatter to all html-producing tags
-      TagRegistry.get_html_renderers.each do |tag|
+      TagRegistry.html_renderers.each do |tag|
         tag.formatter = @formatter
       end
     end
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ module JsDuck
 
     def format_tags_data(context)
       result = {}
-      TagRegistry.get_html_renderers.each do |tag|
+      TagRegistry.html_renderers.each do |tag|
         if context[tag.key]
           result[tag.key] = tag.to_html(context)
         end
diff --git a/lib/jsduck/doc_parser.rb b/lib/jsduck/doc_parser.rb
index b87230aa5506f73de395173d941e24a0aa69dddc..d8276f35a36e87d930733e90c6dc577698b276c1 100644
--- a/lib/jsduck/doc_parser.rb
+++ b/lib/jsduck/doc_parser.rb
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ module JsDuck
 
       if !name
         # ignore
-      elsif tag = TagRegistry.get_tag(name)
+      elsif tag = TagRegistry.get_by_pattern(name)
         match(/\w+/)
         tag.parse(self)
         skip_white
diff --git a/lib/jsduck/tag_registry.rb b/lib/jsduck/tag_registry.rb
index c59ab44d29de47cc34b7b70c2cf6cf20dcc1d066..83791769957728ec32b5bb565793def63b5ada95 100644
--- a/lib/jsduck/tag_registry.rb
+++ b/lib/jsduck/tag_registry.rb
@@ -60,32 +60,24 @@ module JsDuck
       JsDuck::Tag::Tag.descendants.sort {|a, b| a.to_s <=> b.to_s }
     end
 
-    # Accesses tag by @name pattern
-    def get_tag(name)
-      @patterns[name]
-    end
+    #
+    # Accessors for lists of tags
+    #
 
     # Returns all multiline tags.
     attr_reader :multiliners
 
-    # Accesses tag by Ext.define pattern
-    def get_ext_define(name)
-      @ext_define_patterns[name]
-    end
-
     # Default values for class config when Ext.define is encountered.
     attr_reader :ext_define_defaults
 
-    # Accesses tag by key name - the symbol under which the tag data
-    # is stored in final hash.
-    def get_by_key(key)
-      @keys[key]
-    end
+    # Array of attributes to be shown in member signatures
+    # (and in order they should be shown in).
+    attr_reader :signatures
 
     # Returns tags for rendering HTML.  One can ask for tags for
     # rendering either :top or :bottom section.  By default renderers
     # for both sections are returned.
-    def get_html_renderers(position = :all)
+    def html_renderers(position = :all)
       if position == :all
         @html_renderers[:top] + @html_renderers[:bottom]
       else
@@ -93,9 +85,25 @@ module JsDuck
       end
     end
 
-    # Array of attributes to be shown in member signatures
-    # (and in order they should be shown in).
-    attr_reader :signatures
+    #
+    # Accessors for a single tag
+    #
+
+    # Accesses tag by @name pattern
+    def get_by_pattern(name)
+      @patterns[name]
+    end
+
+    # Accesses tag by Ext.define pattern
+    def get_by_ext_define_pattern(name)
+      @ext_define_patterns[name]
+    end
+
+    # Accesses tag by key name - the symbol under which the tag data
+    # is stored in final hash.
+    def get_by_key(key)
+      @keys[key]
+    end
 
     # Gives access to assets from @aside tag
     def assets=(assets)
diff --git a/lib/jsduck/tag_renderer.rb b/lib/jsduck/tag_renderer.rb
index f066e467e0c895fb3519d5a55297bbb03343d140..e59334877a81f370f26c01bc1234d030ae82d348 100644
--- a/lib/jsduck/tag_renderer.rb
+++ b/lib/jsduck/tag_renderer.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module JsDuck
     def self.render(html_data, position)
       return if html_data.size == 0
 
-      TagRegistry.get_html_renderers(position).map do |tag|
+      TagRegistry.html_renderers(position).map do |tag|
         html_data[tag.key]
       end
     end