diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8d0a388c8c..bff5d1111a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ At the moment, executing a command that isn't identified as a built-in new comma
 ## Commands on tables
 | command | description |
 | ------------- | ------------- | 
-| column ...columns | Down-select table to only these columns |
+| pick ...columns | Down-select table to only these columns |
 | reject ...columns | Remove the given columns from the table |
 | select column-or-column-path | Open given cells as text |
 | sort-by ...columns | Sort by the given columns |
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ The name of the columns in the table can be used to sort the table.
 
 You can also use the names of the columns to down-select to only the data you want.
 ```text
-~\Code\nushell> ls | column "file name" "file type" size | sort-by "file type"
+~\Code\nushell> ls | pick "file name" "file type" size | sort-by "file type"
 ------------------------------------
  file name      file type  size
 ------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 8d3f88266a..967e942ce4 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ pub async fn cli() -> Result<(), Box<Error>> {
             command("cd", cd::cd),
             command("view", view::view),
             command("skip", skip::skip),
-            command("first", take::take),
+            command("first", first::first),
             command("size", size::size),
             command("from-json", from_json::from_json),
             command("from-toml", from_toml::from_toml),
             command("open", open::open),
-            command("column", column::column),
+            command("pick", pick::pick),
             command("split-column", split_column::split_column),
             command("split-row", split_row::split_row),
             command("reject", reject::reject),
diff --git a/src/commands.rs b/src/commands.rs
index 9aca425f7d..fa3c307fda 100644
--- a/src/commands.rs
+++ b/src/commands.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 crate mod args;
 crate mod cd;
 crate mod classified;
-crate mod column;
+crate mod pick;
 crate mod command;
 crate mod config;
 crate mod from_json;
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ crate mod skip;
 crate mod sort_by;
 crate mod split_column;
 crate mod split_row;
-crate mod take;
+crate mod first;
 crate mod to_array;
 crate mod to_json;
 crate mod to_toml;
diff --git a/src/commands/take.rs b/src/commands/first.rs
similarity index 79%
rename from src/commands/take.rs
rename to src/commands/first.rs
index 03ac492269..9f7748ced2 100644
--- a/src/commands/take.rs
+++ b/src/commands/first.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use crate::prelude::*;
 
 // TODO: "Amount remaining" wrapper
 
-pub fn take(args: CommandArgs) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+pub fn first(args: CommandArgs) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
     let amount = args.positional[0].as_i64()?;
 
     let input = args.input;
diff --git a/src/commands/column.rs b/src/commands/pick.rs
similarity index 89%
rename from src/commands/column.rs
rename to src/commands/pick.rs
index 3e811771e7..7cbf08536a 100644
--- a/src/commands/column.rs
+++ b/src/commands/pick.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use crate::object::base::select_fields;
 use crate::object::Value;
 use crate::prelude::*;
 
-pub fn column(args: CommandArgs) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+pub fn pick(args: CommandArgs) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
     if args.positional.is_empty() {
         return Err(ShellError::string("select requires a field"));
     }