diff --git a/asl_rulebook2/webapp/static/ContentPane.js b/asl_rulebook2/webapp/static/ContentPane.js
index b9dd52e..99f1735 100644
--- a/asl_rulebook2/webapp/static/ContentPane.js
+++ b/asl_rulebook2/webapp/static/ContentPane.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ gMainApp.component( "content-pane", {
         const showContentDoc = (cdocId) => {
             this.$refs.tabbedPages.activateTab( cdocId ) ; // nb: tabId == cdocId
         }
-        gEventBus.on( "show-target", (cdocId, target) => { //eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
+        gEventBus.on( "show-target", (cdocId, ruleid) => { //eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
             showContentDoc( cdocId ) ;
         } ) ;
         gEventBus.on( "show-page", (cdocId, pageNo) => { //eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
@@ -34,16 +34,16 @@ gMainApp.component( "content-doc", {
 
     props: [ "cdoc" ],
     data() { return {
-        target: null, pageNo: null,
+        ruleid: null, pageNo: null,
         noContent: gUrlParams.get( "no-content" ),
     } ; },
 
     template: `
-<div class="content-doc" :data-target=target >
+<div class="content-doc" :data-ruleid=ruleid >
     <div v-if=noContent class="disabled">
         <div style='margin-bottom:0.25em;'>&mdash;&mdash;&mdash; Content disabled &mdash;&mdash;&mdash; </div>
         {{cdoc.title}}
-        <div v-if=target> target = {{target}} </div>
+        <div v-if=ruleid> ruleid = {{ruleid}} </div>
         <div v-else-if=pageNo> page = {{pageNo}} </div>
     </div>
     <iframe v-else-if=cdoc.url :src=makeDocUrl />
@@ -52,18 +52,18 @@ gMainApp.component( "content-doc", {
 
     created() {
 
-        gEventBus.on( "show-target", (cdocId, target) => {
-            if ( cdocId != this.cdoc.cdoc_id || !target )
+        gEventBus.on( "show-target", (cdocId, ruleid) => {
+            if ( cdocId != this.cdoc.cdoc_id || !ruleid )
                 return ;
-            let targets = findTargets( target, this.cdoc.parent_cset_id ) ;
+            let targets = findTargets( ruleid, this.cdoc.parent_cset_id ) ;
             if ( ! targets || targets.length == 0 ) {
-                showErrorMsg( "Unknown target: " + target ) ;
+                showErrorMsg( "Unknown ruleid: " + ruleid ) ;
                 return ;
             }
-            // scroll to the specified target
-            // FUDGE! We give the tab time to show itself before we scroll to the target.
+            // scroll to the specified ruleid
+            // FUDGE! We give the tab time to show itself before we scroll to the ruleid.
             setTimeout( () => {
-                this.target = target ;
+                this.ruleid = ruleid ;
                 this.pageNo = null ;
             }, 50 ) ;
         } ) ;
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ gMainApp.component( "content-doc", {
             if ( cdocId != this.cdoc.cdoc_id )
                 return ;
             // scroll to the specified page
-            // FUDGE! We give the tab time to show itself before we scroll to the target.
+            // FUDGE! We give the tab time to show itself before we scroll to the page.
             setTimeout( () => {
                 this.pageNo = pageNo ;
-                this.target = null ;
+                this.ruleid = null ;
             }, 50 ) ;
         } ) ;
 
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ gMainApp.component( "content-doc", {
 
         makeDocUrl() {
             let url = this.cdoc.url ;
-            if ( this.target )
-                url += "#nameddest=" + this.target ;
+            if ( this.ruleid )
+                url += "#nameddest=" + this.ruleid ;
             else if ( this.pageNo )
                 url += "#page=" + this.pageNo ;
             return url ;
diff --git a/asl_rulebook2/webapp/static/MainApp.js b/asl_rulebook2/webapp/static/MainApp.js
index bb7ab06..30bf61e 100644
--- a/asl_rulebook2/webapp/static/MainApp.js
+++ b/asl_rulebook2/webapp/static/MainApp.js
@@ -115,14 +115,14 @@ gMainApp.component( "main-app", {
             Object.values( contentDocs ).forEach( (cdoc) => {
                 if ( ! cdoc.targets )
                     return ;
-                for ( let target in cdoc.targets ) {
-                    let key = target.toLowerCase() ;
-                    if ( ! gTargetIndex[ key ] )
-                        gTargetIndex[ key ] = [] ;
-                    gTargetIndex[ key ].push( {
+                for ( let ruleid in cdoc.targets ) {
+                    let ruleidLC = ruleid.toLowerCase() ;
+                    if ( ! gTargetIndex[ ruleidLC ] )
+                        gTargetIndex[ ruleidLC ] = [] ;
+                    gTargetIndex[ ruleidLC ].push( {
                         cset_id: cdoc.parent_cset_id,
                         cdoc_id: cdoc.cdoc_id,
-                        target: target
+                        ruleid: ruleid
                     } ) ;
                 }
             } ) ;
diff --git a/asl_rulebook2/webapp/static/NavPane.js b/asl_rulebook2/webapp/static/NavPane.js
index cfdfb05..9a865b2 100644
--- a/asl_rulebook2/webapp/static/NavPane.js
+++ b/asl_rulebook2/webapp/static/NavPane.js
@@ -25,21 +25,21 @@ gMainApp.component( "nav-pane", {
     created() {
 
         // show any Q+A and annotations when a target is opened
-        gEventBus.on( "show-target", (cdocId, target) => {
+        gEventBus.on( "show-target", (cdocId, ruleid) => {
             if ( gAppConfig.DISABLE_AUTO_SHOW_RULE_INFO )
                 return ;
             // get the rule info for the target being opened
-            // NOTE: Targets are associated with a content doc, but the Q+A is global, which is not quite
-            // the right thing to do - what if there is a ruleid that is the same multiple content docs,
+            // NOTE: Targets are associated with a content set, but the Q+A is global, which is not quite
+            // the right thing to do - what if there is a ruleid that exists in multiple content set,
             // but is referenced in the Q+A? Hopefully, this will never happen... :-/
-            let url = gGetRuleInfoUrl.replace( "RULEID", target ) ; //eslint-disable-line no-undef
+            let url = gGetRuleInfoUrl.replace( "RULEID", ruleid ) ; //eslint-disable-line no-undef
             $.getJSON( url, (resp) => {
                 if ( resp.length > 0 ) {
                     // install the rule info entries
                     this.ruleInfo = resp ;
                 }
             } ).fail( (xhr, status, errorMsg) => {
-                showWarningMsg( "Couldn't get the Q+A for " + target + ". <div class='pre'>" + errorMsg + "</div>" ) ;
+                showWarningMsg( "Couldn't get the Q+A for " + ruleid + ". <div class='pre'>" + errorMsg + "</div>" ) ;
             } ) ;
         } ) ;
 
diff --git a/asl_rulebook2/webapp/static/SearchPane.js b/asl_rulebook2/webapp/static/SearchPane.js
index e5ad52d..06576a2 100644
--- a/asl_rulebook2/webapp/static/SearchPane.js
+++ b/asl_rulebook2/webapp/static/SearchPane.js
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ gMainApp.component( "search-results", {
                 Vue.nextTick( () => { gEventBus.emit( "search-done" ) ; } ) ;
             }
 
-            // check if the query string is just a target
+            // check if the query string is just a ruleid
             let targets = findTargets( queryString, null ) ;
             if ( targets && targets.length > 0 ) {
                 // yup - just show it directly (first one, if multiple)
                 this.searchResults = null ;
-                gEventBus.emit( "show-target", targets[0].cdoc_id, targets[0].target ) ;
+                gEventBus.emit( "show-target", targets[0].cdoc_id, targets[0].ruleid ) ;
                 onSearchDone() ;
                 return ;
             }
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ gMainApp.component( "search-results", {
                 if ( resp.length > 0 && resp[0].sr_type == "index" ) {
                     let target = getPrimaryTarget( resp[0] ) ;
                     if ( target )
-                        gEventBus.emit( "show-target", target.cdoc_id, target.target ) ;
+                        gEventBus.emit( "show-target", target.cdoc_id, target.ruleid ) ;
                 }
                 // flag that the search was completed
                 onSearchDone() ;
diff --git a/asl_rulebook2/webapp/static/SearchResult.js b/asl_rulebook2/webapp/static/SearchResult.js
index a78dbb8..e990efe 100644
--- a/asl_rulebook2/webapp/static/SearchResult.js
+++ b/asl_rulebook2/webapp/static/SearchResult.js
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ gMainApp.component( "index-sr", {
             // open the search result's primary target
             let target = getPrimaryTarget( this.sr ) ;
             if ( target )
-                gEventBus.emit( "show-target", target.cdoc_id, target.target ) ;
+                gEventBus.emit( "show-target", target.cdoc_id, target.ruleid ) ;
         },
 
         onToggleRulerefs() {
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ gMainApp.component( "index-sr", {
             let target = getPrimaryTarget( this.sr ) ;
             if ( ! target )
                 return null ;
-            target = target.target ;
-            if ( isRuleid( target ) )
-                return target[0] ;
+            let ruleid = target.ruleid ;
+            if ( isRuleid( ruleid ) )
+                return ruleid[0] ; // nb: we assume the 1st letter of the ruleid is the chapter ID
             return null ;
         },
 
@@ -143,11 +143,11 @@ gMainApp.component( "ruleid", {
 
     props: [ "csetId", "ruleId" ],
     data() { return {
-        cdocId: null, target: null,
+        cdocId: null, ruleid: null,
     } ; },
 
     // NOTE: This bit of HTML is sensitive to spaces :-/
-    template: `<span class="ruleid" :class="{unknown:!target}">[<a v-if=target @click=onClick>{{ruleId}}</a><span v-else>{{ruleId}}</span>]</span>`,
+    template: `<span class="ruleid" :class="{unknown:!ruleid}">[<a v-if=ruleid @click=onClick>{{ruleId}}</a><span v-else>{{ruleId}}</span>]</span>`,
 
     created() {
         // check if the rule is one we know about
@@ -157,14 +157,14 @@ gMainApp.component( "ruleid", {
             // ever adds Chapter Z stuff to the main index, but we'll cross that bridge if and when we come to it.
             // TBH, that stuff would probably be better off as a separate content set, anyway.
             this.cdocId = targets[0].cdoc_id ;
-            this.target = targets[0].target ;
+            this.ruleid = targets[0].ruleid ;
         }
     },
 
     methods: {
         onClick() {
             // show the target
-            gEventBus.emit( "show-target", this.cdocId, this.target ) ;
+            gEventBus.emit( "show-target", this.cdocId, this.ruleid ) ;
         },
     },
 
diff --git a/asl_rulebook2/webapp/static/utils.js b/asl_rulebook2/webapp/static/utils.js
index 166b866..176146e 100644
--- a/asl_rulebook2/webapp/static/utils.js
+++ b/asl_rulebook2/webapp/static/utils.js
@@ -16,15 +16,21 @@ export function getPrimaryTarget( indexSearchResult )
 
 // - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 
-export function findTargets( target, csetId )
+export function findTargets( ruleid, csetId )
 {
-    // check if the target is known to us
-    let pos = target.indexOf( "-" ) ;
+    // NOTE: A "ruleid" is a rule ID (e.g. "A1.23") within a specific document. Hopefully, these will
+    // be unique across the entire corpus, but we can't guarantee that (Chapter Z, anyone? :-/), so we
+    // also have the concept of a "target", which is a ruleid plus the content set it's in.
+    // One can only hope that ruleid's are unique in this context, even if there are multiple documents
+    // in each content set...
+
+    // check if the ruleid is known to us
+    let pos = ruleid.indexOf( "-" ) ;
     if ( pos >= 0 ) {
         // NOTE: For ruleid's of the form "A12.3-.4", we want to target "A12.3".
-        target = target.substring( 0, pos ) ;
+        ruleid = ruleid.substring( 0, pos ) ;
     }
-    let targets = gTargetIndex[ target.toLowerCase() ] ;
+    let targets = gTargetIndex[ ruleid.toLowerCase() ] ;
     if ( targets && csetId )
         targets = targets.filter( (m) => m.cset_id == csetId ) ;
     return targets ;
diff --git a/asl_rulebook2/webapp/tests/test_content_sets.py b/asl_rulebook2/webapp/tests/test_content_sets.py
index 25c0018..cc2e2ee 100644
--- a/asl_rulebook2/webapp/tests/test_content_sets.py
+++ b/asl_rulebook2/webapp/tests/test_content_sets.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def test_targets( webapp, webdriver ):
         ruleid_elems[ ruleid ].click()
         wait_for( 2, lambda: get_curr_target() == (expected, ruleid) )
 
-    # test clicking on ruleid targets
+    # test clicking on ruleid's
     do_test( "4b", "content-set-1!linked" )
     do_test( "1a", "content-set-1" )
     do_test( "cs2d", "content-set-2" )
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def test_chapters( webapp, webdriver ):
         },
     ]
 
-    # check that the chapter section with a missing ruleid is not clickable
+    # check that the chapter section with a missing target is not clickable
     elems = find_children( "#nav .tabbed-page[data-tabid='chapters'] .accordian-pane" )
     assert len(elems) == 6
     elems = find_children( ".entry", elems[1] )
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ def test_chapters( webapp, webdriver ):
     do_test( 2, 1, ( "content-set-1!linked", "2b" ) )
 
     # try to show an unknown target
-    do_test( 3, 3, "Unknown target:" )
+    do_test( 3, 3, "Unknown ruleid:" )
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/asl_rulebook2/webapp/tests/utils.py b/asl_rulebook2/webapp/tests/utils.py
index 68a93a9..a586e0b 100644
--- a/asl_rulebook2/webapp/tests/utils.py
+++ b/asl_rulebook2/webapp/tests/utils.py
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ def get_curr_target():
     if not elem:
         return ( None, None )
     tab_id = elem.get_attribute( "data-tabid" )
-    # check the current target
+    # check the current ruleid
     elem = find_child( "#content .tabbed-page[data-tabid='{}'] .content-doc".format( tab_id ) )
-    target = elem.get_attribute( "data-target" )
-    return ( tab_id, target )
+    ruleid = elem.get_attribute( "data-ruleid" )
+    return ( tab_id, ruleid )
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------