diff --git a/src/base/alias_slice.rs b/src/base/alias_slice.rs
index d0fb6676..3fb5d793 100644
--- a/src/base/alias_slice.rs
+++ b/src/base/alias_slice.rs
@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ pub type VectorSlice6<'a, T, RStride = U1, CStride = U6> =
 /// A column-major matrix slice with `R` rows and `C` columns.
 ///
 /// **Because this is an alias, not all its methods are listed here. See the [`Matrix`](crate::base::Matrix) type too.**
+#[deprecated = "Use MatrixViewMut instead, which has an identical definition."]
 pub type MatrixSliceMutMN<'a, T, R, C, RStride = U1, CStride = R> =
     Matrix<T, R, C, ViewStorageMut<'a, T, R, C, RStride, CStride>>;
 
diff --git a/src/base/construction_slice.rs b/src/base/construction_slice.rs
index d6a1f708..aa355264 100644
--- a/src/base/construction_slice.rs
+++ b/src/base/construction_slice.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::base::dimension::{Const, Dim, DimName, Dynamic};
 use crate::base::matrix_view::{ViewStorage, ViewStorageMut};
-use crate::base::{MatrixView, MatrixSliceMutMN, Scalar};
+use crate::base::{MatrixView, MatrixViewMut, Scalar};
 
 use num_rational::Ratio;
 
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ impl_constructors!(Dynamic, Dynamic;
 
 /// # Creating mutable matrix slices from `&mut [T]`
 impl<'a, T: Scalar, R: Dim, C: Dim, RStride: Dim, CStride: Dim>
-    MatrixSliceMutMN<'a, T, R, C, RStride, CStride>
+    MatrixViewMut<'a, T, R, C, RStride, CStride>
 {
     /// Creates, without bound-checking, a mutable matrix slice from an array and with dimensions and strides specified by generic types instances.
     ///
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ impl<'a, T: Scalar, R: Dim, C: Dim, RStride: Dim, CStride: Dim>
     }
 }
 
-impl<'a, T: Scalar, R: Dim, C: Dim> MatrixSliceMutMN<'a, T, R, C> {
+impl<'a, T: Scalar, R: Dim, C: Dim> MatrixViewMut<'a, T, R, C> {
     /// Creates, without bound-checking, a mutable matrix slice from an array and with dimensions specified by generic types instances.
     ///
     /// # Safety
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ impl<'a, T: Scalar, R: Dim, C: Dim> MatrixSliceMutMN<'a, T, R, C> {
 
 macro_rules! impl_constructors_mut(
     ($($Dims: ty),*; $(=> $DimIdent: ident: $DimBound: ident),*; $($gargs: expr),*; $($args: ident),*) => {
-        impl<'a, T: Scalar, $($DimIdent: $DimBound),*> MatrixSliceMutMN<'a, T, $($Dims),*> {
+        impl<'a, T: Scalar, $($DimIdent: $DimBound),*> MatrixViewMut<'a, T, $($Dims),*> {
             /// Creates a new mutable matrix slice from the given data array.
             ///
             /// Panics if `data` does not contain enough elements.
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ macro_rules! impl_constructors_mut(
             }
         }
 
-        impl<'a, T: Scalar, $($DimIdent: $DimBound, )*> MatrixSliceMutMN<'a, T, $($Dims,)* Dynamic, Dynamic> {
+        impl<'a, T: Scalar, $($DimIdent: $DimBound, )*> MatrixViewMut<'a, T, $($Dims,)* Dynamic, Dynamic> {
             /// Creates a new mutable matrix slice with the specified strides from the given data array.
             ///
             /// Panics if `data` does not contain enough elements.