diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/docgen/ApiExporter.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/docgen/ApiExporter.java
index 59f8940..3ca4b02 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/docgen/ApiExporter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/docgen/ApiExporter.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 
   private static Value.Builder collectFieldInfo(SkylarkMethodDoc meth) {
     Value.Builder field = Value.newBuilder();
-    field.setName(meth.getName());
+    field.setName(meth.getShortName());
     field.setDoc(meth.getDocumentation());
     if (meth.isCallable()) {
       Callable.Builder callable = Callable.newBuilder();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/docgen/skylark/SkylarkJavaMethodDoc.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/docgen/skylark/SkylarkJavaMethodDoc.java
index 8707986..448dc28 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/docgen/skylark/SkylarkJavaMethodDoc.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/docgen/skylark/SkylarkJavaMethodDoc.java
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@
   }
 
   @Override
+  public String getShortName() {
+    return name;
+  }
+
+  @Override
   public String getDocumentation() {
     return SkylarkDocUtils.substituteVariables(callable.doc());
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/docgen/skylark/SkylarkMethodDoc.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/docgen/skylark/SkylarkMethodDoc.java
index bb7edb1..d7c2057 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/docgen/skylark/SkylarkMethodDoc.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/docgen/skylark/SkylarkMethodDoc.java
@@ -54,6 +54,17 @@
   }
 
   /**
+   * Returns a string containing the method's name. GetName() returns the complete signature in case
+   * of overloaded methods. This is used to extract only the name of the method.
+   *
+   * <p>E.g. ctx.new_file is overloaded. In this case getName() returns "new_file(filename)", while
+   * getShortName() returns only "new_file".
+   */
+  public String getShortName() {
+    return getName();
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Returns a list containing the documentation for each of the method's parameters.
    */
   public List<SkylarkParamDoc> getParams() {