diff --git a/fish-rust/src/ast.rs b/fish-rust/src/ast.rs
index 60eb7469c..4b342ef2c 100644
--- a/fish-rust/src/ast.rs
+++ b/fish-rust/src/ast.rs
@@ -115,10 +115,10 @@ pub trait Node: Acceptor + ConcreteNode + std::fmt::Debug {
     fn describe(&self) -> WString {
         let mut res = ast_type_to_string(self.typ()).to_owned();
         if let Some(n) = self.as_token() {
-            let token_type: &'static wstr = n.token_type().into();
+            let token_type = n.token_type().to_wstr();
             res += &sprintf!(" '%ls'"L, token_type)[..];
         } else if let Some(n) = self.as_keyword() {
-            let keyword: &'static wstr = n.keyword().into();
+            let keyword = n.keyword().to_wstr();
             res += &sprintf!(" '%ls'"L, keyword)[..];
         }
         res
@@ -2341,7 +2341,7 @@ fn dump(&self, orig: &wstr) -> WString {
                     result += &sprintf!(": '%ls'"L, argsrc)[..];
                 }
             } else if let Some(n) = node.as_keyword() {
-                result += &sprintf!("keyword: %ls"L, Into::<&'static wstr>::into(n.keyword()))[..];
+                result += &sprintf!("keyword: %ls"L, n.keyword().to_wstr())[..];
             } else if let Some(n) = node.as_token() {
                 let desc = match n.token_type() {
                     ParseTokenType::string => {
@@ -2754,7 +2754,9 @@ fn did_visit_fields_of<'a>(&'a mut self, node: &'a dyn NodeMut, flow: VisitResul
         if self.unwinding {
             return;
         }
-        let VisitResult::Break(error) = flow else { return; };
+        let VisitResult::Break(error) = flow else {
+            return;
+        };
 
         /// We believe the node is some sort of block statement. Attempt to find a source range
         /// for the block's keyword (for, if, etc) and a user-presentable description. This
diff --git a/fish-rust/src/parse_constants.rs b/fish-rust/src/parse_constants.rs
index f090e66e2..bcd07dbb2 100644
--- a/fish-rust/src/parse_constants.rs
+++ b/fish-rust/src/parse_constants.rs
@@ -252,10 +252,11 @@ fn default() -> Self {
     }
 }
 
-impl From<ParseTokenType> for &'static wstr {
+impl ParseTokenType {
+    /// Return a string describing the token type.
     #[widestrs]
-    fn from(token_type: ParseTokenType) -> Self {
-        match token_type {
+    pub fn to_wstr(self) -> &'static wstr {
+        match self {
             ParseTokenType::comment => "ParseTokenType::comment"L,
             ParseTokenType::error => "ParseTokenType::error"L,
             ParseTokenType::tokenizer_error => "ParseTokenType::tokenizer_error"L,
@@ -279,10 +280,11 @@ fn default() -> Self {
     }
 }
 
-impl From<ParseKeyword> for &'static wstr {
+impl ParseKeyword {
+    /// Return the keyword as a string.
     #[widestrs]
-    fn from(keyword: ParseKeyword) -> Self {
-        match keyword {
+    pub fn to_wstr(self) -> &'static wstr {
+        match self {
             ParseKeyword::kw_exclam => "!"L,
             ParseKeyword::kw_and => "and"L,
             ParseKeyword::kw_begin => "begin"L,
@@ -308,7 +310,7 @@ fn from(keyword: ParseKeyword) -> Self {
 
 impl printf_compat::args::ToArg<'static> for ParseKeyword {
     fn to_arg(self) -> printf_compat::args::Arg<'static> {
-        printf_compat::args::Arg::Str(self.into())
+        printf_compat::args::Arg::Str(self.to_wstr())
     }
 }
 
@@ -559,7 +561,7 @@ pub fn token_type_user_presentable_description(
     keyword: ParseKeyword,
 ) -> WString {
     if keyword != ParseKeyword::none {
-        return sprintf!("keyword: '%ls'"L, Into::<&'static wstr>::into(keyword));
+        return sprintf!("keyword: '%ls'"L, keyword.to_wstr());
     }
     match type_ {
         ParseTokenType::string => "a string"L.to_owned(),
@@ -573,7 +575,7 @@ pub fn token_type_user_presentable_description(
         ParseTokenType::error => "a parse error"L.to_owned(),
         ParseTokenType::tokenizer_error => "an incomplete token"L.to_owned(),
         ParseTokenType::comment => "a comment"L.to_owned(),
-        _ => sprintf!("a %ls"L, Into::<&'static wstr>::into(type_)),
+        _ => sprintf!("a %ls"L, type_.to_wstr()),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/fish-rust/src/parse_tree.rs b/fish-rust/src/parse_tree.rs
index 25aa4a67f..d4e92b18a 100644
--- a/fish-rust/src/parse_tree.rs
+++ b/fish-rust/src/parse_tree.rs
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ pub fn is_dash_prefix_string(&self) -> bool {
     }
     /// Returns a string description of the given parse token.
     pub fn describe(&self) -> WString {
-        let mut result = Into::<&'static wstr>::into(self.typ).to_owned();
+        let mut result = self.typ.to_wstr().to_owned();
         if self.keyword != ParseKeyword::none {
-            result += &sprintf!(L!(" <%ls>"), Into::<&'static wstr>::into(self.keyword))[..]
+            sprintf!(=> &mut result, " <%ls>", self.keyword.to_wstr())
         }
         result
     }