diff --git a/lib/types.nix b/lib/types.nix
index 38a06727..de89141c 100644
--- a/lib/types.nix
+++ b/lib/types.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,22 @@ rec {
     check = v: (isRawType v) || (v ? __empty);
   };
 
-  maybeRaw = type: types.either type rawLua;
+  maybeRaw =
+    elemType:
+    let
+      luaFirst = types.either rawLua elemType;
+      elemFirst = types.either elemType rawLua;
+    in
+    luaFirst
+    // {
+      name = "maybeRaw";
+      inherit (elemFirst) description;
+      nestedTypes = {
+        left = lib.warn "maybeRaw.nestedTypes: `left` is a deprecated alias for `elemType`." elemType;
+        right = lib.warn "maybeRaw.nestedTypes: `right` is a deprecated alias for `rawLua`." rawLua;
+        inherit rawLua elemType;
+      };
+    };
 
   # Describes an boolean-like integer flag that is either 0 or 1
   # Has legacy support for boolean definitions, added 2024-09-08
diff --git a/tests/test-sources/plugins/lsp/efmls-configs.nix b/tests/test-sources/plugins/lsp/efmls-configs.nix
index 688037fc..c5eebb19 100644
--- a/tests/test-sources/plugins/lsp/efmls-configs.nix
+++ b/tests/test-sources/plugins/lsp/efmls-configs.nix
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
           toolType = opt.type.nestedTypes.left;
           # toolType is a `either (enum possible) rawLua
           # Look into `nestedTypes.left` for the enum
-          possible = toolType.nestedTypes.left;
+          possible = toolType.nestedTypes.elemType;
           # possible is an enum, look into functor.payload for the variants
           toolList = possible.functor.payload;
         in