diff --git a/codegen/config/config.go b/codegen/config/config.go
index 51c088787d6..502422de440 100644
--- a/codegen/config/config.go
+++ b/codegen/config/config.go
@@ -363,9 +363,9 @@ func (c *Config) InjectBuiltins(s *ast.Schema) {
 
 	// These are additional types that are injected if defined in the schema as scalars.
 	extraBuiltins := TypeMap{
-		"Time":      {Model: StringList{"github.com/99designs/gqlgen/graphql.Time"}},
-		"Map":       {Model: StringList{"github.com/99designs/gqlgen/graphql.Map"}},
-		"Interface": {Model: StringList{"github.com/99designs/gqlgen/graphql.Interface"}},
+		"Time": {Model: StringList{"github.com/99designs/gqlgen/graphql.Time"}},
+		"Map":  {Model: StringList{"github.com/99designs/gqlgen/graphql.Map"}},
+		"Any":  {Model: StringList{"github.com/99designs/gqlgen/graphql.Any"}},
 	}
 
 	for typeName, entry := range extraBuiltins {
diff --git a/docs/content/reference/scalars.md b/docs/content/reference/scalars.md
index 888a3bd4d92..0ac35d4d53a 100644
--- a/docs/content/reference/scalars.md
+++ b/docs/content/reference/scalars.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ menu: { main: { parent: 'reference' } }
 
 ## Built-in helpers
 
-gqlgen ships with three built-in helpers for common custom scalar use-cases, `Time`, `Interface` and `Map`.  Adding any of these to a schema will automatically add the marshalling behaviour to Go types.
+gqlgen ships with three built-in helpers for common custom scalar use-cases, `Time`, `Any` and `Map`.  Adding any of these to a schema will automatically add the marshalling behaviour to Go types.
 
 ### Time
 
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ scalar Map
 
 Maps an arbitrary GraphQL value to a `map[string]{interface}` Go type.
 
-### Interface
+### Any
 
 ```graphql
-scalar Interface
+scalar Any
 ```
 
 Maps an arbitrary GraphQL value to a `interface{}` Go type.
diff --git a/graphql/interface.go b/graphql/any.go
similarity index 63%
rename from graphql/interface.go
rename to graphql/any.go
index 0dfdb80a4dc..6ea8bf2eaeb 100644
--- a/graphql/interface.go
+++ b/graphql/any.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 )
 
-func MarshalInterface(v interface{}) Marshaler {
+func MarshalAny(v interface{}) Marshaler {
 	return WriterFunc(func(w io.Writer) {
 		err := json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(v)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ func MarshalInterface(v interface{}) Marshaler {
 	})
 }
 
-func UnmarshalInterface(v interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
+func UnmarshalAny(v interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
 	return v, nil
 }