diff --git a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/GenerationTool.java b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/GenerationTool.java
index 9be303dd72..f5cf9ddfd4 100644
--- a/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/GenerationTool.java
+++ b/jOOQ-codegen/src/main/java/org/jooq/codegen/GenerationTool.java
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ public class GenerationTool {
             database.setConfiguredEnumTypes(d.getEnumTypes());
             database.setConfiguredForcedTypes(d.getForcedTypes());
             database.setConfiguredEmbeddables(d.getEmbeddables());
-            database.setConfiguredSyntheticKeys(d.getSyntheticKeys());
+            database.setConfiguredSyntheticObjects(d.getSyntheticObjects());
             database.setEmbeddablePrimaryKeys(TRUE.equals(d.isEmbeddablePrimaryKeys()));
             database.setEmbeddableUniqueKeys(TRUE.equals(d.isEmbeddableUniqueKeys()));
             database.setEmbeddableDomains(TRUE.equals(d.isEmbeddableDomains()));
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractDatabase.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractDatabase.java
index 51b4fa4f54..f5b94733b5 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractDatabase.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/AbstractDatabase.java
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ import org.jooq.meta.jaxb.RegexFlag;
 import org.jooq.meta.jaxb.SchemaMappingType;
 import org.jooq.meta.jaxb.SyntheticForeignKeyType;
 import org.jooq.meta.jaxb.SyntheticIdentityType;
-import org.jooq.meta.jaxb.SyntheticKeysType;
+import org.jooq.meta.jaxb.SyntheticObjectsType;
 import org.jooq.meta.jaxb.SyntheticPrimaryKeyType;
 import org.jooq.meta.jaxb.SyntheticUniqueKeyType;
 // ...
@@ -1197,7 +1197,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDatabase implements Database {
         if (syntheticPrimaryKeys != null) {
             for (String syntheticPrimaryKey : syntheticPrimaryKeys) {
                 if (!StringUtils.isBlank(syntheticPrimaryKey)) {
-                    log.warn("DEPRECATION", "The <syntheticPrimaryKeys/> configuration element has been deprecated in jOOQ 3.14. Use <syntheticKeys/> only, instead.");
+                    log.warn("DEPRECATION", "The <syntheticPrimaryKeys/> configuration element has been deprecated in jOOQ 3.14. Use <syntheticObjects/> only, instead.");
                     getConfiguredSyntheticPrimaryKeys().add(new SyntheticPrimaryKeyType().withKeyFields(syntheticPrimaryKey));
                 }
             }
@@ -1207,7 +1207,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDatabase implements Database {
     @Override
     @Deprecated
     public String[] getSyntheticPrimaryKeys() {
-        log.warn("DEPRECATION", "The <syntheticPrimaryKeys/> configuration element has been deprecated in jOOQ 3.14. Use <syntheticKeys/> only, instead.");
+        log.warn("DEPRECATION", "The <syntheticPrimaryKeys/> configuration element has been deprecated in jOOQ 3.14. Use <syntheticObjects/> only, instead.");
         return new String[0];
     }
 
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDatabase implements Database {
         if (overridePrimaryKeys != null) {
             for (String overridePrimaryKey : overridePrimaryKeys) {
                 if (!StringUtils.isBlank(overridePrimaryKey)) {
-                    log.warn("DEPRECATION", "The <overridePrimaryKeys/> configuration element has been deprecated in jOOQ 3.14. Use <syntheticKeys/> only, instead.");
+                    log.warn("DEPRECATION", "The <overridePrimaryKeys/> configuration element has been deprecated in jOOQ 3.14. Use <syntheticObjects/> only, instead.");
                     getConfiguredSyntheticPrimaryKeys().add(new SyntheticPrimaryKeyType().withKey(overridePrimaryKey));
                 }
             }
@@ -1227,7 +1227,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDatabase implements Database {
     @Override
     @Deprecated
     public String[] getOverridePrimaryKeys() {
-        log.warn("DEPRECATION", "The <overridePrimaryKeys/> configuration element has been deprecated in jOOQ 3.14. Use <syntheticKeys/> only, instead.");
+        log.warn("DEPRECATION", "The <overridePrimaryKeys/> configuration element has been deprecated in jOOQ 3.14. Use <syntheticObjects/> only, instead.");
         return new String[0];
     }
 
@@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDatabase implements Database {
         if (syntheticIdentities != null) {
             for (String syntheticIdentity : syntheticIdentities) {
                 if (!StringUtils.isBlank(syntheticIdentity)) {
-                    log.warn("DEPRECATION", "The <syntheticIdentities/> configuration element has been deprecated in jOOQ 3.14. Use <syntheticKeys/> only, instead.");
+                    log.warn("DEPRECATION", "The <syntheticIdentities/> configuration element has been deprecated in jOOQ 3.14. Use <syntheticObjects/> only, instead.");
                     getConfiguredSyntheticIdentities().add(new SyntheticIdentityType().withKeyFields(syntheticIdentity));
                 }
             }
@@ -1247,7 +1247,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractDatabase implements Database {
     @Override
     @Deprecated
     public final String[] getSyntheticIdentities() {
-        log.warn("DEPRECATION", "The <syntheticIdentities/> configuration element has been deprecated in jOOQ 3.14. Use <syntheticKeys/> only, instead.");
+        log.warn("DEPRECATION", "The <syntheticIdentities/> configuration element has been deprecated in jOOQ 3.14. Use <syntheticObjects/> only, instead.");
         return new String[0];
     }
 
@@ -2767,30 +2767,30 @@ public abstract class AbstractDatabase implements Database {
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unused")
     @Override
-    public void setConfiguredSyntheticKeys(SyntheticKeysType configuredSyntheticKeys) {
-        if (configuredSyntheticKeys != null) {
+    public void setConfiguredSyntheticObjects(SyntheticObjectsType configuredSyntheticObjects) {
+        if (configuredSyntheticObjects != null) {
             // [#8512] Some implementation of this database may have already
             // configured things programmatically, so we must not set the
             // list but append it.
 
-            getConfiguredSyntheticIdentities().addAll(configuredSyntheticKeys.getIdentities());
-            getConfiguredSyntheticPrimaryKeys().addAll(configuredSyntheticKeys.getPrimaryKeys());
-            getConfiguredSyntheticUniqueKeys().addAll(configuredSyntheticKeys.getUniqueKeys());
-            getConfiguredSyntheticForeignKeys().addAll(configuredSyntheticKeys.getForeignKeys());
+            getConfiguredSyntheticIdentities().addAll(configuredSyntheticObjects.getIdentities());
+            getConfiguredSyntheticPrimaryKeys().addAll(configuredSyntheticObjects.getPrimaryKeys());
+            getConfiguredSyntheticUniqueKeys().addAll(configuredSyntheticObjects.getUniqueKeys());
+            getConfiguredSyntheticForeignKeys().addAll(configuredSyntheticObjects.getForeignKeys());
 
-            unusedSyntheticIdentities.addAll(configuredSyntheticKeys.getIdentities());
-            unusedSyntheticPrimaryKeys.addAll(configuredSyntheticKeys.getPrimaryKeys());
-            unusedSyntheticUniqueKeys.addAll(configuredSyntheticKeys.getUniqueKeys());
-            unusedSyntheticForeignKeys.addAll(configuredSyntheticKeys.getForeignKeys());
+            unusedSyntheticIdentities.addAll(configuredSyntheticObjects.getIdentities());
+            unusedSyntheticPrimaryKeys.addAll(configuredSyntheticObjects.getPrimaryKeys());
+            unusedSyntheticUniqueKeys.addAll(configuredSyntheticObjects.getUniqueKeys());
+            unusedSyntheticForeignKeys.addAll(configuredSyntheticObjects.getForeignKeys());
 
 
 
 
 
 
-            if (!configuredSyntheticKeys.getUniqueKeys().isEmpty())
+            if (!configuredSyntheticObjects.getUniqueKeys().isEmpty())
                 log.info("Commercial feature", "Synthetic unique keys are a commercial only feature. Please upgrade to the jOOQ Professional Edition");
-            if (!configuredSyntheticKeys.getForeignKeys().isEmpty())
+            if (!configuredSyntheticObjects.getForeignKeys().isEmpty())
                 log.info("Commercial feature", "Synthetic foreign keys are a commercial only feature. Please upgrade to the jOOQ Professional Edition");
         }
     }
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/Database.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/Database.java
index 6af94e59d2..82b54229a6 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/Database.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/Database.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ import org.jooq.meta.jaxb.RegexFlag;
 import org.jooq.meta.jaxb.SchemaMappingType;
 import org.jooq.meta.jaxb.SyntheticForeignKeyType;
 import org.jooq.meta.jaxb.SyntheticIdentityType;
-import org.jooq.meta.jaxb.SyntheticKeysType;
+import org.jooq.meta.jaxb.SyntheticObjectsType;
 import org.jooq.meta.jaxb.SyntheticPrimaryKeyType;
 import org.jooq.meta.jaxb.SyntheticUniqueKeyType;
 
@@ -986,9 +986,9 @@ public interface Database extends AutoCloseable {
     void setEmbeddableDomains(boolean embeddableDomains);
 
     /**
-     * Configure the synthetic keys.
+     * Configure the synthetic objects.
      */
-    void setConfiguredSyntheticKeys(SyntheticKeysType configuredSyntheticKeys);
+    void setConfiguredSyntheticObjects(SyntheticObjectsType configuredSyntheticObjects);
 
     /**
      * Get the configured synthetic identities.
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/jaxb/Database.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/jaxb/Database.java
index e2fbc431c0..294f68ee2a 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/jaxb/Database.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/jaxb/Database.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class Database implements Serializable, XMLAppendable
     @XmlElement(defaultValue = "")
     @XmlJavaTypeAdapter(StringAdapter.class)
     protected String recordTimestampFields = "";
-    protected SyntheticKeysType syntheticKeys;
+    protected SyntheticObjectsType syntheticObjects;
     @XmlElement(defaultValue = "")
     @XmlJavaTypeAdapter(StringAdapter.class)
     protected String syntheticIdentities = "";
@@ -931,19 +931,19 @@ public class Database implements Serializable, XMLAppendable
     }
 
     /**
-     * The synthetic key configuration.
+     * The synthetic objects configuration.
      * 
      */
-    public SyntheticKeysType getSyntheticKeys() {
-        return syntheticKeys;
+    public SyntheticObjectsType getSyntheticObjects() {
+        return syntheticObjects;
     }
 
     /**
-     * The synthetic key configuration.
+     * The synthetic objects configuration.
      * 
      */
-    public void setSyntheticKeys(SyntheticKeysType value) {
-        this.syntheticKeys = value;
+    public void setSyntheticObjects(SyntheticObjectsType value) {
+        this.syntheticObjects = value;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -1925,11 +1925,11 @@ public class Database implements Serializable, XMLAppendable
     }
 
     /**
-     * The synthetic key configuration.
+     * The synthetic objects configuration.
      * 
      */
-    public Database withSyntheticKeys(SyntheticKeysType value) {
-        setSyntheticKeys(value);
+    public Database withSyntheticObjects(SyntheticObjectsType value) {
+        setSyntheticObjects(value);
         return this;
     }
 
@@ -2350,7 +2350,7 @@ public class Database implements Serializable, XMLAppendable
         builder.append("includeInvisibleColumns", includeInvisibleColumns);
         builder.append("recordVersionFields", recordVersionFields);
         builder.append("recordTimestampFields", recordTimestampFields);
-        builder.append("syntheticKeys", syntheticKeys);
+        builder.append("syntheticObjects", syntheticObjects);
         builder.append("syntheticIdentities", syntheticIdentities);
         builder.append("syntheticPrimaryKeys", syntheticPrimaryKeys);
         builder.append("overridePrimaryKeys", overridePrimaryKeys);
@@ -2654,12 +2654,12 @@ public class Database implements Serializable, XMLAppendable
                 return false;
             }
         }
-        if (syntheticKeys == null) {
-            if (other.syntheticKeys!= null) {
+        if (syntheticObjects == null) {
+            if (other.syntheticObjects!= null) {
                 return false;
             }
         } else {
-            if (!syntheticKeys.equals(other.syntheticKeys)) {
+            if (!syntheticObjects.equals(other.syntheticObjects)) {
                 return false;
             }
         }
@@ -2968,7 +2968,7 @@ public class Database implements Serializable, XMLAppendable
         result = ((prime*result)+((includeInvisibleColumns == null)? 0 :includeInvisibleColumns.hashCode()));
         result = ((prime*result)+((recordVersionFields == null)? 0 :recordVersionFields.hashCode()));
         result = ((prime*result)+((recordTimestampFields == null)? 0 :recordTimestampFields.hashCode()));
-        result = ((prime*result)+((syntheticKeys == null)? 0 :syntheticKeys.hashCode()));
+        result = ((prime*result)+((syntheticObjects == null)? 0 :syntheticObjects.hashCode()));
         result = ((prime*result)+((syntheticIdentities == null)? 0 :syntheticIdentities.hashCode()));
         result = ((prime*result)+((syntheticPrimaryKeys == null)? 0 :syntheticPrimaryKeys.hashCode()));
         result = ((prime*result)+((overridePrimaryKeys == null)? 0 :overridePrimaryKeys.hashCode()));
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/jaxb/ObjectFactory.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/jaxb/ObjectFactory.java
index c85fbf68ce..414584431c 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/jaxb/ObjectFactory.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/jaxb/ObjectFactory.java
@@ -158,11 +158,11 @@ public class ObjectFactory {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Create an instance of {@link SyntheticKeysType }
+     * Create an instance of {@link SyntheticObjectsType }
      * 
      */
-    public SyntheticKeysType createSyntheticKeysType() {
-        return new SyntheticKeysType();
+    public SyntheticObjectsType createSyntheticObjectsType() {
+        return new SyntheticObjectsType();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/jaxb/SyntheticKeysType.java b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/jaxb/SyntheticObjectsType.java
similarity index 82%
rename from jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/jaxb/SyntheticKeysType.java
rename to jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/jaxb/SyntheticObjectsType.java
index ea7a497d4d..0c70148ddd 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/jaxb/SyntheticKeysType.java
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/java/org/jooq/meta/jaxb/SyntheticObjectsType.java
@@ -15,19 +15,19 @@ import org.jooq.util.jaxb.tools.XMLBuilder;
 
 
 /**
- * Synthetic key configuration.
+ * Synthetic objects configuration.
  * 
  * 
  * 
  */
 @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
-@XmlType(name = "SyntheticKeysType", propOrder = {
+@XmlType(name = "SyntheticObjectsType", propOrder = {
 
 })
 @SuppressWarnings({
     "all"
 })
-public class SyntheticKeysType implements Serializable, XMLAppendable
+public class SyntheticObjectsType implements Serializable, XMLAppendable
 {
 
     private final static long serialVersionUID = 31400L;
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public class SyntheticKeysType implements Serializable, XMLAppendable
         this.foreignKeys = foreignKeys;
     }
 
-    public SyntheticKeysType withIdentities(SyntheticIdentityType... values) {
+    public SyntheticObjectsType withIdentities(SyntheticIdentityType... values) {
         if (values!= null) {
             for (SyntheticIdentityType value: values) {
                 getIdentities().add(value);
@@ -97,19 +97,19 @@ public class SyntheticKeysType implements Serializable, XMLAppendable
         return this;
     }
 
-    public SyntheticKeysType withIdentities(Collection<SyntheticIdentityType> values) {
+    public SyntheticObjectsType withIdentities(Collection<SyntheticIdentityType> values) {
         if (values!= null) {
             getIdentities().addAll(values);
         }
         return this;
     }
 
-    public SyntheticKeysType withIdentities(List<SyntheticIdentityType> identities) {
+    public SyntheticObjectsType withIdentities(List<SyntheticIdentityType> identities) {
         setIdentities(identities);
         return this;
     }
 
-    public SyntheticKeysType withPrimaryKeys(SyntheticPrimaryKeyType... values) {
+    public SyntheticObjectsType withPrimaryKeys(SyntheticPrimaryKeyType... values) {
         if (values!= null) {
             for (SyntheticPrimaryKeyType value: values) {
                 getPrimaryKeys().add(value);
@@ -118,19 +118,19 @@ public class SyntheticKeysType implements Serializable, XMLAppendable
         return this;
     }
 
-    public SyntheticKeysType withPrimaryKeys(Collection<SyntheticPrimaryKeyType> values) {
+    public SyntheticObjectsType withPrimaryKeys(Collection<SyntheticPrimaryKeyType> values) {
         if (values!= null) {
             getPrimaryKeys().addAll(values);
         }
         return this;
     }
 
-    public SyntheticKeysType withPrimaryKeys(List<SyntheticPrimaryKeyType> primaryKeys) {
+    public SyntheticObjectsType withPrimaryKeys(List<SyntheticPrimaryKeyType> primaryKeys) {
         setPrimaryKeys(primaryKeys);
         return this;
     }
 
-    public SyntheticKeysType withUniqueKeys(SyntheticUniqueKeyType... values) {
+    public SyntheticObjectsType withUniqueKeys(SyntheticUniqueKeyType... values) {
         if (values!= null) {
             for (SyntheticUniqueKeyType value: values) {
                 getUniqueKeys().add(value);
@@ -139,19 +139,19 @@ public class SyntheticKeysType implements Serializable, XMLAppendable
         return this;
     }
 
-    public SyntheticKeysType withUniqueKeys(Collection<SyntheticUniqueKeyType> values) {
+    public SyntheticObjectsType withUniqueKeys(Collection<SyntheticUniqueKeyType> values) {
         if (values!= null) {
             getUniqueKeys().addAll(values);
         }
         return this;
     }
 
-    public SyntheticKeysType withUniqueKeys(List<SyntheticUniqueKeyType> uniqueKeys) {
+    public SyntheticObjectsType withUniqueKeys(List<SyntheticUniqueKeyType> uniqueKeys) {
         setUniqueKeys(uniqueKeys);
         return this;
     }
 
-    public SyntheticKeysType withForeignKeys(SyntheticForeignKeyType... values) {
+    public SyntheticObjectsType withForeignKeys(SyntheticForeignKeyType... values) {
         if (values!= null) {
             for (SyntheticForeignKeyType value: values) {
                 getForeignKeys().add(value);
@@ -160,14 +160,14 @@ public class SyntheticKeysType implements Serializable, XMLAppendable
         return this;
     }
 
-    public SyntheticKeysType withForeignKeys(Collection<SyntheticForeignKeyType> values) {
+    public SyntheticObjectsType withForeignKeys(Collection<SyntheticForeignKeyType> values) {
         if (values!= null) {
             getForeignKeys().addAll(values);
         }
         return this;
     }
 
-    public SyntheticKeysType withForeignKeys(List<SyntheticForeignKeyType> foreignKeys) {
+    public SyntheticObjectsType withForeignKeys(List<SyntheticForeignKeyType> foreignKeys) {
         setForeignKeys(foreignKeys);
         return this;
     }
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ public class SyntheticKeysType implements Serializable, XMLAppendable
         if (getClass()!= that.getClass()) {
             return false;
         }
-        SyntheticKeysType other = ((SyntheticKeysType) that);
+        SyntheticObjectsType other = ((SyntheticObjectsType) that);
         if (identities == null) {
             if (other.identities!= null) {
                 return false;
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/resources/xsd/jooq-codegen-3.14.0.xsd b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/resources/xsd/jooq-codegen-3.14.0.xsd
index ff33599d8a..65b9fa2a84 100644
--- a/jOOQ-meta/src/main/resources/xsd/jooq-codegen-3.14.0.xsd
+++ b/jOOQ-meta/src/main/resources/xsd/jooq-codegen-3.14.0.xsd
@@ -671,8 +671,8 @@ This is a Java regular expression. Use the pipe to separate several expressions.
 See {@link org.jooq.UpdatableRecord#store()} and {@link org.jooq.UpdatableRecord#delete()} for details about optimistic locking.]]></jxb:javadoc></jxb:property></appinfo></annotation>
       </element>
 
-      <element name="syntheticKeys" type="tns:SyntheticKeysType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
-        <annotation><appinfo><jxb:property><jxb:javadoc><![CDATA[The synthetic key configuration.]]></jxb:javadoc></jxb:property></appinfo></annotation>
+      <element name="syntheticObjects" type="tns:SyntheticObjectsType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
+        <annotation><appinfo><jxb:property><jxb:javadoc><![CDATA[The synthetic objects configuration.]]></jxb:javadoc></jxb:property></appinfo></annotation>
       </element>
 
       <element name="syntheticIdentities" type="string" default="" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
@@ -915,8 +915,8 @@ for Oracle.]]></jxb:javadoc></jxb:property></appinfo></annotation>
     </all>
   </complexType>
   
-  <complexType name="SyntheticKeysType">
-    <annotation><appinfo><jxb:class><jxb:javadoc><![CDATA[Synthetic key configuration.]]></jxb:javadoc></jxb:class></appinfo></annotation>
+  <complexType name="SyntheticObjectsType">
+    <annotation><appinfo><jxb:class><jxb:javadoc><![CDATA[Synthetic objects configuration.]]></jxb:javadoc></jxb:class></appinfo></annotation>
     <all>
       <element name="identities" type="tns:SyntheticIdentitiesType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
         <annotation><appinfo><jxb:property><jxb:javadoc><![CDATA[Synthetic identity configuration]]></jxb:javadoc></jxb:property></appinfo></annotation>
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DDLExportConfiguration.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DDLExportConfiguration.java
index 8539723318..8142833236 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DDLExportConfiguration.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DDLExportConfiguration.java
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 /**
- * A configuration type for use with the various {@link DSLContext#ddl(Catalog)}
- * methods.
+ * A configuration type for use with the various {@link Meta#ddl()} methods.
  *
  * @author Lukas Eder
  */