diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/custom/regex/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/custom/regex/index.ts
index 10ddca3d0dd5d5..00d9d79b8afcc9 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/custom/regex/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/custom/regex/index.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import is from '@sindresorhus/is';
 import type { Category } from '../../../../constants';
 import type {
   ExtractConfig,
+  MaybePromise,
   PackageDependency,
   PackageFileContent,
-  Result,
 } from '../../types';
 import { handleAny, handleCombination, handleRecursive } from './strategies';
 import type { RegexManagerConfig, RegexManagerTemplates } from './types';
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export function extractPackageFile(
   content: string,
   packageFile: string,
   config: ExtractConfig,
-): Result<PackageFileContent | null> {
+): MaybePromise<PackageFileContent | null> {
   let deps: PackageDependency[];
   switch (config.matchStringsStrategy) {
     default:
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/index.ts b/lib/modules/manager/index.ts
index 439bac5ec8520d..e4f9eace2969a3 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/index.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/index.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ import type {
   ExtractConfig,
   GlobalManagerConfig,
   ManagerApi,
+  MaybePromise,
   PackageFile,
   PackageFileContent,
   RangeConfig,
-  Result,
 } from './types';
 export { hashMap } from './fingerprint.generated';
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export function extractPackageFile(
   content: string,
   fileName: string,
   config: ExtractConfig,
-): Result<PackageFileContent | null> {
+): MaybePromise<PackageFileContent | null> {
   const m = managers.get(manager)! ?? customManagers.get(manager)!;
   if (!m) {
     return null;
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/setup-cfg/extract.ts b/lib/modules/manager/setup-cfg/extract.ts
index 017f9903ad30da..5e91fd795eb22c 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/setup-cfg/extract.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/setup-cfg/extract.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ import { logger } from '../../../logger';
 import { newlineRegex, regEx } from '../../../util/regex';
 import { PypiDatasource } from '../../datasource/pypi';
 import { normalizePythonDepName } from '../../datasource/pypi/common';
-import type { PackageDependency, PackageFileContent, Result } from '../types';
+import type {
+  MaybePromise,
+  PackageDependency,
+  PackageFileContent,
+} from '../types';
 
 function getSectionName(str: string): string {
   const [, sectionName] = regEx(/^\[\s*([^\s]+)\s*]\s*$/).exec(str) ?? [];
@@ -89,7 +93,7 @@ function parseDep(
 
 export function extractPackageFile(
   content: string,
-): Result<PackageFileContent | null> {
+): MaybePromise<PackageFileContent | null> {
   logger.trace('setup-cfg.extractPackageFile()');
 
   let sectionName: string | null = null;
diff --git a/lib/modules/manager/types.ts b/lib/modules/manager/types.ts
index a2ccd07d47950d..a1e8ba2824d9df 100644
--- a/lib/modules/manager/types.ts
+++ b/lib/modules/manager/types.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import type { FileChange } from '../../util/git/types';
 import type { MergeConfidence } from '../../util/merge-confidence/types';
 import type { CustomExtractConfig } from './custom/types';
 
-export type Result<T> = T | Promise<T>;
+export type MaybePromise<T> = T | Promise<T>;
 
 export interface ManagerData<T> {
   managerData?: T;
@@ -258,34 +258,34 @@ export interface ManagerApi extends ModuleApi {
     currentValue: string,
     bumpVersion: ReleaseType,
     packageFile: string,
-  ): Result<BumpPackageVersionResult>;
+  ): MaybePromise<BumpPackageVersionResult>;
 
-  detectGlobalConfig?(): Result<GlobalManagerConfig>;
+  detectGlobalConfig?(): MaybePromise<GlobalManagerConfig>;
 
   extractAllPackageFiles?(
     config: ExtractConfig,
     files: string[],
-  ): Result<PackageFile[] | null>;
+  ): MaybePromise<PackageFile[] | null>;
 
   extractPackageFile?(
     content: string,
     packageFile?: string,
     config?: ExtractConfig,
-  ): Result<PackageFileContent | null>;
+  ): MaybePromise<PackageFileContent | null>;
 
   getRangeStrategy?(config: RangeConfig): RangeStrategy;
 
   updateArtifacts?(
     updateArtifact: UpdateArtifact,
-  ): Result<UpdateArtifactsResult[] | null>;
+  ): MaybePromise<UpdateArtifactsResult[] | null>;
 
   updateDependency?(
     updateDependencyConfig: UpdateDependencyConfig,
-  ): Result<string | null>;
+  ): MaybePromise<string | null>;
 
   updateLockedDependency?(
     config: UpdateLockedConfig,
-  ): Result<UpdateLockedResult>;
+  ): MaybePromise<UpdateLockedResult>;
 }
 
 // TODO: name and properties used by npm manager