diff --git a/crates/oxc_traverse/scripts/build.mjs b/crates/oxc_traverse/scripts/build.mjs
index 79da6d90e..e387dee17 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_traverse/scripts/build.mjs
+++ b/crates/oxc_traverse/scripts/build.mjs
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ import generateWalkFunctionsCode from './lib/walk.mjs';
 
 const execAsync = promisify(exec);
 
-const PREAMBLE = '// Generated by `scripts/build.mjs`.\n\n';
+const PREAMBLE = '// Auto-generated code, DO NOT EDIT DIRECTLY!\n'
+    + '// Generated by `oxc_traverse/scripts/build.mjs`.\n'
+    + '// To alter this generated file you have to edit the codegen.\n\n';
 
 const types = await getTypesFromCode();
 
-const outputDirPath = pathJoin(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url), '../../src');
+const outputDirPath = pathJoin(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url), '../../src/generated');
 await writeToFile('traverse.rs', generateTraverseTraitCode(types));
 await writeToFile('ancestor.rs', generateAncestorsCode(types));
 await writeToFile('walk.rs', generateWalkFunctionsCode(types));
diff --git a/crates/oxc_traverse/src/ancestor.rs b/crates/oxc_traverse/src/generated/ancestor.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from crates/oxc_traverse/src/ancestor.rs
rename to crates/oxc_traverse/src/generated/ancestor.rs
index eeabb8090..8eed06a24 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_traverse/src/ancestor.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_traverse/src/generated/ancestor.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-// Generated by `scripts/build.mjs`.
+// Auto-generated code, DO NOT EDIT DIRECTLY!
+// Generated by `oxc_traverse/scripts/build.mjs`.
+// To alter this generated file you have to edit the codegen.
 
 #![allow(
     unsafe_code,
diff --git a/crates/oxc_traverse/src/traverse.rs b/crates/oxc_traverse/src/generated/traverse.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from crates/oxc_traverse/src/traverse.rs
rename to crates/oxc_traverse/src/generated/traverse.rs
index fa9596d06..e5b432bd4 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_traverse/src/traverse.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_traverse/src/generated/traverse.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-// Generated by `scripts/build.mjs`.
+// Auto-generated code, DO NOT EDIT DIRECTLY!
+// Generated by `oxc_traverse/scripts/build.mjs`.
+// To alter this generated file you have to edit the codegen.
 
 use oxc_allocator::Vec;
 #[allow(clippy::wildcard_imports)]
diff --git a/crates/oxc_traverse/src/walk.rs b/crates/oxc_traverse/src/generated/walk.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from crates/oxc_traverse/src/walk.rs
rename to crates/oxc_traverse/src/generated/walk.rs
index 66fc3e442..f90f4bcc9 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_traverse/src/walk.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_traverse/src/generated/walk.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-// Generated by `scripts/build.mjs`.
+// Auto-generated code, DO NOT EDIT DIRECTLY!
+// Generated by `oxc_traverse/scripts/build.mjs`.
+// To alter this generated file you have to edit the codegen.
 
 #![allow(
     unsafe_code,
diff --git a/crates/oxc_traverse/src/lib.rs b/crates/oxc_traverse/src/lib.rs
index e7b8a75f0..5984bb3e5 100644
--- a/crates/oxc_traverse/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/oxc_traverse/src/lib.rs
@@ -64,14 +64,18 @@ use oxc_allocator::Allocator;
 use oxc_ast::ast::Program;
 use oxc_semantic::{ScopeTree, SymbolTable};
 
-pub mod ancestor;
-pub use ancestor::Ancestor;
 mod context;
 pub use context::{TraverseAncestry, TraverseCtx, TraverseScoping};
-#[allow(clippy::module_inception)]
-mod traverse;
-pub use traverse::Traverse;
-mod walk;
+
+mod generated {
+    pub mod ancestor;
+    pub mod traverse;
+    pub(super) mod walk;
+}
+pub use generated::ancestor;
+pub use generated::ancestor::Ancestor;
+pub use generated::traverse::Traverse;
+use generated::walk;
 
 mod compile_fail_tests;