diff --git a/CHANGELOG_UNRELEASED.md b/CHANGELOG_UNRELEASED.md
index 156b2ca88..606bd3a17 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG_UNRELEASED.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG_UNRELEASED.md
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@
 - in `measurable_realfun.v`:
   + lemmas `measurable_funN`
   + lemmas `nondecreasing_measurable`, `nonincreasing_measurable`
+- in `subspace_topology.v`:
+  + definition `from_subspace`
 
 ### Changed
 
@@ -83,6 +85,8 @@
 
 - in `lebesgue_integral_monotone_convergence.v`:
   + lemma `ge0_le_integral` (remove superfluous hypothesis)
+- in `subspace_topology.v`:
+  + notation `{within _, continuous _}` (now uses `from_subspace`)
 
 ### Renamed
 
diff --git a/theories/lebesgue_integral_theory/measurable_fun_approximation.v b/theories/lebesgue_integral_theory/measurable_fun_approximation.v
index 2cf18dca4..88af112a6 100644
--- a/theories/lebesgue_integral_theory/measurable_fun_approximation.v
+++ b/theories/lebesgue_integral_theory/measurable_fun_approximation.v
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ exists (\bigcup_(i in range f) dK i); split.
   + move=> i _; split; first by apply: compact_closed; have [] := dkP i.
     apply: (continuous_subspaceW (dKsub i)).
     apply: (@subspace_eq_continuous _ _ _ (fun=> i)).
-      by move=> ? /set_mem ->.
+      by rewrite /from_subspace => ? /set_mem ->.
     by apply: continuous_subspaceT => ?; exact: cvg_cst.
 Qed.
 
diff --git a/theories/topology_theory/subspace_topology.v b/theories/topology_theory/subspace_topology.v
index 790ed373a..ad62c0f2d 100644
--- a/theories/topology_theory/subspace_topology.v
+++ b/theories/topology_theory/subspace_topology.v
@@ -9,16 +9,24 @@ From mathcomp Require Import product_topology.
 (* # Subspaces of topological spaces                                          *)
 (*                                                                            *)
 (* ```                                                                        *)
-(*              subspace A == for (A : set T), this is a copy of T with a     *)
-(*                            topology that ignores points outside A          *)
-(*         incl_subspace x == with x of type subspace A with (A : set T),     *)
-(*                            inclusion of subspace A into T                  *)
-(*         nbhs_subspace x == filter associated with x : subspace A           *)
-(*          subspace_ent A == subspace entourages                             *)
-(*         subspace_ball A == balls of the pseudometric subspace structure    *)
-(*   continuousFunType A B == type of continuous function from set A to set B *)
-(*                            with domain subspace A                          *)
-(*                            The HB structure is ContinuousFun.              *)
+(*               subspace A == for (A : set T), this is a copy of T with a    *)
+(*                             topology that ignores points outside A         *)
+(*          incl_subspace x == with x of type subspace A with (A : set T),    *)
+(*                             inclusion of subspace A into T                 *)
+(*          nbhs_subspace x == filter associated with x : subspace A          *)
+(*        from_subspace A f == function of type `subspace A -> U` given a     *)
+(*                             function f of type `A -> U`                    *)
+(*                             The purpose of this definition is to preserve  *)
+(*                             the pretty-printing of the notation            *)
+(*                             {within _, continuous _} below. Its use is     *)
+(*                             however likely to be later superseded by a     *)
+(*                             better (compositional) mechanism.              *)
+(* {within A, continuous f} := continuous (from_subspace A f))                *)
+(*           subspace_ent A == subspace entourages                            *)
+(*          subspace_ball A == balls of the pseudometric subspace structure   *)
+(*    continuousFunType A B == type of continuous functions from set A to     *)
+(*                             set B with domain subspace A                   *)
+(*                             The HB structure is ContinuousFun.             *)
 (* ```                                                                        *)
 (******************************************************************************)
 
@@ -303,8 +311,12 @@ Global Instance subspace_proper_filter {T : topologicalType}
     (A : set T) (x : subspace A) :
   ProperFilter (nbhs_subspace x) := nbhs_subspace_filter x.
 
+Definition from_subspace {T U : Type} (A : set T) (f : T -> U) : subspace A -> U :=
+  f.
+Arguments from_subspace {T U} A f.
+
 Notation "{ 'within' A , 'continuous' f }" :=
-  (continuous (f : subspace A -> _)) : classical_set_scope.
+  (continuous (from_subspace A f)) : classical_set_scope.
 
 Arguments nbhs_subspaceP {T} A x.