diff --git a/opm/autodiff/FullyImplicitBlackoilSolver.hpp b/opm/autodiff/FullyImplicitBlackoilSolver.hpp
index e7e7d43b2..9cb118ea4 100644
--- a/opm/autodiff/FullyImplicitBlackoilSolver.hpp
+++ b/opm/autodiff/FullyImplicitBlackoilSolver.hpp
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ namespace Opm {
         LinearisedBlackoilResidual residual_;
 
         /// \brief Wether we print something to std::cout
-        bool verbosity_;
+        bool terminal_output_;
 
         std::vector<int>         primalVariable_;
 
diff --git a/opm/autodiff/FullyImplicitBlackoilSolver_impl.hpp b/opm/autodiff/FullyImplicitBlackoilSolver_impl.hpp
index b161e9449..f1907659b 100644
--- a/opm/autodiff/FullyImplicitBlackoilSolver_impl.hpp
+++ b/opm/autodiff/FullyImplicitBlackoilSolver_impl.hpp
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ namespace detail {
         , residual_ ( { std::vector<ADB>(fluid.numPhases(), ADB::null()),
                         ADB::null(),
                         ADB::null() } )
-        , verbosity_ (true)
+        , terminal_output_ (true)
     {
 #if HAVE_MPI
         if(linsolver_.parallelInformation().type()==typeid(ParallelISTLInformation))
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ namespace detail {
             const ParallelISTLInformation& info =
                 boost::any_cast<const ParallelISTLInformation&>(linsolver_.parallelInformation());
             // Only rank 0 does print to std::cout
-            verbosity_= (info.communicator().rank()==0);
+            terminal_output_ = (info.communicator().rank()==0);
         }
 #endif
     }
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ namespace detail {
             if (isOscillate) {
                 omega -= relaxIncrement();
                 omega = std::max(omega, relaxMax());
-                if (verbosity_)
+                if (terminal_output_)
                 {
                     std::cout << " Oscillating behavior detected: Relaxation set to " << omega << std::endl;
                 }
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ namespace detail {
             }
             if (ctrl_index != nwc) {
                 // Constraint number ctrl_index was broken, switch to it.
-                if (verbosity_)
+                if (terminal_output_)
                 {
                     std::cout << "Switching control mode for well " << wells().name[w]
                               << " from " << modestring[well_controls_iget_type(wc, current)]
@@ -2009,7 +2009,7 @@ namespace detail {
             OPM_THROW(Opm::NumericalProblem,"One of the residuals is NaN or to large!");
         }
 
-        if ( verbosity_ )
+        if ( terminal_output_ )
         {
             // Only rank 0 does print to std::cout
             if (iteration == 0) {
diff --git a/opm/autodiff/SimulatorFullyImplicitBlackoil_impl.hpp b/opm/autodiff/SimulatorFullyImplicitBlackoil_impl.hpp
index b097160bf..1e5f71e39 100644
--- a/opm/autodiff/SimulatorFullyImplicitBlackoil_impl.hpp
+++ b/opm/autodiff/SimulatorFullyImplicitBlackoil_impl.hpp
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ namespace Opm
         std::vector<int> allcells_;
         const bool has_disgas_;
         const bool has_vapoil_;
-        bool       verbosity_;
+        bool       terminal_output_;
         // eclipse_state
         std::shared_ptr<EclipseState> eclipse_state_;
         // output_writer
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ namespace Opm
           solver_(linsolver),
           has_disgas_(has_disgas),
           has_vapoil_(has_vapoil),
-          verbosity_(true),
+          terminal_output_(true),
           eclipse_state_(eclipse_state),
           output_writer_(output_writer),
           rateConverter_(props_, std::vector<int>(AutoDiffGrid::numCells(grid_), 0)),
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ namespace Opm
             const ParallelISTLInformation& info =
                 boost::any_cast<const ParallelISTLInformation&>(solver_.parallelInformation());
             // Only rank 0 does print to std::cout
-            verbosity_= (info.communicator().rank()==0);
+            terminal_output_= (info.communicator().rank()==0);
         }
 #endif
     }
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ namespace Opm
         while (!timer.done()) {
             // Report timestep.
             step_timer.start();
-            if ( verbosity_ )
+            if ( terminal_output_ )
             {
                 timer.report(std::cout);
             }
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ namespace Opm
             // Report timing.
             const double st = solver_timer.secsSinceStart();
 
-            if ( verbosity_ )
+            if ( terminal_output_ )
             {
                 std::cout << "Fully implicit solver took: " << st << " seconds." << std::endl;
             }