diff --git a/src/task-manager-linux.c b/src/task-manager-linux.c
index 4782037..df50209 100644
--- a/src/task-manager-linux.c
+++ b/src/task-manager-linux.c
@@ -147,11 +147,11 @@ get_task_cmdline (Task *task)
 }
 
 static void
-get_cpu_percent (guint pid, gulong jiffles_user, gfloat *cpu_user, gulong jiffles_system, gfloat *cpu_system)
+get_cpu_percent (guint pid, gulong jiffies_user, gfloat *cpu_user, gulong jiffies_system, gfloat *cpu_system)
 {
 	static GHashTable *hash_cpu_user = NULL;
 	static GHashTable *hash_cpu_system = NULL;
-	gulong jiffles_user_old, jiffles_system_old;
+	gulong jiffies_user_old, jiffies_system_old;
 
 	if (hash_cpu_user == NULL)
 	{
@@ -159,15 +159,15 @@ get_cpu_percent (guint pid, gulong jiffles_user, gfloat *cpu_user, gulong jiffle
 		hash_cpu_system = g_hash_table_new (NULL, NULL);
 	}
 
-	jiffles_user_old = GPOINTER_TO_UINT (g_hash_table_lookup (hash_cpu_user, GUINT_TO_POINTER (pid)));
-	jiffles_system_old = GPOINTER_TO_UINT (g_hash_table_lookup (hash_cpu_system, GUINT_TO_POINTER (pid)));
-	g_hash_table_insert (hash_user, GUINT_TO_POINTER (pid), GUINT_TO_POINTER (jiffles_cpu_user));
-	g_hash_table_insert (hash_system, GUINT_TO_POINTER (pid), GUINT_TO_POINTER (jiffles_cpu_system));
+	jiffies_user_old = GPOINTER_TO_UINT (g_hash_table_lookup (hash_cpu_user, GUINT_TO_POINTER (pid)));
+	jiffies_system_old = GPOINTER_TO_UINT (g_hash_table_lookup (hash_cpu_system, GUINT_TO_POINTER (pid)));
+	g_hash_table_insert (hash_user, GUINT_TO_POINTER (pid), GUINT_TO_POINTER (jiffies_cpu_user));
+	g_hash_table_insert (hash_system, GUINT_TO_POINTER (pid), GUINT_TO_POINTER (jiffies_cpu_system));
 
 	if (_cpu_count > 0)
 	{
-		*cpu_user = (jiffles_user_old > 0) ? (jiffles_user - jiffles_user_old) / (gfloat)_cpu_count : 0;
-		*cpu_system = (jiffles_system_old > 0) ? (jiffles_system - jiffles_system_old) / (gfloat)_cpu_count : 0;
+		*cpu_user = (jiffies_user_old > 0) ? (jiffies_user - jiffies_user_old) / (gfloat)_cpu_count : 0;
+		*cpu_system = (jiffies_system_old > 0) ? (jiffies_system - jiffies_system_old) / (gfloat)_cpu_count : 0;
 	}
 	else
 	{
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ get_task_details (guint pid, Task *task)
 	{
 		gchar dummy[255];
 		gint idummy;
-		gulong jiffles_user, jiffles_system;
+		gulong jiffies_user, jiffies_system;
 		struct passwd *pw;
 		struct stat sstat;
 
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ get_task_details (guint pid, Task *task)
 			 dummy,		// cminflt
 			 dummy,		// majflt
 			 dummy,		// cmajflt
-			&jiffles_user,	// utime the number of jiffies that this process has scheduled in user mode
-			&jiffles_system,// stime " system mode
+			&jiffies_user,	// utime the number of jiffies that this process has scheduled in user mode
+			&jiffies_system,// stime " system mode
 
 			 &idummy,	// cutime " waited for children in user mode
 			 &idummy,	// cstime " system mode
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ get_task_details (guint pid, Task *task)
 		);
 
 		task->rss *= get_pagesize ();
-		get_cpu_percent (task->pid, jiffles_user, &task->cpu_user, jiffles_system, &task->cpu_system);
+		get_cpu_percent (task->pid, jiffies_user, &task->cpu_user, jiffies_system, &task->cpu_system);
 
 		stat (filename, &sstat);
 		pw = getpwuid (sstat.st_uid);