diff --git a/render.c b/render.c
index 26da8d83..f7841d8d 100644
--- a/render.c
+++ b/render.c
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ fdm_hook_refresh_pending_terminals(struct fdm *fdm, void *data)
         if (!term->render.refresh_needed)
             continue;
 
-        if (term->render.refresh_prohibited)
+        if (term->render.application_synchronized_updates)
             continue;
 
         assert(term->window->is_configured);
@@ -1244,19 +1244,19 @@ render_refresh(struct terminal *term)
 void
 render_disable_refresh(struct terminal *term)
 {
-    if (term->render.refresh_prohibited)
+    if (term->render.application_synchronized_updates)
         return;
 
-    term->render.refresh_prohibited = true;
+    term->render.application_synchronized_updates = true;
 }
 
 void
 render_enable_refresh(struct terminal *term)
 {
-    if (!term->render.refresh_prohibited)
+    if (!term->render.application_synchronized_updates)
         return;
 
-    term->render.refresh_prohibited = false;
+    term->render.application_synchronized_updates = false;
 }
 
 bool
diff --git a/terminal.c b/terminal.c
index db1ba1fa..afd004de 100644
--- a/terminal.c
+++ b/terminal.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ fdm_ptmx(struct fdm *fdm, int fd, int events, void *data)
      * has any effect when the renderer is idle.
      */
     if (term->window->frame_callback == NULL) {
-        if (term->render.refresh_prohibited) {
+        if (term->render.application_synchronized_updates) {
             timerfd_settime(
                 term->delayed_render_timer.lower_fd, 0,
                 &(struct itimerspec){{0}}, NULL);
diff --git a/terminal.h b/terminal.h
index 0296ff66..83468e5f 100644
--- a/terminal.h
+++ b/terminal.h
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ struct terminal {
         bool refresh_needed;  /* Terminal needs to be re-rendered, as soon-as-possible */
         int scrollback_lines; /* Number of scrollback lines, from conf (TODO: move out from render struct?) */
 
-        bool refresh_prohibited;
+        bool application_synchronized_updates;
         /* Render threads + synchronization primitives */
         struct {
             size_t count;