diff --git a/src/pipewire/stream.c b/src/pipewire/stream.c
index 4c438d682..904a7c1dd 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/stream.c
+++ b/src/pipewire/stream.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ struct stream {
 	struct spa_io_buffers *io;
 	struct spa_io_rate_match *rate_match;
 	uint32_t rate_queued;
-	uint64_t rate_requested;
+	uint64_t rate_size;
 	struct {
 		struct spa_io_position *position;
 	} rt;
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ static inline void copy_position(struct stream *impl, int64_t queued)
 	}
 	if (SPA_LIKELY(impl->rate_match != NULL)) {
 		impl->rate_queued = impl->rate_match->delay;
-		impl->rate_requested = impl->rate_match->size;
+		impl->rate_size = impl->rate_match->size;
 	}
 	SPA_SEQ_WRITE(impl->seq);
 }
@@ -2354,14 +2354,14 @@ int pw_stream_get_time_n(struct pw_stream *stream, struct pw_time *time, size_t
 {
 	struct stream *impl = SPA_CONTAINER_OF(stream, struct stream, this);
 	uintptr_t seq1, seq2;
-	uint32_t buffered, quantum, index, requested;
+	uint32_t buffered, quantum, index, rate_size;
 	int32_t avail_buffers;
 
 	do {
 		seq1 = SPA_SEQ_READ(impl->seq);
 		memcpy(time, &impl->time, SPA_MIN(size, sizeof(struct pw_time)));
 		buffered = impl->rate_queued;
-		requested = impl->rate_requested;
+		rate_size = impl->rate_size;
 		quantum = impl->quantum;
 		seq2 = SPA_SEQ_READ(impl->seq);
 	} while (!SPA_SEQ_READ_SUCCESS(seq1, seq2));
@@ -2382,10 +2382,10 @@ int pw_stream_get_time_n(struct pw_stream *stream, struct pw_time *time, size_t
 		time->buffered = buffered;
 	if (size >= offsetof(struct pw_time, avail_buffers))
 		time->queued_buffers = impl->n_buffers - avail_buffers;
-	if (size >= offsetof(struct pw_time, requested))
+	if (size >= offsetof(struct pw_time, size))
 		time->avail_buffers = avail_buffers;
 	if (size >= sizeof(struct pw_time))
-		time->requested = requested;
+		time->size = rate_size;
 
 	pw_log_trace_fp("%p: %"PRIi64" %"PRIi64" %"PRIu64" %d/%d %"PRIu64" %"
 			PRIu64" %"PRIu64" %"PRIu64" %"PRIu64" %d/%d", stream,
diff --git a/src/pipewire/stream.h b/src/pipewire/stream.h
index 75276d3c4..ab667239a 100644
--- a/src/pipewire/stream.h
+++ b/src/pipewire/stream.h
@@ -332,9 +332,10 @@ struct pw_time {
 					  *  Since 0.3.50. */
 	uint32_t queued_buffers;	/**< the number of buffers that are queued. Since 0.3.50 */
 	uint32_t avail_buffers;		/**< the number of buffers that can be dequeued. Since 0.3.50 */
-	uint64_t requested;		/**< for audio/raw playback streams, this contains the number of
-					  *  samples requested by the resampler to fill the current
-					  *  quantum. Since 1.1.0 */
+	uint64_t size;			/**< for audio/raw playback streams, this contains the number of
+					  *  samples requested by the resampler for the current
+					  *  quantum. for audio/raw capture streams this will be the number
+					  *  of samples available for the current quantum. Since 1.1.0 */
 };
 
 #include <pipewire/port.h>
diff --git a/src/tools/pw-cat.c b/src/tools/pw-cat.c
index a8405579f..a81652cbe 100644
--- a/src/tools/pw-cat.c
+++ b/src/tools/pw-cat.c
@@ -932,11 +932,11 @@ static void do_print_delay(void *userdata, uint64_t expirations)
 	pw_stream_get_time_n(data->stream, &time, sizeof(time));
 	printf("stream time: now:%"PRIi64" rate:%u/%u ticks:%"PRIu64
 			" delay:%"PRIi64" queued:%"PRIu64
-			" buffered:%"PRIi64" buffers:%u avail:%u req:%"PRIu64"\n",
+			" buffered:%"PRIi64" buffers:%u avail:%u size:%"PRIu64"\n",
 		time.now,
 		time.rate.num, time.rate.denom,
 		time.ticks, time.delay, time.queued, time.buffered,
-		time.queued_buffers, time.avail_buffers, time.requested);
+		time.queued_buffers, time.avail_buffers, time.size);
 }
 
 enum {