diff --git a/src/include/h5core/h5t_ref_elements.h b/src/include/h5core/h5t_ref_elements.h
index c2e7f04..f925ef5 100644
--- a/src/include/h5core/h5t_ref_elements.h
+++ b/src/include/h5core/h5t_ref_elements.h
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ typedef struct {
 	int num_vertices_of_face[H5T_MAX_DIM+1][H5T_MAX_FACES];
 	int map[H5T_MAX_DIM+1][H5T_MAX_FACES][H5T_MAX_VERTICES];
 	h5_float64_t coords[H5T_MAX_VERTICES][H5T_MAX_DIM];
-} h5t_ref_element_t;
+} h5t_ref_elem_t;
 
-extern const h5t_ref_element_t h5t_tet_ref_element;
-extern const h5t_ref_element_t h5t_tri_ref_element;
+extern const h5t_ref_elem_t h5t_tet_ref_elem;
+extern const h5t_ref_elem_t h5t_tri_ref_elem;
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/include/h5core/h5t_retrieve.h b/src/include/h5core/h5t_retrieve.h
index 35a5ef0..d0526c4 100644
--- a/src/include/h5core/h5t_retrieve.h
+++ b/src/include/h5core/h5t_retrieve.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	h5_id_t elem_idx;	// local element id
 	h5_id_t	face_idx;	// face id according reference element
 	int codim;		// dimension of entities to traverse
-	const h5t_ref_element_t* ref_element; // pointer to reference element
+	const h5t_ref_elem_t* ref_elem; // pointer to reference element
 	h5_err_t (*find)(h5_file_t *const f,
 			 h5_id_t face_idx,
 			 h5_id_t elem_idx,