diff --git a/matlab/reporting/@table/display.m b/matlab/reporting/@table/display.m
index 315098f52da392d0157f8af82e2326136ed66bec..33ce40b8e97aeb41be5e44730aba337a55334d92 100644
--- a/matlab/reporting/@table/display.m
+++ b/matlab/reporting/@table/display.m
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ disp(' ');
 disp(['     ''' o.footnote '''']);
 
 disp(' ');
-disp([name '.hlines = ']);
+disp([name '.showHlines = ']);
 disp(' ');
-disp(o.hlines);
+disp(o.showHlines);
 
 disp(' ');
 disp([name '.showVlines = ']);
diff --git a/matlab/reporting/@table/table.m b/matlab/reporting/@table/table.m
index b90d33728fb3004bd7d8cf00f6aac753c5564248..f24a75c8883e19e9a3a8516955de0d793060f7e6 100644
--- a/matlab/reporting/@table/table.m
+++ b/matlab/reporting/@table/table.m
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ o.titleSize = 'large';
 o.footnote = '';
 
 o.config = '';
-o.hlines = false;
+o.showHlines = false;
 o.showVlines = false;
 o.vlineAfter = '';
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ end
 assert(ischar(o.title), '@table.table: title must be a string');
 assert(ischar(o.footnote), '@table.table: footnote must be a string');
 assert(ischar(o.config), '@table.table: config file must be a string');
-assert(islogical(o.hlines), '@table.table: hlines must be true or false');
+assert(islogical(o.showHlines), '@table.table: showHlines must be true or false');
 assert(islogical(o.showVlines), '@table.table: showVlines must be true or false');
 assert(isint(o.precision), '@table.table: precision must be an int');
 assert(isempty(o.range) || (isa(o.range, 'dynDates') && o.range.ndat >= 2), ...
diff --git a/matlab/reporting/@table/write.m b/matlab/reporting/@table/write.m
index 7048324561fd5203a7db0b5783dae06ed58d9c1b..e203e20f2d78056041e61d664cf9b3752a51b9c2 100644
--- a/matlab/reporting/@table/write.m
+++ b/matlab/reporting/@table/write.m
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ fprintf(fid, '%%\n');
 ne = o.seriesElements.numElements();
 for i=1:ne
     o.seriesElements(i).write(fid, dates, o.precision);
-    if o.hlines
+    if o.showHlines
         fprintf(fid, '\\hline\n');
     end
 end