diff --git a/src/ComputingTasks.cc b/src/ComputingTasks.cc
index 36525e8c0ed043a06b89bdaf4bbf4c52f4c2c6a7..f67880df9ab225b45c2bc0beecffa97aa9706bed 100644
--- a/src/ComputingTasks.cc
+++ b/src/ComputingTasks.cc
@@ -4851,10 +4851,14 @@ GenerateIRFsStatement::writeJsonOutput(ostream &output) const
   output << "}";
 }
 
-VarExpectationModelStatement::VarExpectationModelStatement(string model_name_arg, string variable_arg, string var_model_name_arg,
-                                                           string horizon_arg, expr_t discount_arg, const SymbolTable &symbol_table_arg) :
+VarExpectationModelStatement::VarExpectationModelStatement(string model_name_arg,
+                                                           string variable_arg,
+                                                           string aux_model_name_arg,
+                                                           string horizon_arg,
+                                                           expr_t discount_arg,
+                                                           const SymbolTable &symbol_table_arg) :
   model_name{move(model_name_arg)}, variable{move(variable_arg)},
-  var_model_name{move(var_model_name_arg)}, horizon{move(horizon_arg)},
+  aux_model_name{move(aux_model_name_arg)}, horizon{move(horizon_arg)},
   discount{discount_arg}, symbol_table{symbol_table_arg}
 {
 }
@@ -4863,7 +4867,7 @@ void
 VarExpectationModelStatement::writeOutput(ostream &output, const string &basename, bool minimal_workspace) const
 {
   string mstruct = "M_.var_expectation." + model_name;
-  output << mstruct << ".auxiliary_model_name = '" << var_model_name << "';" << endl
+  output << mstruct << ".auxiliary_model_name = '" << aux_model_name << "';" << endl
          << mstruct << ".horizon = " << horizon << ';' << endl
          << mstruct << ".variable = '" << variable << "';" << endl
          << mstruct << ".variable_id = " << symbol_table.getTypeSpecificID(variable)+1 << ";" << endl;
@@ -4888,7 +4892,7 @@ VarExpectationModelStatement::writeJsonOutput(ostream &output) const
   output << "{\"statementName\": \"var_expectation_model\","
          << "\"model_name\": \"" << model_name << "\", "
          << "\"variable\": \"" << variable << "\", "
-         << "\"var_model_name\": \"" << var_model_name << "\", "
+         << "\"aux_model_name\": \"" << aux_model_name << "\", "
          << "\"horizon\": \"" << horizon << "\", "
          << "\"discount\": \"";
   discount->writeOutput(output);
diff --git a/src/ComputingTasks.hh b/src/ComputingTasks.hh
index ccadaea974a686911cadf46e93ce88d221849a12..7fc05721e52a1417690bf366f4044bc6f7b5cb0a 100644
--- a/src/ComputingTasks.hh
+++ b/src/ComputingTasks.hh
@@ -1182,14 +1182,14 @@ public:
 class VarExpectationModelStatement : public Statement
 {
 public:
-  const string model_name, variable, var_model_name, horizon;
+  const string model_name, variable, aux_model_name, horizon;
   const expr_t discount;
   const SymbolTable &symbol_table;
   // List of generated auxiliary param ids, in variable-major order
   vector<int> aux_params_ids; // TODO: move this to some new VarModelTable object
 
 public:
-  VarExpectationModelStatement(string model_name_arg, string variable_arg, string var_model_name_arg,
+  VarExpectationModelStatement(string model_name_arg, string variable_arg, string aux_model_name_arg,
                                string horizon_arg, expr_t discount_arg, const SymbolTable &symbol_table_arg);
   void writeOutput(ostream &output, const string &basename, bool minimal_workspace) const override;
   void writeJsonOutput(ostream &output) const override;
diff --git a/src/ModFile.cc b/src/ModFile.cc
index fc8d154209a6c3b7663f1110e7d7e68c31797f80..4d9d37b133ed95e32fa18b3a511d103babf1f3e9 100644
--- a/src/ModFile.cc
+++ b/src/ModFile.cc
@@ -517,20 +517,20 @@ ModFile::transformPass(bool nostrict, bool stochastic, bool compute_xrefs, const
       int max_lag;
       vector<int> lhs;
       auto &model_name = vems->model_name;
-      if (var_model_table.isExistingVarModelName(vems->var_model_name))
+      if (var_model_table.isExistingVarModelName(vems->aux_model_name))
         {
-          max_lag = var_model_table.getMaxLag(vems->var_model_name);
-          lhs = var_model_table.getLhs(vems->var_model_name);
+          max_lag = var_model_table.getMaxLag(vems->aux_model_name);
+          lhs = var_model_table.getLhs(vems->aux_model_name);
         }
-      else if (trend_component_model_table.isExistingTrendComponentModelName(vems->var_model_name))
+      else if (trend_component_model_table.isExistingTrendComponentModelName(vems->aux_model_name))
         {
-          max_lag = trend_component_model_table.getMaxLag(vems->var_model_name);
-          lhs = trend_component_model_table.getLhs(vems->var_model_name);
+          max_lag = trend_component_model_table.getMaxLag(vems->aux_model_name);
+          lhs = trend_component_model_table.getLhs(vems->aux_model_name);
         }
       else
         {
           cerr << "ERROR: var_expectation_model " << model_name
-               << " refers to nonexistent auxiliary model " << vems->var_model_name << endl;
+               << " refers to nonexistent auxiliary model " << vems->aux_model_name << endl;
           exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }