diff --git a/src/modules/tiling/e_mod_config.c b/src/modules/tiling/e_mod_config.c
index 87050710e..9fc7eeeb1 100644
--- a/src/modules/tiling/e_mod_config.c
+++ b/src/modules/tiling/e_mod_config.c
@@ -221,10 +221,10 @@ _basic_create_widgets(E_Config_Dialog * cfd EINA_UNUSED, Evas * evas,
 
    LIST_ADD(o, of);
 
-   of = e_widget_label_add(evas, _("Space between windows"));
+   of = e_widget_label_add(evas, _("Padding between windows"));
    LIST_ADD(o,of);
    slider = e_widget_slider_add(evas, 1,0, ("%1.0f px"), 0.0, TILING_MAX_PADDING,
-                                1.0, 0, NULL, &cfdata->config.nb_space, 150);
+                                1.0, 0, NULL, &cfdata->config.window_padding, 150);
    LIST_ADD(o, slider);
 
    oc = e_widget_button_add(evas, _("Help"), "help", _open_browser_help_cb,
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ _basic_apply_data(E_Config_Dialog * cfd EINA_UNUSED,
    tiling_g.config->tile_dialogs = cfdata->config.tile_dialogs;
    tiling_g.config->show_titles = cfdata->config.show_titles;
    tiling_g.config->have_floating_mode = cfdata->config.have_floating_mode;
-   tiling_g.config->nb_space = cfdata->config.nb_space;
+   tiling_g.config->window_padding = cfdata->config.window_padding;
 
    /* Check if the layout for one of the vdesks has changed */
    for (l = tiling_g.config->vdesks; l; l = l->next)
diff --git a/src/modules/tiling/e_mod_tiling.c b/src/modules/tiling/e_mod_tiling.c
index a475738a2..b2219c2d0 100644
--- a/src/modules/tiling/e_mod_tiling.c
+++ b/src/modules/tiling/e_mod_tiling.c
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ _reapply_tree(void)
 	e_zone_useful_geometry_get(_G.tinfo->desk->zone, &zx, &zy, &zw, &zh);
 
 	tiling_window_tree_apply(_G.tinfo->tree, zx, zy, zw, zh,
-              tiling_g.config->nb_space);
+              tiling_g.config->window_padding);
      }
 }
 
@@ -1259,7 +1259,7 @@ e_modapi_init(E_Module * m)
    E_CONFIG_VAL(_G.config_edd, Config, tile_dialogs, INT);
    E_CONFIG_VAL(_G.config_edd, Config, show_titles, INT);
    E_CONFIG_VAL(_G.config_edd, Config, have_floating_mode, INT);
-   E_CONFIG_VAL(_G.config_edd, Config, nb_space, INT);
+   E_CONFIG_VAL(_G.config_edd, Config, window_padding, INT);
 
    E_CONFIG_LIST(_G.config_edd, Config, vdesks, _G.vdesk_edd);
    E_CONFIG_VAL(_G.vdesk_edd, struct _Config_vdesk, x, INT);
@@ -1274,13 +1274,13 @@ e_modapi_init(E_Module * m)
 	tiling_g.config->tile_dialogs = 1;
 	tiling_g.config->show_titles = 1;
         tiling_g.config->have_floating_mode = 1;
-        tiling_g.config->nb_space = 0;
+        tiling_g.config->window_padding = 0;
      }
 
    E_CONFIG_LIMIT(tiling_g.config->tile_dialogs, 0, 1);
    E_CONFIG_LIMIT(tiling_g.config->show_titles, 0, 1);
    E_CONFIG_LIMIT(tiling_g.config->have_floating_mode, 0, 1);
-   E_CONFIG_LIMIT(tiling_g.config->nb_space, 0, TILING_MAX_PADDING);
+   E_CONFIG_LIMIT(tiling_g.config->window_padding, 0, TILING_MAX_PADDING);
 
    for (l = tiling_g.config->vdesks; l; l = l->next)
      {
diff --git a/src/modules/tiling/e_mod_tiling.h b/src/modules/tiling/e_mod_tiling.h
index 1a17e4f32..3881f6a5a 100644
--- a/src/modules/tiling/e_mod_tiling.h
+++ b/src/modules/tiling/e_mod_tiling.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ struct _Config_vdesk
 
 struct _Config
 {
-   int nb_space;
+   int window_padding;
    int tile_dialogs;
    int show_titles;
    int have_floating_mode;