diff --git a/bin/pycbc_multi_inspiral b/bin/pycbc_multi_inspiral
index ea733b148fd..f71a0026615 100755
--- a/bin/pycbc_multi_inspiral
+++ b/bin/pycbc_multi_inspiral
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ with ctx:
         'bank_chisq': float32,
         'bank_chisq_dof': int,
         'cont_chisq': float32,
-        'slide_offset': float32
+        'slide_shift': float32
         }
     ifo_out_vals = {
         'time_index': None,
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ with ctx:
         'bank_chisq': None,
         'bank_chisq_dof': None,
         'cont_chisq': None,
-        'slide_offset': None
+        'slide_shift': None
         }
     ifo_names = sorted(ifo_out_vals.keys())
     network_out_types = {
diff --git a/pycbc/events/eventmgr.py b/pycbc/events/eventmgr.py
index 1a13dba422f..9d19d7e3c8a 100644
--- a/pycbc/events/eventmgr.py
+++ b/pycbc/events/eventmgr.py
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ def __setitem__(self, name, data):
                         float(self.opt.sample_rate[ifo_str]) + \
                         self.opt.gps_start_time[ifo_str]
                 f['time_index'] = ifo_events['time_index']
-                f['slide_offset'] = ifo_events['slide_offset']
+                f['slide_shift'] = ifo_events['slide_shift']
                 try:
                     # Precessing
                     template_sigmasq_plus = numpy.array(