diff --git a/Partitioner.cpp b/Partitioner.cpp
index 6bf0602..5b3ceaf 100644
--- a/Partitioner.cpp
+++ b/Partitioner.cpp
@@ -181,9 +181,9 @@ void Partitioner::save_metadata(const std::string& filename) const
   NC_CHECK(nc_def_var(bbox_gid, "domain_x", NC_INT, 1, &dimid, &top_x_vid));
   NC_CHECK(nc_def_var(bbox_gid, "domain_y", NC_INT, 1, &dimid, &top_y_vid));
   NC_CHECK(
-      nc_def_var(bbox_gid, "local_extent_x", NC_INT, 1, &dimid, &cnt_x_vid));
+      nc_def_var(bbox_gid, "domain_extent_x", NC_INT, 1, &dimid, &cnt_x_vid));
   NC_CHECK(
-      nc_def_var(bbox_gid, "local_extent_y", NC_INT, 1, &dimid, &cnt_y_vid));
+      nc_def_var(bbox_gid, "domain_extent_y", NC_INT, 1, &dimid, &cnt_y_vid));
   // Connectivity group
   NC_CHECK(nc_def_var(connectivity_gid, "top_neighbors", NC_INT, 1, &dimid,
                       &top_num_vid));
diff --git a/Partitioner.hpp b/Partitioner.hpp
index 754e0f5..fa9a61e 100644
--- a/Partitioner.hpp
+++ b/Partitioner.hpp
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ class LIB_EXPORT Partitioner
    * Saves the boxes and connectivity information of the latest 2D domain
    * decomposition in a NetCDF file. The NetCDF file contains a dimension P
    * equal to the number of partitions and integer variables domain_x(P),
-   * domain_y(P), local_extent_x(P) and local_extent_y(P). Variables domain_x
+   * domain_y(P), domain_extent_x(P) and domain_extent_y(P). Variables domain_x
    * and domain_y are defined as the coordinates of the upper left corner of the
-   * box for each partition, while the local_extent_x and local_extent_y
+   * box for each partition, while the domain_extent_x and domain_extent_y
    * variables define the local extent of the x and y dimensions respectively.
    * The file also defines the variables X_neighbors(P), X_neighbor_ids(X_dim)
    * and X_neighbor_halos(X_dim), where X is top/bottom/left/right, which