diff --git a/librustzcash/src/tests/mmr.rs b/librustzcash/src/tests/mmr.rs
index 09bacfd1c..aa83aa37d 100644
--- a/librustzcash/src/tests/mmr.rs
+++ b/librustzcash/src/tests/mmr.rs
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ fn append() {
         subtree_total_work: Default::default(),
         start_height: 10,
         end_height: 10,
-        shielded_tx: 13,
+        sapling_tx: 13,
     };
     new_node
         .write(&mut &mut new_node_data[..])
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ fn append() {
     // this is combined new node (which is `new_node_1`) + the one which was there before (for block #9)
     assert_eq!(new_node_2.start_height, 9);
     assert_eq!(new_node_2.end_height, 10);
-    assert_eq!(new_node_2.shielded_tx, 27);
+    assert_eq!(new_node_2.sapling_tx, 27);
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/zcash_history/examples/lib/shared.rs b/zcash_history/examples/lib/shared.rs
index e15771cf1..49c3f9dde 100644
--- a/zcash_history/examples/lib/shared.rs
+++ b/zcash_history/examples/lib/shared.rs
@@ -81,6 +81,6 @@ fn leaf(height: u32) -> NodeData {
         subtree_total_work: 0.into(),
         start_height: height as u64,
         end_height: height as u64,
-        shielded_tx: 5 + height as u64,
+        sapling_tx: 5 + height as u64,
     }
 }
diff --git a/zcash_history/src/node_data.rs b/zcash_history/src/node_data.rs
index 013c22d39..b4563e3a7 100644
--- a/zcash_history/src/node_data.rs
+++ b/zcash_history/src/node_data.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pub const MAX_NODE_DATA_SIZE: usize = 32 + // subtree commitment
     32 + // subtree total work
     9 +  // start height (compact uint)
     9 +  // end height (compact uint)
-    9; // shielded tx count (compact uint)
+    9; // Sapling tx count (compact uint)
        // = total of 171
 
 /// Node metadata.
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ pub struct NodeData {
     pub start_height: u64,
     /// End height
     pub end_height: u64,
-    /// Number of shielded transactions.
-    pub shielded_tx: u64,
+    /// Number of Sapling transactions.
+    pub sapling_tx: u64,
 }
 
 fn blake2b_personal(personalization: &[u8], input: &[u8]) -> [u8; 32] {
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ impl NodeData {
             subtree_total_work: left.subtree_total_work + right.subtree_total_work,
             start_height: left.start_height,
             end_height: right.end_height,
-            shielded_tx: left.shielded_tx + right.shielded_tx,
+            sapling_tx: left.sapling_tx + right.sapling_tx,
         }
     }
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ impl NodeData {
 
         Self::write_compact(w, self.start_height)?;
         Self::write_compact(w, self.end_height)?;
-        Self::write_compact(w, self.shielded_tx)?;
+        Self::write_compact(w, self.sapling_tx)?;
         Ok(())
     }
 
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ impl NodeData {
 
         data.start_height = Self::read_compact(r)?;
         data.end_height = Self::read_compact(r)?;
-        data.shielded_tx = Self::read_compact(r)?;
+        data.sapling_tx = Self::read_compact(r)?;
 
         Ok(data)
     }
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ impl quickcheck::Arbitrary for NodeData {
         node_data.subtree_total_work = U256::from_little_endian(&number[..]);
         node_data.start_height = gen.next_u64();
         node_data.end_height = gen.next_u64();
-        node_data.shielded_tx = gen.next_u64();
+        node_data.sapling_tx = gen.next_u64();
 
         node_data
     }
diff --git a/zcash_history/src/tree.rs b/zcash_history/src/tree.rs
index 21974f421..ca4c8efd0 100644
--- a/zcash_history/src/tree.rs
+++ b/zcash_history/src/tree.rs
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ mod tests {
             subtree_total_work: 0.into(),
             start_height: height as u64,
             end_height: height as u64,
-            shielded_tx: 7,
+            sapling_tx: 7,
         }
     }