diff --git a/examples/advection/var-velocity.py b/examples/advection/var-velocity.py
index d01f4fd8066c5a3a65495aad19683df59fb3a38f..e19d6aeb6c22737dd4a5b023e44ace4ce764149e 100644
--- a/examples/advection/var-velocity.py
+++ b/examples/advection/var-velocity.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def main(write_output=True, order=4):
     from meshmode.discretization.poly_element import QuadratureSimplexGroupFactory
 
     discr = DGDiscretizationWithBoundaries(cl_ctx, mesh, order=order,
-            quad_group_factory={
+            quad_tag_to_group_factory={
                 "product": QuadratureSimplexGroupFactory(order=4*order)
                 })
 
diff --git a/grudge/discretization.py b/grudge/discretization.py
index ccd9a5d1f1d53414a92c417256ee23d9c92e5a19..8d80894fb590c241030f02b1c3e33cf6b1d80493 100644
--- a/grudge/discretization.py
+++ b/grudge/discretization.py
@@ -47,17 +47,17 @@ class DGDiscretizationWithBoundaries(DiscretizationBase):
     .. automethod :: zeros
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, cl_ctx, mesh, order, quad_group_factory=None):
+    def __init__(self, cl_ctx, mesh, order, quad_tag_to_group_factory=None):
         """
         :param quad_min_degrees: A mapping from quadrature tags to the degrees
             to which the desired quadrature is supposed to be exact.
         """
 
-        if quad_group_factory is None:
-            quad_group_factory = {}
+        if quad_tag_to_group_factory is None:
+            quad_tag_to_group_factory = {}
 
         self.order = order
-        self.quad_group_factory = quad_group_factory
+        self.quad_tag_to_group_factory = quad_tag_to_group_factory
 
         from meshmode.discretization import Discretization
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class DGDiscretizationWithBoundaries(DiscretizationBase):
                 PolynomialWarpAndBlendGroupFactory
 
         if quadrature_tag is not sym.QTAG_NONE:
-            return self.quad_group_factory[quadrature_tag]
+            return self.quad_tag_to_group_factory[quadrature_tag]
         else:
             return PolynomialWarpAndBlendGroupFactory(order=self.order)
 
diff --git a/test/test_grudge.py b/test/test_grudge.py
index 79a88df336644c8e456ee9e07862252a88fb7322..64863ac66959c6ff750022b6586e84dde407a267 100644
--- a/test/test_grudge.py
+++ b/test/test_grudge.py
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ def test_improvement_quadrature(ctx_factory, order):
                 order=order)
 
             discr = DGDiscretizationWithBoundaries(cl_ctx, mesh, order=order,
-                    quad_group_factory={
+                    quad_tag_to_group_factory={
                         "product": QuadratureSimplexGroupFactory(order=4*order)
                         })