diff --git a/meshmode/mesh/refinement/__init__.py b/meshmode/mesh/refinement/__init__.py
index 0430ada9929bb270e230bf183d324141e890804c..c20d5fc8ce0d9df8634ebe1bacc4ab01dd828e0f 100644
--- a/meshmode/mesh/refinement/__init__.py
+++ b/meshmode/mesh/refinement/__init__.py
@@ -797,7 +797,7 @@ class Refiner(object):
         assert neighbors_starts[-1] == len(neighbors)
 
         from meshmode.mesh import NodalAdjacency
-        return NodalAdjacency(neighbor_starts=neighbors_starts, neighbors=neighbors)
+        return NodalAdjacency(neighbors_starts=neighbors_starts, neighbors=neighbors)
 
     # }}}
 
diff --git a/meshmode/mesh/refinement/utils.py b/meshmode/mesh/refinement/utils.py
index 9a78c31d6cd2dbe5bdb2f3729815b06630c96c7f..0d0476f3454a7079ebd4df3b1ace1b604355edde 100644
--- a/meshmode/mesh/refinement/utils.py
+++ b/meshmode/mesh/refinement/utils.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def check_nodal_adj_against_geometry(mesh, tol=1e-12):
     for igrp, grp in enumerate(mesh.groups):
         for iel_grp in range(grp.nelements):
             iel_g = group_and_iel_to_global_iel(igrp, iel_grp)
-            nb_starts = nadj.neighbor_starts
+            nb_starts = nadj.neighbors_starts
             for nb_iel_g in nadj.neighbors[nb_starts[iel_g]:nb_starts[iel_g+1]]:
                 connected_to_element_connectivity[iel_g].add(nb_iel_g)