diff --git a/public/templates/admin/categories.tpl b/public/templates/admin/categories.tpl
index 8ab47e5ec1..483a481759 100644
--- a/public/templates/admin/categories.tpl
+++ b/public/templates/admin/categories.tpl
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@
 								</div>
 								<div class="col-sm-4 col-xs-12">
 									<div class="form-group">
-										<label for="cid-{categories.cid}-numRecentTopics"># of Recent Topics Displayed</label>
-										<input id="cid-{categories.cid}-numRecentTopics" type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="2" data-name="numRecentTopics" value="{categories.numRecentTopics}" />
+										<label for="cid-{categories.cid}-numRecentReplies"># of Recent Replies Displayed</label>
+										<input id="cid-{categories.cid}-numRecentReplies" type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="2" data-name="numRecentReplies" value="{categories.numRecentReplies}" />
 									</div>
 								</div>
 							</div>
diff --git a/src/routes/api.js b/src/routes/api.js
index 85e74b71f2..9cf16efa40 100644
--- a/src/routes/api.js
+++ b/src/routes/api.js
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ var path = require('path'),
 					});
 
 					function iterator(category, callback) {
-						categories.getRecentReplies(category.cid, parseInt(category.numRecentTopics, 10), function (err, posts) {
+						categories.getRecentReplies(category.cid, parseInt(category.numRecentReplies, 10), function (err, posts) {
 							category.posts = posts;
 							category.post_count = posts.length > 2 ? 2 : posts.length; // this was a hack to make metro work back in the day, post_count should just = length
 							callback(null);
diff --git a/src/upgrade.js b/src/upgrade.js
index 48e8be2b08..f0228d96bc 100644
--- a/src/upgrade.js
+++ b/src/upgrade.js
@@ -145,14 +145,14 @@ Upgrade.upgrade = function(callback) {
 					}
 
 					for (var cid in cids) {
-						db.setObjectField('category:' + cids[cid], 'numRecentTopics', '2');
+						db.setObjectField('category:' + cids[cid], 'numRecentReplies', '2');
 					}
 
-					winston.info('[2013/12/31] Added categories.numRecentTopics fields');
+					winston.info('[2013/12/31] Added categories.numRecentReplies fields');
 					next();
 				});
 			} else {
-				winston.info('[2014/1/3] categories.numRecentTopics fields skipped');
+				winston.info('[2014/1/3] categories.numRecentReplies fields skipped');
 				next();
 			}
 		}