diff --git a/src/model.js b/src/model.js
index 630a38ba..495020a9 100644
--- a/src/model.js
+++ b/src/model.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ my.Dataset = Backbone.Model.extend({
       creates: []
     };
     this.facets = new my.FacetList();
-    this.docCount = null;
+    this.recordCount = null;
     this.queryState = new my.Query();
     this.queryState.bind('change', this.query);
     this.queryState.bind('facet:add', this.query);
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ my.Dataset = Backbone.Model.extend({
 
   _handleQueryResult: function(queryResult) {
     var self = this;
-    self.docCount = queryResult.total;
+    self.recordCount = queryResult.total;
     var docs = _.map(queryResult.hits, function(hit) {
       var _doc = new my.Record(hit);
       _doc.bind('change', function(doc) {
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ my.Dataset = Backbone.Model.extend({
 
   toTemplateJSON: function() {
     var data = this.toJSON();
-    data.docCount = this.docCount;
+    data.recordCount = this.recordCount;
     data.fields = this.fields.toJSON();
     return data;
   },
diff --git a/src/view.multiview.js b/src/view.multiview.js
index ccadc046..3168689b 100644
--- a/src/view.multiview.js
+++ b/src/view.multiview.js
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ my.MultiView = Backbone.View.extend({
         </div> \
       </div> \
       <div class="recline-results-info"> \
-        <span class="doc-count">{{docCount}}</span> records\
+        <span class="doc-count">{{recordCount}}</span> records\
       </div> \
       <div class="menu-right"> \
         <div class="btn-group" data-toggle="buttons-checkbox"> \
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ my.MultiView = Backbone.View.extend({
       });
     this.model.bind('query:done', function() {
         self.clearNotifications();
-        self.el.find('.doc-count').text(self.model.docCount || 'Unknown');
+        self.el.find('.doc-count').text(self.model.recordCount || 'Unknown');
       });
     this.model.bind('query:fail', function(error) {
         self.clearNotifications();
diff --git a/test/backend.dataproxy.test.js b/test/backend.dataproxy.test.js
index 2c873ab1..d9ed4131 100644
--- a/test/backend.dataproxy.test.js
+++ b/test/backend.dataproxy.test.js
@@ -94,14 +94,14 @@ test('DataProxy Backend', function() {
   expect(6);
   dataset.fetch().then(function() {
     deepEqual(['__id__', 'date', 'price'], _.pluck(dataset.fields.toJSON(), 'id'));
-    equal(10, dataset.docCount)
+    equal(10, dataset.recordCount)
     equal(dataset.currentRecords.models[0].get('date'), "1950-01");
     // needed only if not stubbing
     // start();
   });
 
   dataset.query({q: '1950-01'}).then(function() {
-    equal(dataset.docCount, 1);
+    equal(dataset.recordCount, 1);
     equal(dataset.currentRecords.models[0].get('price'), '34.73');
   });
   $.ajax.restore();
diff --git a/test/backend.elasticsearch.test.js b/test/backend.elasticsearch.test.js
index a4434961..c9a9d027 100644
--- a/test/backend.elasticsearch.test.js
+++ b/test/backend.elasticsearch.test.js
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ test("query", function() {
   dataset.fetch().done(function(dataset) {
     deepEqual(['_created', '_last_modified', 'end', 'owner', 'start', 'title'], _.pluck(dataset.fields.toJSON(), 'id'));
     dataset.query().then(function(recList) {
-      equal(3, dataset.docCount);
+      equal(3, dataset.recordCount);
       equal(3, recList.length);
       equal('Note 1', recList.models[0].get('title'));
       start();
diff --git a/test/backend.memory.test.js b/test/backend.memory.test.js
index 81ec8f80..abeb6273 100644
--- a/test/backend.memory.test.js
+++ b/test/backend.memory.test.js
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ test('basics', function () {
   dataset.fetch().then(function(datasetAgain) {
     equal(dataset.get('name'), memoryData.metadata.name);
     deepEqual(_.pluck(dataset.fields.toJSON(), 'id'), _.pluck(data.fields, 'id'));
-    equal(dataset.docCount, 6);
+    equal(dataset.recordCount, 6);
   });
 });