diff --git a/src/include/pv-internal.h b/src/include/pv-internal.h
index 087b810..0d635a9 100644
--- a/src/include/pv-internal.h
+++ b/src/include/pv-internal.h
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ struct pvstate_s {
 		bool colour_permitted;		 /* whether colour is permitted for this display */
 		bool sgr_code_active;		 /* set while SGR code is active in a display line */
 		bool final_update;		 /* set internally on the final update */
-		bool display_visible;		 /* set once anything written to terminal */
+		bool output_produced;		 /* set once anything written to terminal */
 
 	} display;
 
diff --git a/src/pv/display.c b/src/pv/display.c
index 52c0e26..9264164 100644
--- a/src/pv/display.c
+++ b/src/pv/display.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 void pv_error(pvstate_t state, char *format, ...)
 {
 	va_list ap;
-	if (state->display.display_visible)
+	if (state->display.output_produced)
 		fprintf(stderr, "\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "%s: ", state->status.program_name);
 	va_start(ap, format);
@@ -1229,13 +1229,13 @@ void pv_display(pvstate_t state, bool final)
 	} else if (state->control.cursor) {
 		if (state->control.force || pv_in_foreground()) {
 			pv_crs_update(state, state->display.display_buffer);
-			state->display.display_visible = true;
+			state->display.output_produced = true;
 		}
 	} else {
 		if (state->control.force || pv_in_foreground()) {
 			pv_tty_write(&(state->flags), state->display.display_buffer, state->display.display_string_bytes);
 			pv_tty_write(&(state->flags), "\r", 1);
-			state->display.display_visible = true;
+			state->display.output_produced = true;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ void pv_display(pvstate_t state, bool final)
 		pv_tty_write(&(state->flags), "\033]2;", 4);
 		pv_tty_write(&(state->flags), state->extra_display.display_buffer, state->extra_display.display_string_bytes);
 		pv_tty_write(&(state->flags), "\033\\", 2);
-		state->extra_display.display_visible = true;
+		state->extra_display.output_produced = true;
 		debug("%s: [%s]", "windowtitle display", state->extra_display.display_buffer);
 	}
 
@@ -1256,7 +1256,7 @@ void pv_display(pvstate_t state, bool final)
 	    && (NULL != state->extra_display.display_buffer)
 	    ) {
 		setproctitle("%s", state->extra_display.display_buffer);
-		state->extra_display.display_visible = true;
+		state->extra_display.output_produced = true;
 		debug("%s: [%s]", "processtitle display", state->extra_display.display_buffer);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/pv/loop.c b/src/pv/loop.c
index 1524d58..675eeca 100644
--- a/src/pv/loop.c
+++ b/src/pv/loop.c
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ int pv_main_loop(pvstate_t state)
 		 */
 		if (eof_in && eof_out && 0 == state->transfer.written_but_not_consumed) {
 			final_update = true;
-			if ((state->display.display_visible)
+			if ((state->display.output_produced)
 			    || (state->control.delay_start < 0.001)) {
 				pv_elapsedtime_copy(&next_update, &cur_time);
 			}
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ int pv_main_loop(pvstate_t state)
 		pv_crs_fini(state);
 	} else {
 		if ((!state->control.numeric) && (!state->control.no_display)
-		    && (state->display.display_visible))
+		    && (state->display.output_produced))
 			pv_tty_write(&(state->flags), "\n", 1);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/pv/state.c b/src/pv/state.c
index e5b454a..e84995e 100644
--- a/src/pv/state.c
+++ b/src/pv/state.c
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ void pv_state_reset(pvstate_t state)
 	state->status.current_input_file = -1;
 
 	state->display.initial_offset = 0;
-	state->display.display_visible = false;
+	state->display.output_produced = false;
 
 	state->extra_display.initial_offset = 0;
-	state->extra_display.display_visible = false;
+	state->extra_display.output_produced = false;
 
 	/*
 	 * Explicitly set important floating point values to 0, as memset()